Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

Resilience, Recovery, and Moving Forward: A Conversation with Lee Woodruff

23 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from a conversation with Lee Woodruff, she reflects on the emotional toll of repeatedly sharing her personal story over 19 years, noting that she has become more selective about when and how she tells it. Despite feeling exhausted, she continues to speak because storytelling creates connections and helps others cope with their own challenges. Woodruff emphasizes her role with the Bob Woodruff Foundation, using her platform to remind the public that service members who return injured—especially those now aging with lasting injuries—should not be forgotten. Her motivation to keep speaking stems from a desire to raise awareness and support for these veterans, even as she grows weary of recounting her own experiences.

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It's exhausting to continually tell your story. I'm being much more selective about it. It's, uh, it'll be 19 years. Yeah. And the only reason that I'm still doing it is that, uh, stories connect people and they help people cope with their own issues in life. And because of the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which I know we're going to talk about a little bit later, I have the opportunity to remind people that those who have served and continue to serve— and we're not seeing wars front and center with troops coming back injured, so we— that's not a reason to forget these young men and women who are aging, um, with injuries and whose lives have been forever changed. So that's how I kind of keep going, because I'm so sick of hearing myself talk.