Consequence of Habit

Send us Fan Mail “I had to change the question of how did I get here, to what am I going to do about it” – Mark Pattison This week JT is joined by former NFL wide receiver, podcaster, mountaineer, and entrepreneur Mark Pattison . If you couldn’t already tell from Mark’s impressive titles…. the man knows a little something about the impact of positive habits. Mark and JT discuss the role habits hav...

Send us Fan Mail “If you don’t choose a worthy struggle, struggle will choose you. And when it does, it will do far worse damage than the pain you will inevitably feel on the journey to greatness.” ― Akshay Nanavati, FEARVANA: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness This week I’m joined by United States Marine veteran, speaker, entrepreneur, ultra runner, an...

Send us Fan Mail “Simply put, humans are not wired to be constantly wired." Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World . This week JT is joined in studio by his friend and Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Therapist at the Counseling Associates of Delaware, Wes Jones.  Wes has 20+ years of experience as an LCSW working with youth and young adults. Wes joins JT...

Send us Fan Mail "Your clock is ticking. You will die. Start betting on yourself right now — at this very moment — or no one else will.”  This is a direct quote from Joey Bowen. After reading this quote, I realized two things: 1st, I need to get these guys on CoH …and 2nd, this company stands for more than selling cool shirts. Drew and Joey discuss how the self-entitlement and shortcut-seekin...

Send us Fan Mail When does chasing your personal goals and achievements become bigger than just you? This week I’m joined by active-duty Green Beret and military mountaineering instructor at the Special Operations Mountain Warfare Training Center, Jason Howell. Jason is a guy who isn’t afraid of a little suffering. If his day job description didn’t make that completely evident, Jason also spends h...

Send us Fan Mail This week I had the unique opportunity and privilege to interview a US Olympic athlete from the Winter Olympic venue in Beijing, China. This week’s guest, Kelly Curtis, represented the US during the Winter Games in more than one way: first as an active-duty Airman with the United States Air Force’s World Class Athlete Program (WCEP), and second as a member of Team USA competing in...

Send us Fan Mail When is being brainwashed not a bad thing? At what point in a person’s life should they surrender to the fact that their way of living isn’t working and change is the only way forward?   This week I’m joined (in person) by professional heavyweight MMA fighter Patrick Brady. To look at Patrick now, it’s hard to imagine that just 4 years ago he had both literally and figuratively re...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve been hosting the Consequence of Habit Podcast for close to two years now, and one of the reoccurring themes I continually hear from guests is something that Marcus Aurelius described over 2,000 years ago when he wrote “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”   This week I sat down with US Army Chief Warrant Officer, Nick Lavery. Nick...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m joined by mental health advocate, author, veteran, and Retired Police Sergeant, Michael Sugrue. Michael medically retired from the police force due to post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) stemming from an incident described below in Michael’s own words.  “Several hours into the shift around 3 am I was dispatched to a report of a suspect armed with a knife and a couple...

Send us Fan Mail This week’s guest, Jeff Harris, is made different.  Full transparency…when I first heard about this week’s guest and how he had gone over a year without solid food, I was skeptical. I mean, who can go an entire year only consuming liquids, all while running a successful business, competing in triathlons, running insane distances, and a regular at the local CrossFit gym. That is un...

Send us Fan Mail One of the fundamental teachings in Stoic Philosophy is the understanding what’s in your control and what is not. We don’t control what happens to us, but we do control our response to those things. To better understand that concept, I bring you this week’s guest and fellow Athletic Brewing Ambassador, SaraMae Hollandsworth. SaraMae is an accomplished athlete, fitness expert, writ...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine if an addict could harness the power and obsession that drives his/her addiction, and after getting clean was able to direct that same energy and obsession into becoming an entrepreneur, athlete, and example for others to follow?   This week I’m joined by addict to ultra-runner Brandon Sethre, and he’s here to tell you exactly why the same attributes that drove his addicti...

Send us Fan Mail This week I sat down with former Marine Corps Officer, Combat Veteran, and the current founder of Movement Rx (MRx), Dr. Theresa Larson. Dr. Larson has set and achieved some hefty goals throughout her life to include becoming a professional softball player, winning the Body-for-Life Championship, and becoming an entrepreneur when she and her husband founded MRx in 2013. Dr. Larson...

