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3 Mental Health Signs To Be Aware Of In The Veteran Community
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Veterans deal with a major mental health symptom called PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This...

David Kendrick
5 days ago3 min read
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3 Mental Health Signs To Be Aware Of In The Civilian Community
There are so many “awareness” campaigns in today’s world. Breast cancer awareness, autism awareness, bullying awareness…but what does it...

David Kendrick
Apr 144 min read
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Working With a Disability
ADA law is something that we all know about, but we really don’t know what it is.

David Kendrick
Aug 26, 20243 min read
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Are you talking TO your audience, or AT them?
Let me set the scene: you hear the significant introduction of the speaker, you clap when they walk up to the stage, then after two...

David Kendrick
Aug 6, 20233 min read
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Someone Just Told Me They Want To End Their Life. What Do I Do?
A blog dedicated to the hard mental health conversations we can have with the people in our lives.

David Kendrick
Jan 15, 20234 min read
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Veterans: Pain & PTSD
For years after the War on Terror, veterans live with physical pain. Pain is a contributing factor to suicide and substance abuse for vets.

David Kendrick
Jan 11, 20234 min read
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3 Reasons To Hire A Combat Veteran As a Speaker
I know, it sounds like I’m bragging. Allow me to explain first. I don’t think people remember that the War on Terror lasted 20 years....

David Kendrick
Jul 7, 20224 min read
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When Superman Loses His Powers
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no it’s Superman!!! For a lot of kids and adults, Superman represents everything that they would like to see in...

David Kendrick
Mar 29, 20223 min read
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Mental Health Resolutions For The New Year
Do you have a New Years Resolution? Have you set one in the past? Have you ever tried to set one for your mental health?

David Kendrick
Jan 1, 20224 min read
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My Most Important Speech
I deployed to Iraq in 2006 with the 3-61st Cavalry Regiment. I deployment was during what the New York Times called the deadliest year...

David Kendrick
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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How Simone Biles Is Influencing The Mental Health Conversation
“I truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. I know I brush it off and make it seem like pressure...

David Kendrick
Jul 29, 20214 min read
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Mental Health Conversation: Cyber Bullying & it's Impact on Children - A Live Conversation
This was a live conversation held June 24th 2020 David: I'd like to start by letting Ms. Huff introduce herself and let us know about her...

David Kendrick
Jul 11, 20215 min read
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Why Did I Write Cavalry
Once a Cav Scout...always a Cav Scout. My life didn't begin until I became a Cavalry Scout in the United States Army. A decision I made...

David Kendrick
May 4, 20214 min read
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I Quit My Job To Save My Mental Health
How many of your PERSONAL hours have you spent on your spouse (your employer) just to feel like your opinion/hard work was disregarded?

David Kendrick
Mar 17, 20216 min read
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My Recent Mental Health Storm
WOW! That is all I can say about that last month. I've been through a lot and I'm sure you have as well. We're still battling COVID,...

David Kendrick
Nov 23, 20205 min read
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Disability & Inclusion: Veterans in The Workplace
I used to despise employers who boast about the number of veterans or people with disabilities they hire.

David Kendrick
Aug 28, 20203 min read
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13 Years Later
I can't help but think that there is some guy or gal in Iraq laughing while they think about how they ruined my life.

David Kendrick
Aug 16, 20204 min read
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Coronavirus, PTSD, and Me: My Recent Battle With Covid-19 & PTSD
The month of June is always very emotional for me. I celebrate my “alive day”, which is me celebrating being alive after surviving trauma

David Kendrick
Jul 5, 20204 min read
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The Front Lines: COVID-19 & The War In Iraq
Unlike any enemy we have ever faced, COVID-19 has invaded America. This enemy has caused us to be quarantined inside

David Kendrick
May 3, 20206 min read
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Encouraging Self-Help and Other Support Strategies During COVID-19
Encouraging self help first means you must find out what type of mental health issue a person is struggling with.

David Kendrick
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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