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Summary

In this conversation, Steve opens up about his personal experience with low-grade depression and anxiety. He shares how these feelings affected his work, his coaching business, and his relationships. Steve then introduces cognitive-based therapy (CBT) as a solution to address dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviors. He dispels misconceptions about therapy and highlights the goal-oriented and practical nature of CBT. Steve emphasizes the effectiveness of CBT for various conditions and encourages men to seek professional help for severe symptoms. He explains the steps of CBT, including identifying mood and feelings, analyzing thoughts and feelings, and reframing distorted thoughts. Steve shares his own journey of self-discovery and the importance of aligning dreams with reality. He urges men to stop suffering in silence, seek support, and invest in their mental health.

Credits: Bedros Kueilian https://youtube.com/shorts/wGt6HN5qsUc?si=8q3PYzxsDtIkkQ8c

Takeaways

• Men often suffer in silence, and it is important to start talking about mental health.
• Cognitive-based therapy (CBT) is a goal-oriented and practical approach to address dysfunctional thought patterns and behaviors.
• CBT can be effective for various conditions, including depression, anxiety, and phobias.
• It is important to seek professional help for severe symptoms and not hesitate to engage in therapy.
• By identifying mood and feelings, analyzing thoughts and feelings, and reframing distorted thoughts, individuals can retrain their brain and make positive changes in their lives.
• Lack of congruence between dreams, reality, and willingness to sacrifice can lead to mental health issues.
• Men should seek support, trust their partners with their emotions, and invest in their own mental health.

Chapters

03:50 Introduction and Personal Experience

06:51 Feeling Like a Failure at Work

07:51 Lack of Progress in Coaching Business

09:01 Wake-Up Call from Men's Group

10:53 Discovering Cognitive-Based Therapy (CBT)

12:09 Explanation of CBT and Misconceptions

14:01 Goal-Oriented and Practical Approach of CBT

15:08 Effectiveness of CBT for Various Conditions

16:03 Seeking Professional Help for Severe Symptoms

16:59 Steps of CBT: Identifying Mood and Feelings

18:00 Analyzing Thoughts and Feelings

21:05 Working with Feelings and Retraining the Brain

21:09 Identifying and Reframing Distorted Thoughts

26:02 Recognizing Lack of Congruence and Battle Between Dreams and Reality

25:59 Common Challenges Faced by Men

27:07 Importance of Seeking Support and Investing in Mental Health

28:06 Conclusion and Call to Action

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I want to pre-apologize for my audio, please don't let that distract you...I found an issue with my mixer after recording :( I tried to clean it up the best I could.

2 Free Courses Jeff has given the listeners! 
Please make sure to go out there an give Skull Games a monetary gift for his generosity! 

• Protect Your Family Course- https://skull-games.thinkific.com/courses/protect-your-family-a-counter-trafficking-course
  • Coupon to access it for free- skgtf2024
• Leadership Course- https://skull-games.thinkific.com/courses/leadership-training
  • • Coupon to access it for free- leadership101
• Website- https://skullgames.io/
• LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/91461319/admin/feed/posts/
• War Tribe Skull Games Fight Wear-https://wartribegear.com/skullgames/
• Skull Games Gear- https://793c1a-4.myshopify.com/
• Book website- https://wherehavealltheheroesgone.com/
• Book on Amazon-  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMQQJYD8?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_4M441Z59EJNDZHVNBNJ5&peakEvent=4&dealEvent=1

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In this episode, Jeff Tiegs, a retired Delta Force operator and president of Skull Games, discusses his work combatting human trafficking. He explains the mission of Skull Games, a nonprofit organization focused on hunting predators that exploit women and children online. Tiegs addresses the importance of collaboration and competition in the nonprofit space, emphasizing the need for specialized roles and funding. He also highlights the significance of language and cultural shifts in addressing the issue of trafficking. 

