Janell Hanf - USMC Officer and Cultural Support Team Member

Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, my guest is Marine Corps Veteran Janell Hanf. Janell is a SoCAL native - Vista. She’s a fellow Naval Academy alum, went into the Marine Corps as a logisitics officer and then cultural support team (CST) member (recently had another CST member with Alex Horton)... she’s the mom of a kindergartner and married to a Marine Infantry Officer. Janell has experienced tough times in mental health but today is thriving - she’s still on active duty but will be transitioning to the Reserves later this year to focus on family while staying connected to the Marine Corps. We’re going to learn a lot more about Janell, her time in the Marine Corps and her mental health journey, - that’s all here in today’s episode of the Veteran’s PATH podcast. Learn more about Janell or what we discussed here: http://linkedin.com/in/janellhanf The War Horse Article: https://thewarhorse.org/reflections-archives/no-really-how-are-you-doing/ Other samples of her writing portfolio include Medium: https://medium.com/@janell.hanf and briefly discussed at the beginning, her blog post for USNA Women's Alumni about Ice Hockey: https://women.usnagroups.net/2020/03/09/sign-up-for-a-sport-you-suck-at/ A couple of good links for overview of CST are this JFQ article: https://ndupress.ndu.edu/JFQ/Joint-Force-Quarterly-75/Article/577569/blurred-lines-cultural-support-teams-in-afghanistan/ And Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's book, "Ashley's War" https://gaylelemmon.com/ashleyswar ******** Follow Veteran’s PATH here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPvJnrurdnXxdlaE7v3uoMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veteranspath/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/veteranspath LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veteran's-path Twitter: https://twitter.com/veteranspath