A bootcamp for body, mind, and spirit,Duty to Heal – Finding Peace for a Soldier’s HeartTM is a four- to five-day retreat designed for the warrior’s soul. This treatment program helps military veterans and people whose professional careers take them to the front lines of violent, sudden, and traumatic events.
In the theatre of war, courage means sacrificing your own well-being for fellow soldiers and the lives of others. After the battle, courage means being honest with yourself and using all the tools available to reclaim your life with dignity, honor, and redemption.
There are many tactics of achieving the goal of recovery and healing. During Duty to HealTM, we draw strength from each other and share challenging conversations and experiences. This tour into the soul requires more than just getting in touch with feelings about what happened or simply sharing old war stories together. It requires probing moral injuries, a type of trauma that occurs when a person’s core values or moral beliefs are betrayed by themselves or others. Our tour also involves engaging in drills that facilitate grieving and our leaning into the power of God and His saving words of peace, reconciliation, and healing.
Our retreats create a sacred place to address these challenges. This is an expedition to end the isolation by bringing warriors together to become part of an intensive healing unit of community and support. The program integrates the past’s unspeakable moments within a spiritual process that recognizes the moral anguish we have grappled with.
Hearts are restored with courage by stepping into the truth of our experience. This journey helps us regain our highest held values. From destroyer to protector, we move from seclusion to becoming valuable community leaders and teachers with life wisdom and blessings for others.
Duty to HealTM is led by a professionally trained team that comprises mostly veterans who are therapists, and pastors who accompany each group through this healing journey. Our retreat training center and current retreats are held in the Houston area and are sponsored by New Heart of Texas.
Contact Us
If you or someone you love has suffered from serving in the military or as a first responder, you can experience strength and healing. Call our hotline for immediate assistance: (866) 763-6557. If you would like to learn more about this program, contact us or sign up for a Duty to HealTM retreat. We keep all information you give us in complete confidence.
