PW E058 Helping Veterans with PTSD on the Camino de Santiago. Interview with Steven Rindahl, Founder of Warriors on the Way.

Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E058

Helping Veterans with PTSD on the Camino de Santiago. Interview with Steven Rindahl, Founder of Warriors on the Way.

Key takeaway: Father Rindahl tells us what he learned about treating PTSD and Moral Injury while serving as an Army Chaplain. He explains how he uses his nonprofit Warriors on the Way to lead veterans on pilgrimages to the Camino de Santiago as part of the healing process. 

Topics covered in this video: 

• Father Rindahl’s background, how he became an Army Chaplain
• Different types of treatment of PTSD
• What is moral injury, how does it come about, and how is it treated
• Pilgrimage explained: place, process, and purpose; liminality
• Leaving behind comfort and entering a process of transformation
• The importance of place in the formula (destination vs. journey pilgrimages)
• Giving up control vs. being uncomfortable
• Arriving at the cathedral in Santiago

https://warriorsontheway.org/