US Navy Veteran and author Rob Greene is joining SHLTMM from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he currently lives. He is the author of the book "Unfiltered Wisdom," a complete guide to PTSD recovery through Mindfullness. Rob is offering FREE copies of his book on his website-https://unfiltered-wisdom.com/the-book/. At the time of publishing this episode, Rob had gotten a deal through Amazon. This link will work for 90 days. https://a.co/d/9knHSno. We had an open conversation not only pertaining to his PTSD but about both his biological mother Marie who died in her mid thirties when Rob was only four, and his Stepmother, Debra, who survived a troubled past yet tried very hard to help out in a complicated situation. So grateful to Rob for joining us and the work he put into finding himself and healing his wounds of his past. The few memories he has of his biological mom are significant especially after he shared that he had recently completed his first book about his journey and his ties to his biological mom.
This is the story of a brave and hard working veteran who had to overcome sorrow, pain and life's hard knocks since he was four years old. Yet he was determined to find a way to a path of balance and clarity in life. Rob mentioned that by the time he was a teen, he felt that he'd rather die overseas than stay living with his father and stepmother.
Rob served his country for seven years. After attempting to take his life and being assaulted by a senior officer, he decided that it was time to retire. Insomnia was chronic and conventional treatments weren't helping with Rob's mental health issues Rob decided to head to Asia and more or less loose himself in the culture, nature and face his demons. He explains, "Instead of waiting, I set out on a journey that changed everything.
I lived with tribes in the jungles of the Philippines, spent three months as the disciple of a Hindu monk in the Himalayas, trained under a Shaolin master in China, and later joined a troop of spear fishermen in Boracay who hunted in the deep daily to feed their community during the pandemic.
The lessons I gathered became the foundation of my book "Unfiltered Wisdom," a raw look at resilience, self-discovery, and mental health from the inside out."
His book, "Unfiltered Wisdom," is the result of re-examining himself, his pain, sorrow, sickness and anger.
Rob's first contact with me was this email:
"I lost my mother when I was four years old on Christmas Eve in 1987 so I didn't really have much of a relationship with her throughout my life because she was gone.
However, my father remarried, and I had a stepmother. We had a very complicated relationship, but she did really help my dad get himself back in order and gave us a way better life than my siblings before he had so I'm definitely grateful for her efforts and sacrifice in that regard.
I'm interested in talking about my mom but again I don't really know too much about my real mother other than stories that I was told. My stepmother was the only mother that I knew and I'm comfortable to talk about her, but our relationship was very mixed with a lot of love, but I also experienced quite a bit of abuse so I have mixed emotions about it.
It might make a good content to expose and talk about the idea of men having a mother wound.
This typically drives them to be adverse to committed relationships and to be overly promiscuous because they don't want the risk of being vulnerable with a woman due to their unhealed mother issues.
TURN YOURSELF AROUND FROM BEING A VICTIM AND A PLACE OF WOUNDS AND TURNING IT INTO WISDOM, DEVELOPMENT, HOPE AND PEACE AND ACTUALLY BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE."
Rob shared so much with me including his journey throughout Asia, he shared "I lived with tribes in the jungles of the Philippines, spent three months as the disciple of a Hindu monk in the Himalayas, trained under a Shaolin master in China, and later joined a troop of spear fishermen in Boracay who hunted in the deep daily to feed their community during the pandemic."
The lessons I gathered became the foundation of my book Unfiltered Wisdom, a raw look at resilience, self-discovery, and mental health from the inside out.
https://unfiltered-wisdom.com/the-book/
I admire Rob tremendously for all the work her's done to bring himself inner peace. It's an important lesson, that sometimes following conventional protocol for healing isn't beneficial to all. It's clear that bravery and desperation help us face our illnesses/issues but honesty is the most important thing-being honest with yourself and allow others to help.
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