Episodes

In this episode of Transition Tales, a LIVE with Courage Podcast, Deana shares her transition from the military to Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Ms. Classic Texas. We discussed:00:45 Deana introduces herself2:00 Deana shares her transition2:30 Separated as a stay-at-home mom and military spouse2:54 Involuntarily became Family Readiness Group lead 3:17 Received bad advice to go […]

Marine Corps Veteran and co-host of Cancelled for Maintenance Podcast, Six, returns to the show so that we can discuss deployments. Specifically, the transition from being home, to being overseas, and then being home again. We try to cover all angles regarding this topic, offering insight and perspective from the one deployed, as well as

This episode is based off information from Dr. Richard A. Heckler’s “Waking Up, Alive.” Lani discusses her most recent book recommendation and shares her experience with unhealed trauma and how it led to her descent into suicidal thinking, the suicidal trance, and how she moved on from the belief that life was not worth living.

This episode covers the second half of the book, “The Wounds Within: A Veteran, A PTSD Therapist, and a Nation Unprepared” by Mark Nickerson and Joshua Goldstein. In this episode, I cover warning signs, risk factors, changes made by the VA and military, and stories about poor leadership and not taking someone’s mental health seriously. 

September is Suicide Prevention Month. For this episode I talk about the book “The Wounds Within: A Veteran, A PTSD Therapist, And a Nation Unprepared” by Mark Nickerson and Joshua Goldstein. This episode covers PTSD, suicide, VA and military failures, the stigma held by our society, and why it is important that we police each

I had not expected to release an episode this week, but with everything going on I just needed a place to process my thoughts and I chose to do that here. We all had different perspectives, opinions, and experiences involving the war in Afghanistan. It was a 20 year war that some feel should have

The Valkyrie Veteran Convention “The Unseen Warrior” will be taking place September 25th, from 2 to 7 PM MST, at The Enlisted Association Chapter 1 in Colorado Springs. Event information and ticket links can be found by going to Vigilant Valkyrie’s website: http://vigilantvalkyrie.org/ You will also be able to find sections to make donations, as

I reached a point after experiencing trauma where I could hardly stand to look at myself in the mirror. Mostly because that reflection forced me to see that I had changed. Dealing with and healing from trauma has been a long, difficult road. The first step towards reclaiming myself was taken when I was willing

Answering a listener question. There are many options out there, but these tips will never fail you!  — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

What is the best CRM for a small business with limited funds? Listen in to find out more about what a CRM is, and the few CRMs that are covered; Capsule CRM, Pipedrive and Hubspot! — This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

Overview video number 2! Breaking down what the #realbuildingblocks elements are. It’s never too late to #fixyourfuture. This is covering all 6 components and the two bonus components at a high level. From here the only way is up.    Join the Real Building Blocks group to join the discussion, fix your business foundation, and

We’ve rebranded from the “Digital Battlefield” to the “Real Building Blocks”. Our primary focus is the business foundation, in which we’ll discuss, but also look to bring in other experts to help you as well. It’s going to be a great ride. #fixyourfuture with #realbuildingblocks — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

Briefly discussing being homeless, losing everything and what it takes to get it all back.  — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

Travis Johnson is an Officer currently serving in the U.S. Navy. He doesn’t let that slow him down as he is the host of The NonProfit Architect Podcast, runs the Veteran Podcast Network, does NonProfit work, and just hosted the first annual Veterans Podcast Awards. Travis is Oscar Mike! Travis had asked me to be

I love getting to talk with other Veteran Podcasts Hosts. We are truly a niche podcast genre. U.S. Navy Veteran Officer Richard Fleek and Marine Corps Veteran Andrew Farrer teamed up to create TSP – The Scuttlebutt. This collaboration is all about telling Veterans’ stories at a personal level with no filters. TSP – The

I want to start by thanking Andrew Farrer for the introduction to Charles Wolf who is the creator of Semper Toons. Our conversation shows how someone in the Military can take something they love doing and use it to make lives better. The feeling was Gunny gets more out of doing SemperToons than the people

