EP65: Theo Fleury and Eric Kussin - Your Mental Health Post COVID
Release Date: 08/21/2021
EP 69: 4 Team USA Softball Legends in the Win Again Clubroom - Winning the Gold on and off the Diamond
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Four USA Softball Olympic Medalists in one room! WOW! Listen to these impressive athletes and hear their stories of rising to the top of their sport, their grit, determination and tenacity needed to achieve victory, and how they have leveraged their athletic excellence into business success! The Win Again Clubroom is proud to present "4 Team USA Softball Legends in the Win Again Clubroom - Winning the Gold on and off the Diamond" with: Leah Amico - 3X Gold Medalist – USA Softball | Public Speaker Cat Osterman - 3X Olympic Medalist - USA Softball | Commentator| Softball...
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EP68: Rowing Across the Atlantic with Robert Hamilton Owens
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Who's up for rowing across the Atlantic? Not me. Not a big fan of being in the middle of the ocean for 40 seconds, much less 40 days! But one of my heroes, Robert Hamilton Owens, is joining 11 other brave souls and making the dangerous and exhausting journey to raise money for the Mark Crampton Memorial Trans-Atlantic Row. Robert is taking on the challenge to row 3500 miles across the Atlantic to raise awareness of, and funding for, the prevention of veteran suicide, in honor of his friend, retired Navy SEAL Mark Crampton, who took his own life in April 2022. Robert is a...
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EP67: Concussions, TBI, & How to Heal - Curtis Anderson, Clint Malarchuk, and Christina Smith with Mark Moyer
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"Concussions, TBI, and How to Heal” - An important discussion surrounding the impact concussions and TBIs have on athletes, including challenges to their mental, physical and emotional health with a panel of athletes who have been fighting their own battles for years. Curtis Anderson – (Brain Injury – Mental Health Advocate | Public Speaker) Christina N. Smith – (Canadian Olympic Bobsledder | Brain Injury Advocate | Author | Public Speaker) Clint Malarchuk – (NHL Alumni | Mental Health Advocate | Best Selling Author | Public Speaker) Please dive into this...
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EP66: Vance Johnson (NFL Vet) - The 12 Yards Between Rock Bottom and Recovery
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Heartbreaking. Gut-wrenching. Shocking. "Vance Johnson came home from playing his first Super Bowl, sat in the dark of his bedroom suite, and tried to slit his wrists." WHAT? Vance Johnson - The 12 Yards Between Rock Bottom and Recovery - w Mark Moyer in the Clubroom Hosted by: Mark Moyer – Transition Coach & Business Connector for Athletes and Entrepreneurs | Founder - Win Again & Clubroom Event Series | Author Wait until you hear this incredible story, the alcohol and drug abuse, 8 divorces, 7 kids who wanted him dead, so much pain, unforgivable behavior, trauma and steps backward,...
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EP65: Theo Fleury and Eric Kussin - Your Mental Health Post COVID
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“The biggest epidemic of 2021 isn’t Covid. It is mental health, trauma and addiction”- Theo Fleury I’ve had plenty of Make Your Mark podcast guests and Clubroom events that have focused on victory of bad over good, overcoming hurdles, challenges and struggles. Plenty of laughs too. But having both Theo Fleury and Eric Kussin in the Clubroom to talk about mental health issues as we continue our march through Covid was worth every second of this event. Each suffered through significant trauma, and as you listen to this podcast you will not only hear their life experiences, but also...
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EP64: Clint Malarchuk - NHL Goalie | Mental Health Advocate | Best Selling Author | Suicide Survivor
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Clint Malarchuk’s life can’t be summarized in a few words. But I’ll try. Very successful NHL career as a goalie. Great sense of humor. Strength, kindness, and a huge heart. Rancher. Tougher than nails. Mix in severe mental health illness, anxiety, crippling OCD, depression, alcoholism, rehab centers, and a suicide attempt. “I’ve had a lot of surgeries, a lot of physical pain. I tell you what. The most painful thing in the world is mental illness. I’d rather have my jugular vein cut again. If God gave me the choice “Hey Clint, want to have your vein cut again and get rid of...
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EP63: Brandi Chastain and Haley Rosen - from the pitch (field) to the pitch (boardroom)!
