Walking Toward Peace Veterans Healing on America’s Trails - Cindy Ross

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, Self-help
Language: English
Keywords: ecotherapy Ptsd Veterans

Written by Cindy Ross
Read by Pam Ward
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

General Information
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Title: Walking Toward Peace
Subtitle: Veterans Healing on America’s Trails
Author: Cindy Ross
Reader: Pam Ward
Audiobook Copyright: 2021-04-13
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Duration: 7 hrs 0 mins
ISBN: 9781666112351
Subjects: Biography

File Information
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Media Format: AAC
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 414 MB
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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Walking Toward Peace shares the intimate stories of veterans who,
post-deployment, have wrestled with post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). Through a process called “ecotherapy,” spending time in nature
to promote healing and mental health, they have found new tools to
deal with issues that have resulted from combat experiences:
survivor’s guilt, nightmares, lack of trust, depression,
hypervigilance, thoughts of suicide, and lack of purpose. Some
veterans profiled here have gone to extremes, spending months on long-
distance expeditions, like hiking the 3,100-mile Continental Divide
Trail or canoeing the 2,320-mile Mississippi River. For many others,
however, brief excursions in the outdoors offer an opportunity for
healing. Author Cindy Ross examines current research and perspectives
of professional therapists and provides information on organizations
devoted to healing veterans in the outdoors. Each featured veteran is
depicted in an illustrated portrait.

Veterans share their stories, frequently as they sit by a campfire,
describing wartime traumas and their present lives. Through their
collective voices what becomes clear is that anyone suffering from any
form of PTSD may discover the powerful comfort and healing that can be
found in the outdoors.