Therapy was Full Podcast

"I just spent a month getting cleared for this specific job... I'm done." After 21 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, Sean Mulrooney lost his flight status to a sudden ear infection and then watched the Navy shuffle him through orders that went nowhere. He walked away from the system, and he walked into the Veterans Beer Club, where veterans skip the 100-resume stack and meet hiring managers face t...

Leland Holgate returns to Therapy Was Full Podcast for a conversation about survival, trauma, military service, addiction, recovery, and the decision to take ownership of his life. After a childhood shaped by trauma, Leland joined the Air Force and served as a C-130 loadmaster. He later suffered a catastrophic spinal injury that left him unable to feel or move below his neck. Doctors warned him th...

Leland Holgate grew up under a father from the 75th Ranger Regiment who trained him in Krav Maga and combatives starting at age five — using violent, abusive punishment for ordinary childhood mistakes while presenting a loving family-man image to the outside world. Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis sit down with Leland to unpack what it meant to survive that childhood, why boot camp felt easier than...

Tammy and Ed join Therapy Was Full to talk about Saddles in Service, a nonprofit using horsemanship to help veterans, active-duty service members, and first responders heal. The organization started after Tammy watched rescued horses help her husband, a retired Navy veteran, work through PTSD, anxiety, and depression — and grew into a structured, year-long program built on horsemanship, mentorship...

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis sit down to reflect on where they were that day and how it quietly rerouted the rest of their lives. Dustin was on duty aboard the USS Nimitz when the second plane hit — the moment the Navy realized the country was under attack and shifted into wartime readiness in real time. That single day became the first link in a chai...

Tammy and Ed join Therapy Was Full to talk about Saddles in Service, a nonprofit using horsemanship to help veterans, active-duty service members, and first responders heal. The organization started after Tammy watched rescued horses help her husband, a retired Navy veteran, work through PTSD, anxiety, and depression — and grew into a structured, year-long program built on horsemanship, mentorship...

This is the conversation that happened before the cameras officially started rolling. In this behind-the-scenes moment from Therapy Was Full, Guy McDermott — VFW commander and founder/co-founder of Warrior House — opens up about a spiritual awakening that reframed how he saw his own role in his marriage and career struggles. He talks candidly about the moment he stopped seeing himself as a victim...

www.iconpodcastnet.com Yes, the Marine Corps has a band — and Jedidiah was in it. This episode covers what most people never learn about military music programs, the grind of recruiting duty, and how a divorce derailed 13 years of active duty service and forced a total career reset. Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis talk with Jedidiah about building Green Hat Entertainment to support local musicians...

"Why are we paying for the dates in the first place?" That question kicks off an hour-plus roundtable with Dustin Hayes, Terrence Davis, Trevor Ahing, and Chris Lorenz on dating standards, covert contracts, and what chivalry actually means today. Trevor breaks down a date gone sideways — a canceled plan, an uninvited friend at dinner, and a text that changed everything — while the group debates fi...

I called my wife and said, I'm not going." Days before the move, Trevor Ahing backed out of relocating to Sacramento — then spent six months in an RV with no running water proving to his wife, and himself, that staying was the right call. Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis get into real estate hustle, the discipline it took to make 300 dials a day, and how that grind became Marwak — a financial liter...

"It's okay to feel differently about this holiday." Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis open Season 2 of Therapy Was Full with a special 4th of July episode reflecting on what Independence Day really feels like for veterans. They cover America's 250-year history, the freedom to move, choose, and build a life most countries never allow, and react to a viral video from creator Ashani M. Fuku claiming wh...

"The minute you step out the culture, you become a number." Chris Lorenz, Navy veteran and co-founder of Armed Forces Division (AFD) and Global Financial Impact (GFI), knows that feeling better than most — one bad step in Guam cost him his knee, his 11-year Navy career, and nearly his sense of purpose. This episode covers military medical retirement, the TAPS class that handed him a stack of paper...

In this episode, we sit down for a raw, unfiltered conversation about the messy middle of personal growth. From treating a high-stakes divorce like a cold business transaction to managing anxious attachment styles in modern dating, this episode exposes what it actually takes to heal. We dive deep into the specific psychological challenges veterans face when transitioning to civilian life, actionab...

