In the Marines, I learned that discipline doesn’t just keep me alive, it keeps me centered when chaos hits. I didn’t quit because it hurt or felt unfair. I adapted, refocused, and marched forward.   That same principle applies in emotional healing. In counseling, I often meet veterans who survived combat but now face a different kind of enemy, their own untrained emotions. They’ve been taught to endure, not to feel. But emotional resilience requires both strength and surrende

Pride wears many faces. It can glow warmly when we cheer for our family, school, or team, and it can sour into arrogance, a sense of...