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JWV Speaker explains Healing Memories Workshops
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Ballroom, 24218 S. Oakwood Blvd, Sun Lakes at 10 a.m. Complimentary lox, bagels, donuts, and coffee will be served at 9:30 a.m.
Wold will discuss the successes Healing of Memories
workshops
have had in
helping male
and female
veterans deal
with the emo-
tional, psy-
chological,
and spiritual
wounds they
received from their military experiences. Many veterans kept these traumas buried deep inside which led to a barrier in their healing. As they tell their stories and listen to others, they realize that they share a common human bond and are all wounded in some way by past experiences.
The workshop, free to veterans and care- givers, has been conducted 39 times since 2013 for over 450 veterans in Arizona. Work- shop participants include men and women veterans from the Korean, Vietnam, first Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars. Veterans’ ages ranged from 22 to 91.
Workshops take place at an overnight location, on Friday evening through Sunday, with a welcome dinner where participants are introduced to the workshop concept and
have an opportunity to meet each other. Time is dedicated to storytelling and sharing per- sonal experiences in small, facilitated groups with an emphasis on safety, respect, and con-
fidentiality. Activities are designed to help the vet- eran release painful expe- riences and to celebrate the future.
Wold loves to talk about workshop successes. “A woman veteran came up to me after the workshop and said that she had been isolating herself in a trailer home for two years, even having her food delivered.” She explained how the workshop was life changing. Three weeks after com- pleting the program, she enrolled in culinary
school and now is a successful chef.
A disabled First Gulf War veteran who had spent 20 years “divorcing, drinking, and blowing up in anger,” said that the Healing of Memories Workshop changed his life. “He not only healed, but now is one of our best
workshop facilitators,” Wold said proudly. Other participants offered comments on
the program.
“I learned the technique of purging old
memories of negative experiences resulting
in the ability to grow the good in my heart, mind and soul.”
“I waited 24 years to tell this story.”
“I was empowered to view life as positive: to move ahead and not let the past overpower me.”
“I realized how deeply the deaths of fellow veterans in combat have affected me.”
JWV Post 619, meets the third Sunday of every month from September to June, with members who represent a wide range of religious affiliations, and participates in philanthropic activities that help veterans of all faiths. To learn more about JWV activities and membership, contact Arthur Uram, 702- 884-4175, uramarthur@gmail.com
Michael Wold
Courtesy photo
“I was empowered to view life as positive: to move ahead and not let the past overpower me,”
— Michael Wold
Jewish War Veterans Copper State Post 619 welcomes Michael Wold, volunteer Ari- zona regional coordinator for the Institute for Healing of Memories-North America. The Navy veteran will speak Oct. 19 at the JWV meeting in the Oakwood Clubhouse
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