Brandon Held - Life is Crazy
I Host 2 Podcasts. Life Is Crazy and The Buckeye Battle Cry Show. The Life Is Crazy podcast is designed to help with suicide prevention. That is the #1 goal! This is also a Podcast of perseverance, self-help, self-Improvement, becoming a better person, making it through struggles and not only surviving, but thriving! In this Podcast the first 25 episodes detail my life's downs and ups. A story that shows you can overcome poverty, abusive environments, drug and alcoholic environments, difficult bosses, being laid-off from work, losing your family, and being on the brink of suicide. Listen and find a place to share life stories and experiences. Allow everyone to learn from each other to reinforce our place in this world. To grow and be better people and help build a better more understanding society.
The early podcast episodes are a story of the journey of my life. The start from poor, drug and alcohol stricken life, to choices that lead to success. Discusses my own suicide ideations and attempt that I struggled with for most of my life. Being raised by essentially only my mother with good intentions, but didn't know how to teach me to be a man. About learning life's lessons and how to become a man on this journey and sharing those lessons and experiences with others whom hopefully can benefit from my successes and failures.
Hosting guests who have overcome suicide attempts/suicide ideations/trauma/hardships/difficult situations to fight through it, rise up, and live their best life. Real life stories to help others that are going through difficult times or stuck without a path forward, understand and learn there is a path forward.
The Buckeye Battle Cry Show is a weekly show about the greatest sport in the world, college football, and specializing in discussing the greatest team in the world, THE Ohio State Buckeyes,
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 66
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 26: Owning Your Truth: The Power of Self-Acceptance
Owning who you are means embracing your unique qualities and imperfections without feeling pressure to conform to others' expectations. This liberating mindset allows you to set boundar…
Episode 18: Sometimes Life Forces You to Start Over
I share the progress of my podcast journey and my attempts to rebuild a relationship with my oldest son Ethan during a challenging period of unemployment in Arizona.
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Episode 25: Last One
Brandon Held wraps up his life story by sharing significant recent events including his grandmother's passing, estrangement from his son, and health challenges that derailed his fitness…
Episode 24: Can You Control Who Breaks Your Heart?
I share the emotional journey of being separated from my Brazilian wife for nine months after marriage and how we finally reunited when her visa was approved. The perfect timing of my n…
Episode 23: Life Across Continents
Brandon continues his journey of meeting, marrying, and working to reunite with his Brazilian wife Juliana, detailing the challenges and triumphs of maintaining a cross-continental rela…
Episode 20: When American Dating Fails, Go Global
I'm navigating new beginnings while reflecting on past relationships and helping my adult children find their paths.
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Episode 19: The Unexpected Blessings Behind My Professional Rebirth
Brandon reflects on his journey from nearly four years of unemployment to finding stability in his career and personal life despite significant challenges along the way.
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Episode 16: When Your Past Shapes But Doesn't Define You
Brandon reflects on his life journey, sharing how past mistakes and difficult experiences have shaped him into the person he is today while emphasizing his commitment to growth and lear…
Episode 15: Finding Myself After Job Loss: A Story of Resilience and Transformation
Brandon continues his life story, detailing the aftermath of being let go from Raytheon and discovering it was partly because he was a white male with "no recourse" according to insider…
Episode 21: When You Know, You Know: A Cross-Continental Love Story
I share the story of meeting and falling in love with Juliana from Brazil after months of online conversations, culminating in an eight-day trip that changed my life forever. What began…
Episode 17: What Happens When You Lose Everything at Once?
Brandon shares his journey through his third divorce, which became the lowest point of his life as he simultaneously lost his job, home, and faced financial ruin while fighting for cust…
Episode 22: What Would You Endure for Love?
Brandon continues his love story where he left off, dealing with the heartache of separation from Juliana and navigating the challenging process of bringing her from Brazil to America d…
Episode 13: The Toxic Army Experience: Navigating Leadership, Love, and Mental Health Challenges
Brandon reflects on his challenging transition from Air Force, to civilian life and then to Army service, revealing how toxic leadership and workplace politics severely impacted his mil…
Episode 14: The Dream Job That Turned Into a Nightmare: My Raytheon Story
Brandon reflects on his transition from military life to a civilian career and the rollercoaster of personal and professional challenges that followed his Army service.
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Episode 12: The Hard Restart
Brandon shares his journey from struggling with post-college jobs and a toxic relationship to finding stability by rejoining the military, this time as an Army food inspector.
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Episode 11: What They Don't Teach You: Navigating the Murky Waters of Early Employment
After graduating college, I navigated a series of unexpected career turns that took me from a lucrative accountant sales representative role to multiple jobs with broken promises and et…
Episode 10: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: My Journey to Embracing the Bald Life
Brandon shares a missing piece of his previous relationship story and reveals how his journey through college at Wright State transformed his confidence and self-image.
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Episode 9: The Magnetic Pull of a Toxic Relationship
Brandon opens up about his conflicted feelings while recounting the story of his second significant relationship, expressing love and consideration for his current wife while sharing th…
Episode 8: The Transformative Years: From Military Spouse to Single College Student
Brandon reflects on his journey through college after the Air Force, exploring the complex choices around dating, fatherhood, and personal transformation that shaped his character durin…
Episode 7: The Air Force Files: Four Years I Still Can't Believe
I take you behind the scenes of my four years in the Air Force, sharing the wild personal stories and intense human drama that defined my military experience beyond the uniform and duti…