Guns and Mental Health by Walk the Talk America

The Walk the Talk America clinical team talks with founder Michael Sodini to recap his experience at the Aspen Ideas Festival. In this conversation, Michael summarizes his trip experience and answers questions from the group.  Send us Fan Mail Walk the Talk America would like to thank our partners who make these conversations possible and would like to highlight our top two partner tiers below! Pl...

The Walk the Talk America clinical team discusses the value of self-awareness with your emotions. The group discusses things like body language, de-escalation, and habits about themselves they've had to be mindful of.  Jake Wiskerchen , Dr. DB Palmer , and Eddie Davenport also talk about how these things can negatively impact important things like relationships, parenting, and kids.  Send us...

In this episode, the Walk the Talk America clinician team talks about imposter syndrome, therapists getting therapy,  and more! For those unfamiliar with imposter syndrome, Oxford Languages defines it as "the persistent inability to believe that one's success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one's own efforts or skills."  Jake Wiskerchen , Dr. DB Pal...

WTTA is proud to have added more clinicians to its board of directors and advisory board! Join Jake, DB Palmer, Eddie Davenport, and Brandon Covey as they introduce themselves and set the stage for what is yet to come in future podcast episodes. Send us Fan Mail Walk the Talk America would like to thank our partners who make these conversations possible and would like to highlight our top two part...

Send us Fan Mail Walk the Talk America would like to thank our partners who make these conversations possible and would like to highlight our top two partner tiers below! Platinum Tier: Ruger Armscor Bleeker Street Publications Gold Tier: NASGW Lipsey's Davidson's

Chris Dover is a lifelong gun owner, Second Amendment advocate, children's firearms instructor, and host of his own podcast and YouTube Channel, CloverTac Productions . On his channel, Chris shares firearm education, reviews, interviews, podcasts and a whole lot more. He is a proud member of the Firearms Radio Network , Professional Outdoor Media Association , Southeastern Outdoor Press Assoc...

Brian Lockerman is the creator of Open Arms and the president of MB Studio Productions, a full-service production company specializes in all forms of multi-media, television, commercials, music videos, and films.  MB Studio Productions has produced various commercials, pilots, reels, and reality based programs.   Today, Open Arms is the successor to “Shoot To Thrill” that he also created.  Brian i...

Trey Miller is a Marine Corps veteran who started Ghost Tactical Productions in 2017. He’s a 2A advocate who preaches on concealed carry, self-reliance, and all aspects of firearms training. Ghost Tactical is not just a home base for Trey’s podcast network- there are thorough product reviews, written columns, and much more. Trey is the host of a live podcast “The Armed Citizen Podcast” where he an...

Nathan Jones is president of the Bay Area Black Gun Owners Association. An unwitting leader, he saw a need in his community and seized on it.  The Bay Area chapter of the Black Gun Owners Association  is a gun rights advocacy group assisting law abiding citizens of the Bay Area in becoming safe and effective firearms owners. They partner with certified firearms instructors to provide a wide variet...

Anthony Anderson is an Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran and small business owner. After his military service, Anthony worked with Veterans struggling to successfully reintegrate after their service ended. In 2013, he and a fellow Veteran walked across the United States in an effort to heal themselves and raise awareness to the host of issues impacting Veterans and their families. Their walk and wor...

Sandy Richardson, a victim of the New York SAFE Act, is back to update us on her absurd and blood-boiling experience with getting falsely reported and having her rights restricted. She has since pursued multiple Freedom of Information Law requests and obtained overwhelming information that suggests the NY SAFE Act not only doesn't help people, but it actually keeps hundreds of thousands from...

For more than two decades Rob Pincus has taught all aspects of firearms across the globe. Since 2018 he has served as a board member for Walk the Talk America and in 2022 he launched GunPRO, a Pledge of Responsible Ownership, to invite firearms owners to take an affirmative step toward even more mindfulness regarding their involvment with the guns that they own.  This is his pitch to gun owners to...

