Sacred Spaces: My Journey to the Heart of Military Marriage - Softcover

Weathers, Corie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934617334 ISBN 13: 9781934617335

Verlag: Elva Resa Publishing, 2016

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Corie Weathers, the 2015 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year, traveled on a one-week overseas trip with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, hoping to gain a better understanding of her husband Matt’s deployment experience. She didn’t choose the timing or circumstances of her trip—Christmastime, in the midst of her family’s second cross-state move in six months—but it seemed the perfect opportunity for Corie and Matt to gain a better understanding of each other’s perspectives. Matt experienced life on the home front with new eyes as he moved their household belongings, prepared for the holidays, and settled their two young sons into a new school. At US military installations and aboard aircraft and ships in Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf, Corie spoke with deployed troops and military families stationed overseas. Their itinerary brought her to the very place that changed the trajectory of her life. As she sat in the belly of a C-17, where her husband had said goodbye to the remains of friends and fellow soldiers, as she touched with her own hands the memorial at FOB Fenty and reflected on her grief as a care team member following the battle at COP Keating, Corie realized this journey was about much more than the push-pull of duty away from loved ones. This was a journey to the heart of her marriage, a place where she would have to leave behind her resentment in exchange for ground she and her husband had surrendered to hurt, misunderstanding, loss—and to Afghanistan.

Biografía del autor:

CORIE WEATHERS is a military wife, licensed professional counselor (LPC), sought-after speaker, and consultant. She started her career as a counselor specializing in marriage, divorce, women’s issues, and substance abuse. Certified to work with post-traumatic stress by the Center for Deployment Psychology, Corie found her passion working to build stronger relationships with military and first-responder couples.As the 2015 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year, Corie advocated for mental health issues and served as a media correspondent writing for online and print publications, consulting for command teams, and speaking nationally on topics such as PTSD, grief, marriage, and military culture. Corie is also the creator and host of Lifegiver Military Spouse Podcast, offering a positive place for honest conversations about military marriage as well as interviews with inspirational guests. She serves as an ambassador for the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.Corie and her husband, Matthew, an Army chaplain, cohost marriage retreats and offer a free online marriage program designed to improve intimacy and connection. They live in Virginia with their two young sons.

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• Verlag: Elva Resa Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1934617334
• ISBN 13: 9781934617335
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176