Isolation Kills. It’s not me, it’s we. We’re all in this together.

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09/23/18 • 25 min

For today’s guest, we are very excited to bring you the real Rudy Reyes. From MMA, to many tours in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marine’s 1st Recon Battalion, to your TV, and finally to conservation sites all over the world this man has done it all.
I really enjoyed this my conversation with this man. It changed the way I thought about myself and others. We go over a lot of good stuff, from the journey from selfless to self-love, to finding your new purpose, and how to fight off the tendency to isolate when it comes up. We go over what was difficult for Rudy to handle when getting out, his nonprofit work with Force Blue, and the greatest lesson he learned since leaving the Recon community.
Listen to what Rudy has to tell you, I know it is going to change your perspective. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. Please feel free to leave us a comment and let us know what you think.
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Forceblueteam.org
Keys
1. Reach out. Take a radical 30’ step forward and ask for help.
2. Physical fitness
3. Find time to get into nature, find time to smell the flowers

Previous Episode

It's up to us, no one else is coming. With James Hintzke

On today’s episode, we have my friend James Hintzke on with us. He was a 30-year veteran in the SEAL community as a demo guy. James is a pretty amazing guy, and he gives us some real nuggets. We go over a bunch of things that I wish I had known when I was transitioning. We learn about how important it is to fill your life with a positive environment, and how to find your triggers, while making an impact in your environment.
He tells us about his art with Valhalla’s Forge and the difference you can make in your community through so many different ways. He shares about his strategy of being a leader to the young men working with him, including transiting vets and gold star kids. James gives us a lot of good information about how to deal with what you are going through and how to give just give yourself a break sometimes.
Coming from many of our backgrounds, it is hard to be easy on ourselves, but sometimes it is exactly what we need. You had to redevelop yourself into something that is sustainable for you and into something that will keep allowing you to grow. We go over that and a lot more in this episode. Come listen and take away a couple of things that you can use in your struggles too.
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IG - @sealartisan
Keys
1. Believe in yourself- you’re a fucking bad ass
a. Don’t let anyone convince you you’re not epic, you are
2. Be kind to yourself
a. When you fuck some shit up, whatever it is, and you will, don’t beat yourself up too hard and get back at it
3. Do something ssmall for yourself every day
a. Take care of yourself, if just for 5 minutes, take care of yourself
4. Create a lifestyle that you are proud about

Next Episode

Rebalancing your life w/ Dan Pronk

On this weeks episode we have Dan Pronk, Australian SAS doctor turned entrepreneur. I’m so excite we finally got to get together to bring you this amazing episode where we go over tons of good information to bring value to your lives. In this episode we go over the mindset you need to go through medical school then selection (which you can then bring to your everyday life, the different pieces of his puzzle he had to sort out to fill the void the military left, and the advice he gives anyone struggling to find the lifestyle and balance in their civilian lives that they are suddenly missing. We hit on a lot of different topics that I know you can take something from. After you listen, please show Dan some love and visit his IG page and let him know what you got from his message.

IG@ Danpronk

Email - [email protected]

3 Keys

1. Keep yourself busy, throw yourself into something new to stimulate yourself, you don’t have to be passionate about that particular thing, just get started

2. If you’re trying to transition out of a old group, it might be helpful to distance yourself for a little bit from the people in that group. Are your relationships with your old tribe the reason you can’t move on?

3. Understand that civilians that haven’t lived what you have can not understand you and you shouldn’t expect them to. Don't expect your service and what you have done to give you anything more than just a foot in the door

4. If you’re struggling find a goal, set a goal, work towards it, start making positive steps that reinforce your self esteem again