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For US Veterans, What Does it Mean to Heal a Moral Injury?

By Martin Kuz — 2019

In a path to heal, a clinician guides a veteran through a conversation with an imaginary and benevolent “moral authority” to talk about the act or event that has caused suffering. The patient then describes the regret and sorrow that has followed, and asks for forgiveness or a chance to atone.

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For These Veterans, Poetry and Prose Help Treat the Moral Injury of War

The classical hero’s journey involves a call to adventure, a refusal to go, crossing a threshold while battling internal and external monsters, and above all, sacrifice.

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Anne Kniggendorf
2021
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Why Soldiers Crave a ‘Hero’s Journey’

Many in the veteran community have made the mistake of assuming that the only process of reincarnation as a new, more laudable self is through violence and brutality.

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Meaghan Mobbs
2018
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Veterans Need Help Becoming Civilians Again

Our treatment of troops returning from combat has led to a culture of permanent disability. They deserve better.

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Daniel Gade
2021
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The Healing Power of Greek Tragedy

Brooklyn-based Theater of War Productions bills itself as “an innovative public health project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, including Sophocles’ Ajax, as a catalyst for town hall discussions about the challenges faced by service men and women, veterans, their families,...

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Jeff MacGregor
2017
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‘American Veteran’ Honors the Many Faces of the U.S. Soldier

On the heels of America’s longest war, a new PBS documentary series sits down with nearly 50 veterans in hopes of helping to bridge a growing gap.

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Chris Vognar
2021
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What is the Hero’s Journey?

Each of us is rising above our self-imposed limitations and outer challenges to expand our sense of self and walk our path of destiny. Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey gave us a map to guide us, and signposts along the way, as we take our journey.

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Rachel Zelaya
2020
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The Hero’s Journey: The Idea You Never Knew Had Shaped “Star Wars”

Campbell’s monomyth has been criticised for being Eurocentric and patriarchal. But it has a more significant problem, in that Campbell was wrong. There is not one pure archetypal story at the heart of human storytelling.

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John Higgs
2015
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Transformative Media: From the Hero’s Journey to Our Collective Journey

We need alternative narratives that show empowered and diverse people taking on the biggest challenges and coming together to transform a situation, not just ‘save the day.’

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Maya Zuckerman
2016
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Understanding the Human Condition Using ‘The Wizard of Oz’

If a Hero’s journey awaits all of us, then this interpretation of the deeper messages within the classic The Wizard of Oz can awaken the profound adventure of self-discovery and new potential.

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Jean Houston
2013
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What About the Heroine’s Journey?

The Harvard scholar Maria Tatar has made a career of studying fairy tales and folklore. Now she is taking aim at Joseph Campbell and showing us the women he left out of the story.

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Gal Beckerman
2021
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