Throughout the conversation, Tiegs shares personal insights and experiences from his military background and work in counter-trafficking. The conversation covers various themes related to trafficking, leadership, faith, and the writing process. The chapters explore the small revenue from gear sales, the alarming statistics of trafficking, identifying evidence of trafficking, the percentage of prostitutes being trafficked, the demographics of trafficking, the control and exploitation of independent prostitutes, the reality of prostitution and trafficking, the lack of support for victims, building a compelling story for law enforcement, the importance of leadership in anti-trafficking efforts, the impact of the book, the formula and format of the book, the satisfaction of writing the book, the boldness of sharing personal experiences, the spiritual experiences and warfare, exploring different faith traditions, the influence of evil and demonic oppression, the distortion of truth and the importance of seeking it, the beauty and diversity of faith journeys, the responsibility and honor of leadership, the importance of reading and studying different texts, and the story of David and Goliath. 

In this conversation, Jeff Tiegs discusses the complexity of stories and how they can reveal deeper truths. He shares his perspective on the Bible as a story and the different roles we play in the grand narrative of life. Jeff also talks about his personal revelations and supernatural experiences while studying the Bible. He explores the idea of Jesus' 40-day walk and his connection to Mount Sinai. Jeff delves into the concept of finding God in the str

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Summary
In this conversation, Steve discusses the importance of finding purpose and mission in life. He highlights the common trend of setting New Year's resolutions without a deeper understanding of personal motivation and purpose. Steve shares his own struggles with purpose and how it affected his engagement with his work and personal life. He emphasizes the need to align purpose with actions and provides steps to help listeners find their own mission. Steve also discusses the importance of choosing the right battlefields and putting the mission into action.

Takeaways

• Setting New Year's resolutions without a deeper understanding of personal purpose and motivation often leads to failure.
• Lack of purpose and motivation can result in decreased engagement and fulfillment in various areas of life.
• Finding purpose requires introspection, prayer, and meditation to understand one's true identity and connection to a higher power.
• Putting the mission into action involves choosing the right battlefields, such as faith, mind, body, family, finance, freedom, and service.

Chapters

01:52
New Year, New Me
04:00
Lack of Purpose and Motivation
05:30
Finding Your Purpose
09:58
The Importance of Knowing Your Mission
11:03
Steps to Finding Your Purpose
21:00
Choosing Your Battlefields
25:06
Writing Your Mission
28:01
Putting Your Mission into Action

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🌟 Unleash Your Inner Hero in 2024! 💪 Be Your Own Superstar and Conquer the New Year!

Tonight we are changing the calendar from the year 2023 and entering into a new year.

Most people when looking at the new year sit in one of two camps:

• Camp 1 is 100% full on energy, thinking they are going to change the world starting January 1st, but fail by the 30th
• Camp 2 is the people who throw their hands up in the air seeing the failure that they have endured before. they find it easier to throw their hands up and walk away then looking at themselves in the mirror and feeling that pain of failure again.

This episode I recorded last January 10th, 2023 and it had to do with the craze that was around artificial intelligence avatars at the time. You couldn’t look anywhere on the socials and not run into these avatars anywhere you looked.

We are drawn to them because it’s like looking into that mirror and seeing the you that you could become. But guys the AI generated avatar is nothing but a short term dopamine hit, it’s not lasting, it’s not real.

So tune into this episode to find a 6 point strategy that will help you turn yourself into that hero you dream about.

Happy New Year!

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As many of us are reviewing our vision and goals for 2024, no matter whether we are working our tactics by quarter or longer, we all could use a bit of motivation to move us into the new year.

Ray “Cash” Care is a Navy SEAL veteran with multiple tours and other numerous overseas security details.

Upon leaving the SEALs, Ray turned his passion and his Team experience to the world of self-improvement and team building.

His focus is fitness, building high functioning teams and organizational transformations!

His work has been featured on The History Channel “The Selection,” Discovery Channel “The Ultimate Solider Challenge” and the BBC “Ultimate Hell Week.”

Ray is the Founder of CONQUER, a leadership and team building program designed to push you physically, mentally and emotionally for individuals to break through personal barriers.

This man is absolutely no fluff, he doesn’t just preach and teach….he’ll get in it right there with you.

A special shoutout to Ray for being my accountability partner for my 90 Day alcohol free step I took in quarter 3 of 2023!

The episode with Ray was aired on June 19, 2023!

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I have had thousands of conversations with many men over time, however I can only think of a few of these who have had such an impact on my life as this man has.

