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RARE SENSE
by Chris Irwin
The Uncommon Pursuit of Mind Fitness.RARE SENSE® is hosted by Chris Irwin, a Navy SEAL veteran who faced chronic mental and physical illness for over a decade after his military service. Throughout his journey, he delved into various aspects of mental training, including meditation, breathing exercises, emotional release techniques, and energy work. This pursuit eventually led to the complete alleviation of his symptoms, both mental and physical. He emerged with a profound understanding of what it takes to build a genuinely fit mind. On this podcast, Chris uses the knowledge he gained during that journey to discuss the modern mental health landscape while being completely vulnerable and open about his own experiences and struggles. Mental health isn't something to just treat. It's something to train.DISCLAIMER: RARE SENSE® content is not medical advice. Nor does it represent the official position or opinions of any other organization or person. If you require diagnosis or treatment f
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25. The Power of Belief
In this episode, Jeff Widenhofer and I explore belief’s profound influence on our lives. After recently reading The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton (a book I recommended back in December 2022), Jeff was introduced to the idea that our internal beliefs and what we “tell” our cells can directly...
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24. The Fan Mentality
Even though I’m currently using my podcast to mainly share audio versions of my articles, the depth of any topic can obviously be enhanced through discussion. While I’m no longer seeking formal guests, I wanted to bring back my close friend Jeff “Weed” Widenhofer from Episode 1 to help me work...
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23. The Mind-Killers
As I mentioned in The Future of RARE SENSE® a few months ago, I won’t be interviewing guests on my podcast for the foreseeable future for several reasons. One of which will become apparent in the next month or so. The good news is that I can now record audio versions of my articles instead. This…
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22. Psilocybin and Healing
Neil Markey is the CEO of Beckley Retreats, a company that uses psilocybin to help heal people. Their program includes a four-week virtual preparation phase, a five-night on-location retreat in Jamaica or the Netherlands, and a six-week integration phase. I actually participated in their…
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21. Rethinking Medicine
Tim Cruickshank is a retired Navy SEAL with an extensive and diverse military and civilian medicine background spanning over thirty years. He now works as a full-time Physician’s Assistant. He’s also spent over a decade as a caregiver navigating his wife’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. This...
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20. Remote Healing
Dr. Kevin Weiss is a board-certified physician with extensive training and experience in primary care, holistic, and energy medicine. Early in his career, he served patients with complex chronic diseases who often had causal issues beyond the technology or scope of standard medical diagnostics to...
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19. The Seven Mind-Killers
This episode is a rebroadcast of my appearance on Dr. Andrew Fix’s “The Code” podcast. I met Andrew in September in Denver, where I was giving a keynote address on mind fitness to a group of about 200 physical therapists at the PT Biz Conference. He was one of the attendees, and afterward, he...
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18. Functional Breathing
Dr. Andy Sabatier is the physiotherapist behind Academy West Breathing Performance, an innovative clinic that optimizes the human breathing system. His athletic background, first as a college lacrosse player and later as a professional skier, uniquely prepared him to observe and improve human...
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17. Experience-Based Healing
Caspar Szulc is the President and Co-Founder of Innovative Medicine, a company dedicated to transforming healthcare through an advanced and genuinely comprehensive form of personalized integrative medicine. His work has garnered the attention of top minds across six continents, including Nobel...
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16. The Mind and Vision
Abhranil “Neel” Das is originally from India, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master’s in physics. He then received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, performing interdisciplinary research in computational neuroscience and vision science. He is now continuing as a...
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15. Calming Your Nerves
I would describe Lilian Sjoeberg as a stress reduction coach. She works with people to minimize the symptoms of chronic illness via various non-invasive forms of nervous system downregulation. She also has a Master’s in biology and, combined with her success helping others, founded Hope Shortcut,...
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14. Optimizing Sleep
Rob Sweetman is an entrepreneur and former Navy SEAL who served on active duty from 2010 to 2018. After his time in the military, he turned his attention to studying sleep and helping others get a better night’s rest. He now runs both for-profit and nonprofit sleep enterprises. Many people know…
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13. Childhood Trauma
Chris Henderson is an Army and Navy veteran who, since 1996, has been a member of the band 3 Doors Down. He also suffered immense abuse as a child, leading to mental health and addiction issues later in life. During our discussion, Chris opened up about what he went through, what it did to him…
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12. Dialing in Diet
Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist turned New York Times / Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat. He also co-wrote Sacred Cow with Diana Rodgers. Robb has been a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism and a Naval Special Warfare...
