Drive On: Helping Veterans Navigate PTSD & Life After Military Service

Captain Martha LaGuardia-Kotite's bold leadership style empowered her to be one of the first female officers to serve aboard two Coast Guard cutters with all-male crews and lead teams during numerous disasters for 29 years at sea and ashore. A TEDx speaker and coach, Martha is an award-winning author of five books including the award-winning So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers Saving L...

Mike Kim is a psychoanalyst/ex-monk, research writer, and retired Veterans Affairs Vet Center site director. His research at Columbia University developing his original theory of "Veteran Readjustment Culture" has recently been presented at the University of North Texas. Mike's work he has advocated for vets and their families since the early 1990's. He has over 20,000 clinical hours in war trauma...

Jenna Carlton is a Navy veteran who started the Facebook Group, The Millennial Veterans, where younger veterans can share issues facing them. You can find Jenna weekly on Sundays at 9 PM Eastern on her Instagram Live series, Vet Chats. Check out the link to her Instagram below. Links & Resources The Millennial Veterans Facebook Group The Millennial Veteran on Instagram Transcript View the tran...

Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet discusses the highs and lows he's experienced in his personal and professional life, and how he was able to lean on others to help support him through difficult times. Links & Resources Tim Gallaudet on Twitter Tim Gallaudet on Facebook Tim Gallaudet on Instagram Tim Gallaudet on LinkedIn oceanstl.com Circles Group Therapy Episode 177 Tom Spooner: Why you are not alo...

Brandi Saunders talks about her time in the Air Force, her deployments in support of OEF and OIF, and how she successfully transitioned into a new career after leaving the military. During her time in the military, Brandi served as a Critical Care Medical Technician. After leaving the military, she now works as a CPA at a national accounting firm. She is also helping work to ensure that other vete...

Mike Liguori discusses how he dealt with his PTSD and a troubled relationship with his father. He learned to put the past behind him and focus on the road ahead. He is the author of the book The Road Ahead and Miles Behind , where he outlines the journey he took with his father. That journey brought them closer together and ultimately healed their relationship. Links & Resources MikeLiguori.co...

Brent Magnussen is a US Army veteran who served as a combat engineer. He is also a best-selling author, speaker, and sits on the board of the Resilient Warrior Foundation, which serves veterans and first responders who suffer from PTSD. Links & Resources Roger Up Book Resilient Warrior Foundation Gis for GIs Transcript View the transcript for this episode.

Mike Lamonica is an Air Force veteran who serves on the Combat Control Foundation's Board of Directors. The Combat Control Foundation provides care and support to Combat Controllers, their families, and other members of the military community through its programs, or through partnerships with similar charitable organizations. Links & Resources Combat Control Foundation Combat Control Foundatio...

Ashlee Leppert returns to the podcast to open up and share her healing journey after her career in the Coast Guard. In this episode, we talk about the Coast Guard's work to help keep Americans safe at home. Everything from boating accidents and natural disasters to drug enforcement. Ashlee has participated in all of it during her career. This work made it even more critical for her to find effecti...

Anthony Price is with the Gold Star Ride Foundation, whose mission is to actively support, comfort, and do the work that our fallen heroes would do if they hadn't fallen for all our freedom. Links & Resources Gold Star Ride Foundation Gold Star Ride Foundation on Facebook Gold Star Ride Foundation on Twitter Gold Star Ride Foundation on LinkedIn Gold Star Ride Foundation on Instagram Transcrip...

Ellie Shefi discusses ways to help military family members hold down the home front while their spouses are deployed by providing easy-to-implement tools for resiliency and self-care. Links & Resources EllieShefi.com Free By Design TV You Are Not Your Scars Podcast Creating An Impervious Mind Transcript View the transcript for this episode.

Sherry Walling, Ph. D., is a clinical psychologist, speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Her life's work is helping high-achieving people navigate painful and complex experiences. Her podcast, ZenFounder, has been called a "must listen" by both Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines and has been downloaded more than one million times. In this episode, Dr. Walling discusses her new book Touching Two Wo...

