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Today, we welcome Colleen Ryan from OSCE, border training and management. We brought her on today to discuss the current challenges of border security in Europe.  --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations.  To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com  or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Great news! Feedspot, the podcast industry ranking system rated One CA Podcast as one of the top 10 shows on foreign policy. Check it out at: https://podcast.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ --- Special thanks to the site "Rockstar Beats" for the sample of Taylor Seift "Midnight." Retrieved from: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXyd0iAdUYUWN7ifYYoqymNqJsaE0vEDC&si=-Vp6gUuRpqpHq66D   --- Transcript: 00:00:04    Introduction Welcome to the 1CA Podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. 1CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with the partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. Or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassos.org. I'll have those in the show notes. 00:00:39    Colleen Ryan My name is Colleen Ryan. I'm currently the Border Advisor to the OSC in Vienna. I'm seconded by the United States. So I do need to make it clear that I'm not speaking on behalf of the OSC or on the broader political or organizational context right now. I'm specifically focusing on my work and my experiences. Wow. You're seconded? What does that mean? Yeah, I'm essentially loaned out by the U .S. to the OSCE to serve in this role. They pay my salary. 00:01:13    Jack Nice. How did you get nominated? Where do you normally work? 00:01:15    COLLEEN RYAN In a past life, I was a police officer back in the U .S. before transitioning to working internationally. So I came to find out about OSCE and opportunities while I was doing my master's back in the States. And then I just ended up applying for the special monitoring mission to Ukraine. So I was out there as a monitoring officer up until Russia's full -scale invasion. And then went back during the war with a non -governmental organization working on humanitarian protection in the South. And then made my way to this current role. That's great. So you've been part of living history in a way. Yeah, to be out in Donetsk up until a couple days before the invasion. Working with border guards all across Europe and the changing security landscape has been an interesting role so far. 00:02:04    JACK GAINES So you've lived what soldiers call the moment before. There's a feel in the air, and it makes you edgy, it makes you a little twitchy, because you know that you're about to go down with an enemy. And so did you get that sense? Did you get that feel that things were coming close in Donetsk? 00:02:23    COLLEEN RYAN We were there at the time to monitor the Minsk agreements, which was a ceasefire at the time. It wasn't until when the U .S. evacuated all U .S. personnel that you started to realize that, you know, it may actually happen. 00:02:36    JACK GAINES Right. And so your current position is now training the border guards of Ukraine. 00:02:44    COLLEEN RYAN Yes, I manage a project that trains border guards across the OSCE, specifically on detecting porch documents and imposters. So if it's a forged passport presented at the airport or at the road crossing or for the train, we train the border guards, whether it's from Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania. So it really depends on the needs of OSC participating states in this realm. It's obviously a field that requires recurrent training because travel documents like passports are constantly updated. that national authorities can stay ahead of forgers. So it is something that we have to continue training on. And with the current war against Ukraine, they have the most need. They're one of the bigger border services in Europe. And then just the need in terms of half their border guard is currently engaged in combat operations, while you have the rest who are working to secure their western and southern borders and the surge in western and southern border crossings with the closure of Ukraine's airspace. You know, all of that contributes to an ongoing need for these skills and updated training on detecting passport forgeries and detecting imposters. And then you see that on the flip side with Moldova, they've seen a surge in the border crossings because a lot evacuated from Ukraine into Moldova. A lot of humanitarian NGOs and other people now fly into Kijanel to go to Ukraine. And so they've seen just a huge... spike in terms of the number of travel documents and also diversity in terms of different countries, different types of documents. And so that's why we've also been training Moldovan border police as well. 00:04:29    JACK GAINES Sure. So you're there to teach them how to spot forged documents, but is there also a follow on either by that nation's foreign affairs office or their law enforcement that tries to find the forger and remove them? 00:04:43    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, there is very likely follow on. in terms of criminal investigations when they find forged documents or if they identify an imposter. But our project primarily focuses on those who are working on the first line and second line document checks to just spot the person posing as someone else. And then we do some work with the forensic experts after the fact to make sure that they've got that next level of training as part of their investigations. But primarily it's focusing on the first and second line officers. 