67_VET S.O.S. Podcast with Shawn Welsh

Normalize PTSD

Shawn Welsh is the Founder and Co-Host of the VET S.O.S. Podcast.

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Shawn is a retired U.S. Army veteran with over twenty years of experience as an intelligence professional. As a senior noncommissioned officer, he was dedicated to taking care of his Soldiers and continues that mission today with VET S.O.S. Shawn holds several advanced degrees including a master’s degree in administrative leadership from the University of Oklahoma. A member of the Maxwell Leadership Team, Shawn is also a certified resiliency trainer who lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife and their two children.

Their mission at VET S.O.S Podcast is to educate veterans, service members, and spouses about the various resources available to them to assist with life’s transitions. They offer a military transition focused podcast and have now added a Veteran Entrepreneurial Spotlight and Veteran Educational Resources Spotlight to highlight those resources for our community. We are working to launch a nonprofit organization to capture every veteran and veteran spouse’s transition story and create a sortable database that can be sorted by demographic and psychographic to enable our community to find and watch the stories that will directly help them.

I have no idea how Shawn keeps up, but he’s absolutely crushing it with Vet S.O.S.! It was such a pleasure having him take time out of his busy day to talk about his podcast and the incredible direction it’s heading. If you’re a veteran or first responder navigating a life transition, this is a podcast you don’t want to miss—they’ve got an episode for just about every challenge you might face.

I’m especially excited about the nonprofit they’re launching, Veterans Sharing Our Stories. It’s going to be a powerful collection of stories by veterans for veterans. Your journey is uniquely yours, but how great would it have been to have had a roadmap or even just a few shortcuts along the way?

I hope this episode brings you something valuable, and as always, thank you for your continued support.
Resources Mentioned:

• The Master Resilience Training (MRT) course in the U.S. Army
• Positive Psychology Program
• Hunt the Good Stuff
• Keeping a positive mindset
• Do challenging things and get out of your comfort zone
• Good support group
• Operation Song https://www.operationsong.org
• Veteran’s last patrol https://www.veteranlastpatrol.org
• 988 and Kristen Christy
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help

We would really appreciate a share and like on IG, FB, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter. I am always looking for veterans or first responders who have PTSD to share how you have raised the quality of your life to hopefully shorten that journey for others. Additionally, if you support, provide services for these groups, or have extensive knowledge of benefits available please reach out. I would love to have a chat and share that knowledge with the community.