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Today’s Star Spangled Salute honors U.S. Air Force Veteran Angie Colella and the organization BraveHearts. Angie, is just one of hundreds of vets who have been helped by programs like the one offered at BraveHearts, the largest equine therapy program in the country for active and reserve duty service members and veterans alike. Angie had never worked with horses and was unsure what equine therapy could do, it turns out her horse helps her manage the triggers that bring on vivid flashbacks and force her to relive horrors from the past all over again. Angie says, “You learn to ground yourself and be aware of where you really are, you think, ‘I’m here. I’m in this office. I’m safe. The people who walk in the door behind me are not coming to attack me.'” Getting her previously wild mustang to move and trust her proved to Angie if she can do that, she can do anything. Keep putting in the work Angie and THANK YOU for your service.
