Have you ever felt stuck? I think at some point we have felt stuck unable to move past something. For Veterans this can often be feeling stuck in war, on active duty, or unable to transition out successfully. Today is a powerful episode on how it's not our fault, for most of us we have never experienced powerful rituals in our life to move from one state to the next. Frederick Marx is an internationally acclaimed, Oscar and Emmy nominated director/writer with 40 years in the film business....
This is the question that our guest today Jordan Montgomery opens up with as he shares the story of where he went from having everything to having nothing. Jordan Montgomery, the owner of Montgomery Companies, is a highly regarded performance coach and keynote speaker whose clients include business executives, sales organizations, and entrepreneurs. Jordan travels to speak and coach executives at Fortune 500 companies, professional athletes, and salespeople from small-town Iowa to a...
How are you making your big life decisions? How often are we just running towards the next outcome in life. I find it often when I look back in my life that I didn't slow down enough before making a big decision in my life. Today I am talking with Jim Crider and he has a great story of having setting himself up right and spending the time to know where he wants to go. Jim Crider is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and the CEO of Intentional Living FP. Jim tells every client he works with that...
Are you good at taking your own advice? I think most men struggle with this including myself. The military creates a culture where we have a large influence on others’ directions as well as reflecting and making sure we lead by example. But the one thing that we can get wrong is that we often live in the bubble of the Military and forget how we influence our family. Our guest today Paul Huszar talks about his blindness to prioritizing his marriage and how it cost him it in the end. What he...
Ever had those moments where the kid's emotions are at a 10? Let's face it, if you are a parent and that has not been your case I would tell you to write a book as you have the holy grail of parenting. Today on the podcast I am talking with Debbie Godfrey who started a blog called PositiveParenting.com in 1994 and 30 years later she is the leading voice on Positive Parenting techniques. Her kids have grown up and had kids of their own and watching the seasons of parenting change has been a...
Are you trying to start a business? Starting a business has been a big theme of the post 9/11 veteran story and one that continues to see no end coming soon. The idea of finding our next purpose and having us be in the driver's seat of it has proven to be the magic bullet to ignite that fire within a Veteran. Today I am talking with Ryan Estes who owns Kitcaster a podcast guesting agency to talk about how he got started and why it became the only way he would go forward. And how to make...
Are you still trying to find your place in the world? You are not alone, Veterans all around the United States are in the exact same spot as you. We leave the Military behind, but we also feel we leave ourselves behind in the process and that journey to get direction after is the real front lines of a transition effort. ` Today I am talking with Charlie Williams who is apart of an organization called Warriors Reunion Foundation where they bring together combat units who served together to...
Do you have those images that you can't unsee? Our guest today shares his experience while serving in the Marines and continuing to serve in Law Enforcement. He had to learn how to heal, prioritize family, but also create systems to deal with what he had seen in war and on the streets. Scott Medlin has worked a` s a Police Officer since 2007. Prior to that, he was in the United States Marine Corps. He was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and 2005. He was honorably discharged from...
On October 15th, 2021 I gave the first keynote of my speaking career. I have described it to friends as an overnight three-year success. Through the hard work on this podcast and telling my story, I crafted a speech that I wanted to move mountains for others. This is the replay of that keynote. Thank you for Listening to the Episode! Be sure to subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at ben@militaryveterandad.com Follow Ben...
We don't know what we don't know. What is that one thing that we don't know, but if we did it would change everything. As Veterans we can often fall into the gap of not knowing the right path or resources to help through our transition. Today we are talking with Dr. Mike Haynie. Dr. Mike Haynie is Syracuse University’s Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, and also the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship. In 2011, Haynie founded Syracuse University’s Institute for...
