The Bear Essentials Podcast

War isn’t uncommon for a two-star General in the US Army, but when the war is mental illness, the rules of engagement are different.   Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Gregg Martin is a retired US Army General who suffers from bipolar disorder.    Gregg F. Martin, PhD, Major General, US Army (Retired), served on active duty for 36 years, until May 2015. He is a combat veteran,...

Remember when you were an athlete, how you looked, how you felt and the confidence that came along with it.   Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Javen Palmer was a former world class athlete with the Crystal Palace football club. He then started working in the corporate world & had no time to prepare healthy meals like he did when he was a full-time athlete.    Javen gained a...

Imagine getting to work and you get a call from the FBI to return home immediately as they have a warrant for your arrest.   Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Craig Stanland, lived this experience.   In 2012, Craig Stanland made a choice that would cost him everything. After exploiting the warranty policy of one of the largest tech companies in the world for almost a year, the FBI fi...

Did you know that you can lose up to 8% of your muscle mass per decade starting in your 30s.   Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Bill Vogel joins us to discuss living longer and still kicking ass while we age.    After experiencing his own “rock bottom” Bill became interested in low carb/low sugar about 10 years ago when he himself was 70 pounds overweight. During a regular visi...

Imagine if the choices you made had you facing a potential life sentence in prison.   Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Ed Hennings, was sentenced to a 40-year prison sentence. After serving 20 years, he took his experience and used it to fortify his mind and will. Determining that when his release time came, he would be ready to dominate any destructive thoughts or behaviors that he enco...

Today’s leaders have a responsibility to inspire the leaders of tomorrow.  On this episode of The Bear Essentials, we are joined by retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Oak McCulloch who has lived his life by this motto. Throughout his decorated 23-year career in the United States Army and various civilian jobs that followed, McCulloch has lived a life of servant leadership. In his new book, Yo...

Imagine leaving your stable corporate career to start a BBQ brand during a pandemic. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, former USMC combat veteran, Greg Fischer, did just that.   Greg shares his experience from the military and how that translated into his corporate life and ultimately into his current career as an entrepreneur and co-founder of the fastest growing BBQ brand in America, Bu...

Imagine your child walks out of your life for reasons out of your control. Would you feel shame, maybe guilt or just be emotionally broken. Eric Brooker lived with that shame until he had a realization, “I AM ENOUGH”. In this interview Eric opens up about the situation regarding his daughter that led him to author the book, “You Are Enough”. The book is focused on letting parents know that they ar...

Would you have the guts to admit fraud? On the 9th of April 2021, the chief of Bellatorum Resources, a Texas-based energy fund, wrote an email to his stakeholders, admitting to having squandered millions of their dollars. Chris Bentley was that man and today he joins me on “The Bear Essentials”. This interview is a brutally honest account given by Chris as he reflects upon his journey, explains hi...

At a young age his parents divorced, and as a way of coping, he watched his mother turn to food abuse. Watching what his mother was going through, he had a decision to make, live in this environment and develop the same self-destructive habits or choose the gym. Thankfully for him and for all of us, he chose the gym. Mark Bryce, The Body Transformation Coach, joins me today on “The Bear essentials...

In this episode I speak with Brad Ritter who started School of Grit after he graduated from SEALFit’s infamous Kokoro Camp, which is renowned as the world’s toughest civilian training. After graduation he wanted to find a way to serve others and help people take control of their lives and get unstuck. He accomplishes this through a proven system that focuses on your physical, mental, emotional, in...

"Morning Coffee With The Bear" is a way for "The Bear Essentials" host Charles Wallace to connect more directly with the audience and will premiere weekly on Sunday mornings at 7:00 AM EST. These episodes will have an audience participation focus as Charles will look to answer your questions. Please send your questions to:    cwallace@bearessentials.info.   This episode focuses on t...

"Morning Coffee With The Bear" is a way for "The Bear Essentials" host Charles Wallace to connect more directly with the audience and will premiere weekly on Sunday mornings at 7:00 AM EST. These episodes will have an audience participation focus as Charles will look to answer your questions. Please send your questions to:   cwallace@bearessentials.info.   This episode focuses on th...

In this episode, I speak with Ian Hill. Humanitarian. Business Leader. Award- Winning Social Innovator. Professional Development Pioneer. World Record Breaker. These are some of the words often used when referring to Ian Hill. Whether running a multi-million-dollar business operation with over 1,000 employees or spearheading first-of-their-kind, life-changing community projects, Ian Hill is recogn...

Tony Horton is the wildly popular creator of the best-selling fitness series: P90X®, P90X2®, P90X3®, and Ten Minute Trainer®, and most recently his 22-Minute military inspired workout, 22 Minute Hard Corps®. Tony is a world-class motivational speaker and the author of top-selling books “Bring It”, Crush It!” and his latest motivational book, “The Big Picture” 11 Laws that will change your life. He...

In this episode I speak with former British Royal Marine commando and triple amputee Mark Ormrod. We discuss his time in the military including the incident in Afghanistan that left him a triple amputee. We also speak about his book, Man Down, the upcoming movie based on his book and his participation in the Invictus Games. Mark is an extremely inspirational individual who is using his story and l...

In this episode, I interview fitness expert, human movement specialist and adventure athlete, Matt Scarfo about his journey to base camp at Mount Everest. This expedition was fueled by  love, rage and desperation and was an attempt to raise money and awareness about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is such a compelling story and shows us that there are still heroes in this world, men who are...

In this episode I speak about the importance of finding your "WHY".

In this episode, I speak with author of "The Mental Wellness Diet", Justin Bethoney. His journey to becoming a healing professional began prior to entering nurse practitioner school. He didn't realize it at the time, but his undergraduate education would set him on a path of service. Justin's original aim was to obtain a degree in business, however, while in college, the school's focus on social j...

In this episode I speak with Brian Sachetta, author of the "Get Out of Your Head" book series, a collection of personal development works focused on helping readers overcome various forms of mental illness. The first entry in that series, "Get Out of Your Head: A Toolkit for Living with and Overcoming Anxiety," was released in 2018. He also runs a website and blog of the same name (www.getoutofyou...

In this episode I speak with Logan Henry, a husband, family man, food lover, author and high-performance fanatic.   After many years of poor health choices started taking their toll on him, he decided to make a massive change and put an end to his low energy, mood, and confidence for good. Once he saw that “high-performance” and “a healthy body and mind” could actually go hand-in-hand, he set...

In this powerful episode I speak with Barry Adkins, he has shared with tens of thousands of people the dangers of binge drinking, and his experience of losing his 18 year old son, Kevin, to alcohol poisoning. The day that was supposed to mark the beginning of Kevin’s adult life, turned out to be his last, and Barry’s message is both a powerful inspiration and a warning about the consequences of ev...

In this episode a speak with dog trainer Dave Roberts of Focus Point dog training. Since 1982, he has studied with many great dog trainers. In addition, he has completed a comprehensive 600 hour training program with Chris Carr, one of the best dog behaviorists in the country. Dave's  vast experience includes puppy and dog obedience training, behavior modification and problem solving, Schutzh...

In this episode I speak with the lead singer and guitarist for the indie rock band, Felipe Pablo. JR is a true inspiration and shows that no matter what your age or what you have  going on in your life that you can still achieve your dreams.   Be sure to check out all things Felipe Pablo:  https://linktr.ee/felipepabloband

In this short episode I talk about success as a limiting belief.