No one dreams of a life splotched with PTSD, divorce, grief, trauma, illness, pain, and aging. Welby O’Brien, author of LOVE OUR VETS and founder of Love Our Vets – PTSD Family Support shares her painful traumatic journey, and all the good that has come of it. There’s always HOPE! 💛 Hear her…
Follow “Love Our Vets” author Welby O’Brien on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@welbyobrien2578 🙂 Hope for the Wobbly: “I Can’ts and I Can’s” with Welby O’Brien For anyone feeling weary…here is some encouragement! Author Welby O’Brien shares some hope for caregivers and everyone! 💛 https://youtu.be/a41eWIdWg8s Welby O’Brien Tells All! The Story Behind the Books No…
Do you flinch at the thought of adding ONE MORE THING into your busy day? “I would, but I just don’t have time!” You may be feeling drained and weary but you just gotta keep powering through. I’ve learned the hard way that powering through works for a while. But if we go too…
. The Exceptional People Behind Their Warriors: One Counselor’s Mission to Support the Families PTSD Never Mentions By Marcus Hart · August 7, 2026 · 3 min read Milwaukee, WI — Everybody talks about what PTSD does to the veteran. Almost nobody talks about what it does to the person lying next to him at 3am. That’s the conversation…
PTSD doesn’t just live with the veteran — it lives in the whole house. Welby O’Brien, author of “LOVE OUR VETS” and founder of Love Our Vets – PTSD Family Support and wife of a combat veteran, joins Marcus Hart on Transform U: Veteran Stories to talk about what it actually takes to love someone…
Independence Day and other patriotic holidays are a blast! Party time! For many. But for others, this “blast” propels them right back into the heat of battle. Physically and emotionally. How ironic and gut-wrenching that the very warriors who sacrificed so we could celebrate our freedom are the ones who may suffer most on this…
The month of June is dedicated to PTSD Awareness. Thankfully, for the first time in our history there’s an abundance of information about PTSD, and help for those who struggle with it (which in the U.S. alone is millions!). So why then are so many – including all their loved ones around them – still seriously…
More than just another day off and the segue into summer, Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays are a time for reflecting, supporting and giving thanks for the sacrifices our heroes have made for us. However, what looks like a three-day-long weekend of fun, parties and picnics to some, looks like a nightmare to others.…
After struggling for years with the burden of trauma and survivor’s guilt, this veteran finds peace. This 4 minute testimony could change your life.
Ever feel like you can’t move, talk, come home, wake them, or enter a room without triggering your PTSD survivor? Welcome to the world of PTSD! Unfortunately, there is no magic solution that will erase the original trauma or eradicate the ensuing perpetual survival mode. Originally a life-saving defense mechanism, the involuntary exaggerated startle response…