Air Force veteran Brandi McBride has faced combat deployments, divorce, career transitions, and a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis. Through it all, she has learned that struggle isn't something to simply endure — it can also be something we grow through. Brandi shares how her experience at Boulder Crest changed the way she understood the weight she had been carrying, why her garden has become a living metaphor for Posttraumatic Growth, and how she chooses to find joy and purpose in the life she has today.

Vietnam veteran and author Art Grau spent decades carrying experiences from war that he rarely spoke about. Art shares what he has learned about growth after trauma, the role storytelling has played in his journey, and how serving fellow veterans through Gilchrist's We Honor Veterans program has given him a renewed sense of purpose.

Jesse McQueen enlisted in the U.S. Army just days before September 11, 2001, beginning a career shaped by war, service, and constant readiness. Years later, he was succeeding professionally while quietly struggling at home. Jesse shares how Warrior PATHH and Posttraumatic Growth changed the way he understood his experiences, strengthened his family, and helped him discover that asking for help wasn't the end of his story. It was the beginning of something better.