Most people believe serving others is a nice thing to do, but it doesn't really make much of a difference. David Crocker talks about how serving others not only makes our communities better places to live but also helps us get a handle on our own mental health. Links & Resources DavidWCrocker.com Operation In As Much Compassionaries: Unleash the Power of Serving book Transcript View the transc...

Alecia Aguilar is a Navy veteran, who, while serving discovered how exercise helped manage her stress and anxiety. She also created the Awearness Athletics brand. She is here today to talk about her fitness journey and how it helped her overall physical and mental health. Links & Resources AwearnessAthletics.com Awearness Athletics on Instagram Awareness Athletics on Facebook Awareness Athleti...

For people who had a difficult childhood, half of what we think of as anxiety is often leftover emotional stress from what happened to us as a child. Mahesh Grossman explains how hypnotherapy can help with a wide variety of physical and emotional pain. Links & Resources Anxiety123.com Transcript View the transcript for this episode.

Dylan Sessler talks about how he works to create a connection with others in order to provide a safe space to discuss difficult topics. Links & Resources Dylan Sessler on Facebook Dylan Sessler on Instagram Dylan Sessler on Twitter Dylan Sessler on YouTube Dylan Sessler on TikTok Dylan Sessler on LinkedIn Dylan Sessler Website Defy The Darkness Book Transcript View the transcript for this epis...

Karen Owoc is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at the VA in Palo Alto California, a weekly health contributor to KRON-TV in the San Francisco Bay area, as well as the author of the book Athletes in Aprons: The Nutrition Playbook to Break 100. Links & Resources Athletes In Aprons: The Nutrition Playbook to Break 100 Karen Owoc's Website Karen Owoc on Twitter Karen Owoc on Facebook Karen Owoc on...

Mark is a former infantryman, intelligence professional, and licensed attorney. He has trained units from the DoD, DoJ, Fortune 500 companies, and officers from over 60 police departments around the country. He contributes to the Counter Terrorist Magazine and hosts the Pearl Snap Tactical Podcast. Today we're going to be talking about developing a warrior mindset. Links & Resources Barritus D...

Retired Major General John Gronski joins us to discuss how leaders can start putting the people in their charge first. In this episode we discuss: How leaders can be more effective in taking care of the troops they lead. Characteristics of a good leader. Toxic leadership traits. Being vulnerable as a leader, and setting a good example. Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens a...

Matt Dubois and Kurt Webber are from Camp Resilience, which helps service members, veterans, first responders, and their loved ones recover and maintain their physical, psychological, and emotional well-being. Links & Resources Camp Resilience Donate to Camp Resilience Apply to volunteer Veterans/first responders apply to join a future retreat Camp Resilience on Facebook Camp Resilience on Twi...

Bob Bryant is the chief technology officer of Mission K9 Rescue, an animal welfare group dedicated solely to rescuing, reuniting, rehoming, repairing, and rehabilitating American working dogs. Since 2013, the group has provided a wide array of services to working dogs in an effort to offer them a comfortable and peaceful retirement. Mission K9 focuses on retrieving dogs both from overseas and nati...

Shelly Slocum shares some practical advice, inspiration, and tips for how to apply more positivity in your life to brighten your days. Links & Resources LoveAndInspiration.org Transcript View the transcript for this episode.

Anissa Hudak's life has been intertwined with PTSD, Trauma, and the military. As the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, and military spouse to an OEF/OIF veteran, she saw the struggles others were having which inspired her to create the Trauma Healing Yoga Therapy Program. In this episode, we talk about the program and how it can help those who have suffered trauma in their lives. Links & Resource...

Althea Williams is an Army veteran. She is also the founder of the group She Vets It, where women from all branches of the military come together in a safe space to connect, converse and collaborate. In this episode, she shares why it is important to find your tribe after the military. Links & Resources She Vets It website She Vets It on Facebook She Vets It on Instagram She Vets It on LinkedI...

Veterans experience divorce at significantly higher rates than civilians. Often the challenge can be that people who serve get married young, leave home and come back a changed person - to find a changed spouse, too. While changes in your 20s are a natural part of maturing, they can trip you up and tear your relationship apart if you don't get a handle on them. Chris Shaver, The Couples Whisperer,...