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The Fire You Carry

The Fire You Carry

Nole Lilley and Kevin Welsh

Everyone carries fire. It is inside of you right now. It may be a spark; it may be embers; or it may be full-blown, raging flames. It may have been given to you by someone; maybe passed on from fathers, mothers, grandparents, coaches, or friends. The fire may be acquired from tragedy and difficulties in your own life. Or it may be passed on to you from someone distant; someone you don't even know; but still they have left a mark. These are the things we talk about on this podcast. We, ourselves, have felt this fire. We continue to strive to become better men, husbands, fathers, friends, and citizens. This podcast is the result of our own journey, of our own discoveries; and it is our hope that you will come along with us and discover your own fire. We are constantly interviewing men we respect; men who have kindled their own fires. They may be successful in the workplace, exemplary as a husband or father, or simply set an example in how they stay fit at any stage of life. We are firemen, and we often focus on issues that we face daily: Trauma and PTSD; from how to stay fit when your life might depend on it; to learning how to be present as a husband and father even when we're gone from home a lot of the time. What we are learning applies to the military, law enforcement, EMS, and even UPS drivers. The principles that make anyone a successful man are universal truths that do not change based on a job description or a phase of life. Come, stoke the fires that you carry, and dare to kindle some new ones.
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The Fire You Carry - 001: 400 meters of lunges every day, for 30 days.
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09/02/20 • 25 min

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In this week's episode, Nole sits down with Captain Michael Knobbe. If you're a long-time listener to the podcast, you know Michael from episode number 2, along with a couple of others where he guest hosted with us. Today, we're getting into why Michael chose to move his family out of Southern California to Idaho and the pros and cons that go along with that. We also discuss a pretty devastating injury that he sustained last year and how he has come back stronger than ever. Towards the end of the podcast, we also delve into the edges of a political discussion and talk a little bit about religion as well. Basically, we do a lot of weaving.
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy podcast apparel.
https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.

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In this episode, Kevin and Nole work through the second half of the list of questions they started in episode 217. Through answering these, they explore various themes related to the fire service, including the importance of mentorship, adaptability in challenging situations, and the unique culture within firefighting. They share personal anecdotes about their experiences and delve into controversial opinions regarding firefighting practices. The conversation emphasizes the significance of camaraderie, learning from mentors, and the ability to pivot in both professional and personal life. Beware the minced garlic and watch out for Nole's answer to question #4, you'll hate it.

Podcast email: [email protected]
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords

Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en

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The Fire You Carry - 189: The Battle For Mental Health, With Scott Henderson.
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08/19/24 • 77 min

In this week's episode, we are joined by our good friend Scott Henderson. Scott is a firefighter paramedic with Pasadena Fire, a husband, and a father. He joins us today to talk about The Battle for Mental Health, a boxing event fundraiser that he started in 2019 to raise money for our friends over at Next Rung. With this year's event coming up in October and some exciting challenges on the horizon for Scott, we thought this would be a great time to have him on to encourage you to get involved and plan on coming out to the event in October. Follow the links in the show notes to learn more!
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
Sign up for our 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb!
https://corehealthandfitnessevents.regfox.com/911-memorial-climb
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
Next Rung Website, Battle For Mental Health.
https://www.nextrung.org/events
Battle For Mental Health on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/battleformentalhealth/
Next Rung on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/next_rung/
United Combat Association on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/united_combat_association/
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy podcast apparel.
https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.

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The Fire You Carry - A Special Bonus Challenge Episode!
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10/29/24 • 8 min

Join us in the following challenge!
-200 box step-ups every day for 30 days.
-Starting on November 1st (or whatever day you listen to this)
-The minimum standard is 200 step-ups; you pick the height you can do.
-The prescribed standard is 200 step-ups with 45# of weight on your body and a 20" box height.
-Scale this however you need to, less weight, shorter box, more weight, taller box, whatever you want.
-Follow the link below to join us in Discord for accountability.
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy podcast apparel.
https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.

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Ask and you shall recieve. After last week's episode, you had questions. What do Nole and Kevin actually think about psychedelics and hallucinogens? This episode is us endevoring to explore that topic with you, from our perspectives. We think this is something that is important to talk about since it's so prevalent in the mental health, PTSd space and we enjoyed digging deeper into it here. We really appreciate those of you who reached out requesting this topic and we'd love to continue to hear from you regarding what you'd like to hear us discuss. Thank you for listening!
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
The video referenced in the episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEs6lcR381I&ab_channel=JamieBambrick
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy podcast apparel.
https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.

