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Webinars & Institutes Aren’t Always Helpful

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Let’s face it. Since 2020 when we were forced away from in-person genealogy and military research gatherings and pushed online to watch endless webinars or attend endless Zoom work meetings, most of us are burnt out. We don’t want to watch another webinar that may not get us to our research goals. We don’t want to spend money on genealogy institutes which require fees for the institute, travel, lodging, meals and anything else that we require to attend.

Webinars, conferences, and in-person institutes are great if you are seeking general military research knowledge. But for many these are too expensive, too lengthy, and may either be too advanced or too general to provide the personalized answers you need for your unique military research and writing journey.

Every family story, every archive search, and every project comes with its own set of challenges—and webinars, conferences, and institutes simply can’t always address all the roadblocks you’ll encounter along the way. That’s why so many people leave these sessions inspired, but still stuck.

Coaching changes that.

Introducing Research a Veteran Coaching. 60-minute private coaching sessions.

With one-on-one guidance, you get tailored strategies, clear next steps, and direct support that meets you exactly where you are. Instead of wasting money and hours sifting through conflicting advice, wondering if you’re “doing it right,” and still not finding answers, you’ll move forward with clarity and confidence.

Coaching doesn’t just save time, money, and frustration—it gives you momentum and the tools to finally complete the research or writing project you’ve dreamed of.

Are you ready to receive the 1-1 support you require from a professional military researcher, author, and teacher, of 15 years who developed the two-part research strategy to research any veteran even if the records burned? Let’s get started today with your first 60-minute coaching session. 

Book your Research a Veteran Coaching 60-minute private coaching session today.

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Announcing a New Resource for Genealogists & Military Researchers

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I’m so excited to announce a new arm of my business, Finding the Answers Journey.

What can you expect in this space? My target is to create a space in which we can have conversations about the deeper issues, secrets, stories, and questions we encounter as we research our family and military histories. It will also be a place of one-on-one facilitation to help you move through the layers of your family’s past and find closure.

Over the last couple of years, many of the people hiring me have been asking for the deeper things. They want to know more than the basics or skimming the surface of who their father/grandfather/uncle/brother/mother, etc. was or what they did in military service or life.

My clients have questions about who these people really were. They want to explore the different layers of who they were, what their life was, what their family was and is, and how they are affected by the sum. Clients want to know how someone’s military experience or life experiences shaped who they were, and in turn, shaped who their descendants became. Many clients are coping with anticipated grief as they caregive for a parent who is dying or dealing with a long-term illness. Many are dealing with inherited trauma, compassion fatigue, anticipated grief, and PTSD. In this new space we will be exploring many of these issues and more. My husband has been dealing with cancer and other health issues since a month after we met. Now 2 1/2 years later we are still dealing with things. In this space I will be sharing my experiences and resources I use to cope.

To begin, you can sign up for our Free Member’s Area with articles, videos, writing tools, and additional resources. When you join you will also be subscribed to our newsletter.

Coming Soon!

In the next couple of weeks I am launching a book club. This isn’t your typical book club though. Each month or two, depending on the size of the book I choose, you will have the option to purchase access to that month’s book club. Included in the purchase offer will be:

  • Access to a list of questions to use while you read the book.
  • Access to the book club webinar, or in the cases of some books which have a lot to discuss, two webinars.
  • Live webinar with panelists. For some books the author will participate as a panelist.
  • Ability to view a replay of the webinar should you miss it live.
  • Writing prompts and additional questions for discussion to help you learn more about your family and Find the Answers.
  • Special limited-time offers on online classes, future webinars, and other resources.

Be sure to sign up for our Free Member’s Area. This grants you a subscription to our newsletter to learn what we are doing to help you dig deeper into your research to Find the Answers and closure to the past to create a better future.

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Now Offering Coaching and Facilitation for Writing

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A lot of people are working through the online course Finding the Answers Through WWII Writing and reporting amazing shifts in their research and life. Two comments include,

Finding the Answers Through WWII Writing: Wonderful course! Explores many angles of writing not usually found in most courses. Looking at different perspectives of people involved in the stories and sharing what impact it has on us. Really thought-provoking! – Lisa

Jennifer, thank you for offering this WWII writing course. Until now, I have been reading my father’s unit’s morning reports and unit histories, and methodically writing down details and putting together a timeline. Your course has opened my eyes to more than just the words on the page. I can see my father in the reports. I was a typical daddy’s girl, so needless to say, I loved my father dearly. I thought I knew everything about him. Now I am beginning to understand more about my father, the person, and how the war impacted him and our family. I never thought about it until I started internalizing your questions and revisiting his life and mine. My father died before I started my family genealogy 20 years ago. In the beginning, I just wanted a picture of him in his uniform; no luck with that. That led me to look at his DD214 again, and to start searching his military history. I watched your Roots Tech presentation as it live-streamed and something told me to contact you. This course is a blessing to me. I’m learning so much through your guidance. My story is developing. Thanks again. – Marie

Are you interested in taking your writing further?

I offer one-on-one writing facilitation/coaching. In one hour session blocks we will explore what you are writing, your research, your questions and observations, and looking at the deeper issues that surface.

I have the capacity to help people:

  • See where someone is blocked and remove those blocks.
  • See things that are written between the lines – either by the client or those who created the documents with which the client is working.
  • Help clients define and clear the many threads of story and information in their heads to create a writing project plan.
  • Provide editing for a writing project.
  • Help clients refine their writing project from concept to draft to finished product.
  • Help people prepare a book for self-publishing.

The sessions are great for people who are:

  • Exploring their family stories, research, and their lives.
  • Need some help removing the blocks that stand in their way.
  • Connecting to the energy of what’s possible but are unsure how to get from point A to point B.
  • Choose to write articles or blog posts.
  • Choose to write and publish a book.

Contact Jennifer at info@wwiirwc.com to set up your writing sessions today. I look forward to creating with you!

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