446. War, PTSD, & Psychedelics | Kelsi Sheren

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in person with veteran, entrepreneur, podcaster, and author, Kelsi Sheren. They discuss her upbringing, the discipline required for service, the necessity and reality of women in the armed forces, the lapse in standards at the hands of DEI, the trauma and PTSD incurred from combat, and how soldiers find solace when reintegrating with civilized life. Kelsi Sheren is CEO of Brass & Unity and author of “Brass and Unity, One Woman’s Journey Through the Hell of Afghanistan and Back.” Kelsi is a distinguished Canadian veteran, who served as a Gunner and Female Searcher during her deployment in Afghanistan. At Brass & Unity, Kelsi transforms bullet casings into jewelry, donating a portion of the profits to support veterans battling mental health issues. In addition to her work in the military, Kelsi is a champion in Taekwondo, and host of the Brass & Unity podcast. - Links - 2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/ For Kelsi Sheren: On X https://twitter.com/KelsiBurns?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kelsie_sheren/?hl=en “Brass & Unity: One Woman’s Journey Through the Hell of Afghanistan and Back” (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Brass-Unity-Journey-Through-Afghanistan/dp/1637588917 Brass & Unity Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWCy2PRfqQZraiSCocX4Gyw Brass & Unity Website https://brassandunity.com/

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0:00.0	The Hello everybody I'm speaking today with Kelsey Sharon she's CEO of Brass and
0:20.7	Unity and author of Brass and, one woman's journey through the hell of Afghanistan and back.
0:27.0	She's a distinguished Canadian veteran.
0:30.0	We walked through her story.
0:32.0	She was a martial arts champion as a child. She joined the
0:36.4	Canadian military when she was very young. She served in Afghanistan and
0:40.8	had a series of what well, what you might describe is extraordinarily rough adventures there.
0:47.0	We talk about that, we talk about the state of the Canadian military, talk about the state of Canada for that matter, talk about her
0:54.0	her pathway back to something approximating happiness as a consequence of her
1:01.0	experimentation with psychedelics, for example, we cover a lot of territory.
1:09.1	So welcome aboard for the ride.
1:12.0	Let's start when you're a kid.
1:14.0	Okay.
1:15.0	What do you like as a kid?
1:16.0	Tomboy.
1:18.0	No grass slope.
1:19.0	I started fighting at four years old.
1:21.0	Fighting?
1:22.0	Tech window.
1:23.0	Oh yes, and why did you do that?
1:25.6	My mom saw a demonstration at the Coburg Mall in Ontario and it was kind of what you see in all these like crazy YouTube where it's like people
1:35.4	jump around kicking boards and breaking boards and doing all this big kind of demonstration
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