BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD:
STORIES OF TENACITY AND MINDFUL GUIDANCE ALONG THE WARRIOR’S PATH
Beyond the Battlefield is a compilation of 15 true stories based upon candid interviews with service members from all branches of the military. These stories bring to light the challenges of both combat and non-combat experiences while serving. In addition to these stories, I introduce mindfulness and meditation as potential tools to help navigate the many difficulties that are addressed throughout the interviews with the hope of making these tools more accessible and acceptable within the mainstream military culture. This book is complete with heartfelt and sincere storytelling coupled with more objective and scientific data backing the usefulness of meditation and mindfulness within the context of military life.
MEET SOME OF THE INTERVIEWEES FROM “BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD”…
My hope is that by sharing these stories:
1. Other service members can feel connected and not so alone in their own experiences and challenges
2. Those unaffiliated with the military can have a deeper and clearer understanding of those who are serving in the armed forces
3. I help more people realize the need for additional tools and coping strategies to help service members with the high-stress experiences of military life, and two of those critical tools, as I propose in the book, are meditation and mindfulness