I met US Army Veteran Jason Ray through Alayna Madden (https://oscarmikeradio.com/257-semper-fi-designs/). Alayna told me Jason is putting on an 11 and 22 mile Ruck on Veterans Day. I thought that was a good way to celebrate our day and we got time to talk. Jason served in the U.S. Army and after getting out searched

I had the honor to talk with Native Americans Loren Spears, Narragansett Tribal Nation and Charlie Smith Jr, Seaconke Wampanoag Tribal Nation about the Indigenous Veterans Monument being built at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery in Exeter, Rhode Island. As I said at the start of the conversation, doing Oscar Mike Radio just shows me

Saturday, October 16th at the Whitman, MA VFW there will be a Battle of the Bands to benefit Operation Flags for Vets. This is a fundraiser so that 80,000 tombs at the Bourne National Cemetary can have a flag on the grave. Several Veterans Groups came together to put on this event. There are four

I got hurt on June 26, 2021. One of the ways I wanted to help recovery was to lose some weight and dial in my nutrition. I wanted to share my experience so far being on the VA’s MOVE Program. https://www.move.va.gov/MOVE/index.asp I will show my progress as a % difference in shows for the next

I talked with actors Danny Zanelotti and Greg Washington, and singer Emma Gutierrez about a film they created called, “We Got Your Six”. This film is entered into the 2021 Prizefest. You can go to https://prizefest.com/tickets/ and if you are like me and can’t make it to Shreveport, you can browse down to “Film Prize

Our team sat down on a video call for our book club meeting and streamed the discussion live. We discussed the book, things that we learned from it and many other fun topics related to it.  — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

Quick tutorial on how to setup a CDN on our WordPress website using Bunny.Net (Bunny CDN)! Then we’ll add a branded domain to the mix so you are 100% branded! — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

Before we dive into the elements of branding, we first need to understand our framework. And that framework is called StoryBrand.  Tune in to hear about StoryBrand and how we will leverage the framework to stabilize our brand and grow.  #fixyourfuture  #realbuildingblocks #digitalfoundations #digital #remote #marketing #business #growth #learn #educate #reading #storybrand #buildingastorybrand Facebook Group:

The first step to solving any problem is to first identify that you have one. We do that within ourselves by focusing first on what our purpose in life is. Not to be confused with out passion. Tune in to hear my story! #fixyourfuture #findyourpurpose #realbuildingblocks #digitalfoundations #digital #remote #marketing #business #growth #learn #educate #reading

Before you begin down this path, you MUST know this. There are no shortcuts. #fixyourfuture with #realbuildingblocks #business #businessfoundation #digitalfoundations If you’re ready to get started, you can join the conversation in our Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/realbuildingblocks — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realbuildingblocks/support

First of all, Merry Christmas!!!! I hope your holiday plans are going smoothly and that this finds you all well. The Winter of 1776 was a bad time for the American Revolution. Stinging defeats and the British conquering Rhode Island put the revolution on its heels. General George Washington had an idea to put the

This is a follow-up to last week’s show (269 – Travis Johnson – The NonProfit Architect) about the Veteran Podcast Awards. Shane Cunningham served in the Marine Corps then left to pursue his passion which is designing and making things. Specifically, making things here in America. Go to https://www.brokenjarhead.com/ and you can see a focus

Recorded a while back but serving it up like Monday’s cafeteria lunch on Thursday, omnomnom. Tangents I start in this ep: Excuses Kevin Chemidlin – Grow the Show Podcast Downton Abbey Disney’s Cruella Gentleman Jack (HBO) Fan Art content creators I like (@heather_fakes_it) Dr. Bob Brier and Egyptology Daniel Schmachtenberger (Lex Fridman Podcast Ep. 121)

In this episode, Tim and I talk about our 4th of July weekends, Grow the Show, GruntStyleWoodcrafts, a potential HipCamp App scammer, fishing and camping with my lil bro, Clyde’s Restaurant, District Taco, an eight foot gator, international travel during COVID, and whatever else pops in our minds or out of our mouths. #kohoogkin #talkingwithtim