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The Fire You Carry - 203: Color Code of Awareness with Trevor Graves
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11/25/24 • 77 min

In this week's episode, we are joined by Trevor Graves! Trevor came to us with an episode idea, and we quickly roped him into coming on the show to talk about it. The idea from this episode came from a hair-raising experience that Trevor had, along with something he learned in a CCW class he attended that got him looking at the world differently than he consciously had before. The concept of being situationally aware is not a new on,e and neither is the structure of the Color Code of Awareness, which was created by Col. Jeff Cooper back in the 70s. The lessons here, though, are so applicable to anyone in the world today, regardless of whether or not you are someone who carries a gun or other weapon in your daily life. We guarantee that you will come away from this episode with some actionable steps to implement in your life that will make you safer and make your family safer in the world. Thank you to Trevor for coming on the show today! Enjoy.
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
Color Code Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id6x3CP6SVE&ab_channel=PanagiotisLolos
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy podcast apparel.
https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.

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The Fire You Carry - 205: Blown Up by an IED in Iraq, with James Reyes.
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12/09/24 • 84 min

In this week's episode, we are on with James Reyes. James is here to tell us his story of getting blown up by an IED in Iraq, getting seriously injured as a result, and the journey he went on to overcome those injuries. He went on from there to be a fireman paramedic with us at Los Angeles County, and in the episode, we cover that transition. James also shares some profound dad wisdo,m so don't miss out on the second half of the episode for that.
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
SOFLETE (the training James follows)
https://soflete.com/pages/new-soflete-training?utm_source=google&campaign_id=21497745768&ad_id=&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=actual_campaign_name_hardcoded&utm_content=&utm_term=&gclid=Cj0KCQiApNW6BhD5ARIsACmEbkVFBtuA9_ONLT0o7-BFvR3PsObQvP-AYZclcYet_tp1IMuVj198L20aAg3tEALw_wcB&gad_source=1
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy podcast apparel.
https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.

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The Fire You Carry - 208: Miguel Aguilar, Rest in Peace Brother.
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12/30/24 • 90 min

Miguel Aguilar came on the podcast with Kevin back in December of 2021. His story is truly inspiring and well worth your time. We are reposting this episode because Miguel has tragically passed away. A few months ago, he was followed home by four men who attempted to rob him at gunpoint. Details of what went on are scarce, but we do know that Miguel was shot and spent the past few months fighting for his life. We wanted to repost this episode to honor his memory and to allow those who knew him and loved him to hear from him again, to hear some of what made him the man he was, the man that so many loved. Our prayers are with his family; we hope you will join us. Thank you for listening. The original show notes are included below.
In this episode, Kevin talks with Miguel Aguilar about his incredible and inspiring story of being abandoned by his mom at age 12, ending up homeless at 16 to where he is now as a very successful entrepreneur. Miguel is very honest about the struggles he has had through life and the lessons he learned along the way. His willingness to share honestly the path that he has walked to get where he is today is humbling and we want to thank him for taking the time to sit down with Kevin and tell his story. There are a myriad of great lessons in this episode, do not miss this one.
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
Self-Made Family Apparel.
https://www.slfmdfamily.com/
Self-Made Training Facility.
https://www.selfmadetrainingfacility.com/
Miguel Aguilar on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/selfmadefamilyinc/?hl=en
Miguel Aguilar on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/MiguelAguilarRealtyWorld
Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&ab_channel=FacedownRecords
Sign up for a class at The Fire Up Program!
https://www.fireupprogram.com/programs
MyZone facility code for The Fire You Carry: CALIFUS001
Get $60 off a MZ-Switch Heart Rate Monitor!
https://buy.myzone.org/?lang=enUS&voucher=CALIFUS001-60
The Fire Up Progam video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__ErPW46Ec&t=12s&ab_channel=FireUpProgram
The Fire You Carry Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/thefireyoucarry/
Donate to The Fire Up Program.
https://www.fireupprogram.com/donate
The Fire Up Program Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/fireup_program/
Kevin's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/kevinpwelsh/?hl=en
Nole's Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/nolelilley/?hl=en
Join us on Discord.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q
Buy us a coffee to support the podcast.
https://discord.gg/rkDa9Ae27q

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How many episodes does The Fire You Carry have?

The Fire You Carry currently has 233 episodes available.

What topics does The Fire You Carry cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Christianity, Ptsd, Faith, Keto, Religion & Spirituality, Family, Father, Fitness, Podcasts, Carnivore and Firefighter.

What is the most popular episode on The Fire You Carry?

The episode title '007: 400 Meters of lunges challenge recap, and a new challenge for October!' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Fire You Carry?

The average episode length on The Fire You Carry is 63 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Fire You Carry released?

Episodes of The Fire You Carry are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of The Fire You Carry?

The first episode of The Fire You Carry was released on Sep 2, 2020.

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