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🗓️ 29 March 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Strength, Struggle, and Service
We are diving into resilience, dedication, and overcoming adversity today. All of the questions are listener-submitted, and I hope that the answers help in some way, both to the people who submitted, and those of us out there dealing with our own battles.
From Trials to Triumph: A listener shares the riveting journey of her son's transformation from a troubled youth to an aspiring Navy SEAL. At just 14, he embodies the essence of hard work, discipline, and the dream of serving his country. How can parents support their children to achieve their dreams, even when they are scared of where their journey may lead?
Battling Betrayal and Building Resilience: A heart-wrenching narrative from an Army combat vet facing the darkest moments of his life, betrayed by his spouse amid a custody battle, all while grappling with PTSD.
The Weight of Transformation: A listener recounts his incredible weight loss journey, inspired by giants in the fitness and motivation world, leading to a transformative experience in Marine basic training. Despite his achievements, he struggles with self-image and loneliness. T
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0:00.0 | Well, hello there. Friday has returned. We're going to go regularly scheduled programming. |
0:07.2 | Not the easiest of questions today. Let's begin. Okay, got the wind smoke. |
0:15.0 | Son runs, north and south, west of the smoke. |
0:20.0 | Okay, copy, west of the smoke. |
0:22.0 | I'm looking at danger close now. |
0:25.0 | All women, man, to give it to me. I need it. You're clean hot. |
0:29.0 | Company, clear hot. |
0:30.0 | All right, like I said, not the easiest of questions for today's Friday episode. |
0:35.7 | And you know, most of the time I have found that the best way to tackle difficult things is just to dive in so let us begin. |
0:46.4 | Email number one. |
0:49.3 | First off, thank you for what you do. |
0:50.8 | I'm in a pretty dark place now and have been betrayed by my wife. |
0:54.0 | Hearing your podcast, especially the episodes about your divorce, |
0:56.4 | experience has helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel. I will try to keep this as short as possible. I am an Army |
1:04.3 | combat vet who was in an Army Scout sniper reconnaissance unit. I left the |
1:09.4 | military and was diagnosed with PTSD and some other stuff of course. My marriage has never really |
1:15.8 | been quite right and I knew my wife wasn't truly in love with me. After seeing a |
1:20.6 | few therapists to help me it was quickly determined she is a hardcore narcissist. |
1:26.9 | Her manipulations drove me back into depression and started some suicidal tendencies. |
1:33.0 | I started speaking with the VA therapist |
1:34.8 | for over a year every week. |
1:37.4 | My wife never even asked me what was going on. |
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