The Reload with Sean Hansen

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, discusses the gripping topic of veteran suicide and psychedelic-assisted therapy with the co-founders of Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), a 501(c)(3) dedicated to ending the veteran suicide epidemic.

Marcus and Amber Capone have a 20+ year history of never giving up on one another. After meeting at Southern Illinois University in 1997 and marrying three years later, the young couple moved to Coronado, CA where Marcus began training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL, graduating with BUD/S class 236 just one month after the attacks of 9/11.

Like many military families, the Capones adapted to the high operational tempo of combat deployments and wartime training cycles, sometimes keeping Marcus away from home for up to 300 days per year.  After 13 years and 7 tours, it was the transition away from the SEAL teams that would prove to be the greatest challenge yet.

After years of escalating hardships, misdiagnoses, and failed avenues of healing, Amber was able to arrange for Marcus to leave the U.S. in 2017 to undergo a plant medicine experience; an intervention the couple attributes to saving his life as well as their family. Marcus immediately felt a deep conviction to pay this healing forward to his former teammates, which subsequently launched a successful grassroots effort that culminated in the official formation of VETS in 2019.

As a 501(c)(3) organization, VETS provides resources, research, and advocacy for U.S. veterans seeking healing through psychedelic-assisted therapy alternatives. To date, VETS has raised funding for over 400 Special Operations veterans to receive this critical lifeline. Marcus and Amber are committed to fighting for veterans and their families just as hard as they’ve fought for their own, with an ultimate goal of making these therapies available within the borders of the United States for all who need them.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  Like what you've been hearing on the show?  Hit that subscribe button on your podcast player of choice!

Resources:

• VETS website
• To support the VETS Strength in Numbers fundraiser
• VETS's free e-course on demystifying psychedelics
• Follow VETS on LinkedIn and Facebook

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, provides a simple but effective tool that can help you better identify patterns and key changes in your life.  Of all the tools that Sean recommends to clients, the Inflection Point Exercise is likely the most popular and effective, likely because it is so versatile for different areas of inquiry.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, speaks to a situation where senior leaders looking to hire him are sometimes blind to the impact they have on their teams and how maintaining an attitude that their team members are the ones with the problem adversely affects the entire organization.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, dips into a commonly experienced phenomenon that clients experience in doing inner development work.  Namely, that it often feels very non-linear and frustrating to make progress. 

Drawing on some reflections from Recapture the Rapture, Sean discusses the benefit of continuing to do the frustrating work of inner development.  Additionally, we get to look at the map vs. compass metaphor and how staying connected to one's metaphorical compass assists in keeping us on the inner development path so that we can ultimately achieve the rewards we seek.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Resources:

• Recapture the Rapture, by Jamie Wheal
• Stealing Fire, by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler
• The Rise of Superman, by Steven Kotler (Correction, in the episode Sean attributed this book to Jamie Wheal in error.  Please forgive the misattribution.)

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, takes a raw look at what scares and challenges people about undergoing plant medicine (aka, psychedelic) ceremonies.

While there is tremendous benefit that can come from these experiences, there is also the potential for misuse and harm.  It's a topic not to be taken lightly.  However, when done in the appropriate setting and with the right mindset, the experience can lead not only to tremendous healing, but also profound inner realizations that allow us to see how we can work toward truly becoming our highest self.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Resources:

• Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, digs into the mechanics of integrating a spiritual experience.  For many people, profound spiritual awakenings involve deep, new insights.  Yet, it's staying connected to the impact of those insights that allows us to really change our lives for the better.

Join in as we discuss some of the key stumbling blocks and tools for integrating spiritual awakening into daily life so that you can craft a truly amazing life for yourself

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Resources:

• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
• Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson
• The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington
• Article on the top 7 best books on meditation in 2021
• Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
• 10% Happier by Dan Brown
• Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Brown, Jeff Warren, and Carlye Adler
• Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, jumps into part 2 of a thorny issue -- should you end your relationship.  Regardless of whether it is a marriage, some other long-term personal relationship, or a long-term professional relationship, we are all going to go through changes that affect the relationship.

Last week we discussed how the way you handle those changes has a profound impact on the quality of your relationships and your sense of well-being. 

This week we delve further into what factors contribute to making the decision to end a relationship.  Moreover, we look at a couple key factors that have people holding on too long to relationships that no longer serve and are unsalvageable.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Resources:

• The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
• Non-violent Communication by Marshall Rosenburg

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, jumps into a thorny issue -- should you end your relationship.  Regardless of whether it is a marriage, some other long-term personal relationship, or a long-term professional relationship, we are all going to go through changes that affect the relationship.

How you handle those changes has a profound impact on the quality of your relationships and your sense of well-being.  Before you get to the question of whether you should end the relationship, it helps to understand what is driving you at your deepest emotional level. From there, you can better understand what your expectations are for the function or framework of the relationship.

In the case of marriage, what is Marriage (as an institution or concept) supposed to provide?  For those listening to this episode for business purposes, what is your partnership or corporate agreement supposed to provide?

It's only once you've gotten this foundational clarity as a starting point that you can effectively address what the relationship should look like in day-to-day life.  Come listen in as we walk through these steps.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Resources:

• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
• Non-violent Communication by Marshall Rosenburg

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, looks at some ways that burnout manifests in high performers, along with some strategies for dealing with burnout.  As a primary case study, the world has been facing over a yearlong stress test in the form of COVID-19.  And now, the Delta variant has societies around the world diving back into the pressure cooker.  Let's see how we might manage ourselves in spite of what the environment throws at us.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.  

In today's discussion, performance mindset coach, Sean Hansen, delves into the idea of reciprocal loyalty and where the balance lies between organizational vs. individual wellbeing and some of the key factors that inspire or kill the discretionary effort that separates top organizations from the rest of the competition.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.

Are you an executive, entrepreneur, or combat veteran looking to overcome subconscious blind spots and limiting messaging to unlock your highest performance?  Feel free to reach out to Sean at Reload Coaching and Consulting.