What do you want to say to anybody who might be reading this? Who is feeling that way? Feeling life has no hope. What do you want to say to them?
I would say that you are loved. I remember feeling that or thinking that I wasn’t loved. I thought that I was a burden. You’re absolutely not. You are loved, you will be missed and there’s strength in asking for help, it will be the hardest thing you will ever do but it’s worth holding on. There are more people that will get you. You just have to ask.
Where can the readers find you?
I’m all over social media. I’m on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-j-nunn/). I’m on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/the_olivianunn/). I have my own website (https://www.olivianunn.com) And Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/OliviaNunnCommunications).
You can Google me, I pop up. I do get confused with the actress Olivia Munn, but if you Google Olivia Nunn, Lieutenant Colonel US Army, you find it pretty easily.
I am a speaker and advocate and I love what I do. Recently, I was awarded the 2023 Department of Veterans Affairs Women Trailblazer for the work that I do, and I’m pretty excited about that. I truly believe it takes a concerted effort when we bring civilian and military communities together to push the needle and forward work for a positive change. When I say concerted effort, when everybody does a small part, we can truly make a change, give your time and give your money. I get so much pushback from that. What I mean by your time is give your time of 10 minutes, every two weeks, make a phone call to a veteran and I guarantee you, you have them in your community, you just have to ask. Your veterans come from every zip code across America, that’s who we are. Find the veteran within your community and get to know them, pick up the phone and just check on them. It’s as simple, “Hey, how are you doing?” and then giving your money, it’s really simple. People think you have to give 1000s of dollars, but you don’t.
Give that $10 up and give to an organization that’s going to do something. If you need to know one, there are a couple that I would highly recommend, Headstrong Project does incredible work when it comes to mental health.
Veterans that are passionate about what we do and we connect to other non-profits and we do so much and give so much. 10 bucks, 10 minutes, you can absolutely do that. If everyone did that, think how much further that needle can go.
