The Decision Hour

Ep: 301 - Psychedelic Healing with Adam Zaffuto

Adam Zaffuto is a Husband, Father, Jiu Jitsu evangelist, Veteran, and proponent of Psychedelic healing. After serving as an Infantryman in Iraq and Afghanistan Adam returned home with a diagnosis of PTSD and began the process of seeking healing from the Moral Injury he sustained during his combat tours. After years of counseling he felt like he was doing well until the collapse of Afghanistan reopened old wounds. Becoming a new father alongside the terrible events in Afghanistan rocked his world and sent him into a downward spiral. When approached about exploring Psychedelics in a healing context he jumped at the opportunity and it had made all the difference in his life.
 
Take a listen as Adam shares his experience.

Ep:300 - Transformational Adventure

This weeks episode will have you laughing and thinking about your life in its present moment.  
 
Nick Devlin (https://www.nickdevlincoaching.com) is a mission to uplift humanity and wage peace through transformational adventures. Nick shares some of his many adventures in life thus far from being an Army Ranger, to Ivy League MBA student, to engineer just to name a few.  Nick has found his purpose in helping others as a professional life coach.  But his coaching is more of a transformation.  What does that mean?  Take a listen to find out how he can help you transform that life you want.   Where are you in this present moment?    

Ep: 299 - One More Mission

Patti Katter joins me in this special episode and we sit down to discuss One More Mission and what their goal is to help save America’s election.
 
For more information on One More Mission visit: https://onemoremission.com

Ep: 298 - Pushing Back Chaos

I’m with the three amigos, Mike, Melon, and Raf, from the Pushing Back Chaos podcast. l (also a Heroes Media Group show.)
As long time friends, the four open up and peel back the layers on why they have pursued podcasting and name some of the main life events that have guided them to find purpose in helping others while helping themselves throughout everyday challenging times. 
From struggles with manhood, to combat, healthy communication, and to relationships, they leave no stone unturned. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Ep: 297 - Combating Climate Change with Regenerative Agriculture

How can you possible combat climate Change with regenerative Agriculture?  It’s a question that most people wouldn’t know to ask.  In this episode I sit down with longtime friend Mr. AJ Richards.  AJ has been hard at work with some new projects and educates us on what climate change really is and what is regenerative agriculture. This conversation gets really deep on what going on with agriculture that will blow your mind.
“through properly managed livestock or ruminating animals, we can restore deserts to grasslands” ~ AJ Richards ~
 
AJ and his business partners bought a USDA Meat processing Plant in Cody Wyoming so they could vertically integrate the food supply chain, fix and correct this food sovereignty that we're lacking in our country because of all of the globalization. To learn more, check out these websites and follow on social media.
 
 
www.WyomingLegacyMeats.com
www.regenerativepastures.com 
Instagram @a.j_richards
 
 

Ep: 296 - God’s Good Table

What does God’s word have to do with the food we consume? Join me for this week’s episode as I sit down with the founder of God’s Good Table, Maureen Diaz.  For years she watched family struggle with health issues and delt when some of her own, when one day she said, enough!  She started on a journey to learn and study traditional healing and cooking. She shares her journey with us, what she has learned over the past thirty years and how she is sharing her findings with YOU.   
 
Maureen and her oldest daughter Erin started God’s Good Table. They are sharing the message of health, healing, and hope through timeless principles rooted in God's word. Exploring the relationship between our food, our health, and how God shows us His plan for all of this in the Word.
 
Check out their website:
www.GodsGoodTable.com 
 
 
Follow them on Social Media Here: 
 
FB:  https://www.facebook.com/godsgoodtable
IG:  https://www.instagram.com/godsgoodtable/ 
YT:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChss1xTqyifouUlOo-CaqEA/featured 

Ep: 295 - What Military Conflict Can Teach us about Leadership with Christopher Kolenda, Ph.D.

What can wartime leaders throughout history teach us about effective leadership? In this episode I had the honor of sitting down with Retired U.S. Army Colonel, Christopher D. Kolenda, Ph.D. We get into a deep discussion about the three perspectives that are vital to have when learning about leadership. We talk about how leaders can help inspire their people to be their best for the teams success.  
He shares a incredible Decision Hour story about a time in Afghanistan in 2007 with his Afghan Army Counterpart, and a local village. 
Before closing up the show we talk about a journey that Christopher is about to embark on. During the interview he mention the names of the six Paratroopers that were killed in Action.  We are near the 15 year anniversary and Christopher is going to be traveling about 1700 miles on a bicycle visiting their graves.  They are spread across from Nebraska all the way to Arlington National Cemetery. 
Make sure to check out The Saber Six Foundation and https://honorride.us to donate and to follow Chris on his journey. 
 
