Episode 664: Operation: Restore Hope with Sgt Aaron Quinonez

The Trauma Therapist

Guy Crawford Macpherson

Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.5 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Sgt. Aaron Quinonez (Sgt Q) is a proud veteran, speaker, author, father and PTSD ambassador. Sgt Q endured a rough upbringing before becoming a proud Marine right out of high school. He was trained to fight the enemy and was prepared for war, however when he volunteered for a combat tour in Iraq, little did he know that his real battle would be fought in his mind. After eight years of military service, Sgt Q suffered from depression, anger, and panic attacks and was diagnosed with PTSD. He nearly ended his own life and now has gone on to help others that battle the same mental health issues.
Sgt Q traded the battlefield for the mission field and found healing and purpose through building homes and churches, feeding children, and supplying precious hope to struggling communities worldwide. God then called him to form QMissions, a pathway for veterans—Sgt Q’s fellow warfighters—to replace the battle scars of their minds with the joy of serving. Now, Sgt Q is the award-winning author of Healing Thru Service originally aimed at struggling veterans, which also offers help for anyone in crisis and may be one's ticket to a more fulfilled life. He went from being homeless and on the brink of suicide to starting the multi-million dollar company with over 100 employees, Reliable Commercial Cleaning, founding the veteran non-profit, Q Missions, and the health-tech startup, Q Actual 2.0, that helps with suicide prevention by creating real-life squads with an eternal bond.
Sgt Q is a Marine 1st Anglico veteran who specialized in communication as a forward observer. He holds billets for Naval Weapons Security Management and Close Combat Instructor. He received badges for expert marksmanship and master parachutist. He received the 2016 Distinguished Service to Veterans award and the 2018 Superior Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs. An was awarded the 2017 Hometown Hero award from Kiro7 news.
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0:56.9	All right, welcome back to the Trauma Therapist podcast.
0:58.5	My name is Guy McPherson.
1:03.4	My mission is to raise awareness of trauma and to support and inspire new trauma therapist just starting out on the trauma-informed journey.
1:07.1	I do that with my membership community trauma therapist 2.0, my online courses and workshops,
1:12.2	and the trauma therapist newsletter. If you're a therapist of any kind and you work with
1:16.8	individuals who've been impacted by trauma, I invite you to head on over to my website at
1:21.1	the trauma therapist project.com. That's the traumatharistproject.com. All right, let's get started.
1:44.7	All right, Aaron, here we go. So five, four, three, two, and one. Our folks, welcome back to the Trauma Therapist podcast. Very excited to have us my guest today, Sergeant Aaron Quinonez. Sergeant Aaron, welcome. Yeah, thank you. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it, guy.
1:50.4	All right, man. So Aaron is a proud veteran, speaker, author, father, and PTSD ambassador.
1:54.8	He's endured a rough upbringing before becoming a proud Marine right out of high school.
2:02.5	Trained to fight the enemy, prepared for war. However, when he volunteered for combat tour in Iraq, little didn't you know that his real battle would be fought in his mind. After eight years of military service, Sergeant Hugh suffered
2:07.8	from depression, anger, and panic attacks, and was diagnosed with PTSD. Excuse me, he nearly ended
2:14.5	his own life and now was going on to help others fight the battle
2:17.8	of mental health issues. Sergeant Q traded the battlefield for the mission field and found
2:23.0	healing and purpose through building homes and churches, feeding children, supplying precious
2:27.3	hope to struggling communities worldwide. God then called him to form Q missions, a pathway for
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