I am a US Army veteran that has been through many world tours. I have witness and seen things that no one should ever see. I suffer from PTSD and isolation. If it was not for my family and other Veterans, I would have been on that would never recover. I am grateful that there are programs that provide mentors and people who are willing to listen and provide guidance to help guide me on the correct path. I am very grateful that my God, my family and my church has been and continues to be my rock and guide me to being better in life. Should you need someone to talk with please look me up and I am willing to listen.

I am the spouse of a 100% Permanently Disabled Combat Veteran (Air Force). I have been with him throughout every step of his more than 16 year career. This program has allowed me to grow as a veteran spouse, supporter, and person in general. I was challenged to look within myself and to place focus on my personal relationships. I am grateful for the opportunity to have participated in the program!

The 10 Challenges experience is essential for veterans in gaining a better insight to things that often become obstacles in our lives yet, frequently go unchallenged. These activities have allowed me to dissect my lifestyle and relationships to embrace my actions and build better choices. I highly recommend this program for any veteran.

This is a great organization that cares about assisting me on my journey to being the best me I can be.

The skillsets being offered are critically important in being able to adopt in order to create optimal success and health not only after leaving the service but life in general.

I feel this course was a great opportunity to look inwards at myself.

You guys are awesome and I feel that your program has a lot to offer to the veteran community. Keep doing what you are doing and things will work themselves out.

I love what the Long Walk Home is doing for the veteran population. As an army Veteran I have not heard of many organizations focused on the mental health of veterans. I believe this program has the potential to impact veteran lives throughout the nation 🇺🇸

I just wanted to write you a great thank you note. Your mentoring over the past few days, your challenges and exercises to clear the mental space, your goal oriented direction and your collaborative effort with what my therapy is working on has been immensely pivotal for me. I really appreciate you and all you do for our military and veteran communities. I know you study yoga and reiki from the website and now I too am looking into those modalities in depth. I also think we both have had our journeys so it has been nice to have someone in the US who has traveled a similar path. After this crazy past 17 months of covid hysteria, it is refreshing to see people are still willing to talk, listen and reach out. I appreciate you and what you are doing to help me with my mortgage. I also appreciate what you are doing overall for our service men and women as they return home. We notice you. We really do.

The Long Walk Home is a great organization that I'm excited to begin working with as a mentor. Even though I'm not a veteran myself, I still benefited from going through the challenges and reflected on my behaviors and perspectives.

The mentorship program was good reinforcement of coping with life on life's terms.

The Long Walk Home, Mentorship program helped stretch me from a perspective of absolute, 'Wellness' if I had to pin point it to one word. Any time we can review our lives from a holistic stance, meet a challenge and come out cleaner on the other side we are not only creating a positive ripple effect in our own lives but in the lives of the entire world as we, live in 'a bigger way' for and with our communities. As a Veteran I strive to learn new ways I can be a better version for myself, family, the Airmen and Soldiers I interact with daily and for all Veterans that have come before and will after my career.

This is a good way to help you navigate where you are and where you would like to be. Also, some steps to help you get there.

I believe this is a great program to help veterans have a healthy mission and purpose.

I am an Army Veteran of six years, I did missions in 6 different countries over the course of one combat deployment and I was struggling with alcohol severely. Still functional I would like to claim, but we all know the truth. I spent a lot of time volunteering at schools before my downfall and enjoyed helping people every chance I got. When I heard of Ron and his organization I felt immediately obligated to do something, not only to help others to to fix myself. Between the program Ron has laid out, his mentorship and the ability for me to help others with their struggles I was able to truly focus on myself and what I felt I needed to do to be the man I once saw myself as. Ron's work, truly turned my life around. He and Craig are two of the best people I know and it is truly an honor to have the opportunity to help them on their mission to help others.

When I originally got a hold of Ron from the long walk home I was in a pretty dark mindset. I didn’t know how I was going to get back with my girls and it was driving me crazy. I talked with Ron about what was going on and he said he was willing to help. He said first I would have to complete three challenges. These challenges seemed simple enough but they were actually quite profound. They still help me daily reflect on my thoughts, my goals and what I’m grateful for. They remind me of the reasons why I keep pushing forward. Other exercises like sitting in silence kind of like meditation are very helpful and something I’ve added to my daily routine. Although they seem like small tasks they had a big impact on me. I’m thankful for getting in touch with Ron and a long walk home and the work that they do is invaluable to veterans like me.” ~ Richard Ayers “I am an Army Veteran of six years, I did missions in 6 different countries over the course of one combat deployment and I was struggling with alcohol severely. Still functional I would like to claim, but we all know the truth. I spent a lot of time volunteering at schools before my downfall and enjoyed helping people every chance I got. When I heard of Ron and his organization I felt immediately obligated to do something, not only to help others to to fix myself. Between the program Ron has laid out, his mentorship and the ability for me to help others with their struggles I was able to truly focus on myself and what I felt I needed to do to be the man I once saw myself as. Ron's work, truly turned my life around. He and Craig are two of the best people I know and it is truly an honor to have the opportunity to help them on their mission to help others.

I’ve transitioned from Active Duty twice in my lifetime. The first was in 1998 from the Marine Corps. The second was in 2014 from the Active Duty in the Army National Guard. The latter being the most difficult. I floundered about and became reckless as depression set in hard. Nothing I was doing seemed to have any meaning: I had the boat and the sail but no compass! When I learned about Ron and his mission I immediately jumped at the opportunity to help out. I’ve always believed that by helping others I may actually help myself. Little did I know that the challenges he provided would be so cathartic and therapeutic! To complete the challenges I’ve had to dig deep and find my “why”. I now have a compass and the knowledge that even the best of compasses need re-calibrating at times.

TLWH's Mentorship Program is a great opportunity to reflect and grow as a person. The program helped me adopt some great new habits, rekindle relationships, and look at the world a little differently. I recommend this to any Veteran who's seeking to self-develop and become a positive influence on the people around them. Thank you TLWH!