CORIE WEATHERS is a military wife, licensed professional counselor (LPC), sought-after speaker, and consultant. She started her career as a counselor specializing in marriage, divorce, women's issues, and substance abuse. Certified to work with post-traumatic stress by the Center for Deployment Psychology, Corie found her passion working to build stronger relationships with military and first-responder couples.
As the 2015 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year, Corie advocated for mental health issues and served as a media correspondent writing for online and print publications, consulting for command teams, and speaking nationally on topics such as PTSD, grief, marriage, and military culture.
Corie is also the creator and host of Lifegiver Military Spouse Podcast, offering a positive place for honest conversations about military marriage as well as interviews with inspirational guests. She serves as an ambassador for the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation. Corie and her husband, Matthew, an Army chaplain, cohost marriage retreats and offer a free online marriage program designed to improve intimacy and connection.
"I wish this book had been around when Chris and I started our
lives together. In Sacred Spaces , Corie Weathers courageously
invites the reader to join her on an intricate and raw spiritual
journey through the complexities of military life. Corie's open
introspection, boldly sharing the most vulnerable parts of herself
and her thoughts, blesses the reader with wisdom and valuable
knowledge from so many angles. Sacred Spaces is a window into the
soul of patriotic commitment. Your heart will break and heal with
every turn of the page." -- Taya Kyle, The New York Times
bestselling author of American Wife and executive director of the
Chris Kyle Frog Foundation
" Sacred Spaces dips into places in my own Army marriage experience
that I have never had the right words to tackle. When Corie said
'yes' to visiting Afghanistan with the Secretary of Defense, she
was able to gain a window into the deployment experience on behalf
of all civilian military spouses everywhere. We will probably never
have the chance Corie did to visit the places where our own
marriages and military lives were forever changed and learn these
things firsthand. In this book, Corie shares insights we can bring
into our own hearts to see our own relationships with new eyes." --
Amy Bushatz, Editor, SpouseBUZZ
"Sacred Spaces by Corie Weathers is a must-read for all military
spouses! Writing from her experience as a military spouse and
counselor, Corie exposes vulnerable feelings and emotions,
particularly those surrounding deployment. During deployment, a
spouse and soldier have completely different experiences that the
other may not fully understand. Corie describes these individual
moments as 'sacred spaces,' positive or negative personal
experiences that shape and change a person. Given a unique
opportunity to visit deployment locations, Corie traveled overseas
with the Secretary of Defense to Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, and
aboard aircraft carriers, and created a multi-sensory description
of her journey to share her insights with readers. Meanwhile, her
husband Matt, an Army chaplain, was in charge of moving their
family to a new house at a new location right before Christmas.
Their role reversal helped them better understand each other's
perspective. While reading this book, I felt like Corie was right
there talking to me. Her words express the difficulties of
deployments and military life. I laughed and cried reading this
book, because of the similar sacred spaces I share with Corie and
other spouses of 3-61CAV. Each of us has our own sacred space
around life-changing events that occurred during that deployment
and after. My husband, Clint, and I invited the Weathers to share
one of our sacred spaces, Medal of Honor ceremonies at the White
House and the Pentagon. Support from Matt and Corie, then and now,
has given us new insight on how to handle our own marriage." --
Tammy Romesha, wife of Medal of Honor Recipient SSG Clinton Romesha
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