Hey, this is Michael Kaz, and on this podcast, I explore ways of living a more wholehearted and fulfilling life.

I believe in the saying that what is most personal is most universal. On this podcast, you will hear

personal stories of struggle and challenge and what I and my guests have learned from those

experiences. You will hear ideas and concepts that expand your mind on topics like personal

development, health, adventure, and sex and relationships. Above all, my intention is to bring a

depth of conversation and stories to connect more with my guest and with you.

Hey, and welcome to the show. Today, I'm chatting with Tim Kennedy. Tim is one of the most successful UFC fighters of all time. He's an Army Green Beret, host of the TV show Hard to Kill, founder of Sheep Dog Response, and I'm sure I'm missing half a dozen things. This guy is the freaking man. He's a manly man. And this was a

blast of an episode. We talk about the hardest experiences of his life, what he finds most

frightening in the world right now, the last time he cried, and so much more. Please help me

welcome Tim Kennedy. Tim, welcome to the show, man. Thank you for having

you, sir. Yeah, it's an honor, dude. So when I think of Tim Kennedy, I think, you know,

like I'm considered the crazy person by a lot of the people closest to me. And when I think of you,

I'm like, God damn, that's a crazy motherfucker. And I'm, I'm wondering, is there anyone in your life or your sphere where you think, holy shit, that dude is just out there?

Yeah, but for not the reasons that, you know, whether it's like jumping out of a plane, you know, getting buried in an avalanche,

fighting in the UFC, being blown up in Afghanistan, like those are extraordinary things that

happen in my life. I look at other people that do things that I couldn't do for one moment

without going crazy or like going full postal.

And, you know, like JP Se sears the way that he very comically via satire

talks about really sensitive divisive issues and he's able to like stay cool about it when people

go crazy in his face i would last like five seconds. A police officer.

If I pulled somebody over for clearly breaking the law and that person put a camera in

my face and was like talking to me through a crack in the window, like I was the person

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