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The full-day military seminar I was to teach in Zeeland, Michigan on 27 August 2022 has now GONE VIRTUAL! Due to health concerns, we made the switch from live to virtual.

In the Stories from the...

 A common misconception I’ve heard from family members and clients about veterans who did not have an active combat role during their military service (war-time or not), was that the war...

What happened to your veteran when they served as an occupation force in Europe when the war ended? What about the families of the other side? Have you ever thought about what happened to them?...

Photographs. Letters. Military documents. Whispered family stories. Artifacts of war. Questions……so many questions and some answers. Your head is spinning and you are unsure where to...

Have you asked the hard or uncomfortable questions about your female ancestor? Do you ask family members for the stories that are not kind? Have you only heard negative stories about certain family...

My current title reads, Jennifer Holik spiritual coach and an intuitive healer specializing in inherited & war trauma, & personal & ancestral healing. I am also a military researcher,...

You might be wondering what a love story has to do with World War II research. The answer is simple. The story came out of the research. Only it didn’t. And then, it did.

Pick up any writing...

Are you writing your military or personal stories and need a fresh set of eyes on your project? A developmental editor might be just what you need!

One of the areas I shine in is seeing...