About Christopher D. Kolenda, Ph.D
Christopher is a West Point Graduate, a trusted adviser to three four-star generals and two undersecretaries of defense, the first American to have both fought the Taliban as a commander in combat and negotiated with them in peace talks. He is the author of Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong About War and Leadership: The Warrior’s Artand the founder of  Strategic Leaders Academy.   

Ep: 294 - Finding Your Voice with Singer/Songwriter, Hannah Pralle

In this episode I sit down with Singer/Songwriter Hannah Pralle.  Hannah grew up on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. She is a veteran of the Armed Forces and has spent most of her working years in commercial driving, CDL education/training, and/or wildland fire suppression contracting operations.
She holds a bachelor's in music performance, a master's in creative writing (creative nonfiction). She has a passion for song writing and just writing in general.
 
Take a listen as Hannah shares her story about growing up, getting into music and song writing and how it all came to be.  She share a few funny stories from her military days and talks about using trucking driving as a means to pay for her creative projects. We wrap the show up with Hannah sharing a very personal decision hour moment.
 
“Everybody's sort of trying to find their way. And like I said, I do think that self-expression, it's either gonna go creative, or go disruptive depending on what we do with it. I do think that that's important. I think that the thing, the single thing that should drive any individual's decision of sort of like, where to go with that, is that you have to go towards something that you can be completely honest, I mean, brutally honest, in your doing of it, and a lot of people are uncomfortable, being very, very, very honest, in the  written word or the spoken word, because we've been chastised for that all of our lives” ~ Hannah Pralle ~
 
You can follow, listen and download Hannah’s music here:SPOTIFY
 
Apple Music
 
YouTube
 

Ep: 293- Abandoned

On this episode of The Decision Hour Host Adam Bird sits down with Nic Gray who is the CEO of Uniformed Services Justice & Advocacy Group - USJAG (https://www.usjag.org) and the Executive Producer of Abandoned.
 
Sit back and listen to this chilling interview as Nic takes you deep into this new documentary called ABANDONED. It exposes the abusive discharge practices of injured active-duty service members by the Department of Defense. They discuss how this film came to be and what it took to make this film happen, from the cases, interviews and confidential informants. Why was it important to do now, and they talk about what might happen once it’s been released.
 
So what really happens when a solider comes home from war? What roll does the Department of Defense (D.O.O) play? You're about to find out.
 
If you or someone you know is active duty or a veteran, you won’t want to miss this.
 

Ep: 292 - Always free, never a fee with Don Martin

Don Martin was a an elite level performing Baseball player who after college played some pro ball until an injury forced him into a different path in life, or was it faith? He felt a calling to help others, because of his upbringing and having family members that have served in the military, Don knew he wanted to give back to those who have severed our great nation.  We kick off the show with Don sharing his story and getting to know him a little better.
 
Fast-forward to today, Don is a very successful business man and is great at building relationships with other entrepreneurs. We discuss networking, helping others and a new project he has now for veterans called Veterans Biz Connect (https://www.bizconnectcoalition.com/veteranbizconnect). Picture this, more business referrals, less uncomfortable conversations and more enjoyable experience networking with fellow veterans.  That’s what Veteran Biz connect is all about.  More than 60 % of people won’t attend a traditional networking event like the chambers of commerce, business card exchanges, mixers or business lunches because they felt uncomfortable.  Well now there is a networking opportunity for veterans right on line with Veteran Biz Connect. Here is an added bonus, if you are a veteran owned business you can have your company listed on veteransowned.biz for FREE, or as Don likes to say “Always free, never a fee”.
 
IF you are a veteran owned company, you need to check out both Veteran Biz Connect  and veteranowned.biz
 
We wrap up the show with Don sharing two “Decision Hour” moments in his life, one about playing baseball and the other, coaching entrepreneurs to success. Don has been coaching  entrepreneurs for nearly two decades. There is no doubt he has a passion to help others succeed.