The conversation that you are going to hear in this episode originally aired on October 28th, and it took my beliefs that I had from movies on the big screen into a place of reality. We all know the ones I am referencing like Taken or even the more recent movie the Sound of Freedom.

While there are some cases that are extreme like in these examples, most of the silver screen trafficking narrative is a bunch of lies!

Funny story though, even though it's BS, the movie Sound of Freedom opened my eyes to something different, something that I knew I needed to explore.

At the same time, I had been seeing this guy pop up on my LinkedIn feed, someone that I saw doing awesome stuff and really cared about protecting the MVP’s - the most vulnerable people.

That is when I reached out to Kevin Metcalf and this man opened my eyes to the real world of Human Trafficking and Exploitation then further the real work that real human beings are doing to combat these atrocities.

This one interview is what led to a tremendous 12-part series on the topic, that would have never come into existence without this man intervening in my life. It also has led to a great friendship with Kevin as well as other real American heroes!

If you don’t know Kevin, it’s time for you to change that…..go follow him today online and see a real hero in action! 

Love you brother!

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Nick Lavery has been through a lot, like getting shot in the face and taken shrapnel to the back.

In Afghanistan his leg was tore up by an Afghan soldier by one of the guns in the back of a pickup to the point where he had to shove a ball of gauze up inside his leg to stop the bleeding while passing out multiple times and taking care of his team.

Yet, this man shows no bitterness and although he has a prosthetic where a leg used to be, you will see him still leading in Special Forces, lifting more weight than most can even think about, and even hits the mat in Jiujitsu as a true competitor.

His name is synonymous with resilience.

Some say that he is wired this way, and there is no doubt that he is, but one of the most interesting things that Nick has to say in this interview is that we all are wired the same and he encourages all of us to find ways to tap into this without having to go through a traumatic event or hit rock bottom.

We discuss his book Objective Secure where Nick discusses how we all can tap into this side of ourselves!

This episode is named “Get Back in the War!” and was published on September 5th, 2023.

You won’t regret listening to this episode!

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So many times in my life, my past mistakes or even the mistakes of generations have weighed heavy on me like an anchor tied to my neck. It weighs me down and continues to take me farther down into the depths.

But it doesn’t have to be like this….there is a choice to overcome the mindset that keeps us there.

In this solo episode, I discuss the mindsets that keep us with this anchor tied to our throat. I follow that up with a framework that will help you destroy that mindset, allowing you to shed the anchor, allowing you to pick it up to use as an asset in your toolbox.

When we figure out how to do that, we figure out how to use these experiences to now improve our lives and also improve the lives of the once we lead.

This episode was published on July 11th 2023 and the name of it is “Asset or Anchor”

Enjoy!

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Most times us Americans don’t realize how great this country really is.

Drago Dzieran really helps us to understand how great this country is through his accounts of growing up in socialist Poland with a father who was a communist leader, but having a loving Catholic mother who raised him better.

His childhood was much different than us craddle americans, he had to fight for food, he smuggled to try and get a better life, then eventually became a political prisoner.

Eventually, he was able to gain asylum in the United states and started a long journey of careers until becoming a US Navy Seal at a late age.

We talk about all of these experiences that is captured in his book “The Pledge to America”

Through all of this Drago also warns us about the impending situation growing in the united States where the uneducated are pushing for socialism. This reminds me of the quote from:

G. Michael hopf that states “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve had a long stretch of good times….watch out for what’s next

I hope you really enjoy this interview with Drago as much as I did that originally aired on August 7th 2023. It is appropriately titled “Freedom is a Gift” as some of our parting discussion is around the countless Americans who have defended this country over the decades.

Stay vigilant!

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This is the highest-ranking solo episode that I have on the podcast.
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Have you ever felt like a raft in the middle of an ocean, just flowing back and forth where the wind and waves take you?

I’m sure you have, we all have at one time in our life or another…it’s part of the human condition that comes from not having a plan, better yet a vision that we are marching toward.

In this episode I share a framework with you, so that you the listener can take control of your own destiny and discontinue being that raft on the ocean.

I hope you enjoy this rebroadcast of the episode “Act Upon the World” that was published on November 22, 2023!

Merry Christmas!

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