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  1. 4d ago

    S2:E32 From Pain to Purpose - Fall into October

    Join me this week as I discuss some fall thoughts and today is Mental Health Awareness Day. For us veterans, mental health day is every day! We can have fear, respond with faint, fawn or frozen, but we also have the option to fight for our mental health. Not fight with our fists but rather fight to overcome our challenges. My first response in my being locked out of my truck at dipping temps in Wyoming were to use the skills I learned in the military but prior to implementing any of those, I prayed. I put God first in my path to overcome instead of asking for prayers last. I put Him in my path to help me fight in the situation instead of my becoming a victim in my situation. It is something that we have to relearn as veterans.  I also brought up the topic of the upcoming Hassan execution. I cannot say what is right for you on whether you watch it or not. I do recommend that you put God in in play to help you decide whether you will be traumatized by the experience and become morally injured or whether you may find yourself with some moral healing and recovery. That is something I recommend that you pray to God about on whether it will help or harm you. Only you will know what is right for you. Otherwise, all I know is that whatever he has done along with many others in the world who have caused harm, God will deal with them anyway. But if you are considering watching the execution in December, pray before you do - or don't.

  2. Oct 4

    S2"E31 From Pain to Purpose - My bear not bear story from vacation!

    This week I share my first hunting experience ever! I was blessed with an amazing opportunity in my #livinglist journey in life to hunt with an organization that I support and am a staff member (aka volunteer) to build a women veterans program. I took my military experience meets great outdoors and hiking skills to the next level with hunting!  But getting there proved to be much more challenging than I expected and boy howdy did my military skills come into play. There is the part about thinking through what we do when unexpected challenges occur like they did in my precursor trip before I even got to Gillette, WY to meet the guys with Brave Souls United.  #hunting  #veteranskills #levelup #hiking #moralhealing #moralinjury #moralrecovery #trauma

  3. Sep 21

    S2:E2 The Revivalists - Exodus Chapter 1

    Join us this week as we embark on our first episode of Exodus!  What started out many years ago under Joseph where his family came to Egypt and living in the best of conditions, have now resulted in a large population that Pharaoh fears. He fears that they will raise up and war will break out. He put them all into slavery and appointed slave masters to rule them. As a result, he orders the midwives to terminate all male children as they are born. The midwives do not do as they are told and instead lie to Pharaoh that the Israelite women are too robust during childbirth and they cannot prevent the males from being born. Pharaoh sees more males and again gives the order, kill all male boys and let the girls live. He ordered them to put them in the Nile.  There is significant moral injury and disagreement in this first chapter of Exodus. Consider that Pharaoh's order to kill the boys is selective postmortem abortion (in today's terms). But this is a major form of population control to prevent the males from raising an army within the borders.  From the moral healing and recovery side, consider this. These two midwives who dared to disobey Pharaoh understood that obeying God's higher orders gave them freedom. The midwives feared not. The problem was that the Israelites (Joseph's decedents) became too complacent, they were too comfortable in their surroundings to consider that perhaps they should take their own initiative and return to Canaan on their own.

  4. Sep 14

    S2:E30 From Pain to Purpose - Rally4Vets Awards

    In this episode there are no losers! It's the awards ceremony for Rally4Vets at Dominion Raceway in Thornberg, VA on Saturday September 12th. Which branch brings home the trophy?? Let's just say it is the branch I LOVE and identify with because we are all that we can be! But yes, I collected a medal and a certificate too! BWAHAHA! I'm not the best at everything but I sure know how to have fun!

  5. Sep 14

    S2:E29 From Pain to Purpose - Live from Dominion Raceway

    During this episode I was in person at Dominion Raceway in Thornberg, VA for the Rally4Vets annual race! Such an epic adventure in great world of auto racing! Last year I was in person with Rally4Vets and knew that attending this annual event was the right thing to bring media to veteran events! If you have not been into racing I provide some insight into why it is therapy for veterans not just on the track but also in maintaining their cars. No doubt the need for speed is an adrenaline rush and it is a way that keeps you focused right in the here on now. Nothing else but the driver, the machine, and the present.  Rally4Vets fundraises for a partner nonprofit that provides service dogs for veterans. This event is a dual purpose event and is something you need to plan for in 2027!

