Step Boldly Into Your New Life

Transitions are some of the hardest times in our lives. Changing jobs, moving, having a child go off to college, these and others tax our physical, mental, and spiritual resilience. During the years I was on active duty when we PSC’ed (permanently changed our duty station) we had a sponsor to help us get settled in a new home and community. Unfortunately, there aren’t any sponsors when you leave the military and return to civilian life.

Over the last three years, I’ve talked with numerous service members and veterans in various stages of transitioning to civilian life. Through them, and my family’s experience, I found some key issues that seem to be roadblocks to people not just becoming comfortable in civilian life, but really grabbing a part of the American dream they spent their time in the military defending. Too many service members feel they’re far behind their civilian peers when they leave active duty and will never catch up.

Just as the military turned civilians into warriors, service members need to be transformed into civilians who can take their military experience and add value to their communities, families, and themselves. But the military cannot do this job. It has its hands full meeting its mission. We citizens, especially those of us who have made the change, need to take the responsibility to help service members “civilianize.”

I’m proud to let you know about the launch of my training that will begin this process. It’s done as a webinar that’s absolutely free.

If you’re a service member leaving active duty soon or a veteran, this is specifically for you. If you’re not, you may still find the information useful. In any event, you may have friends transitioning to civilian life and you’d be helping them a lot by telling them about this training. They won’t get this information in the military’s transition assistance program.

A while back I wrote about how people often think their military service was their best days. But, their greatest achievements are yet to come. Here’s the first step in making that a reality.

What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced when making a major change in your life?
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