Former Navy Seal and CIA Global Response Staff Operator Shawn Ryan in Baghdad.
Shawn was a Missouri kid who enlisted in the Navy at 18 with one goal: to earn the Trident. He graduated BUD/S and went on to serve with SEAL Teams 2 and 8, deploying into the heart of the Global War on Terror, from Haiti to Baghdad to Afghanistan.
In Baghdad, Ryan’s mission was high risk protective detail work, guarding Iraqi politicians at a time when the city was one of the most dangerous places on Earth. After leaving the Navy in 2006, he continued the fight as a Blackwater contractor with the CIA’s Global Response Staff (GRS), running clandestine operations in combat zones around the world.
14 years of service. 20+ combat deployments across 14 different areas of operations.
Today he’s the founder of Vigilance Elite, and host of the Shawn Ryan Show. His show is one of the top ranked podcasts in the world, dedicated to telling the raw, unfiltered stories of the men and women who fought America’s longest wars.
Sure, but here’s the blunt truth: thinking happy thoughts doesn’t rewire your brain—it conditions you to ignore reality.
The real reset comes from facing worst-case scenarios head-on, planning, and executing anyway.
Stop meditating into wishful thinking. Train for what actually matters.
your mind tends to dwell on worst case scenario...
so you need to actively do the opposite
sit in silence for 5 minutes each morning and FEEL as if the best possible thing could happen to you.
this is how you reprogram your mind
Renee Good made a bad choice today. Her life is over because her radical ideology took over any sense of rational thinking. Good was reportedly a poet and mother of three children who grew up in Colorado Springs. She was married to a guy who died in 2023. She had apparently turned gay, living in Minneapolis with her partner, who was reportedly on the scene filming her intentionally blocking ICE.
White liberal females are the most deranged people in society. This woman has nobody to blame but herself. She’s dead for protecting gang members, illegals, and fraudulent Somalis.
@dirtdobber54 he did what all of mizzou fans have been begging to do. he got fucking crucified against vandy for not giving it to hardy. then he gives it to hardy and people still complain
Once again the UFC has to be completely 1000% rigged. How did Dalby win that? He literally held him against the wall while getting out struck... make it make sense lol
I did want Vandy to win until I saw their player purposely injuring the Mizzou QB while he was under the pile. Took the QB out of the game. Very dirty play.
Next stop, Miami! So excited for Alexander Volkanovski next month at UFC 314 ! @alexvolkanovski ! Shoutout to Bruce Buffer for being the best to ever do it! @brucebuffer#ufc313