  6. Sep 14

    S2:E28 From Pain to Purpose - Eva Fulton On the Road

    Join me this week as I talk about my journey on the road in my RV! I traveled this week from Texas to Virginia so that I can broadcast live from Dominion Raceway next Saturday! If you have thought about being an expat, then there is an alternative in the states by serving as a camp host through www.volunteer.gov. This is a great opportunity to stay at campsites for free. Sometimes there are locations like a lighthouse or a cabin where you can stay and not need your own RV.

  7. Sep 14

    S2:E1 - The Revivalists - Genesis Recap 3

    This week is our final recap of Genesis but surely not the last time we mention the stories of Genesis or its participants. Eva returned from her trip and discussed the correlation between what Noah and the ark inhabitants must have felt when faced with the trials of rain and her own experience with a leaking RV roof. It is tough to manage trials when you are not in your normal surroundings. The choice - lean into God. But then we discussed some more newsworthy topics related to moral disagreement when we talked about the recent court decision that basically states a victim of rape during service is to be expected yet handled as workers compensation but omits the level of responsibility by the bad actor. This topic then correlates with more moral disagreement in the Clancy murder case which last ended in a mistrial. Fortunately the lone male jurist refused to capitulate with the other jurists who celebrated the death of the children and clamored for her freedom and absolution. For those of us watching these events, it can be a type of moral injury and thus we need to continue to focus on God as our True North of our moral compass!

  8. Sep 2

    S1:E52 - The Revivalists - Genesis Recap Part 2

    This is our 52d show! One year on the air and we even earned an award this year too! This week Eva and Darrell continue to recap the Genesis stories and put them in the context of DSM 5 moral injury to transition into moral healing and recovery by placing God as our True North of our moral compass.  We prayed for the flood victims in Nepal as this is a reminder of the promise that God made, He will never destroy entire humanity that way again. However, he did not say that no floods would happen. Let this be a reminder that we still have diligence in the lives we lead and to lead our lives right in His eyes on a daily basis as our time could come at any time.  Eva begins the discussion with covering the 5-Why's of what happened with Noah getting drunk, being found by his grandson passed out on the floor of his tent naked. Why was Noah drunk? Why was he naked? Why did he resort to potentially old behaviors pre-flood and feel the need to make wine (assuming he knew how to grow grapes and make wine pre-flood)? Why was he troubled? Why....???? the questions could be endless but the discussion involves Noah and his family experienced the great flood and then what? This is very similar to many veterans/military members who do great things in the name of the military, perhaps get out of the military, and then what?  But what about the rest of the discussion about moral injury? The focus remains on God, but in consistency with the rest of the cultural messaging, God remains absent from the discussion. It stays in a very clinical messaging without mentioning God as part of the solution and does not include moral healing and recovery.  For both of us, obedience to God remains the answer. What is it that God tells us to do in our lives and do we follow what God says? Or do we ignore Him and stay our own gods? It is a choice of obedience or disobedience. If we want true change then we need to change our paths and follow God's directions.  A new term Eva learned this week was about moral disagreement. Perhaps this is the context of our issues between the clinical response to moral injury versus what The Revivalists mission is in moral disagreement with that view and instead present moral injury into moral healing and recovery via God! Is the "ite mentality" the clinical response?  Darrell shared some of his personal journey lately with his wife and our collaboration in person is healthy for him to balance life with his caregiving with his wife.  We are the company we keep and the Revivalist mission - which path do you want to be on? The path to Heaven or Hell? Do you want to go to Heaven or be Left Behind (like in the books and movies)? It's a choice.  Eva then read a Revivalists mission document that helps explain it all and make some significant connections between the scripture and living life.  We are still the same people who existed in Genesis - we have not changed!

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  • Creator
    Eva Fulton
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
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