Chronic Illness: Stories From Young Adults
Instead of enjoying the freedom that comes with young adulthood, there is a whole population that struggles to reconcile their physical limitations with everyday life. Three young adults share their own stories of dealing with delayed life plans, limited social lives, and the search for friends who “get” their physical disabilities. Tim, Stephanie and Stephen give us a glimpse into the ongoing battles to find purpose and joy as they live each day with chronic illnesses.
Suicide and Mental Illness: Jonathan's Story
Suicide is a broad and deep issue that has many different contexts. Sometimes mental illness plays a role in suicide, but not always. In this transparent conversation, Jonathan’s parents share their son’s story of mental illness that didn’t show itself until he was in college.
Adoption: Acknowledging the Primal Wound
This resource will help adoptive families enjoy the blessings and struggles of adoption. This compelling interview is designed to equip adoptive parents and adopted children to better understand the “primal wound” that some adopted children experience.
Stillbirth: From Empty Arms to Hope and Healing
Days away from the joy of holding their first child, Bill and Michelle feel their world crumbling as the doctor’s words settle in to their souls, “There is no heartbeat.” Justin and Carrie look forward to welcoming their second child into their home when their doctor gives them the same horrific news. Two couples, two responses to loss that seems almost impossible to bear.
Vietnam: We Remember
Total American Lives Lost in Vietnam: 58,253. As of 1973 Missing In Action and Prisoners of War: 2, 646. As of 2010 – 1,698 MIA/POW are still unaccounted for. The average infantry saw 240 days of combat in one year. The average age of a G.I. in ‘Nam was 19 years. Each one represents a man or woman and their families who have lived with the consequences of unresolved stress and anguish over the excruciating sacrifice our country made for a war America did not win.
The Ultimate Sacrifice
This resource addresses and honors the ultimate sacrifice made by brave men and women on behalf of our nation, for us! Dr. Chuck Betters and his wife, Sharon, interview Richelle Hecker who lost her husband and Burt and Donna Kephart who lost their son when each made the ultimate sacrifice, leaving behind beloved casualties of the war in Iraq. These interviews tackle the most provocative challenges of losing a loved one in battle and will profoundly impact you as you experience their “walk through the grief and pain.”
Adultery: Forgiveness and Redemption
Adultery. Infidelity. Betrayal. No one wants to hear those words or experience such devastation. Some who have felt its power say it is the worst pain one human being can inflict on another, because it is the epitome of rejection by someone who should unconditionally love you. In this interview, you will hear a betrayed wife, whose husband did not repent of his sin, share her pathway to forgiveness and redemption.
The Demons of War
The impact of war on individuals and families often goes unnoticed. Dr. Chuck Betters and his wife, Sharon, engage in some of the most down to earth dialog in this series. . . These veterans respond with specific solutions and real answers that will surely benefit those struggling with the “Demons of War.” The Demons of War resource addresses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
War and the Family
This 2-part resource is designed to help families prepare for, and deal with the challenges of separation during war-time deployment. In Part 1 one, the Betters interview a husband and wife whose marriage was severely tested by stress of the husband’s deployment. In Part 2, war-time a 20 year career officer, his wife and their teenage daughter share their thoughts and feeling on how war-time deployment effected the family.
Dying With Dignity and Grace
The doctor said soberly, “We are not winning this battle…” Were you to find yourself facing imminent death, would your faith sustain and comfort you?
First Responders: Wounded Healers
In this honest interview, two wounded healers share their own journeys with the goal of offering hope and encouragement to other EMTs, firefighters, and police officers – those often nameless heroes. . .
Terminal Illness: An Interview With Vicki Saadeh Mullen
Dr. Chuck and Sharon Betters talk with Vicky (Saadeh) Mullen about facing the terminal illness of her husband, David, who was only 37 years old when he was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor…
Alcoholism
The very word conjures up sadness, broken families, humiliation, isolation, secretiveness, despair, and hopelessness. The Betters talk to Steve and Tracy Wallace, who don’t candy coat their painful pathway through Steve’s alcoholism and back to wholeness…
Breast Cancer: An Interview with Dr. Chuck and Sharon Betters
The first thing Sharon did when she heard that diagnosis was to find a woman who had already traveled through the foreign land of cancer. As Sharon says, "I needed a guide - someone to help me navigate the maze of unknown terrain." It is Sharon's hope…