Discover Your Peace
A Place for Peace is the product of Military Service and Peace Studies. Through a journey of self-discovery the vital importance of Rites of Passage was discovered. Then, with a foundation of contemplative education, the building blocks of Intention, Reflection and Action were established. Upon this foundation came the proprietary perspective of the Influential Spheres of Language that helps to provide context to Mindfulness & Self-Care Practices.
Military Service
Military Service experience began in 2000, just prior to 9/11. Enlisting with training in the Signal branch of the Army a theoretical and practical knowledge of communications platforms was acquired. The initial duty station was South Korea for a year and then to Germany for two years. Following that a deployment to Iraq and upon return, after 5 years of Active Duty, a Honorable discharge into the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). After two years in the IRR, orders were received to deploy to Afghanistan for a 1 year tour. At the end of that deployment was 8+ years of Military Service with another Honorable discharge.
Peace Studies
Yes! Peace Studies as a university degree. Listening to the inner personal desire to have access to a wilderness therapy experience is what was the guidance to enroll into Naropa Universities Peace Studies program in Boulder, Colorado. A primary take away from the immersive contemplative education curriculum throughout the university experience was the cyclical process of Intention -> Reflection -> Action throughout every aspect of life. The program expected reflective self-inquiry as an overall theme and provided a nourishing and accepting environment to experience that vulnerably.
Rites of Passage
From personal experience of war trauma it was clear that the Rite of Passage that is being a soldier in war is not properly cycled through, thus further enhancing trauma. The military thrives on the first three stages of Rites of Passage, but in most circumstances neglects time for proper Incorporation and Integration from the Threshold experience of war. Keeping soldiers in a Planning, Severance, Threshold experience of life is at the benefit of the military and at the cost of soldiers well-being. Learning to navigate through all five stages provides a model to follow when dealing with trauma.
Sharing the cyclical process model of Rites of Passage is the third offering.
Planning -> Severance -> Threshold -> Incorporation -> Integration
This is the culminating offering a self-generated Rite of Passage
Intention -> Reflection -> Action
In the simplest way Intention, Reflection, Action is a contemplative model that is used to reflect on any aspect of life. Through inquires using brainstorming or mind mapping logs
Influential Spheres of Language
The conceptualization of Mindfulness based practices and Cognitive Behavior Therapy became the initial day dreams of the Influential Spheres of Language. Building upon the foundation of the Intention, Reflection, Action cycle the picture of a heart surrounded by an inner 'Cognitive' sphere, surrounded by a middle 'Social' sphere and then an outer 'Media' sphere was created.
“Eudaimonism refers to a life dedicated to seeking meaning, engagement with the existential challenges of life, and the actualization of human potential, whereas hedonism refers to a life dedicated to seeking pleasure, happiness, and enjoyment.”
Stephen Joseph, Ph.D.
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