A son on the brink calls his father from a riverbank and hears an answer he never expected: “I think I have some answers. Trust me.” That moment unlocks a story about real wealth—not assets, but well-being—and the hard, human path to get it back.
We sit with Jacob Ford as he traces a line from a split home to two combat deployments, the loss of purpose after service, and a three-year fall into alcohol and opiates that led to five overdoses. The turning point is vulnerable and specific: a ten-day protocol blending NAD amino acid therapy, plant-based medicine, and daily journaling in a quiet West Virginia treehouse, with his dad beside him as he confronted the scared child within. Jacob returns with clarity, love, and a vow to help others find their way home—founding Warrior Tribe Assembly alongside veteran leader Gary Hess.
Gary brings the other half of the truth: the weight of moral injury, the limits of a decade of conventional treatments, and why a peer-led container with clinical oversight can change outcomes. He lays out a practical toolkit—breath work, ice baths, meditation, stillness, intention setting—and explains how “soul retrieval” isn’t escape, but reconnection. We talk about the entrepreneurs who outrun pain with productivity, the ceilings built by old stories, and how making the unconscious conscious frees us to choose differently. This is not about transcendence; it’s integration. It’s learning to sit with shame, grief, and fear until they alchemize into agency.
If you or someone you love is a veteran, first responder, trauma survivor, or a founder hitting invisible walls, you’ll hear both hope and a plan: structure, community, and embodied practices that stabilize and restore choice. Ready to learn more or reach out for support? Visit warriortribeassembly.com. If this conversation moved you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find their way back to well-being.
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Website: https://warriortribeassembly.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/WarriorTribePod
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WarriorTribeMA/videos
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-ford-a18521136/
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