#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
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Charity: <a href="https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/">https://www.heroicheartsproject.org/</a><br />
Do the F*cking Work (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/3mGhguF">https://amzn.to/3mGhguF</a><br />
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:50) – World War II<br />
(18:54) – Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health<br />
(33:10) – Kelsi’s 9/11 experience<br />
(36:39) – Becoming a soldier<br />
(43:07) – Artillery: The Hand of God<br />
(52:49) – Weapons training<br />
(1:10:35) – Pre-Deployment<br />
(1:26:42) – Arrival to Afghanistan<br />
(1:48:55) – Tragic war story<br />
(2:13:59) – Feelings after tragedy<br />
(2:17:41) – The Taliban<br />
(2:23:17) – Retrospective: 20 years in Afghanistan<br />
(2:39:57) – How war changes people<br />
(2:45:18) – PTSD<br />
(3:14:13) – Ayahuasca and mental recovery<br />
(3:46:09) – Love<br />
(4:04:12) – Advice for young people<br />
(4:07:33) – Death<br />
(4:13:22) – World War II</p>