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>>>WE’RE BACK NOW WITH KEN>>>WE’RE BACK NOW WITH KEN FAULK, A NAVY VETERAN WHO START FAULK, A NAVY VETERAN WHO START ADD RETREAT TO HELP VETERANS ADD RETREAT TO HELP VETERANS TURN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS GOD’S TURN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS GOD’S TO POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH. TO POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH. ALSO WITH US AN ARMY CAPTAIN WHO ALSO WITH US AN ARMY CAPTAIN WHO SUPPRESSED HER PTSD UNTIL SHE SUPPRESSED HER PTSD UNTIL SHE FOUND HERSELF ON THE STREETS OF FOUND HERSELF ON THE STREETS OF LAS VEGAS. LAS VEGAS. KATHERINE, WHAT HAPPENED. KATHERINE, WHAT HAPPENED. HI. HI.>>HI.>>HI. SO IT WAS THE LAS VEGAS ROCK AND SO IT WAS THE LAS VEGAS ROCK AND ROLL HALF MARATHON I WAS DOING ROLL HALF MARATHON I WAS DOING WITH MY SISTER. WITH MY SISTER. WE DO IT PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR. WE DO IT PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS AFTER THE UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED MASS SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLIER, SO THE STREETS WERE EARLIER, SO THE STREETS WERE JUST JAM-PACKED WITH SECURITY, A JUST JAM-PACKED WITH SECURITY, A LOT OF BOTTLENECKING, LOT OF BOTTLENECKING, HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD, PEOPLE UP HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD, PEOPLE UP IN TOWERS. IN TOWERS. I REMEMBER I WAS JUST GETTING I REMEMBER I WAS JUST GETTING VERY CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND PANICKY VERY CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND PANICKY BECAUSE WE WERE BEING COMPRESSED BECAUSE WE WERE BEING COMPRESSED DOWN TO SUCH FUNNELS TRYING TO DOWN TO SUCH FUNNELS TRYING TO GET THROUGH SECURITY LINES. GET THROUGH SECURITY LINES. SOMEHOW I GOT CELEBRATED FROM MY SOMEHOW I GOT CELEBRATED FROM MY SISTER WHO PUSHED ALL THE WAY SISTER WHO PUSHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TOP AND I HAD A THROUGH THE TOP AND I HAD A COMPLETE PANIC ATTACK. COMPLETE PANIC ATTACK. I FEEL LIKE IT JUST BROUGHT BACK I FEEL LIKE IT JUST BROUGHT BACK OR REALLY AMPLIFIED A LOT OF OR REALLY AMPLIFIED A LOT OF SYMPTOMS I HAD BEEN SYMPTOMS I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCEING WITH ANXIETY, EXPERIENCEING WITH ANXIETY, WORRY, THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN WORRY, THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN SEPARATED FROM MY SISTER, EVEN SEPARATED FROM MY SISTER, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW SHE WAS AT THE THOUGH I KNEW SHE WAS AT THE RACE, IT WAS A SENSE OF LOSS. RACE, IT WAS A SENSE OF LOSS. I COULDN’T FIND HER UNTIL THE I COULDN’T FIND HER UNTIL THE END OF THE RACE. END OF THE RACE.>>HOW DID THAT TRANSLATE INTO>>HOW DID THAT TRANSLATE INTO FINDING KEN. FINDING KEN.>>SO ACTUALLY MY COLLEGE>>SO ACTUALLY MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE HAD GONE TO THE PROGRAM ROOMMATE HAD GONE TO THE PROGRAM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND WE HAD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND WE HAD STAYED IN TOUCH. STAYED IN TOUCH. SHE’S BEEN TELLING ME TO GO. SHE’S BEEN TELLING ME TO GO. I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WASN’T I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WASN’T DESERVING OR SOMEBODY ELSE HAD DESERVING OR SOMEBODY ELSE HAD IT WORSE THAN ME AND NEEDED IT IT WORSE THAN ME AND NEEDED IT MORE THAN ME. MORE THAN ME.>>WHY DID YOU FEEL YOU WEREN’T>>WHY DID YOU FEEL YOU WEREN’T DESERVING? DESERVING?