About this site

Nostoryleftbehind.org is a not-for-profit founded by a Navy Veteran and an Army Veteran. Our goal is to help end the isolation that leads to Veterans suicide, by supporting Veterans in telling their full stories to their family and community. More about us below.

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Shane Hanner

I am a writer, contemplative, naturalist, (for lack of a better term) animist, and despite polite societies voice of reason, remain uncivilized.  I am and have always been on the path of the ecstatic.  Exploring the primacy of direct experience, and the dynamic sentience of the body.

My interest is to help people break open the assumptive worlds they have inside them, and discover the innate wildness of the human spirit. Most of us live, by and large—domesticated, in a world built by others, or in cages we have made for ourselves.  Though we have more power than we know over the depth and spectrum of our experience. There is a vast field of reality available to us through the perception of the heart, but precious few know how to access it. I'm not a master myself, but I know where some of the doors are.

You can find more of my writing at shanehanner.com

Antwan "Twan" Martin

Writing to help Veterans dealing with post-traumatic stres.

I’ve received a lot of help over the years and now I'm sharing what’s helped me the most.

• Born, raised, and currently living in New York
• Letting wild nature teach me how to grow a sustainable life
• OIF Combat Vet - (101st Airborne, Delta Company 2-502)
• Veterans Rites "Assistant Guide" - veteranrites.org

"I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent‚ no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you." — Seneca