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Coming Home to Strangers: How to Help Veterans Reintegrate | The Difference We Make

In this episode of The Difference We Make, host Ashling Scallon explores the profound challenge of veteran reintegration into civilian society, arguing that the true barrier is not trauma itself, but the isolation and silence that follow. This conversation is essential for anyone seeking to understand how to support veterans beyond superficial gestures or pity. It moves away from the cultural scripts that either glorify soldiers as invincible heroes or pathologize them as broken victims, instead advocating for a model of partnership and presence. Listeners will discover why charity can be…

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