From Battlefield to Healing: A Soldier’s Perspective on Trauma and Resilience
The Lindsey Elmore Show
Lindsey Elmore
5.0 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Beyond his medical and military achievements, Dr. McConkey has been recognized for his contributions to education and community. He was honored in 2022 with induction into the Alliance, Nebraska Public Schools Hall of Fame and received the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award from Chadron State College. A devoted father of three, his greatest passion lies in shaping future American leaders alongside his wife, Elsa, in Apex, North Carolina.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Loss of Personal Freedoms
- Fear-driven Public Policies
- Suppression of Scientific Debate
- Natural Immunity
- Historical Pandemic Responses
- Airborne Disease Transmission
- Health and Lifestyle Importance
- Metabolic Disease and COVID-19
- Post-War Reintegration Struggles
- Combat Trauma and Mental Health
- Therapy and Healing Journey
- Youth Mentorship
To learn more about Josh McConkey and his work, head over to https://www.weightbehindthespear.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, everybody, to the Lindsay Elmore show. We have all heard the analogy of standing on the |
| 0:06.7 | shoulders of giants. And my guest today, Dr. Josh McConkey, has a very similar philosophy, |
| 0:14.3 | but he specifically applies it to how the highly achieved can help to mentor a new generation. Because when we are high achievers, |
| 0:25.4 | we become the tip of a spear that can be pointed in a very direct manner. But behind the spear, |
| 0:35.0 | there has to be a weight pushing it forward. We're going to talk about what it means |
| 0:41.1 | to be the weight behind the spear, how leadership skills can be passed from one generation to the |
| 0:48.4 | next. And we're going to talk about how anxiety, addiction, and suicides can arise when children do not receive the appropriate |
| 0:57.5 | leadership. We're going to talk about what it means to be a mentor, what it means to be a leader, |
| 1:02.1 | how you can get started if you've never volunteered, and how we can take the worst parts of |
| 1:08.7 | our biggest failures, our biggest traumas, the hardest things |
| 1:14.0 | that we've been through in life, and teach children how to be more resilient, have more |
| 1:19.8 | ownership, and really and truly how to take accountability for their actions. |
| 1:25.2 | This is the Lindsay Elmore Show. |
| 1:27.4 | Welcome to the Lindsay Elmore Show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy. |
| 1:32.6 | With honest, open, and enlightening conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and |
| 1:39.1 | spiritual gurus, you'll walk away with simple and tangible tips and tricks that allow you to live your healthiest |
| 1:48.1 | life so you can pursue your dreams, overcome obstacles, and leave your mark. |
| 1:54.8 | Colonel Josh McConkey is an award-winning, best-selling author, and esteemed emergency physician with over two decades of |
| 2:02.6 | clinical experience. He served as a professor at Duke University and maintains board |
| 2:07.4 | certification in emergency medicine. With 22 years of military service, Dr. McConkey now commands |
| 2:13.7 | the 459th era medical staging squadron in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, demonstrating exceptional |
| 2:21.0 | leadership and dedication. Beyond his medical and military achievements, Dr. McConkey has been |
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