NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY: Matt Kiker talks about his road to not killing himself (contains explicit content)

NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY: Matt Kiker talks about his road to not killing himself (contains explicit content)

by | Sep 10, 2020 | A3, A4, Post Traumatic Growth, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Suicide

On the 10th World Suicide Prevention Day — you will hear a guy who personifies the phrase “Trauma to Joy” — his name is Matt Kiker.  I met Matt at Camp Lejeune NC in January of 2019 as he was leaving the Post-Traumatic Winning presentation he...

The demographics of “Veteran Suicide” will surprise you + thoughts on the President’s Veteran Suicide Plan

by | Jun 18, 2020 | A4, Current Events, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Winning, Post-Combat Related Mental Health, PTSD

Below are the ten points outlined yesterday in President Trump’s unveiling of the VA’s newest initiative to combat Veteran Suicide.  The initiative will be led by the “Second Lady” of the United States, Karen Pence, who is the mother of an...