RECOVERY, IN ORDER
The Pillars of Health
Recovery didn't arrive as a single appointment. It was work with the VA and the Vet Center, and a daily return to four pillars, in this order: spiritual, physical, mental, financial. That order is not theory. It is how Ron rebuilt a life after Military Sexual Trauma and decades of untreated PTSD.
Spiritual Health
A reason to stay in the world when the monster wants the last word. Church, reading, and honest conversation gave the days a shape trauma had taken away.
Mental Health
Years of therapy, the Vet Center, VA care when it could be reached. Naming what happened instead of burying it, over the long haul.
From Survivor to Guide
Untreated trauma cost Ron decades. Today his work is making sure it costs other survivors less. Three ways he shows up for that mission now.
WHERE RON SERVES NOW
Physical Health
The body kept what the system did not write down. Sleep, strength, and showing up for fitness gave the mind a place to stand.
Financial Health
A veteran cannot rebuild a life on an empty floor. The fight for disability status continues in federal court, the stability that lets the other three pillars continue.