Send us Fan Mail To understand the kind of person this week’s guest Chris Daukaus is, I want you to first think about this. Picture working full time as a Philadelphia Police Officer, followed by coming home and fulfilling your obligations as a parent and a spouse. Now imagine what kind of person would still have the energy and dedication to do what it takes to become an elite top 10 fighter in th...

Send us Fan Mail “Honest conflict is more powerful than dishonest harmony”   The above bit of wisdom was passed down to me from this week’s guest, 1st Lieutenant Dan Ellis, US Army. I initially invited Dan on the show to discuss his military service (Ranger qualified, Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne division in transition to special operations), the Spartan World Championships he’s training for,...

Send us Fan Mail “When I walked out of the Jeffersonville City jail, I knew one thing for certain, my wife was going to be pissed.” This week I’m joined by the man who spoke those words, Retired Colonel Fred Johnson, US Army. Also joining us is Doctor Laura Johnson, the “wife” Fred was referring too. Fred and Laura were initially brought to my attention when I heard Fred’s appearance on the NPR ra...

Send us Fan Mail How do I describe this week’s guest, Wes Hurt? Anyone paying attention over the past seven years could use words like innovator, entrepreneur, philanthropist or founder of the highly successful beverage company, CLEAN CAUSE. Now, if you go back prior to the last seven years, words like drug addict or alcoholic could have been used to describe the same Wes Hurt.  See, the reality i...

Send us Fan Mail Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, and before we get into the weeds about what that actually means, I want you to take a second and really contemplate these facts: the US alone has experienced a 30% rise in overdose deaths in 2020, with more than 93,000 recorded in a 12-month period…the highest ever on record. Mental health challenges exacerbated by Covid-19, combined...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m joined by Chad Pregracke, the Founder of Living Lands & Waters and author of the book "From the Bottom Up." Chad is a lot of things…he’s the 2013 CNN Hero of the Year, an author, an environmentalist, and an entrepreneur. But the word I think best describes Chad is “Rebel”. Chad has rebelled against the notion of what we can, and cannot achieve.   At 19...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks’ guest, Tyler Hamilton, is a former professional cyclist who has reached the highest pinnacles of the sport, and felt the harshest of consequences when it was discovered that he and many of his teammates took part in an extensive doping program. He and many of his teammate’s stories have been well documented, and although we cover part of it, it’s not what this intervie...

Send us Fan Mail I’m extremely proud to say that this is episode 50! This week I sit down with 25 year Navy veteran, Wellness Advocate, Mindfulness Coach, and ultra-runner, Chris Norris. Chris and I go deep into the connection between actions and the emotions associated with them. We discuss his history with addiction and the tipping point that sparked the fire of change within him. Chris describe...

Send us Fan Mail As CoH closes in on 50 episodes I am consistently amazed by the awesome people that hosting this podcast has allowed me to come in contact with, and this week’s guest is no exception. This week I sit down with best-selling author, special operations veteran, and mental skills coach, Andy Riise. Andy’s accolades are extensive to say the least: Eagle Scout, West Point graduate and f...

Send us Fan Mail This week I sit down with JB Hager , co-host of the massively popular podcast, The Move. Originally, I thought this conversation would be about how JB used his extensive radio experience (30 years) to help Lance Armstrong launch The Move, a podcast breaking down the individual stages of the Tour de France . That in itself would have been a fascinating story, especially since at th...

Send us Fan Mail We’re Back! This week I sit down with a career firefighter, Stoic philosopher, and the founder of The Functional Man, Ben O’Brien. Ben reached out to me after hearing some prior episodes dealing with stress and trauma, and the effects it has on first responders. And Ben’s insight on the topic is vast, both through his role as one of his departments peer support officers, but even...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the podcast we welcome Jared Shaw, founder of Recovery Strong. The idea behind Recovery Strong was born 6 months into Jared’s own recovery process and is based on a sober and healthy lifestyle branded towards individuals either in recovery, or affected by the disease. Jared’s desire to affect change within the recovery community doesn’t stop there…he also owns a contr...