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Truth telling shouldn’t cost you your career, your health, or your future. Yet too many people who report fraud, harassment, or ethical violations face a second wave of harm: quiet retaliation that isolates, undermines, and erodes trust. We sit down with Dr. Jackie Garrick—Army social worker, Pentagon policy leader, and founder of Whistleblowers of America—to unpack what moral injury looks like in everyday workplaces and how to navigate it without going alone.

Jackie breaks down the nine tactics organizations use to silence complaints—gaslighting, mobbing, shunning, double binds, blacklisting, and more—and shows why subtle moves in meetings or reassignments can be as damaging as formal discipline. We talk frankly about mixed messages from leadership, the risks tied to mental health labels and security clearances, and how “handle it privately” advice can make reporting unsafe when power is uneven. You’ll hear concrete strategies for employees thinking about speaking up: how to document evidence, when to seek legal or NGO help, how to use IGs for advice, and when anonymous or confidential routes make sense.

Leaders aren’t off the hook. We share a blueprint for responding after an IG complaint: partner with the reporter, ensure safety, use trained independent investigators, and communicate clearly to avoid turning concerns into open warfare. We also tackle the long timelines of investigations, why they stall, and how to protect your well‑being through the wait with peer support and realistic expectations. If you care about ethics, psychological safety, and real accountability—across government, healthcare, or tech—this conversation offers tools you can use today.

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When your life gets bigger, the inner critic often gets louder. We sit down with Dr. Elizabeth Fulgaro—award-winning author, songwriter, and financial coach—to explore how song-driven prayer and simple journaling can transform self-talk, rebuild resilience, and heal the hidden wounds that surface under pressure. Her journey from lifelong self-hatred to self-acceptance and then self-love is disarmingly honest, practical, and grounded in research with women veterans.

We unpack a 28-day practice that pairs curated “song prayers” with a quick daily check-in to track mood before and after listening. The results? Every participant experienced measurable improvements in resilience and well-being. Dr. Fulgaro breaks down why: music reaches the emotional brain, lyrics that speak directly to God reinforce being known, belonging, and purpose, and neuroplasticity does the rest. We go deeper than clichés, confronting the gap between performative spirituality and the hard, hopeful work of loving God, loving others, and loving yourself—without losing your voice or your boundaries.

Expect clear next steps: how to choose the right album by intuition, protect focus with ad-free listening, and use Companion Journals to guide a simple rhythm—select, reflect, listen, reflect, repeat. We also cover playlists for grief, anxiety, courage, and winding down at day’s end, plus why journaling unlocks stuck thoughts and anchors a new identity over time. If you’re ready to replace shame with dignity and move from coping to healing, this conversation gives you a map and the tools to start today.

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The hardest wounds to name are the ones that whisper you’re not good. We sit down with a VA chaplain, Army veteran, and moral health scholar to explore moral injury as a shame-rooted fracture of identity—not just a cluster of symptoms. Together we draw a clear line between fear-based PTSD and the moral injuries that follow betrayal, military sexual trauma, and violations of conscience, and we examine why the path to repair runs through truth, presence, and belonging.

We dig into a four-part model of moral health—belief, identity, integrity, responsibility—and show how trauma can collapse trust, autonomy, and competence until isolation takes over. From the debate around DSM recognition and compensation to the reality that loneliness is a massive suicide risk factor, we challenge systems that only pay for diagnoses while missing the person. The conversation turns practical: how to create spaces where survivors can be believed without pressure, how moral truth-telling restores voice, and why clinicians and chaplains should be trained to see the ethical dimension of trauma.

We also step outside. The chaplain shares insights from Healing in the Wild, where nature becomes a clinic without walls. No checklists, no judgment—just presence that helps people shift from performance to awareness so the nervous system can settle and the story can be told honestly. For women veterans, caregivers, and anyone living in the aftermath of moral harm, this episode offers language, tools, and hope: healing isn’t forgetting; it’s remembering differently in community. If moral injury has touched your life or your work, you’ll leave with a deeper map and immediate steps to support moral repair.

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Help Moral Injury Support Network for Servicewomen, Inc. provide the support it needs to women veterans by donating to our cause at: https://misns.org/donation or send a check or money order to Moral Injury Support Network, 136 Sunset Drive, Robbins, NC 27325. Every amount helps and we are so grateful for your loving support. Thanks!

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