Vanessa Meade is one of our fantastic Veteran’s PATH mindfulness facilitators! She’s a PsyD, LCSW, an assistant professor and licensed psychologist in the School of Social Work at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a U.S. Army/Gulf War veteran, sexual assault survivor, former Alaska State Trooper, and licensed clinical social worker. The focus of her doctoral studies in psychology was mindfulness-based practices with women veterans. She facilitates mindfulness-based retreats and programs and is a qualified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and a certified mindfulness teacher through the Engaged Mindfulness Institute. On the episode we discuss living in Alaska, sexual assault, MBSR, and her life of service in the Army, as a counselor, as a State Trooper and now, as a psychologist and nonprofit volunteer!