00:05:14    JACK GAINES I'm sure they see all kinds of crazy stuff. Everything from the amateur glue stick to people who actually have passport printer creating forged documents. 00:05:24    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, it's sad and it's also really interesting, the surge in the use of artificial intelligence and seeing the ways that they're incorporating things like morphing into the passport to their forgeries where two people can now travel on one passport using morphing images and things like that. It really just shows how quickly this field in terms of document forgeries is evolving and how much border services are struggling to keep up and to maintain their training so they can spot these techniques. Right, which is why they're starting to put chips and other special films that have a radio signature and stuff like that. 00:05:53    JACK GAINES they're starting to put chips and other special films that have a radio signature and stuff like that. You could print it, but to actually find those films or chips that have that radio signature has got to be a lot tougher. 00:06:08    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, and a lot of it is just down to, like, Order guards are under a lot of stress and pressure and they don't have much time to spot the fakes. They're getting crushed by people. Yeah. So a lot of it is just making sure that they can spot some of these easier to identify orgery trends and to make a quicker decision before it gets to the point of really having to do an in -depth examination of the document. 00:06:32    JACK GAINES Yeah, I would imagine that you would see forgery trends because people would be going to the same forger and they would be doing similar patterns until that turned away. 00:06:41    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah. 00:06:41    JACK GAINES And what's it like working with all these different border guards from different countries? I mean, everyone has got to be a little different, but the same. 00:06:49    COLLEEN RYAN For me, it's interesting because I'm one of the few who has worked in policing, worked in this operational arena, kind of understands a lot of what they've done. And so you kind of speak the same language. It's interesting to hear from them, like what they view as their biggest security challenges and what their biggest day -to -day challenges are in terms of their work life. Because you see common trends across a lot of the services. A lot of them can be underpaid and that contributes to staff turnover. And so then that means you go back to a country to do more training because you have new staffs. But then to see how a country's security... You know, their perspective in terms of their biggest border security threats in Albania, where I trained in June, might be different from Bulgaria, where I trained last month. But, you know, it's still the commonalities of document forgeries, imposters, making sure your airports are secure and things like that. So I like talking with the border guards, such a different perspective across each country. Right. 00:07:51    JACK GAINES I think that's really helpful that you have a law enforcement background. helps break that ice. 00:07:58    COLLEEN RYAN I understand the perspective, but we're really just there to help and to fill the gaps that their service might not have the time or the funding to provide additional training because they've got the whole spectrum of border security issues to deal with within their service. And so that's where our organization or other international organizations doing these types of projects come in is just fill the gaps and help them develop their capacity. Especially with some other countries we train for where Frontex, maybe they're not working in that country. So then we can help supplement other EU or Frontex or IOM or UN initiatives and help to harmonize border security standards across Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia. 00:08:45    JACK GAINES I don't want to just keep circling around Ukraine. Is there any stories you have from some of the other countries you worked with? What's your favorite beer hall story on those? 00:08:53    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, I mean, most of my stories are with Ukraine because I've trained Ukraine so much. So I'm happy to talk about that. Yeah, I feel very fortunate so far in the last year and a half to have trained almost 50 Ukraine border guards. And I was able to go to meet with their administration and their main forensic center in June to do a needs assessment to see how we could keep supporting. to make sure we weren't duplicating efforts from other international organizations or other bilateral initiatives there because we do know it's a crowded space there. 