“After twelve years of loving this man, I had no idea what was happening to him or who he had become. Certainly, I knew he was depressed, but it was becoming increasingly impossible to reach him. Where did this come from? Where was it going? I was watching someone very much alive, die. It was as if he were living in black and white. I was angry and scared. Angry at him, at life, and at myself for not being able to reach him. He could not cope and I could not cope. When the VA diagnosed him with PTSD, it began to make sense, but unfortunately a diagnosis didn’t help him heal or ‘return home to us’. The tools taught in the Warrior Connection changed that for me...and for him. They helped me deal with my fear and I understood how he was being taught to deal with things. I was no longer alone in this... nor was he. I am not being dramatic when I say not only are we connecting again, but he is connecting back to the person he was and to our children and our extended family. He is also connecting to other veterans…a support system that enables him to serve (and be served). Simply put, the Warrior Connection has taught my warrior how to connect to passion and joy again, to feel again and to stop living in black and white and instead live in the full spectrum of colors life offers…to connect to those things his invisible wounds and scars seemingly took away. I am forever grateful; this saved our marriage and probably his life."
Is This Your Story Too?
The Warrior's Spouse Retreat
Reconnecting You to Yourself and your Warrior
Whether married to a veteran—no longer married to a veteran—or in a significant relationship with a veteran, the spouse retreat is for women...women impacted by their partner’s PTSD. Here such a woman who longs to discover who she is beneath the role of intimate partner—in that place where she can find her own individuality and live from that place—can begin (or continue) moving toward a greater sense of herself. In the company of other women who have lived with a veteran’s PTSD, the setting and program offer a safe haven to explore creative ways to self-reflect, self-express, self-nourish, and self-care from a kind place.
While absolutely no artistic ability is required, the expressive arts provide a powerful and fun tool to access inner wisdom and give you your own unique voice. Here you can play and reawaken that part of yourself that yearns to be creative, expressive, and reconnected to your spouse (and your joy!)
Do You Identify With This Desire?
If so, this private and totally confidential retreat is a golden opportunity for you to uncover the woman and wife you were born to be and know you are, to be moved by the courageous beauty and strength of other women, and to give yourself the gift of time in a safe and gentle space to come home to yourself.
Let go of being responsible for others—trust your intuition—and give your self and your family the gift of this highly recommended Warrior's Spouse Retreat. It WILL change your life and your marriage.
