Radio Awakened December 22, 2021 Blown Up Guy Brian Fleming by Radio Boise

Hosted by Dr. Mike Sapiro
Music is Lucky 13 by Jeff Coffin Mu'tet: https://www.discogs.com/release/7917435-Jeff-Coffin-Mutet-Into-The-Air

The Guest: “Everybody gets hurt, but not everybody gets over it” Brian Fleming helps people develop more personal resilience. He is a Purple Heart recipient, Author & Resilience Speaker. He served as a Team Leader in an Infantry Platoon with the US Army's 10th Mountain Division fighting the ground war in Afghanistan. While deployed, his vehicle was blown up twice and he was severely wounded by a suicide bomber in Kandahar who exploded 3-feet away from him. After 14 months of rehabilitation and reconstructive surgery, he wrote 4 books and turned his experience into a mission to help others win their life's toughest battles. Learn more about Brian at: BlownUpGuy.com

The host: Michael Sapiro, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, writer, meditation researcher, and former Buddhist monk. He is on faculty at Esalen Institute, is a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and is completing a study on time travel, hope, and unconditional love with Dr. Julia Mossbridge of The Institute for Love and Time. Dr. Sapiro completed his postdoctoral fellowship in advanced psychology at the Boise VA Medical Center where he specialized in rural health, PTSD, and combat trauma. Dr. Sapiro is often on podcasts, and teaches nationally on the art and science of transformation, expanded human capabilities, self-care, and nondual meditation for personal and community growth. His work integrates meditation practices, psychology, noetic sciences, and social justice, and is dedicated to personal awakening for the sake of collective and planetary transformation. He is also the integrative psychologist at the Boise Ketamine Clinic. He can be found at michaelsapiro.com.