
OUR STORIES
RET. LT. COL. SCOTT MANN
Founder of The Heroes Journey
I’ve experienced trauma as a former Green Beret and combat veteran. I went through my own struggle with depression and transition challenges. In fact, I almost took my own life six years ago. After two decades of service I came home to a world I didn’t recognize, inhabited by people who didn’t seem to know the first thing about me. When I reached the lowest point in my struggles with transition, I turned to written story as a form of therapy. I realized that although the story was mine, I was talking about the frustrations of hundreds of thousands of transitioning military members. I found story as a way to close those transition gaps and help heal the wounds of war.
Chris Vetzel
Veteran, warrior storytelling workshop graduate and facilitator, cast member of “last OUt”