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  • Empowering Veterans Through Mission Trips and Community Healing...Part 2

    Empowering Veterans Through Mission Trips and Community Healing...Part 2
    Jan 10 2026
    In Part Two, Trish and guests Pat and Vicky discuss the transformative impact of mission trips on veterans and their communities. It's his journey from destruction during military service to rebuilding in developing countries. The episode emphasizes creating meaningful connections between veterans and fostering healing through service. Discover insight from Children's Cup about supporting these missions and the powerful benefits of community service. With a pressing call to action, it highlights the substantial veteran suicide rate, urging listeners to support and connect with crisis resources to prevent further loss.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    8 Min.
  • Veterans as Changemakers: Building Bridges Across Continents...

    Veterans as Changemakers: Building Bridges Across Continents...
    Jan 3 2026
    In this compelling episode of the "Mission for Healing" podcast, listeners are taken on a journey through the healing paths available to veterans post-service. Delving into 2017, the episode revisits a powerful conversation between Trish and her mother, highlighting how engaging in community service can aid veterans in their healing process. Trish sheds light on the challenges veterans face, including the stigma around seeking help for PTSD and the fears that accompany it, such as losing security clearances and job security. Throughout the episode, Trish reveals her personal experiences with her partner Pat, a veteran who found a sense of redemption and fulfillment through mission trips. The conversation pivots around the unique approach of the Mission of Healing Foundation, which facilitates trips for veterans to third-world countries. These mission trips, organized in partnership with Children's Cup, aim to empower veterans by allowing them to utilize their skills in constructive ways, thus offering them a profound sense of purpose and community connection. The narrative emphasizes that such trips not only impact the communities they serve but also offer veterans a path to heal from the destructive aspects of their own past military experiences.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    Email address for Mission For Healing Foundation

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    14 Min.
  • Navigating Transition: From Active Duty to National Guard...

    Navigating Transition: From Active Duty to National Guard...
    Dec 5 2025
    Pat & Trish explore topics such as operational tempo differences, the intricacies of navigating benefits and positions within the National Guard, and crucial family considerations, the Turnage's unpack their experiences. This discussion offers transparency around the complexities of military life, providing key advice for fellow veterans contemplating similar transitions. Keywords such as "National Guard transition," "military retirement," and "veteran family dynamics" encapsulate the episode's core. The Turnage's share expert tips on maximizing veteran benefits and strategizing career moves, ensuring listeners walk away with actionable insights.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    47 Min.
  • Honduras Trip Update: Building, Teaching, and Planning for Clean Water

    Honduras Trip Update: Building, Teaching, and Planning for Clean Water
    Nov 22 2025
    Join the Mission of Healing Foundation team as they recount their latest trip to Honduras, bringing new playground life to a remote village while reinforcing community ties. This episode reveals the hands-on work that goes into building and maintaining these vital community spaces and their challenges, including battling the elements and the local geography. Using pickaxes and wheelbarrows, volunteers like Pat and others from western Washington transform these spaces, teaching local children the value of hard work and pride in their community. Meanwhile, Trish engages with women's groups, discussing trauma and personal growth, bringing a deeply human element to the foundation's mission. In a wider context, the podcast also delves into the alarming rates of veteran suicide, with over 6,400 veterans lost in 2022 alone, highlighting that this figure could be much higher. D, the host, sheds light on the silent battles veterans face, emphasizing the need for comprehensive mental health care and community support upon their return. By drawing connections between these international efforts and veteran well-being, the discussion points to the holistic view of Mission of Healing—using international development as a means to foster empathy and understanding for veterans at home.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    15 Min.
  • Honoring Veterans: Understanding the Impact of Toxic Exposure...Part 2

