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Dick Bork is 27 years old and is from Midland, Michigan. After he graduated high school he decided that he wanted to serve his country and joined the Marine Corps. Dick talks to us about the time he spent in the Marines. From his first day outside of the wire in Afghanistan to detailed accounts of firefights with insurgent groups. While he encountered life or death situations on a daily basis there was a part of his deployment that stuck out to him the most, the people in Afghanistan. While the news covers the tragic events that happen overseas they fail to cover the other side of the story. Dick talks about how kind the people were and the amazing relationships that he built with the locals. Dick and his other marines felt a duty to protect the people at all costs during their time in Afghanistan.

After coming back from his deployment Dick had a tough time finding his identity as a civilian and struggled to connect with people. In the later half of this episode he talks about what this transition was like and who he adapted back to life outside of the Marine Corps.

Dick opened up a gym called Valhalla Warriors Club which gives people a place to heal and grow. He wants to help people heal from their traumas and have peoples thoughts motivate them instead of consume them. He plans to open up a big gym in the near future.

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Valentines Week Special! This weeks episode is a little different from the rest. Nicole Schroeder is 22 years old and is from Steven Point, Wisconsin. Nicole comes on and talks to us about her dating life. Topics discussed: relationship expectations, toxic relationships, insecurities, vulnerability, dating apps, nice guys, means guys and sex. This episode is very laid back. We hope that it will give you some new knowledge and a laugh.


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Vicky Agoe is 21 years old and is from Greece. Vicky was born with a visual impairment at birth called retina detachment. This caused her to have extremely poor vision at birth and to eventually lose her sight altogether.  Vicky walks us through the struggles that she has faced in her everyday life. When she first started school she was placed in a school for the blind which allowed her to connect with her classmates but as she grew up and went to college things slowly changed. College became a lot more difficult as she was surrounded by people who didn't understand her and her disability. On top of that none of her classes were geared or adapted in a way to help a visually impaired person. This made college really frustrating for Vicky.  Despite her struggles she is an amazing student who just recently switched her major to special education.

Vicky is also on the Greek National Goalball team. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the opponents' goal.

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Josh Nickerson is 19 years old and is from Texas. Josh's mom was raped by his dad which led him to being born into a broken family. With his Dad out of the picture his Mom would be the one to take care of him and his brothers. While Josh was growing up his mom was abused by her boyfriends and became addicted to drugs. It eventually got to a point where he ended up sleeping in a shopping cart on Christmas. He was then turned over to his Aunt while his mom got treated for her drug addiction. His aunt became a second mom to him. Until one day his Aunt found out that she had breast cancer and Josh was sent to live with his cousins in Las Vegas. He eventually would find himself moving to Texas and that is where he living today. Currently, Josh has a passion for boxing and has long term goals to open up a gym that welcomes people that are struggling in their lives.

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Sarah Zastrow is 26 years old and is from Midland, Michigan. She was working for a priest who was arrested for criminal sexual assault. He was the priest of the church that she grew up going to and 1 year before he was arrested he actually married Sarah and her husband. After he was arrested there were two other priests in nearby towns that were arrested for similar charges. In this episode Sarah breaks down the story from when her mom broke the news to her via text to the chaos the ensued after her priest was arrested.

Sarah is a podcaster, speaker and coach who teaches people the tool to have less stress, more energy and live an aligned life.

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Carlos Rodriguez is 37 years old and is from Modesto, California. Carlos is a photo journalist, a film editor and an Emmy Award winner. He has accomplished a lot in his career but also has gone through some tough situations.

In September of 2011 his wife and his 2 month year old son were kidnapped by a fugitive who was on the run from the police. In the first part of this episode Carlos breaks down exactly what happened on the day his wife and his son were kidnapped.

In the second part of the episode he shares a different story. It was the middle of the night in 2017 when his car broke down on the side of the highway. He called his Dad and he agreed to come help him fix it. When his Dad opened the door to exit his vehicle he was struck and killed by a drunk driver. Carlos talks to us about what happened that night and how it changed his life forever.

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Stephen Ludwig aka Stevo is 22 years old and is from North Carolina. Stephen was born with a extremely rare bone disease called Maffucci's syndrome. There are only 250 people in the world that have been diagnosed with Maffucci's. His condition causes his bones to grow in all different shapes and sizes around his body. The most noticeable difference is that one of his legs is 9 inches shorter than the other. To make up for the difference he wears a big platform on the bottom of his shoe. The remarkable thing is that despite his limitations he still excels at sports and has an extremely competitive nature.

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Mike Ashe is 35 years old and is from Baltimore City Maryland. In this episode Mike tells his story of being incarcerated and overcoming a decade long heroin addiction.  Mike gives us vivid accounts of overdosing and breaks down moments when he tried to take his own life. After being charged with multiple felonies he spent a total of 5 years in prison between 2006 and 2011. After leaving prison he went right back to using heroin. After surviving an attempted suicide by overdose in a hotel room he decided that he needed to make a change. He joined a 12 step program that would get him on the road to recovery. Today, Mike is clean and is a successful business owner of a brand called Dream-XL.

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Season 3 is here! This season we have 20 new guests with 20 different stories. Episode 1 launches on January 5th, 2021. We want to thank you for all your support and we look forward to growing this podcast and our amazing community. Enjoy Season 3!

Austin Reynolds is 25 years old and is from Miami, Florida. Austin was born with Dwarfism and faced a lot of struggles growing up because of his condition. At the age of 15 Austin was paralyzed due a surgery that went wrong and ended up in a wheel chair. Through his own will and the help of physical therapy Austin is able to stand up for short time periods again. He currently has his dream job working for the Miami Heat. Austins story shows us that no matter how bad things get there is always a way to turn your bad hand into a good one.