What You Survived Was Not Wasted — Here's How to Turn It Into Your Purpose

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Nov 5, 2025 · 1h 4m

You have been asking why. Why did this happen. Why did you make it through when others did not. Why the weight of what you survived will not turn into something that feels like it was worth surviving for. Dr. Carter Check is a healthcare ethicist, veteran, and moral injury expert who works specifically at that question — the space between enduring something hard and finding a reason that makes the enduring meaningful. What he shares about how purpose transforms the heaviest experiences from dead weight into fuel, how to reconnect with the people you have lost in a way that honors rather than…