14-year Marine Corps veteran, single mother, transformational coach, and founder of the Human Potential Veteran Initiative Sonya joins Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis for a powerful, unfiltered conversation about trauma, healing, relationships, and taking radical self-responsibility. Sonya opens up about growing up with emotional neglect, joining the Marines to fill a “hole in her soul,” navigatin...

In this Episode Terrence and Dustin checkout a video from  @DannyMorelYT  that raised some serious questions about relationships and couples work together. When couples try to work together it can either bring you together or drive you apart. But what do you do when your partner tells you they don't want to help, all pressure lands on one person, whos happiness takes priotity? ​ ​ ​Don't forget to...

Terrence and Dustin change things up with a reaction and in depth discussion about relationships, responsibility around a video https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUG44IUib07/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  @TheGoodDadTribe  On this episode of Therapy Was For Podcast, Terrence Davis and Dustin Hayes are changing things up! The guys sit down for their very first video reaction, reacting to a powerful clip from...

Marine Corps Band saxophonist and entrepreneur joins Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis on Therapy Was Full for an honest conversation about passion, discipline, military service, and the real struggle of turning music into a career. From auditioning for the Marine Corps Band (tougher than most realize) to playing on street corners for grocery money while on active duty, this episode covers the grind...

Everyone Can find themselves faced with serious financial struggles, sometimes its a matter of letting go of your ego and getting help. As veterans and entrepreneurs we try to tough it out and say "I got This" Stop and listen. From grinding in Naval Special Warfare to the pressures of staying mission-ready, this episode cuts through the fluff on high performance, sacrifice, recovery, and what real...

Navy Veteran Alex Friedberg sits down with Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis on Therapy Was Full for unfiltered talk on veteran work ethic, first-generation immigrant hustle, and the controversial reality of PEDs in the military. From grinding in Naval Special Warfare to the pressures of staying mission-ready, this episode cuts through the fluff on high performance, sacrifice, recovery, and what rea...

Ben opens up about the challenges of transitioning from active duty, the hidden struggles of fatherhood and marriage, and how untreated PTSD quietly showed up in his life — until fellow Marines looked him in the eye and said, “Brother, you’ve got it.” Terrence shares his own raw “Suicide Season” — living in a master closet, drinking a gallon of rum a week, poor sleep, and losing himself — and how...

In this raw and unfiltered episode of Therapy Was Full, comedian and veteran entrepreneur Billy Blaylock opens up about one of the hardest Ls in business — when your own partner steals money and ghosts you. Billy shares the brutal reality behind buying a photography franchise as a veteran, how his “Dream Team” business partner (his cousin) betrayed him at his lowest point, and what it really feels...

In this raw, no-filter episode of Therapy Was Full, hosts Dustin Hayes (Navy vet & Red White Badass Brew founder) and Terrence Davis (Marine vet turned realtor) sit down with Marine veteran Corey Gray for a deep dive into trauma most people never talk about. We go there: childhood molestation, early sexual experiences, porn addiction roots, military sexual trauma echoes, Other Than Honorable (...

In this raw, unfiltered episode of Therapy Was Full, hosts Dustin Hayes (CEO of Red White & Badass Brew) and Terrence Davis dive deep into the veteran transition nightmare: from battle-hardened warriors to lost gardeners in civilian life. What happens when you lose your military purpose? Dustin and Terrence spill on medical retirements, TAPS program's epic fails ("It's garbage—box-check BS"),...

In this no-holds-barred live therapy session, Dustin Hayes and Terrence Davis sit down with Marine veteran and Truth First Life Coach Nathan Sutton—and things get real FAST. What starts as Dustin unpacking his decision to cut off his abusive dad spirals into raw confessions: fantasies of revenge on 24-hour firewatch, suicidal thoughts fueled by justice-seeking rage, grieving the father you wanted...

In this powerful episode of Therapy Was Full Podcast, co-hosts Terrence Davis (Marine Corps vet turned real estate pro) and Dustin Hayes (Navy vet & coffee shop owner) go deep with guest Jason Stewart — founder of Epic Fighting, real estate investor, exotic car hustler, and passionate veteran advocate. Jason opens up about losing his multimillion-dollar construction business (and discovering t...