Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, I’m so very honored to have as my guest...Rhonda Magee. Rhonda is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco. She is also trained in so...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today my guest is Marine Corps Colonel Randy Hoffman. Randy a Marine infantry officer with more than 35 years of active service. He served from Private t...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, my guest is former Nuclear Submarine Officer, Justin Nassiri. Justin is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of StoryBox, Beyond the Uniform, and Tr...
May 29, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, my guest is former Marine Sergeant Dave Kenneally. Dave, as mentioned is a former Sergeant of Marines, but he’s also a former Buddhist Monk in the...
May 28, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today I’m honored to have as my guest, Linda Graham. Linda is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area....
May 27, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today I’m honored to have as my guest, Jesi Stracham (“Strawham”), a wheelchair athlete on a mission to inspire the world to live life to its fullest by ...
May 22, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, I’m honored to have as my guest, Dr. Rick Hanson. Rick is a psychologist, a resilience expert, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, I’m honored to have as my guest, Richard Goerling. Rich is a certified mindfulness trainer, a retired police officer and coast guard veteran who b...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, I’m so very honored to have as my guest James Baraz. James has been a meditation teacher since 1978. He is creator and teacher of the Awakening Jo...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, I’m honored to have as my guest, Army Special Operations veteran Alex Horton. Alex spent ten years on active duty within the Special Operations co...
May 13, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, my guest is retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Steve Drum. Steve served 27 years in the Navy, during which, he developed and led high-performance team...
May 11, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! I’m so very honored to have as my guest... Dr. Richard Miller. Richard is a clinical psychologist, author, researcher and yogic scholar. He has devoted 4...
May 07, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today, my guest is Air Force veteran and critical care nurse, Jessica Astorga. Jessica was in the Air Force for 13 years, medically retired. She served i...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! I’m super excited about this episode! Today, my guests are the founders of Veteran’s PATH, Lee Klinger Lesser and Chris Fortin. Lee has been practicing s...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or at any of the social media links below to find out more! Today my guest is retired Navy Master Chief Tim White. Tim is a loving husband, a proud father of two wonderful daughters, and a “Sailor in recovery” who...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher and now serving as the Deputy Executive Directory and Podcast Host/Producer for Veteran's PATH. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org to find out more! My guest today is retired NFL player, Jon McGraw. Before getting into the NFL, Jon attended Kansas S...
Apr 23, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher and now serving as the Deputy Executive Directory and Podcast Host/Producer for Veteran's PATH. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org to find out more! My guest today is Navy veteran Tara Jackson. Tara recently retired after a little over 20 years of a...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher and now serving as the Deputy Executive Directory and Podcast Host/Producer for Veteran's PATH. My guests today are brother/sister team Tom Voss and Rebecca Nguyen. Tom is an Army Veteran who recovered from PTSD and moral injury through meditation. He a...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 36
J.C. is a retired Army Ranger Lieutenant Colonel now working as a leadership consultant who advises at the strategic, operational, team and individual levels. He has a strong background in leadership development, executive personnel assessment and selection, strategy, coaching, counseling and developing innovative solutions to complex problems. J.C. is currently the National Director of Merging Veterans and Players, (MVP) - whose mission statement is to match combat veterans and former professio...
Apr 13, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Heather is a Navy Veteran, an Army spouse & Army mom; a Cancer survivor, a Health & Wellness enthusiast, Yoga Teacher, a High School teacher & tutor, an Artist, a Student pursuing Masters of Science in Yoga Therapy, and Musician - she plays the bagpipes! In this episode, Heather and I discuss: * her physical injuries in the Navy * her athletic career at Annapolis * her adapting to “Plan B” * visualization training * being a military spouse and mom * the importance of the military spo...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Andy is a soon to be retired Army LTC and is currently serving as a Mental Performance Coach for the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team, a Professor of Practice at Texas A&M University’s Coaching Academy, and a Management Consultant with several companies. His expertise is in the evidence based best practices of Sport and Performance Psychology and applied Behavioral Science Disciplines. Over his 20 year career he’s served in a variety of leadership positions highlighted by multiple...
