The Words We Don't Say Podcast

The Words We Don't Say

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The Words We Don't Say explores the silences that keep us stuck—in battlefields, firehouses, and therapy rooms. Join us as we sit with practitioners, healers, advocates, and people who've "been there, done that" for real talk and real connection around what it means to serve... And what it means to be human. What goes unspoken in your day-to-day life?

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The Words We Don't Say Podcast

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The Mindset That Keeps You Alive in War Is Killing Veterans in Peace | Brandon Beattie, MMSc, PA-C | Episode 003 03.07.2026 41:36

21 to 25 veterans die by suicide every single day. Brandon Beattie has spent his career trying to change that number. Brandon is a former US Army medic who served two combat tours in Iraq, then went on to train at Yale and now serves as Program Director of the George Washington University PA program (one of the oldest in the country) while still working clinically as a VA disability examiner. He s...

Leaving the Military Feeling Like a Bad Breakup? Here's What to Do About It. | Owners in Honor 16.06.2026 1:24:33

Most transition programs help you find a job. Fewer help you figure out who you are after service -- and almost none talk honestly about fulfillment, or what it actually costs to buy a business. Pat Flood does. Pat is a 26-year Army veteran, retired Green Beret, and founder of Owners in Honor -- a nonprofit that helps veterans buy and operate small businesses. He holds an MBA from Duke, ran a 300-...

A veteran handed him a memorial band, then a 15-year mission began | Interview with the Filmmaker behind SHEEPDOG the Movie, Steven Grayhm | Episode 001 | The Words We Don't Say Podcast 22.05.2026 1:05:16

Writer-director-actor Steven Grayhm joins retired US Army Colonel Fred Dummar to share the 15-year journey behind Sheepdog , a feature film born from a single conversation with a veteran tow truck driver who had never told anyone what he'd been through. We cover filmmaking, OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) and OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) veterans, the limits of a PTSD diagnosis, and what hea...