>>I THINK BECAUSE WHEN YOU>>I THINK BECAUSE WHEN YOU DEPLOY OR EVEN NOT DEPLOY, DEPLOY OR EVEN NOT DEPLOY, EVERYBODY HAS SUCH DIFFERENT EVERYBODY HAS SUCH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. EXPERIENCES. IT MIGHT BE ONE TRAUMATIC EVENT IT MIGHT BE ONE TRAUMATIC EVENT OR THEY REFER TO IT AS 1,000 OR THEY REFER TO IT AS 1,000 PAPER CUTS. PAPER CUTS. TO ME, MY STORY IS SO MUCH TO ME, MY STORY IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM BRYAN’S, ALSO DIFFERENT FROM BRYAN’S, ALSO BEING DUAL MILITARY AND SEE WHAT BEING DUAL MILITARY AND SEE WHAT MY HUSBAND WENT THROUGH WITH MY HUSBAND WENT THROUGH WITH DEPLOYMENT, MY FOCUS WAS ON HIS DEPLOYMENT, MY FOCUS WAS ON HIS STRUGGLE MORE THAN ME. STRUGGLE MORE THAN ME. I FEEL LIKE SUPPRESSING THAT FOR I FEEL LIKE SUPPRESSING THAT FOR SO MANY YEARS. SO MANY YEARS. MY COPING STRATEGIES WEREN’T MY COPING STRATEGIES WEREN’T HEALTHY, KIND OF AMPLIFIED. HEALTHY, KIND OF AMPLIFIED. THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED I NEEDED THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED I NEEDED TO GO TO BOULDER CREST. TO GO TO BOULDER CREST.>>THE THING ABOUT BOULDER>>THE THING ABOUT BOULDER CREST, IT’S FREE FOR MILITARY CREST, IT’S FREE FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL, WHICH IS AMAZING. PERSONNEL, WHICH IS AMAZING. IT’S FREE. IT’S FREE. YOU DON’T REFUSE PEOPLE. YOU DON’T REFUSE PEOPLE. AND THEIR MAIN PROGRAM IS CALLED AND THEIR MAIN PROGRAM IS CALLED THE WARRIOR PATH PROGRAM, A THE WARRIOR PATH PROGRAM, A SEVEN-DAY IN-PERSON TRAINING SEVEN-DAY IN-PERSON TRAINING SESSION FOLLOWED BY 18 MONTHS OF SESSION FOLLOWED BY 18 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT. FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT. SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THE SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THE VETERANS THERE? VETERANS THERE?>>THE PROGRAM STARTS WITH THE>>THE PROGRAM STARTS WITH THE SEVEN-DAY INITIATION AT OUR SEVEN-DAY INITIATION AT OUR PLACE. PLACE. IT’S A COMBINATION OF THIS WHOLE IT’S A COMBINATION OF THIS WHOLE FRAMEWORK OF BOTH TRAUMATIC FRAMEWORK OF BOTH TRAUMATIC GROWTH. GROWTH. WE’RE TEACHING PEOPLE THE WE’RE TEACHING PEOPLE THE EDUCATION PROCESS OF EDUCATION PROCESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, WHAT’S GOING ON PSYCHOTHERAPY, WHAT’S GOING ON IN OUR MINDS AND OUR BODIES. IN OUR MINDS AND OUR BODIES. WE TALK ABOUT REGULATION WE TALK ABOUT REGULATION PRACTICES. PRACTICES. WE FIND IN A LOT OF CASES IF YOU WE FIND IN A LOT OF CASES IF YOU CAN’T SELF-REGULATE, YOU’LL CAN’T SELF-REGULATE, YOU’LL SELF-MEDICATE. SELF-MEDICATE. WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO SELF-REGULATE THROUGH SELF-REGULATE THROUGH TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION, TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION, GUIDED MEDITATION, BREATHING, GUIDED MEDITATION, BREATHING, SOME SIMPLE THINGS. SOME SIMPLE THINGS.>>I KNOW, BRYAN, HOW WOULD YOU>>I KNOW, BRYAN, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT? DESCRIBE IT? THAT’S THE FORENSIC DISCUSSION. THAT’S THE FORENSIC DISCUSSION. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THEY HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DO. DO.>>TM, TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION>>TM, TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION HAS BEEN HUGE FOR ME. HAS BEEN HUGE FOR ME. MY WILL SAY YOU NEED TO TM. MY WILL SAY YOU NEED TO TM. I CAN FEEL IT. I CAN FEEL IT. I DID IT RIGHT BEFORE I CAME I DID IT RIGHT BEFORE I CAME HERE. HERE. I WAS LIKE WOUND UP, AND I NEED I WAS LIKE WOUND UP, AND I NEED THAD RELEASE. THAD RELEASE. SO IT BROUGHT ME DOWN. SO IT BROUGHT ME DOWN.>>WE COULD GO ON ABOUT THIS BUT>>WE COULD GO ON ABOUT THIS BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COURAGE IN YOUR SERVICE AND COURAGE IN SPEAKING OUT. SPEAKING OUT. TO YOU, KEN, WHO HE MADE SOME TO YOU, KEN, WHO HE MADE SOME MONEY WHEN HE LEFT THE SERVICE MONEY WHEN HE LEFT THE SERVICE AND DECIDED TO DONATE 47 ACRES AND DECIDED TO DONATE 47 ACRES OF YOUR OWN PROPERTY TO HELP OF YOUR OWN PROPERTY TO HELP VETERANS. VETERANS. WHAT A LEGACY YOU ARE CREATING WHAT A LEGACY YOU ARE CREATING NOT JUST FOR YOUR SELF BUT THESE NOT JUST FOR YOUR SELF BUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN. MEN AND WOMEN. CHECK IT OUT. CHECK IT OUT. IT’S CALLED BOULDER CREST.