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11. Frontline Therapy
Brandon “Lane” Spangler is a former USMC Sergeant who served from 1998-2003 and now works as a counselor for veterans, first responders, and their families through his private practice, Warrior’s Mindset. Before that, he spent six years working at the VA as a marriage and family therapist and as…
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10. Team Healing
Brian Ribera is the Founder and President of MILITARY MOBILITY, a nonprofit specializing in off-road expeditions and resiliency training for veterans. Their mission is to increase health and wellness among this demographic and reduce their suicide rate. They do this by putting them back in a team...
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9. Trying Psychedelics
This is the second half of my conversation with Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider of the Men Talking Mindfulness podcast. For roughly an hour, we discussed our experience taking psilocybin in a therapeutic group setting with Beckley Retreats in 2021. Beckley's programs include a four-week virtual...
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8. Mindfulness and Meditation
Jon Macaskill is a retired Navy SEAL who has become a mindfulness and meditation teacher. He now works with high-performing teams to help them deal with stress, anxiety, and depression while increasing focus, creativity, and productivity. Will Schneider is a yoga instructor and mindfulness coach...
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7. My Illness Story
This is a rebroadcast of a portion of an interview I gave on the O2X Tactical Performance Podcast on December 7, 2022. I wanted to share this segment from that episode because I got into detail about my experience suffering from severe anxiety and chronic illness as a veteran. It should help give...
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6. Neural Retraining
Ben Ahrens is a former semi-professional surfer and fitness trainer who was bedridden for over three years with Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease. Unfortunately, conventional medical treatment didn’t help him improve. Through extensive neuroscience research, Ben eventually realized his brain was...
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5. Mental Health Basics
Stephan France spent twelve years on active duty as a Navy Corpsman. After receiving an honorable discharge, he continued his career for nineteen years as a civilian nurse in the fields of Psychiatry and Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and crisis…
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4. Logan
Unfortunately, my podcast guest for the month had to postpone our interview due to illness. In the meantime, I’ve recorded an audio version of my first article, "Logan." I’ve meant to do this with all my posts for a while, and luckily, the situation has forced my hand (or voice, in this case). As...
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3. Mental Health in Kids' Sports
Brandon Fern has coached every age group of girls' and boys' soccer teams from U11-U19 and holds a USSF National D License. In 2017, "Fern" co-founded the technical skills program "Step Up Soccer," designed to teach youth players advanced dribbling and tricks to succeed in 1v1 scenarios. In 2018,...
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2. The Elite Athlete Mindset
Ben Bergeron is one of the most successful coaches in CrossFit, having led athletes to multiple world championships. He’s also the founder of one of the most well-known CrossFit gyms in the country, CrossFit New England. I wanted to talk to Ben because his coaching methodology is about mindset....
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1. Veteran Mental Health
Jeff “Weed” Widenhofer is a dear friend and classmate from the Naval Academy, a retired helicopter pilot, and a former Broadway musician. He is currently studying for a Master's in Social Work from the University of Denver to become a licensed psychotherapist. Part of his training involves…
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The Uncommon Pursuit of Mind Fitness.RARE SENSE® is hosted by Chris Irwin, a Navy SEAL veteran who faced chronic mental and physical illness for over a decade after his military service. Throughout his journey, he delved into various aspects of mental training, including meditation, breathing exercises, emotional release techniques, and energy work. This pursuit eventually led to the complete alleviation of his symptoms, both mental and physical. He emerged with a profound understanding of what it takes to build a genuinely fit mind. On this podcast, Chris uses the knowledge he gained during that journey to discuss the modern mental health landscape while being completely vulnerable and open about his own experiences and struggles. Mental health isn't something to just treat. It's something to train.DISCLAIMER: RARE SENSE® content is not medical advice. Nor does it represent the official position or opinions of any other organization or person. If you require diagnosis or treatment f
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