#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love

Kelsi Sheren is a veteran, artillery gunner, and founder of Brass and Unity. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00)– Introduction
(07:50)– World War II
(18:54)– Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health
(33:10)– Kelsi’s 9/11 experience
(36:39)– Becoming a soldier
(43:07)– Artillery: The Hand of God
(52:49)– Weapons training
(1:10:35)– Pre-Deployment
(1:26:42)– Arrival to Afghanistan
(1:48:55)– Tragic war story
(2:13:59)– Feelings after tragedy
(2:17:41)– The Taliban
(2:23:17)– Retrospective: 20 years in Afghanistan
(2:39:57)– How war changes people
(2:45:18)– PTSD
(3:14:13)– Ayahuasca and mental recovery
(3:46:09)– Love
(4:04:12)– Advice for young people
(4:07:33)– Death
(4:13:22)– World War II