The former hostage has had the very foundation of their beliefs, assumptions and priorities upended. Working out who you are, what matters, and processing the regrets you’ve allowed to surface – that’s a piece of the reintegration puzzle we need to talk about more.
hostage
when the storytelling needs to stop
“For the first time in my life, I have shed ‘survivor’ or ‘victim’ as my identity. I was having to survive on being a ‘survivor’, because that’s how I was making money, speaking about what happened to me. Now I… Read More ›
what’s working in US hostage policy?
Here’s the video of the event I spoke at to launch Bringing Americans Home, the 2020 review of hostage policy by the James W Foley Legacy Foundation. Great input from Peter Bergen of New America Foundation and CNN, Diane Foley,… Read More ›