Apr 06, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Tim was in the Air Force and after he left, was in a major car accident giving him a traumatic brain injury but also, setting his life onto a new path! He became a sports marketing expert and now has his fingers in so many pots. He is the CEO and founder of Verve Systems, LLC, focused on health and performance enhancement products (www.verveforever.com offering 50% off for veterans using the code Vet50 or Verve50). He’s the author of Stop Whining and Start Winning and he also founded the Memoria...
Apr 02, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 32
My guest today is Rob Dubois. Robert is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL, a career intelligence and national security professional. He is founder of Impact Actual, the elite whole-person personal development firm (http://www.impactactual.com) Through keynote presentations, executive coaching, seminars/retreats and online training, Rob and the Impact team execute on their mission: to train people to destroy self-limiting beliefs and behaviors so they can perform at maximum potential. Rob is also the auth...
Mar 30, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 31
my guest today is Brenda Neckvatal. Brenda is a practicing Human Resource professional and business consultant. She has worked for five Fortune 500 corporations, consulted to over 450 c-suite executives, and led the reformation of HR infrastructure within 400 small businesses. In 2016 she became a volunteer as an Executive Coach with The Honor Foundation, establishing a solid reputation in the Special Operations community, and developed a deep understanding of the Special Operator mindset. She d...
Mar 26, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 30
My guest today is Sabrina Runbeck. Sabrina is a surgical advanced practice provider with a background in public health and neuroscience. She is also a peak performance expert. Sabrina noticed that there are people in the healthcare arena who love their work AND are able to always make to their workout class, go to brunch or happy hour with family and friends, while the rest of the professionals are grinding day by day, barely getting enough sleep, and regretting their years of hard work to only ...
Mar 23, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 29
My guest today is retired Air Force PJ and Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) Joe Barnard. Joe had a 33 military career with 4 years in the Army then he transitioned to the Air Force and spent half of the rest of his career as an enlisted PJ and the other as a CRO with 9 combat deployments and 3 Humanitarian deployments. Joe retired as a Lt Col in 2016. During his career, Joe faced multiple traumatic experiences. In the show he discusses how he dealt with those professionally and personally. He’s been ...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 28
My guest today is fellow Navy SEAL Mike Day. Mike is a Navy Cross recipient and was in a fire fight in 2007 where he was shot 27 times... 16 rounds found his legs, arms, and abdomen. The last 11 lodged into his body armor. Day remained in the fight, neutralizing all four enemy combatants, securing two prisoners and rescued six women and children before walking himself to the medevac helicopter located close by. While that’s an incredible story and we will definitely discuss that today, there’s a...
Mar 16, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 27
My guest today is Dr Jannell MacAulay. Jannell is a combat veteran who served 20 years in the US Air Force as a pilot, commander, special operations consultant, and professionalism instructor. With her innovative leadership style, she was the first leader to introduce mindfulness as a proactive performance strategy within the US military. She continues to consult within the DoD, DoJ, and corporate America delivering keynotes and a high-performance warrior mindset training program, called Warrior...
Mar 12, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Claude is the Chief Heart Officer of VaynerX (the parent company for VaynerMedia). Claude has an awesome story of what brought her to the CHO position. On the episode we discuss her ups and downs, her challenges with self-sabotaging behaviors and what got her out of that, her time with Outward Bound, and of course her leading with her heart an organization of over 800 people. Claude is just awesome - you’re going to want to listen to her and learn from her! Enjoy!!
Mar 09, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Sam holds a B.S in sports and exercise science, and a M.S. in Kinesiology. As a C-IAYT (Certified Yoga Therapist) and certified personal trainer, she has taught over 7,000 hours of yoga around the globe. She served as the first Chief Yoga Therapist for the DoD at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center treating U.S. and NATO Special Forces suffering from Polytruama, TBIs and PTSD. She developed, managed, and researched the first yoga program addressing Kinesiophobia to reduce chronic pain, opioid medi...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 24
