How Two Veterans Built a Business Beyond Trauma
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
You know, I think that mentally and I think that people would agree with this, that have gone down that route of growing mentally and spiritually, that it is not like there is a right path to go down. We're all one, you know, we're all connected in some way. There's someone that you see is going through something that you don't understand.
I think that at the end of the day, you just have to buckle down and think to yourself that, yeah, this happened. Let's get over it and let's move on and find some happy places to be.
Galen Bargerstock and Clinton Smith are strategic, service-driven, and client-focused financial executives and the president and CEO of GCES. Combining a deep commitment to service with comprehensive wealth management expertise, they help individuals, families, and public employees seamlessly navigate their benefits and retirement goals, empowering them to build a foundation of long-term economic stability, informed decision-making, and enduring peace of mind.
You know, there's a lot of things that happened to us growing up, Galen and I both, that we didn't know how to deal with back then. So we just did the best that we could. And as adults together, we've grown and changed together through doing these things. And like, you know, a couple out there, and I think that you would agree with this, if you're a couple and you have a partner.
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Welcome back everybody to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. I am your host for today, Jason Tyler, and I am joined by Clinton Smith and Galen Barterstock. Welcome guys to the show.
How did Clinton and Galen meet and form GCES?
How are we feeling? Feeling great.
Feeling good. Yeah.
Now, you guys are a unique case in our clients here at Inside Success in that you're not just doing one episode of Operation CEO, but you're doing two. And we're covering not only Clinton, your story, but with Galen, we're also covering your story as well.
What services does GCES provide and who are their clients?
Clinton, we just finished filming your episode. What would you say, what is the audience going to learn about you in your episode?
I think the audience will be surprised to understand that I'm going to share a lot of my childhood trauma and talk about the things that happened to me growing up that shaped me into the person that I am today.
It was a glorified therapy session in there, guys.
Why did both founders join the military and how did it affect them?
I will let you know. Tears were shed. Yeah. But we don't need to talk about all that. And Galen, as you sort of, right when we just finished filming, you sort of added in your piece to Clinton's story. Talk to me a little bit about, you know, just how you two guys met and how GCES came to be formed.
How did growing up gay in Western Pennsylvania shape their lives?
So, I mean, Clinton and I met on the Internet, you know, back when before all the apps, it was dial up almost. It was dial up at my dad's house, actually. So we met on Gay.com and we had a couple of conversations. And it shows how old we are.
Yeah, I was about to say, I was like, it was almost the times of like AOL Instant Messenger.
It wasn't before that.
How did meditation, The Secret, and ayahuasca help them heal trauma?
No, we met on gay.com and then our relationship in its early, early days progressed to AOL Instant Messenger.
For me, AOL Instant Messenger, I don't feel like as a society, we don't talk about that as much as we should. We were doing outlandish shit on AOL Instant Messenger back in the day. But I want to take a second here to just kind of highlight GCES. What is it as a company and who are you guys helping?
So GCS is, you know, we're a financial advisory firm. We're independent, so we aren't tied to a large box company that you would get most other places. We started our company working primarily with federal employees, so VA and postal employees. So our company originally was Government and Civil Employee Services. That's what GCES stands for.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:11
2
How did Clinton and Galen meet and form GCES?
2:11–2:29
3
What services does GCES provide and who are their clients?
2:29–2:53
4
Why did both founders join the military and how did it affect them?
2:53–3:13
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How did growing up gay in Western Pennsylvania shape their lives?
3:13–3:39
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How did meditation, The Secret, and ayahuasca help them heal trauma?
3:39–6:44
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How do Clinton and Galen support each other through uncomfortable growth?
6:44–9:41
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What practical steps do they recommend for building self-love and overcoming self-doubt?
9:41–21:17