You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson Heroic Chat with Mark Divine (Recorded at Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential — The Live Experience)
Jan 14, 2024
Mark Divine, an expert in human performance, mental toughness, leadership, and physical readiness, joins Brian Johnson for a Heroic Chat. They discuss topics such as navigating tough times among veterans, finding purpose, living a virtuous life, and the power of love. They emphasize the importance of resilience, team mindset, and showing up for something bigger than oneself.
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Use Teams To Reinstate Purpose For Veterans
- Do recruit community and accountability for veterans recovering from PTSD and TBI.
- Hold them in teams and teach breathing, purpose, and daily practices for sustained reintegration.
Purpose Is The Primary Antidote
- Recognize purpose as the primary antidote to existential suffering.
- Losing mission and team after service magnifies trauma and causes deep disorientation.
Trauma Layers Compound In Veterans
- Understand trauma layers: childhood chaos often draws people to service and later magnifies with combat trauma.
- Add TBI to the mix and the combined effects explain much of current veteran suffering.