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Vieten describes ASU veterans project pairing trauma survivors with artists

The Mel Robbins Podcast · World Leading Psychologist: How to Manifest Anything & Create the Life You Want · August 10, 2026
Vieten describes ASU veterans project pairing trauma survivors with artists
The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast
World Leading Psychologist: How to Manifest Anything & Create the Life You Want
"And so there's a colleague of mine who's at the Arizona uh State University. He's at the Center for the Science of the Imagination. >> And he's doing something called the VIP project, the Veterans Imagination Project. His name is Bob Beard."
Dr Cassandra Vieten says an Arizona State University researcher, Bob Beard, runs a “Veterans Imagination Project” in which veterans with severe combat trauma are guided to imagine their futures and are paired with an artist who produces a detailed sketch or painting. Vieten says participants leave with “hope” and a sense of direction, though she does not cite published results in the interview.
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August 10, 2026 · 1h 11m · 4 Egleze moments
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