Welcome to the Behind a Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my

absolute honor to welcome back onto the show, Hawaiian Lifeguard and founder of Never Off Duty,

Jason Bitzer. Now, my first conversation with Jason was on episode 439, and he detailed a host of

elements when it came to ocean lifeguarding in Hawaii, some of the

most elite lifeguards on the planet, and his journey through bodyboarding.

As we revisited during this conversation, Jason is actually sitting in hospital with his

young son James as they navigate his cancer diagnosis.

So I urge you to listen to this from the

beginning through to the end. There are so many takeaways, whether it's specifically

pediatric cancer and so many of the parents out there that are dealing with that, or the

takeaways that apply to all of us and our own ownership of our health and advocacy for our health with medical

professionals. Now before we get to this incredibly powerful conversation, as I say every week,

please just take a moment. Go to whichever app you listen to this on, subscribe to the show,

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So all I ask in return is that you help share these incredible men and women's stories so I can get

them to every single person on planet Earth who needs to hear them. So with that being said,

I welcome back Jason Bitzer. Enjoy.

Music. Well, Jays, I want to say, welcome back. It's been, I want to say, I think, three years since we last sat down.

So firstly, welcome back to the podcast today.

Right. It's nice to talk to you again, James.

I'm a lot to talk about, obviously, and it's cool just to chat with you, too.

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