What If Asking For Help Is Strength with Keith Cole

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Keith Cole, a Vietnam veteran, discussing his struggles with stress and burnout after a high-pressure career.

Send us Fan Mail He didn’t break in Vietnam. He broke years later in a quiet office, with stress piled so high that one more “push through it” simply wasn’t possible. We talk with Keith Cole, a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who carried combat wounds, the trauma of notifying next of kin, and the weight of becoming a guardian for his younger siblings, then spent decades building a high-pressure career as a CPA. The result was a familiar modern story with uncommon honesty: burnout, sleepless nigh...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Grumbine

Guest: Keith Cole

Topics covered

• mental health
• veteran experiences
• burnout
• stress management
• career challenges

Keywords

• Vietnam veteran
• burnout
• CPA
• mental health
• stress
• trauma
• help

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marine Corps

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