Lessons from a former Navy SEAL on facing fear + how to begin healing from PTSD, and how to help veterans and active military members with their mental health

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak to former Navy Seal and bestselling author Brandon Webb about how to face your fears and use them to your advantage, healing PTSD, how to help veterans and active military members with their mental health, and more!

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

1:30 Brandon’s time as a Navy Seal

3:00 Brandon’s experience with burnout, and why he left the military to start his own businesses

3:46 Failure as a learning experience

4:15 Why Brandon loves writing books, and his exciting new novel!

7:20 What it is like having PTSD in the military

10:30 Using the outdoors as therapy

13:00 Why people often see therapy as something to be ashamed of

15:51 Why transitioning out of the military today is so challenging

18:00 The power of purpose and meaning

20:25 Why PTSD as a coping mechanism, not a disease

24:28 Why training in the military should change

33:03 Men’s mental health and “toxic masculinity”

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