In this Q&A episode, I dive into three powerful listener questions that hit hard on personal struggles, global issues, and life-or-death moments. First, I respond to a heartfelt message from a 40-year-old father of six who’s navigating the emotional wreckage of divorce. He’s wondering how to rebuild, find love again, and move forward without being crushed by the weight of his past. I’ve been there—I share my own experiences with heartbreak, healing, and what it really takes to start over with confidence. Next, I unpack the geopolitical ripple effects of President Trump’s decision to label Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. What does this mean for border security, asylum claims, and the flood of firearms crossing from the U.S. into Mexico? Lastly, a retired Army vet who survived a heart attack—known as the “widowmaker”—asks how to deal with the fear and anxiety it left behind, not just for him, but for his wife. I’ve faced my own health scares and the mental and emotional aftermath of those “what if” moments that shake you to your core. Today's Sponsors: AG1: AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. So make sure to check out https://DrinkAG1.com/clearedhot to get this offer! Timeline: Timeline is offering 33% off your order of Mitopure while supplies last Go to https://timeline.com/CLEAREDHOT33
Chapter 1: What are the key themes discussed in this Q&A episode?
So yeah, back to our normally scheduled Q&A for today. Try to pick three things that different in theme, but hopefully impactful. And again, I go with, if I get a volume of stuff coming into me, I do my best to... Answer the questions thematically. For those of you who were able to join me two days ago, I was able to do a YouTube live. I enjoy doing it. I'll make some changes.
Thank you for the feedback, for the people who listened, who talked about having a moderator to help with the comments, which I think will be very helpful. So we'll continue to do that. Before we get into today's Q&A, do me a favor. Stick with me for 60, 90 seconds. Let's pay the bills here real fast. Today's episode is brought to you by AG1. I got some of it right here.
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Chapter 2: How can a father rebuild after divorce?
Thank you so much for having me. These situations have me feeling extremely depressed and wondering if what's left of my life will be spent alone struggling to just manage the responsibilities of my life alone. With all of that being said, I'm curious to hear what advice you may have for someone in my situation. Did you go through a period of time where you felt defeated?
What measures did you personally take to be able to move on with any degree of confidence to start a new life and succeed at loving again as well as getting remarried? Wow. There is a lot there. I said at the beginning, I don't talk much about this and I will reinforce the reasons why.
First and foremost, my ex-wife, regardless of the relationship her and I may have, whatever form it may exist for the rest of our life, doesn't have the opportunity or ability to speak on a platform like I do. So it is unfair for me to really say much other than broad things about the experience because there is an imbalance of ability to promote the message out there.
Two, I have three kids and the Internet, it lives forever. Anything that I say about their mother is at some point in time going to be able to be found by them. And I am cognizant of that. And their mother deserves the opportunity to show them. who she is. I deserve the opportunity to show them who I am.
And nothing comes from me saying anything negative about her or even talking about her specifically in general in a medium that could be looked up years from now. It's not fair to my kids. So those are the reasons why I don't talk about it much. But I understand your situation. Where you're at, it sucks. Let's unpack a few things here, though.
You described a lot of the women living their life and bringing some experiences that you talked about through the lens of baggage. Let's just be fair and say this. They may look at you and the experiences and life that you have lived and what you bring to the table as a little bit of baggage as well. All right. There's you at your age with a basketball team.
Now, having said that, I don't think it's disqualifying at all. Because I know plenty of people out there who came from families much larger than yours, and it was totally normal to them. It's the environment that they grew up inside of.
And if you meet somebody like that, I don't think they're going to be scared off by the number of kids that you have, especially as your kids continue to get older. I think it would be tough if you were trying to enter into the dating swimming pool and all six of those kids were under the age of 10. I mean, as a parent, I can tell you,
the work is different when they're infants, juvenile, teenagers, and adults. And that's okay. It is what it is. A potential partner coming into that, you're gonna have to find the right person for sure. But I am telling you that the right person is out there. Just remember that you're, you know, the women you're talking about, they might have some experiences and baggage as well.
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Chapter 3: What are the geopolitical implications of labeling drug cartels as terrorists?
Podcasting, anybody who has followed this for years, it has gone through so many iterations and different studios and camera setups and audio setups. And I'm constantly just looking for ways to do better and improve, but I don't have a path that I am following. I have suspicions. I have a hunch and I have guidance from other people that are well farther down the road than myself.
And I try to follow those, but I don't know how to do this. Parenting. I don't have... God. I do not have a instruction manual, a notebook full of parenting advice and how-tos. Every kid of mine has been different. They advance in different ways. They express their feelings in different ways. They communicate in different ways. They need different things.
I don't have a recipe for it that can work, that I can pass on. And I don't have a high degree of confidence in any of the things that I just listed, but I do the absolute best that I can. I try to put one foot in front of the other. And, you know, you're going to go through times in your life where you're not confident, where you might be placed between a decision that is not great and not great.
People love to say, you know, well, there's a good choice and a bad choice. Just choose the good one. There's an easy path and a hard path. You know, pick the harder path because you can follow discipline. It's not that binary. Sometimes your choices are a shit sandwich or a shit burrito. Either way, you're eating shit. So confidence is going to come and go.
Try to find your true north as a person. Try to figure out who you are and where you want to be and whether you're confident or not, do the best you can to make momentum and movement in that direction. That's the best advice I can give you on that. Succeeding at loving again. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life alone. I know that that's something that I've said before.
And then Leah came into my life. I knew Leah before I was divorced. She was a coach at the school that I did jujitsu at. We had a social relationship. I knew her, but I didn't know her in the way that I know her as my wife. It was not anything even remotely like that. It was utterly and the utmost of professionalism.
And I thought when I exited my marriage, I was going to be alone for the rest of my life. And I understand the feeling that you might be in wondering whether or not you were going to be. All I can say for me, what changed my mind is when my relationship with Leah changed and I've done an episode with her.
She's going to come on again, I think this month to do a Q and a, I think that's what she wanted to do. She has an open invite. It's fricking impossible to get her to sit down and talk with me. If you want to understand who she is and why she's so awesome, just go back and listen to the episode I did with her. She is my favorite human being. She is my person.
And if it wasn't for her, I probably would have spent the rest of my life alone. So that person is out there for you. And that person is out there for everybody. You might have to go through a little bit of a, you know, like sifting sand to find that person, but they are there. And when you do find them, they will handle the succeed at loving again.
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