Welcome to episode seven! In this episode, I interview Neville Johnson. Neville is a veteran of the British Army where he served seven years in the British Army and deployed to Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Afghanistan Neville is currently living in New Zealand with his wife and kids and is now working for a private organisation running a military-style Services Academy for teenagers. We had a really good chat where we discussed his operational service, combat operations, mental health, poetry as a mechanism to address mental health issues and his work with at-risk youth. As always please support our sponsors and us by visiting the links below, and if you enjoy these podcasts then I’d hugely appreciate it if you like, share and subscribe via whatever platform you listen on!    Find Neville at: https://www.instagram.com/nevillejohnson01/?hl=en Sponsors: https://noahs-ark.co/ ----------- Use ARK15 for 15% off!   https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=ca...   ---------- For epic remote podcasting! https://lethalmindsjournal.substack.com/p/bulletin-from-the-borderlands

Please excuse my mic quality in this - I don't know what happened!   In this episode, I interview Curtis Weeks an ex-Royal New Zealand Navy veteran who served for thirteen years as a chef and then as a physical training instructor.   Curtis is now a mental performance coach and published author of the book “From Why me! To Try me” and is well respected by Business Owners, Coaches and Athletes. Curtis works closely with Individuals and Teams to enhance their mental performance in achieving the desired results.   Curtis works with many high-performance clients based overseas in countries like the UK, USA, France and Australia. Curtis shares his philosophy and stories from military experience and coaching on how to develop the skills and the mindset that keeps successful people in the game.   We catch up and discuss overcoming adversity, mindset and work as a mental performance coach.  https://noahs-ark.co/ --------- Use ARK15 for 15% off! https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=ca...   -------- For epic remote podcasting! https://coachcurtisweeks.com/pages/about-curtis

In this episode, I interview Simon Carkeek, an NZ Army veteran who served for over a decade as an infantryman with 1 RNZIR and has multiple deployments under his belt. After service, he worked as a security contractor overseas and is now the owner of PracMed NZ. A company that empowers Kiwis with the knowledge, skills and confidence to be responders and not witnesses, by providing the most relevant, practical and engaging first aid training & products in New Zealand.  As always please support our sponsors and us by visiting the links below, and if you enjoy these podcasts then I’d hugely appreciate it if you like, share and subscribe via whatever platform you listen on!   https://noahs-ark.co/ ----------- Use ARK15 for 15% off!    https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=ca...   ---------- For epic remote podcasting!    Make sure to support:   https://pracmednz.com/   https://sabretactical.co.nz/   https://warfighterathletic.co.nz/    #nzdf #infantry #veteran #nzarmy #militaryveteran

If you enjoy the podcast, make sure to like and subscribe! In this episode I talk to 'Xerox' - a good friend of mine, ex-infantryman turned intelligence operator in the New Zealand Army who now works as a Program Manager contracting to various government agencies. We spend time talking about how we view leadership, transition out of the military, and share some laughs reflecting on some of the ridiculousness of the military!   https://noahs-ark.co/ ----------- Use ARK15 for 15% off!   https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=ALCONS2 #rsa #nzdf #rnzir #newzealandpodcast #nzarmy

Today I interviewed CPL (ret) Ryan Gilbert. We spoke on the RSA and Veteran Affairs, PTSD, the military experience and his current work around personal wellness.  Ryan served fifteen years with the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and deployed on multiple operational tours to the Pacific Islands, Timor-Leste, and Afghanistan. Ryan specialised as a Recon Platoon tracker and departed Second First Battalion as a Section Commander and instructor with the Unit training wing. He is also the founder of Phorge, training in breathwork meditation, cold water therapy, and outdoor adventure training from his off-grid home and forest retreat 'Kiwi Lines' in the South Island of New Zealand. Ryan is the president of the Mackenzie District RSA and works with veterans and community members enduring PTSD to explore and heal personal emotional trauma and develop a self-inspired mission and purpose by teaching practical skills to empower individuals and teams to be resilient, healthy, and apply intuitive solutions to understanding complex emotional trauma and leading with intent. http://www.phorge.co.nz/ https://www.rsa.org.nz/support-us/donate/ https://www.veteransaffairs.mil.nz/ https://noahs-ark.co/ ----------- Use ARK15 for 15% off!  #rsa #nzdf #newzealandarmy #veteranaffairs #rnzir