A Few Words About Me I am a Retired Army Command Sergeant Major with 24-years of service. I have 40 years in the workforce, Thirty-six years of leadership roles in operations and human resources.  Having personal experience with toxic workplaces from an employee, a human resource director and a leadership standpoint, I can say with authority it is disturbing and frustrating to endure. Rather than immediately addressing the issue, leadership and organizations are more concerned with rationalizing or justifying the cause of the toxic behavior by the aggressors, and even suggesting the culture is not toxic.  As a former employee who experienced toxicity and retaliation at work, it was disappointing and frustrating as it felt as though the organization and some leaders saw no wrong in their actions and the negative organizational culture they created. The type of toxicity I encountered was in the form of discrimination, intimidation and oppression. By oppression, I mean employees like me who used our voices and spoke up against questionable acts by leadership were blackballed. Yes, you read right, we were intentionally blackballed by leadership who would use us and our experiences as “examples or lessons”, always starting with “So and so, I love her, but she is not…” in staff meetings and before audiences. During my personal healing journey from workplace toxicity and mobbing that the Lord didn’t keep sending me into places that were toxic without a purpose. I prayed and asked the Lord to show me how to use those life experiences to help others. During a conversation with a close friend, he pointed me to 2 Corinthians 1:4 ..."He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us." And so, A Whole Person For Life was born. My mission is to use my experience and insight to help the  emotionally and spiritually wounded heal from the wounds inflicted onto them in toxic environments. AJEL