Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your anxiety.

Welcome to Anxiety Slayer, I'm Shan Banderke. With over 4.6 million downloads and hundreds of podcasts, Anxiety Slayer is a

podcast for anyone who is suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, stress, and

anxiety. And today I have the pleasure of speaking with

men's health coach Anthony Treas. Anthony is an Iraq war veteran on a mission to radically change men's mental health.

His mission in Iraq was to provide personal security for U.S. generals and government officials.

Now his mission is to inspire men to reclaim their health,

sense of adventure, and purpose.

Upon his return home, Anthony struggled with PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

Desperately wanting to improve his condition, he set out to rebuild his health

and mental well-being. With seven years of experience, research, study, and education, he developed

the strong method, a proven step-by-step process his clients used to eliminate their anxiety to regain control over their health and mental well-being

to become strong men. Welcome Anthony. Thank you, Shan. It is absolutely an honor and a privilege to be here with you today and I'm excited about having this conversation

with you.

I am too and I want to begin by thanking you for your service. Thank you for your support.

Absolutely.

Let's begin with your story and

lead us kind of through how you return to civilian life

and the catalyst that inspired you to rebuild your health.

Yeah, so in 2009 I deployed to Baghdad, Iraq for security mission to provide security, personal security for generals, government

officials, and even there was a mission providing security for the vice president of the United

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