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What's more impressive than two accomplished women's soccer players? How about if they are both successful entrepreneurs scoring goals in the business world! "You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things." - Brandi Chastain Another big time coup for and the Make Your Mark podcast to have both AND discuss their path from the pitch (field) to the pitch (boardroom)! Brandi and Haley each scored...
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EP62: Joe De Sena - Spartan Founder, Mobster Neighbor, and not That Pool Guy!
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EP61: Dale Moss - From the Gridiron to the Glossy Magazine Covers!
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EP60: Jesse Cole - Fans First! Running a Baseball Team in a Yellow Tuxedo!
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info_outline“The biggest epidemic of 2021 isn’t Covid. It is mental health, trauma and addiction”- Theo Fleury
I’ve had plenty of Make Your Mark podcast guests and Clubroom events that have focused on victory of bad over good, overcoming hurdles, challenges and struggles. Plenty of laughs too. But having both Theo Fleury and Eric Kussin in the Clubroom to talk about mental health issues as we continue our march through Covid was worth every second of this event.
Each suffered through significant trauma, and as you listen to this podcast you will not only hear their life experiences, but also the ways that you can change your day-to-day, your outlook and your mindset towards better days ahead.
We all have faced extraordinary challenges over the past 18 months, some more than others, and this is an episode worth listening to, whether over a morning coffee or an evening curled up on the couch.
“We think if I’m messed up in this place and I need to get better by sleeping more, sleeping will be the healing agent for me, and we have to resist that urge. Stagnation breeds stagnation. The more I lay down and I wait for it to get better, the less chance I am going to get up.” - Eric Kussin
Multitudes of thanks to both Eric and Theo for baring their hearts and souls for us, they truly are making such a positive impact, and make sure to catch their podcast as well, "We’re All A Little “Crazy”."
Here are just a few of the examples of wisdom and knowledge that Eric and Theo shared. Make sure to listen for the rest!
“I hate the word addiction because it has so much shame attached to it, and really what this is all about is emotional pain management. We all take different avenues and different paths to either suppress or numb out from that emotional pain, because emotional pain is mental illness.” - Theo Fleury
“I had no idea it was related to my past life events. Once I found a doctor who helped me put that together…”Eric, your central nervous system, everything involved from a biological perspective, there’s an explanation for everything that has happened to you, and that has been built up cumulatively over time.” The best analogy I can make is how plaque builds up in our arteries and can cause a heart attack. That buildup of stress and trauma over time does the same. It looks slightly different in each of us, but it’s the buildup of all this stuff that leads there.” - Eric Kussin
“We have the highest suicide rates in the history of our planet, so whatever messaging has taken place up to this point isn’t working.” - Theo
Some Topics we talk about in this episode:
- 2:00 - Intro
- 3:00 - Eric Kussin & Theo Fleury
- 5:40 - The biggest epidemic of 2021 isn’t Covid
- 8:10 - The Media's corrupt code of ethics
- 9:00 - The case of Vincent Jackson
- 11:50 - It’s not a silver bullet answer
- 12:00 - I hate the word addiction
- 14:00 - You should see the reaction when they hear I’ve been raped by my coach
- 17:00 - There’s an explanation for what’s happened to you
- 19:20 - A magical conversation Theo and Eric had
- 20:30 - The start of the We’re All A Little “Crazy” Podcast
- 23:40 - The individual words matter
- 24:00 - School shootings don’t have to do with mental health?
- 25:10 - We have the highest suicide rates in the history of our planet
- 27:00 - Honesty, Openness and Willingness
- 29:00 - Our brain Chemistry is out of whack
- 34:00- Laying in bed does not equal rest - Sleeping is not the healing agent
- 36:00 - Medications are not cures
- 38:50 - Getting that trapped energy out
- 40:30 - The Scale App
- 51:00 - Recalibrating
- 53:00 - 6 by 6 cell
- 57:30 - Creating a safe space is not the fluff you’re thinking
- 60:30 - Trauma before the NHL
- 65:50 - Our mental health is impacted
- 68:00 - Handling trauma before it’s too late
- 70:00 - Your mental health toolkit
- 75:00 - We’re all a little crazy!
- 80:00 - Wrap up
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