Episode Summary:

On today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Gold Star spouse Lisa Hallett and wear blue: run to remember, an organization that strives to honor the service and sacrifice of the American military through active remembrance.

About Today’s Guest

Lisa Hallett is the President and Co-Founder of wear blue: run to remember.  On August 25, 2009, Lisa’s husband, CPT John Hallett, was killed when his Stryker was attacked with an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan.  

Surviving the loss of her husband, best friend, and father of her three young children, Lisa turned to running.  An avid runner, she soon found a community that needed the same kind of support that running gave her.  Creating wear blue gave Lisa a healthy outlet for her grief and a path to move forward, and she’s committed to sharing that with others.  

Lisa has an M.Ed.T. from University of Hawaii and a B.A. in English Literature from University of California- Santa Barbara.  She completed dozens of ultramarathons and has set a full marathon PR of 3:28:00.  Lisa has completed seven Ironman races, to include the Ironman World Championships.  Lisa and her three young children reside in DuPont, WA.  They are moving forward and loving life, honoring John with every step.
 

This week’s PsychArmor resource of the week is the PsychArmor course, Grief and Trauma. Dr. Shauna Springer explains that grief and trauma are different challenges — and that they require different healing strategies.

 

You can find the link to this resource here: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/grief-and-trauma

  

 

This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations.

Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.