    Honoring Veterans: Understanding the Impact of Toxic Exposure...Part 2
    Nov 8 2025
    In this engaging episode of the Mission of Healing podcast, host Trish Turnage, alongside veteran Pat Turnage and commentator William Lee, delves into an essential topic: the long-lasting effects of toxic exposure on military veterans. This insightful discussion revolves around the PACT Act, a landmark legislation expanding healthcare benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service. With personal anecdotes and expert commentary, this episode offers a meaningful exploration of how these exposures impact veterans and their families long after the conflict has ended. Throughout the conversation, Trish Turnage and her guests unpack the details of the PACT Act, emphasizing how it eases the burden of proof for veterans suffering from conditions presumed to be service-connected. By navigating a range of potential ailments linked to military service, such as neurological and respiratory issues, the episode aims to raise listeners' awareness of the resources available to them. It also highlights the psychological impact of such experiences, addressing both the tangible and intangible costs of military service.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    Email address for Mission For Healing Foundation
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    19 Min.
  • Unraveling Agent Orange's Hidden Impact on Veterans' Families...PART 1

    Unraveling Agent Orange's Hidden Impact on Veterans' Families...PART 1
    Oct 25 2025
    Trish, Pat, and producer Bill delve into the hidden impacts of toxic exposure experienced by veterans in war zones. They explore the enduring effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans and their families, raising questions about potential generational impacts on health, including birth defects and cancers. The conversation highlights personal connections, exploring Trish's family history of heart defects and cancer, and examines the broader implications of these hidden legacies. This episode offers a poignant examination of past negligence and its lingering effects on veterans and their families.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    Email address for Mission For Healing Foundation
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    19 Min.
  • Trish's Wilderness Therapy Nightmare: A Journey of Trauma and Survival...

    Trish's Wilderness Therapy Nightmare: A Journey of Trauma and Survival...
    Oct 11 2025
    'I was sent to a wilderness therapy program as a teenager against my will. Trish shares her harrowing experience in a wilderness therapy program from the early '90s, revealing emotional trauma, strict regimens, and isolation faced by teens, including herself. Joined by Bill, Trish reflects on the psychological impacts, the role of her parents' decision, and how this ordeal influenced her adult life. The episode delves into the controversial practices of such programs and discusses broader themes of trauma, healing, and resilience. Reach out for support if affected by similar experiences. Listen to a story of survival and the ongoing quest for understanding and healing.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

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    Email address for Mission For Healing Foundation
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    1 Std. und 1 Min.
  • Facing Military Stigmas and Overcoming Trauma: A Veteran's Journey...Part 2

    Facing Military Stigmas and Overcoming Trauma: A Veteran's Journey...Part 2
    Oct 3 2025
    In this episode of the Mission of Healing podcast, host Trish Turnage is joined by her daughter, Megan, a military veteran, as they explore the complexities and personal experiences associated wisps. This episode underscores the importance of breaking stigmas around mental health in the military, advocating for more open dialogue, and providing accessible resources for veterans dealing with trauma.As Megan and Trish delve into their discussion, they touch upon the challenges of adjusting to civilian life post-deployment and the vital role of supportive relationships in facilitating healing. Their conversation is enriched with personal reflections, emphasizing the bravery required to confront past traumas and highlighting the transformative power of sharing one's story. With keywords such as "veteran mental health," "healing trauma," and "military service," this episode serves as a vital resource for veterans, their families, and anyone interested in understanding the profound impact of military service and the journey towards healing.

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-for-healing--6649274/support.

    Mission For Healing Podcast is a heartfelt platform created by Trish and Pat Turnage, founders of the Mission For Healing Foundation. Its core mission is to honor and support veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life—focusing on healing through storytelling, service, and community connection.
    Here’s what the podcast stands for:
    Amplifying Veteran Voices: Each episode shares personal stories of resilience, trauma, and triumph, helping veterans feel seen and heard.
    Fostering Community: It emphasizes the importance of camaraderie and emotional support, especially through mission trips and service opportunities.
    Promoting Healing: Whether through fundraising, outreach, or simply offering a space to talk, the podcast is a tool for emotional recovery and reconnection.
    Inclusive Impact: It invites not just veterans but also families, caregivers, and allies to participate in the healing journey.
    The Turnages bring their lived experience—Pat’s multiple deployments and Trish’s advocacy—to create a space where coming home is just the beginning.

    Mission For Healing Facebook page

    Email address for Mission For Healing Foundation
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    35 Min.