Rise From The Shadows | S1E5: Weaponizing Adversity with Mike Roderick

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Recorded03 Sep 2021

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Mike Roderick is a Senior Noncommissioned Officer in the United States Air Force and the Commandant at the Whiteman Airman Leadership School. On this episode, Mike opens up about his troubled childhood. He discusses the abuse, abandonment, and neglect he and his brothers had to deal with while staying with his mother. He also discusses how he was able to overcome the psychological toll those events took on him at a young age and fight through it to discover his purpose and helps hundred of Airmen on a annual basis through adversity. Mike’s book recommendation: The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves: The Arbinger Institute: 9781523087303: Amazon.com: Books You can now listen to this episode of Rise From the Shadows – Weaponizing Adversity at www.theshadowspodcast.com or https://linktr.ee/ShadowsPodcast

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