Honoring Our Returning Warriors

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2014

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Edward Tick is the founding director of Soldier’s Heart veterans’ Safe Return Programs. A psychotherapist and a tireless advocate for war healing and peacemaking, Dr. Tick is the author of the award-winning book War and the Soul, and with Sounds True he has published a new book called Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War. In this episode, Ed speaks with Tami about how we can heal the broken social contract between warriors and civilians in the United States, the universal warrior archetype, what it means to mature into a spiritual warrior, and his advice for speaking to returning veterans in a way that supports and honors their service. (77 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Edward Tick.
0:44.6	Ed is the founding director of Soldiers Heart,
0:48.0	Veterans Safe Return Programs.
0:50.9	He has been honored for his groundbreaking work in the spiritual, holistic, and community-based
0:55.9	healing of veterans with PTSD.
0:59.1	Dr. Tic has been a psychotherapist for 38 years, specializing in working with veterans since the 1970s.
1:07.0	He is a tireless advocate for war healing and peacemaking, lecturing around the world, and leading semi-annual. and Ed is the author of the book Sacred Mountain, The Practice of Dream Healing, and the award-winning
1:27.2	book, War and the Soul.
1:29.8	Which sounds true, Ed has published a new book called The Warriors Return, Restoring the Soul After War.
1:39.5	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Ed and I spoke about the social contract between of the contract currently is in the United States and how we together can heal that
1:55.2	broken contract. We talked about the archetype of the warrior, how it is a
2:00.5	universal archetype, and what it means to mature into spiritual
2:05.6	warriorship and find meaning in one's military service.
2:11.0	Finally, Ed shared with us some ideas on how to talk to returning vets and best support
2:17.0	them through sharing the emotional burden of their actions committed on our behalf.
2:23.8	Here's my conversation with Dr. Edward Tick.
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