not a medical diagnosis for disease, rather a spiritual consideration, something ancient traditions discovered for a different outcome for veterans of war. After reading the book, traveling on spiritual pilgramages to Greece and Viet Nam, my third time back, my life has begun again, this time with the wounds from the war healed. I have joined Dr. Tick in the Soldier's Heart initiative, traveling extensively to speak of his work.
By the way, it was during my trip to Greece that I met my wife, Lindsley Field. After 30 years of chiropractic practice in Golden, I have now semi-retired back at the beach in South Carolina. Together with Lindsley, we have opened a health center: WHOLISTIC ALIGNMENT. Lindsley is a multi-talented healer working with the Trager Approach®, Usui and Karuna® Reiki, Aromatherapy including Raindrop Therapy Technique® and Shamanic Councilor. www.lindsleyfield.com
I was born in post war Boston and raised in San Diego. As a young man living on the beach, it wasn't long before a surfing fascination developed into a highly competitive sport. Unfortunately, the timing of my birth set me first in line for a tour of duty in 1968 Vietnam to serve with the Fourth Infantry Division. When discharged into an anti-war society, my baffled brain sought isolation and traveling the world seeking the perfect wave seemed like the only natural thing to do.
It was in Perth, Western Australia that I discovered my life's calling. Dr. Jim, also an avid surfer, was an enthusiastic chiropractor and quickly turned me onto the profession. After graduating magna cum laude in 1977 from Palmer College of Chiropractic, I settled in Golden, Colorado and into a busy practice. Life seemed perfect, married with two beautiful daughters, then my nephew deployed over to the Persian Gulf and into a Desert Storm conflict.
Unbeknownst to me, a well-depressed
post-traumatic stress disorder had been
primed for eruption. After a twenty-year
marriage dissolved, the search for healing began, but being a wholistic doctor, I wasn't interested with the medical protocol for treating PTSD. This lead to a ten year journey: non-medicated psych therapy, authoring two novels, traveling back to the land of my nightmares, then finally learning of the true cause to my strife.
"War and the Soul." A new definition for PTSD: " post-terror-soul distress." It's
