Elizabeth A. Stanley, “Cultivating the Mind of a Warrior,” Inquiring Mind, Vol. 30, no. 2 (2014): 16, 31. https://www.inquiringmind.com/article/3001_16_stanley-cultivating-the-mind-of-a-warrior/
Abstract:
I hail from a long warrior lineage, with Stanleys having served in the U.S. Army every generation since the Revolutionary War. This essay explains how Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)® is an outgrowth from my own healing journey after intergenerational trauma and chronic stress during my active-duty military service. It explores why my work teaching mindfulness in military settings has been controversial and responds to some of the arguments raised by others.