The Brave Ones
Karen Bontrager
Founder Crisis to Courage for Men I Podcast | 16-24 | ★ Money & Thought Leader | TBRI Trauma Clinician | LMHCA Therapist | ACC Trauma Coach | No Fear in Love Race President | Coaching | Scholar | Fierce Men’s Advocate
Once, creatures of habit
Paralyzed like ambushed rabbits.
Reaction is their new action
False security, but void of emotional satisfaction.
Yet, more masks and increased governmental control
While the merely existing man loses his very soul
Traveling down deeper into a ubiquitous hole
No sense of his masculine role.
But wait, there comes the brave one
With valor, has just saved some.
By lighting of a single match
Caused the timid, but curious to attach.
This small few
Turned into a pew.
Pumped up; getting stronger
A spineless group of punk puppets no longer.
Prepared now, for this intense battle are the brave ones
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Armed fully with God's own righteousness as His sons.
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Your thoughts are very appreciated.
Author’s Bio
Karen Bontrager helps 16-24-year-old men, and fellas, 25+ stuck there due to complex trauma, make permanent shifts in their behavior from merely surviving in life to thriving through transparent coaching/counseling in one-on-one conversations and in group work, and through topic sensitive trauma-informed workshops in a program called, “From Crisis to Courage.” With this ontological approach, I partner with my clients to discover their essence, (aka highest and best self) by powerfully reflecting and listening to them. My clients quickly learn how to generate self-awareness and to voice their own relationship needs in a clear, constructive way by learning key coaching techniques/evidenced based counseling approaches/tools to work past their traumatic events and addictions to move forward. The clients are then equipped to develop healthy relationships with key relationships: parents/siblings/friends, and with intimate dating partners because they have learned how to proactively use their voice.
She does a weekly Relationships Matter Monday LI article/poem/commentary for 16-24-year-old men and fellas, 25+, stuck there due to trauma, is a frequent contributor here, and has a bi-monthly podcast called Crisis to Courage to give gentlemen an honorable platform for learning how to use their voices in a way which gets respected, instead of turning to the old standbys: anger, isolation, and numbing behavior, so they can be the men they were made, formed, and created to be.
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Are you a man, 16-24, or more mature, 25+ which feels stuck mentally, and is not able to move forward due to a traumatic past, which shows up as anger, isolation, or various numbing behaviors, and needs support? Or, do you feel something gets in the way emotionally from you loving self, others, or having the life of your dreams, but are not sure what? Please DM me on Linked In for an opportunity to talk.
Executive Director at Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports @GetfitAla
3yThis is great Karen!! keep up the awesome work!!
Faith, Family, Freedom
3yI think this poem helps one to see that there is always hope, as long as someone believes and is willing to lead others thru the storm. Have faith.
Business Owner of Spire Autism, Behavior Specialist at Center for Social Dynamics, Book Author, and Speaker
3yDefinitely trying my best
Founder Crisis to Courage for Men I Podcast | 16-24 | ★ Money & Thought Leader | TBRI Trauma Clinician | LMHCA Therapist | ACC Trauma Coach | No Fear in Love Race President | Coaching | Scholar | Fierce Men’s Advocate
3y"Prepared now, for this intense battle are the brave ones Armed fully with God's own righteousness as His sons."