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What Makes a Hero? Veterans Share Their Stories

By David Botti — 2015

On Remembrance Day in the UK, and Veterans Day in the US, military veterans are thanked for their service and described as “heroes” but for many this word “hero” feels uncomfortable.

Read on www.bbc.com

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A cure for bad days: how I’m living my worst life the best that I can

After my husband died, a silly catchphrase became a lifeline for me. Instead of wishing for a reality I couldn’t have, I embraced the circumstances I was dealt.

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Veterans Day: How Crosses and Mementos Help These Marines Remember Fallen Comrades

Many members of the public don’t have a clear understanding of what service means to people in the military. How do they honor their own? What kind of spaces and activities help them reflect and remember – beyond one day a year?

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Is Grief Mental Illness? With Psychiatric Changes, Maybe

Normal bereavement and major depression share many of the same symptoms. And because of those similarities, psychiatrists have historically carved out what is known as a "bereavement exclusion." Its purpose was to reduce the likelihood that normal grief would be diagnosed as clinical depression.

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A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement

Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.

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