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Communication Skills Tutorial for Vets

. . . in support of relationship-communication mastery.

A free tutorial and password-protected forum for veterans.

The vast majority of people carry thousands of incompletes around for life. Life's incompletes serve as barriers to the experience of communication, of love, of being-here-now (in present-time), and to consistently manifesting one's stated intentions.

Vets who have not completed their military experiences unconsciously drag remnants of incompletes into each present-day interaction, each conversation. Without their uniform no one really knows them. Some become, "I'd rather not talk about it," "You can't possibly understand" "I'm too humble to talk about it" drama queens.

No branch of the military, nor the VA staff, know how to clear a vet, consequently, vets are released back into society with thousands (yes, thousands) of incompletes (things for which they have not been acknowledged).

A vet who is complete experiences happiness and laughs easily throughout most of each day. A vet who is incomplete is emotionally bound up and seldom happy, they routinely unconsciously create communication breakdowns that sap the aliveness and energy of those around him/her.

The single-most barrier to happiness for many wounded vets is their perpetual condition of being out-integrity. They live with the consideration that if they get "better" their disability pension might be reduced. A vet intuitively knows that if they communicate their experiences truthfully the effects will disappear or be somewhat minimized, consequently, they control friends and relatives (keeping them incomplete and unable to assist in the healing). This is both abusive and unethical. Most vets master lying to VA staff for which there are undesirable compounding consequences.

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