The Unexpected Truth He Discovered After Leaving the Military - with Ryan Reichert

Veteran mental health, male loneliness, and brotherhood collide in this raw conversation with Lt. Colonel Ryan Reichert on KneeToKnee with Mark Marrott.Ryan Reichert retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel, landed a Fortune 500 job with a multi-six-figure salary, and found himself completely alone. No brotherhood. No mission. No foundation. What followed was an identity crisis, addiction, divorce, and the hard work of rebuilding from scratch. In this episode, Ryan shares what broke him after the military, how he found his way back through community and faith, and why kindness might be the most underrated weapon a man carries.Topics covered include post-military identity loss, veteran PTSD and addiction recovery, the Bravo Zulu House (the first all-veteran sober house in the nation), Our Protector Development, the one-high-two-lows check-in method, and Ryan's six-step kindness framework from his TEDx Duluth talk. This is a Tier 4 episode: Mindset and Relationships.Chapters:• 00:00 — Introduction: Ryan Reichert and the Built to Break mindset• 02:30 — Post-military identity crisis: From Lt. Colonel to Fortune 500 to rock bottom• 05:10 — Male loneliness and the cost of going it alone• 10:35 — The groups that rebuilt Ryan: Church, veterans court, and battle buddies• 12:50 — Bravo Zulu House: The first all-veteran sober house in the nation• 15:10 — Our Protector Development: Turning pain into purpose• 19:45 — The six-step kindness method: Ryan's TEDx Duluth framework☑ Find us most everywhere! https://linktr.ee/kneetoknee#HumanConnection #AuthenticConnections #WellnessJourney