Isaac is a former infantryman in the US Army and, due to seeking help at the right time when he needed it, is now no longer allowed to own firearms. But the story gets nuttier: after discharge from the hospital and completing his care, he was returned to duty and used all kinds of firearms for quite a while longer while working for the Army . Yet now, as a civilian, he has had his career opportuni...

Brandon Covey is a licensed mental health counselor, professional musician, and avid shooter.   In his counseling work, Brandon specializes in dealing with anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as helping his clients find meaning and purpose through life's most challenging circumstances.  Brandon takes a cognitive behavioral approach to correct negative thinking patterns, combined with re...

John McClain is a member of Team Armscor as a Pistol/MultiGun Competitor. He also worked 8 years in Las Vegas as an EMT responding to all kinds of 911 calls. He credits firearms, and the 2A community for being one of the main reasons why he was able to fight though one of the darkest times in his life. In this episode he offers insight into what he witnessed and experienced in the world of medicin...

Rolo and Jo are a husband-and-wife team working to expand and normalize the fiream and freedom movements through education, entertainment, and exposure After Florida's Republican-led government enacted gun control laws in 2018, they knew they needed to become advocates for their rights and the Locked & Loaded Latinos came to fruition. Each week on their live podcast they discuss topics fr...

Sharyn works in IT by day, but by night she is a civil rights advocate, mental health proponent, and fits neatly in no boxes of any kind.  Prepare to have your worldview expanded. IG: s.a.hinchcliffe Twitter: @sacrebleu141 Send us Fan Mail Walk the Talk America would like to thank our partners who make these conversations possible and would like to highlight our top two partner tiers below! Platin...

Kevin Berry joins the Guns and Mental Health Podcast to discuss how social media is affecting our mental health. We also discuss how firearm content and individuals working in the industry are purposely suppressed on social media. Kevin is a father of one and husband who enjoys getting outdoors and sports. He has been working in marketing for over seven years and started his small marketing agency...

David Yamane is Professor of Sociology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. For the first 20 years of his academic career, he specialized in the sociology of religion, a field in which he authored, co-authored, or edited 6 books and 2 major scholarly journals. Since 2011, Professor Yamane has studied guns, especially the new self-defense oriented core of American gun culture...

Tony Simon is United States Marine Corps veteran, certified firearms instructor and certified range safety officer. He founded and hosts  the 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot and the 2nd is For Everyone podcast.  The 2nd is for Everyone is dedicated to welcoming people of all races, religions, genders, sexual orientation and backgrounds into the firearms community, educating them on their civi...

Samantha is a practicing psychologist and professional counselor in West Virginia who actively writes for the NRA, along with being a certified firearms instructor. Living in both worlds gives her a unique perspective on both cultures and in this episode, she discusses the role and evolution of women in the gun community, the concept of "gun bunnies," and of course, mental health. For th...

Cam Edwards is the editor of BearingArms.com and the host of the long-running 2A show Cam & Co.   A husband and father of five, Cam grew up in a gun-free household before purchasing his first firearm for self-defense and defense of his family after he became a husband and insta-dad to two stepchildren almost 25 years ago. Since then, he's become passionate about ensuring access to the rig...

Dylan Sessler is an author, mental health advocate, speaker, and US Army Veteran.  He survived parental suicide, PTSD, child abuse, bullying, war, life-changing injuries along with depression and anxiety.  At one point Dylan was going to take his own life but (literally) wound up not pulling the trigger. Today he coaches others into better lifestyle choices and creates inspirational content for so...

Jesse Bugarin was raised in the Los Angeles area where homeowners owned guns for security reasons with little access or knowledge of safes to lock up their firearms. He joined Cannon Security Products in 1989. During this time the company was small in volume and consumer reach. Jesse realized early on that safes were a necessary item for every home in America, which led to adopting “A SAFE IN EVER...

What is Bipolar II Disorder and what does it have to do with this podcast? For the past 15 years, Ashley Hlebinsky has been immersed in the study of firearms history, technology, and culture becoming one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the subject. Hlebinsky has researched and worked in several nationally recognized firearms and weapons collections, including the Smithsonian Institution’s...