On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Inspirational Speaker, Performer and Purple Heart Recipient, J.P. Lane. J.P. joined the Army at the age of 20, In 2008. He joined the U.S. Army as a Combat Engineer and was deployed, in 2010, to Afghanistan to search for IED’s (Improvised Explosive Device). He was blown up 3 separate times, and the 3rd one got him causing severe injury that almost took his life. July 2nd, 2011, J.P. was blown up by a 200lb IED while on mission, it was the first IED to penetrate an RG31 truck.

The blast resulted in putting J.P. in a coma for 6 weeks. He lost both his legs, his right arm snapped in half, he lost his four front teeth, his pelvis snapped in half, spine dislocated from his pelvis, and everything in his torso was destroyed by shrapnel except for his heart and left lung. In total, J.P. received 26 injuries, and had 28 surgeries, this completely changed his life. Doctors said he wasn’t going to be able to do many things, like, use prosthetics because his legs were so badly damaged.

Today, Dennis and J.P. discuss the daily pain he deals with post incident, the effects of short term m emory loss from his TBI, finding your freedom, fear of the unknown, successfully dominating trauma, the blessing in disguise, combatting suicidal thoughts and the signs of suicide.

Find out more about J.P. here: https://jpsjourney.com/meet-j-p-lane/

Check out J.P.'s book "Walking Again" here: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Again-Justin-Lane/dp/1943226377

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