OPC 015: Rick Alexander - Trusting the Voice Within

Meet Rick Alexander, an author, speaker, and serves as the Chief Growth Operator for The Special Forces Experience. Rick spent 12 years in the United States Navy as a Special Operations Combat Medic and now helps people craft meaningful lives while in the heat of adversity.

In this episode of the Omar Pinto Coaching Podcast, Rick opens up about how he overcame adversity and created a meaningful life. He describes how he let go of who he was told to be and instead focused on who he wanted to become.

Listen in to learn how to become aware of your toxicity through shadow work and taking the opportunity to change for the better. You will also learn how to observe moments of truth in your everyday life to help transform your life.

“Transformation is a really long process of learning to trust the voice that’s deepest within you.”– Rick [7:06]

What You Will Discover:

• [2:19] Rick describes the moments he fell in love with adventure and joining the military.
• [6:55] The self-realization journey that he took to start living a life aligned with his own value system.
• [8:47] How Rick transitioned from a career in the military to a writer.
• [23:03] How coaching made him discover his self-destructive patterns and understand them.
• [27:16] How to cut ties with who you were and establishing boundaries on who you are away from your family.
• [30:37] How he let go of unimportant things and make way for new energy and life.
• [34:05] How shadow works helps you be aware of your toxicity and allows you to change.
• [39:08] The process of repatterning by allowing yourself to hurt and let go.
• [42:16] The impact of listening to moments of truth to help transform your life.
• [51:30] The power of listening to your internal constitution before you make a move.

About Rick Alexander:

Rick spent 12 years in the United States Navy as a Special Operations Combat Medic and has completed multiple ultra-endurance events including a 240 mile run in body armor, to raise money for the children of fallen heroes. As such his work draws on this depth of experience in order to help people craft meaningful lives while in the heat of adversity. You can hear his ideas on his podcast, Morning Coffee with Rick Alexander, or by reading his latest book, Ambitious Heroes and Heartache.

For the show notes and links for this episode go to omarpinto.com/015.

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