Mental Healthy

Grace Anne McCluskey & "The Winter Elf"

Grace Anne grew up in the grand countryside of the Missouri foothills, tromping in the mud and building playhouses with six brothers and sisters. With animals, trees to climb, forests to explore, and adventures to have, imaginative play was the center of her growing up. When her dad became sick for many years with severe Lyme Disease, Grace Anne struggled to find how she, just a child, could help manage the stress and chaos of a family illness. It was hard for the parents and children to truly connect. However, before bed, they always gathered to listen to their dad read the fantastic stories of C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Brain Jaques, and other amazing writers. The ability the stories had to whisk her away and provide a new perspective of the world did not go unnoticed. By age 10, Grace Anne began writing stories for her younger siblings to help them sleep or deal with the loss of a farm pet. She avidly studied creative writing, including taking an intensive in Hollywood under the creators of blockbuster films. After graduation, Grace Anne majored in Psychology to further understand how her characters might come to life in realistic and relatable ways and also to strategically provide therapeutic guidance and new perspectives through the crafting of her words.

 

Learn more about Grace Anne's book at https://thewinterelf.com/

Vicki Moore & Rahab's Rope

Vicki Moore is the founder and CEO of Rahab's Rope in Gainesville, GA. God has given her compassion for people and a heart to serve him. Vicki has been involved in her local community through various organizations including; being a former board member for CASA, vice president of Phoenix Society and a chaplain for the Hall County Detention Center. Vicki has worked in foreign missions for over 20 years - the last 10 years she has focused on anti-trafficking in India. In 2013, she was invited as a delegate for the Global Alliance for Women's Health (GAWH) to the united nations 57th Commission on the status of women, where the theme was the elimination of violence against women.

 

Find more information about Rahab's Rope at https://www.rahabsrope.com/ 

Major General Bob Dees & the National Center for Healthy Veterans

The Mental Healthy Podcast opens its first season with Major General Bob Dees!

Robert F. Dees (born 2 February 1950 in Amarillo, Texas) is a retired major general in the United States Army. A specialist on national security issues, he was the chairman of the Ben Carson campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. He was the vice director for operational plans and interoperability for the Department of Defense. He was also Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division; Commander, 2nd Infantry Division, U.S. Forces Korea; Deputy Commander of V Corps in Europe; and Commander, U.S.-Israeli Joint Task Force for Missile Defense. After he officially retired from the U.S. military on January 1, 2003, he worked for the next two years as the Executive Director of Defense Strategies for Microsoft Corporation. In 2005, he became the executive director of Military Ministry, focusing on soldiers coming home from the war with post-traumatic stress. After writing the Resilience Trilogy, he was appointed and currently serves as Associate Vice President of Military Outreach and Director, Institute for Military Resilience, at Liberty University. Dees was also the Defense and National Security Advisor for Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. He and wife, Kathleen (née Robinson), serve as volunteer leaders in numerous outreaches to the military, including Military Community Youth Ministries. On December 31, 2015, he was appointed campaign chairman of the Ben Carson presidential campaign, 2016. Following the Carson Campaign, Dees expanded his public speaking about resilience and veterans issues, also becoming a board member on the Lindell Foundation and the Lindell Recovery Network. In August 2019 he became President of the Stone Ridge Foundation whose purpose is "Returning Healthy Veterans to America."

 

Find more information about the National Center for Healthy Veterans at https://www.healthyveterans.org/.