Mandy Horvath is a chef, climber, artist and double amputee. We discuss her journey into the culinary arts, losing her legs, her physical and mental health struggles, childhood trauma, discovering climbing, addiction, post traumatic growth, the healing power of plants and so much more.

Mandy Horvath - Episode 440

Terrance Kosikar is a retired firefighter and the founder of Camp My Way. We discuss life in the Canadian Mountains, the pandemic, the healing power of nature, mental health and much more.

Terrance Kosikar II - Episode 490

Brooke Ames is a Wisconsin firefighter, bodybuilder, powerlifter and coach. We discuss growing up in rural America, her childhood obesity, becoming a volunteer firefighter, her incredible weight loss and fitness journey, learning from the corporate world, mentorship, personality diversity and so much more.

Brooke Ames - Episode 499

Paul Harris is a former Royal Marine who just completed a walk around the entire mainland Britain. 

We discuss the imact his childhood had in later years, his journey into one of the UK's most elite military units, his powerful mental health journey, teaching, the kindness and compassion that he found on his walk, the healing power of community and so much more.

Paul Harris - Episode 763

Paige Figi's daughter Charlotte was only 3 months old when she started having regular seizures, ultimately being diagnosed with Dravet's Syndrome. By the time she was four, after a gamet of pharmceuticals have proven ineffective, Charlotte was on life support with only days to live.

Desperate, Paige had begun researching plant medicine and found a high concentration Cannabanoid (CBD) from the hemp plant. She watched in disbelief as Charlotte began improving and the near constant seizures became infrequent.

In this powerful conversation, we discuss Paige's early life as a rescue diver, her role as a military spouse, Charlotte's heartbreaking health struggles, how Paige began helping other families, the Coaltition for Access, the Major League Baseball team who is standing behind CBD and so much more.

Paige Figi - Epiode 765

Steve Gillespie is a retired FDNY Special Operations Firefighter and the man behind "Surviving the Job".  

We discuss volunteer firefighting as a teen, his journey into the FDNY, training diligence in Special Operations, his harrowing 9/11 story, The "Black Sunday" fire, the Deutsch Bank fire, processesing multiple LODDs, his own mental health story and much more.

Steve Gillespie - Episode 779

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Dr David Hindle is a fellow British native now working as an Emergency Room Physician and Flight Doctor in Milwaukee.   We talk about pre-hospital medicine vs the ER, how we can set each other up for success, stress resiliency training in medicine and much more.

David Hindle - Episode 61

Fahim Falzi was born in Afghanistan.  He fled with his family after the Russian invasion and settled in the U.S.  Fahim realized his dream of becoming an actor in Hollywood.  He paused his acting career and volunteered to become an interpreter attached to  the Marines .  We talk serving your community, the history of the Afghanistan conflicts, gratitude, kindness and much more.

Fahim Fazli - Episode 62

Dr Kirk Parsley is a retired Navy SEAL, who became the West Coast SEAL teams' medical doctor.  Dr Parsley has become an expert in the area of Sleep Medicine.  We discuss sleep deprivation, disease, mental health, shift work, testosterone and much more.

Dr Kirk Parsley II - Episode 70

Chief Bobby Halton is best known as the Editor in Chief for Fire Engineering magazine and Education Director of FDIC.  We talk about his career in the fire service, mental health, cancer and much more.

Bobby Halton - Episode 84

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Steve Gillespie - Episode 779

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