Ben Rod Podcast: Be your best you.

Kelsey Lyn is a popular vlogger and Youtuber. In this podcast, we discuss depression and how to find your way out it. We also go deep on her story with her biological father. Through DNA testing, Kelsey was able to track down her biological father and captured the reunion on film.

Professor Saad Al-Aziz is a BJJ Black Belt and co-owner of Semper Fortis Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in San Antonio Texas. Professor Saad is an active competitor having just placed 3rd in his bracket at IBJJF Masters Worlds. He served our country for 33 years in the US Navy and retired a Lt. Commander.

Dr. Beach is a sport and performance psychology consultant and licensed psychologist who has been practicing psychology since 2003 in military and civilian clinics. During this time he served in the Army Reserves and was deployed during operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Bosnia. He then completed his doctorate in Counseling Psychology at the University of Houston and runs a private practice in Bulverde TX.

Jay Leon served in the Army for 15.5 years and fought in Afghanistan as a medic following 9/11. He has a lot of injuries both physical and psychological.

Chris Coffey is an Engineer with Google's Cloud Platform. Chris's expertise is with Cloud Technologies, Containerization, Automation, and Security. In this conversation, we go deep into some technologies as well as how they affect us on a social level.

Fernando is a BJJ Black Belt with Gracie Barra, a Senior Executive in the Computer Vision & Machine Learning space and he is a father and husband. In this podcast, we explore Machine Learning (a subset of AI), personal development, and we discuss Fernando's personal journey as a school owner and how he became a black belt.

James Overton is a BJJ Black Belt with Gracie Barra, SAFD Firefighter, Iraq War Veteran, and an all-around great guy. In this episode, we talk about self-defense, his military experience, adapting to civilian life, personal growth and much more.

Rebecca Easley is a Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC, practicing in Bulverde TX. Becca provides Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her practice, Esteem Wellness. She is also a home rehabber and owns Solid Rock Ranch in Carmine TX. Solid Rock Ranch a working ranch that provides a secluded getaway to individuals and groups.

Scott Hudnall is a practicing Nurse Practitioner, former paramedic, father, husband and a great friend of mine. Scott is gifted with a quick wit and a sharp mind. We had a fun conversation that traversed preventative medicine, common diseases, parenthood, entrepreneurship and much more. I'm going to have to have Scott back on since we only began the conversation when our time was up.

Bebe Tota is a yoga instructor, mother, war refugee, survivor, and thriver. Bebe's story is a great lesson for anyone that has or is currently facing, difficult times and dark days where they need to see hope and what is possible. She is an incarnation of how we can craft our own life and narrative and where you are in your journey is not where you will be. Keep growing, keep showing up and you can be and become anything that you want to be.

Benito Almaguer is a Navy vet, BJJ Brown Belt with Gracie Barra, father, and is pursuing his Masters in Social Work. We discuss the influence of social media, Marvel comics, fatherhood, education, AI, simulation theory, and much more.