308: Right of Bang with Kris Hasenauer
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The episode discusses the importance of mental resilience in preparedness with Kris Hasenauer, focusing on the aftermath of traumatic events and the role of emerging therapies like ketamine.
In this episode, host Brian Duff sits down with Kris Hasenauer — a former Green Beret with 20th Special Forces Group who became a physician assistant and Doctor of Behavioral Medicine, and who now runs a mobile ketamine therapy program for veterans and first responders. The conversation is built for the preparedness-minded listener. Most prepping focuses on the event itself — the disaster, the fight, the survival scenario — but Kris and Brian dig into the part that's almost always left out of a preparedness plan: what happens to the mind in the aftermath. They explore why surviving the incident is only half the equation, how long-term stress catches up years after the fact, and why mental resilience belongs alongside the rest of your survival skills. Along the way, they cover why PTSD is more prevalent today than ever, how modern drone warfare is reshaping the battlefield, and the hard truth that recovery is a lifelong process rather than a one-time fix. Kris breaks down the science of neuroplasticity, the role of ketamine and other emerging tools, practical grounding techniques anyone can use under stress, the half of stoicism most people skip, and the part empathy played in his…
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