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Greg Archbold was headed in the wrong direction, until a mentor stepped in and spoke some quick truth into him. He turned a life of trouble around, joined the Army, lead security and prison operations, and now is on a mission to produce positivity everywhere he goes. We crank up the passion and energy on this episode of PICK UP THE SIX.

Mike Sullivan, aka Sully, is a 30+ year Army Veteran and a Green Beret. He has six combat tours in Afghanistan, all stemming from a rich military family history. He's staying active and on-mission through an expanded role with Team RWB and he joined the show to share his story and their important work to connect the Veteran community through physical and mental fitness.

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It is Holy Week and for my christian brothers and sisters this week marks the culmination of our faith, the days in which Jesus Christ died and rose again.

One year ago we released a pair of PICK UP THE SIX episodes, one with Catholic Priest (and Air Force chaplain) James Hamel, and the other with my friends Rob Renzi and Dom Raso, a former Navy SEAL.

Our conversations centered around a man thrust into the story as Christ took his final steps. That man’s name was Simon, and he in that moment had to pick up the six and help Jesus carry the weight of that cross.

Here are both of those conversations.

God bless, happy Holy Week, and happy Easter.

#179: Sutton Howard, the Pickleball Phoenix by PICK UP THE SIX

Late last year, PICK UP THE SIX Productions hit the road for Northwest Arkansas with our friends from Mudgear to meet Mark Jones and create a commercial for the new Mudgear Speed Ruck shoe. Through that, we got to learn more about Mudgear's purpose, founded by Alex Thrasher, and their connection to one of their Mudgear athletes, Mark Jones, a hard charger if there ever was one. Today, we introduce you to Alex and Mark, and talk to them about their missions in life, and how that has intersected with a one-of-a-kind shoe built to equip the outdoor athlete to crush the next step, mile, or even world record attempt.

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Our guest today is Dr. Karla Steingraber, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a certified Mental Game Coach.

As a certified Mental Game Coach (IMGCA), Dr. Steingraber teaches clients to identify mental barriers. She provides a proven mental skills system to improve performance in competition and to help build confidence and maximize performance.

She is going incredible work, across the board, with organizations like the Generation Next Project, and she’s the author of What’s Your Everest? How to win in Sports, Career and Life.

Today’s guest is Chris Cathers of Brother’s Keeper Veteran Foundation.

Chris is a Green Beret and was one of the first 10 agency contractors into Iraq in the first days of the Global War on Terror.

After his service Chris was feeling it, in the form of PTSD and he contemplated suicide. He battled through it and was later diagnosed with Stage-4 bone cancer.

But that is not slowing him down at all, so let’s meet my friend Chris Cathers.

Evan Slaughter left the Army, after receiving a Purple Heart, and felt directionless. He ended up in rehab fighting to kick an opioid addiction, and in the meantime found himself drastically falling out of both physical and mental shape.

Today, he's battling back, while creating comedy and motivational content as Fit2Serve.

We have an incredible conversation, including the first content Brian saw of Evan's, and where his journey to stronger physical and mental health is taking him.

We first met Dan Skidmore back on Episode 93 of PICK UP THE SIX Podcast and we’ve been overdue to sit down with him again.


Dan was a special operator in the Air Force and he has a passion for doing hard things while living life to the fullest.

He recently teamed up with three other buddies for the Morocco Monkey Run, an adventure that he shares with us, plus his views on training, fitness, and building a bulletproof version of yourself.

I’m Brian Jodice and this is PICK UP THE SIX.

On this episode of PICK UP THE SIX Podcast we meet Julia Watson-Carlson who was a champion marksman in the United States Marines and who on deployment was heavily involved in women's engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

She is truly a peaceful warrior.

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