PTSD, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Prioritizing Mental Health with Jason Kander

PTSD, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Prioritizing...

Up next

Is Self-Help a Cult? The Attention Economy and Slippery Slope of "Woo"

Forrest and Dr. Rick explore how well-intentioned self-help advice can drift away from science under the incentives of the attention economy, where overclaiming, alarmist framing, and “this one simple trick” outperforms nuance. They talk about how authority gets manufactured, how ...  Show more

How to Make 2026 a Year You’ll Love

Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how we can put our key values into action in 2026. They discuss how we can identify authentic values, and then translate them into goals and daily behaviors while reducing our focus on outcomes we don’t control. Forrest focuses on insights from Self-D ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Other People Have It Worse: Veteran Jason Kander on PTSD & Recognizing You Need Help
It’s OK That You’re Not OK with Megan Devine

On the outside, veteran Jason Kander had everything going for him: successful political career, lovely family, the respect of his peers. But on the inside, he was struggling: nightmares, depression and suicidal thoughts were constant companions. Jason joins us to talk about his n ...  Show more

Jason Kander: A Story of Service, Mental Health, PTSD, and Recovery
WHOOP Podcast

On this week’s episode, Will Ahmed, the Founder and CEO of WHOOP, is joined by former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander. Before being elected Secretary of State in 2012, he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Jason is also a veteran of the United Stat ...

  Show more

Dealing With PTSD, Featuring Filmmaker, Author, and Veteran Clint Van Winkle
Fit Father Project Podcast

Episode 138 of the Fit Father Project Podcast is all about dealing with PTSD and the realities and struggles soldiers and veterans face when reintegrating into society.

In this episode, you’ll meet Clint Van Winkle, a family friend and great guy with a critical message w ...

  Show more

Why PTSD made Army Vet Jason Kander Leave Politics (RECAST)
Imposters

While President Barack Obama was in office, he gave a speech shouting out army veteran Jason Kander as “the future of the Democratic party”. The events that followed were shocking. Jason started making his rounds as a presidential hopeful in 2018, before dropping out of politics ...  Show more