00:09:28    JACK GAINES I'm sure talking to them, you could figure out pretty quickly what those border guards needed, even if they were getting training from two or three organizations, if they weren't hitting it on the head. Yeah. And what was nice for us is we were able to actually shadow them on their train from out west as entered from. 00:09:38    COLLEEN RYAN was nice for us is we were able to actually shadow them on their train from out west as entered from. Shamashil, Poland, and went to Lviv. And so we got to board on the Ukrainian side and just seeing what they're dealing with in terms of doing document checks aboard the trains now and the different challenges they have with that as opposed to what it would be like to check a document at the airport. It's a very different perspective and it gives you insights on things like lighting and being able to see different security features in the passport. With the lighting on the train and the time of day when they're doing the document check, the technical equipment that they have aboard and that may not be connecting to the cell tower or have service as the train moves. And so it gives you a different perspective to actually be there and see it instead of just hearing about it over a Zoom call or in a sterile training environment. And so then building on that. We've been able to take some of those lessons learned and put them into our training where we're encouraging them and reminding them to say, hey, how would you see this in different types of light settings, running different types of simulations, so it more accurately reflects the conditions that they'll be doing the document checks in. So what's coming up next? 00:10:57    JACK GAINES What's the future of training? Do you have anything interesting coming up that you want to promote? 00:11:02    COLLEEN RYAN Yes, through the rest of the year, we have a couple more study visits. And these are important because they help the border guards to learn from other counterparts. They will look through how this country that they're visiting manages their forgery desk at an airport or in their border service. And it really helps with networking and sharing more information in terms of what they're seeing in terms of detecting trends or alerts on forged documents. We've got a couple of study visits coming up next week. I'll be in Madrid with another group from Ukraine. The following week, I'll be with Albania and Milan. And then a week after that, I'll be in Dublin, Ireland with forensic experts from Ukraine's border service to round out the year. So it's a busy stretch right now. That's very cool. 00:11:50    JACK GAINES Do these multinational engagements, do they ever end up with countries with border guards doing a bilateral agreement on border protection? Or do they ever work on... building something like Eurogest, where if they find a forger from multiple countries, they'll work together to try to find out where the route is. Is that multinational cooperation starting to build, or have you seen it? 00:12:14    COLLEEN RYAN On a smaller level with us, we do see that. So at the operational level with these border guards, even in -country, being able to message colleagues around their own country. Or the experts that do our trainings are active document experts serving in their border service. So now they've got another resource, say, if we're using experts from Spain or the Netherlands or UK or Italy, then these trainees now have another resource to flag potential trends and forge documents or to ask questions if they're unsure. And then, you know, moving ahead, we'll be looking to do some more joint training between two or three countries. Especially if we do it with bordering countries, it will really help that collaboration to, say, connect the two participating states. And now they've got operational contacts to ping across the border to say, hey, we're seeing this. What are you seeing? Things like that. So it's a good opportunity for us to foster that collaboration and increase the information sharing with us through the training or study visits. Right. Because it's so important to have that contact. 00:13:23    JACK GAINES to have that contact. It's one thing when you see an issue and you want to reach out and you have to make that cold call and figure out who's the right person. It's better if you've made a contact, you know someone from training, you can just say, hey, what's this and what's going on? And they can just plug you in with the right person and then Zoom. You know, a problem's fixed versus making it a whole, oh, you have to talk to our embassy and our embassy has to write our embassy. And so it's great that those kind of cross -border contacts are being made because. Even though so much of Europe is dominated by the Schengen, there's still issues with legal immigration and criminal movement that each country still monitors what's going on and partners. And then those that are outside the Schengen zone, it's just as important for them to actually have that contact so they can partner and work on things to quickly spot forgeries, theft, criminal activity, then stop it before it becomes rampant. So that's awesome. 00:14:22    COLLEEN RYAN And it's just it's it's the first building block of really increasing that cooperation, especially with your neighboring state and contributing towards that angle of integrated border management and jointly managed VCP. So even being able to have frontline document inspectors from two neighboring countries being able to reach out, that's just your first building block to building that relationship. So, yeah, it's always useful to have those contacts. Must be fun to be in the middle of it. Yeah. And it's really rewarding. To get your group of border officers on day one, you've got 20 to 30 border officers from all across their country, wherever we're training, they're virtual strangers, and to see them learn to open up and engage and to learn from our experts and then start to share some of their challenges with me and to build those relationships, whether it's in a group or with our experts or with OSCE, it's super rewarding because then you just get to keep building from there and asking, okay, what's next? What do you need next in addition to these document trainings? What do your forensic experts need or what do your border control officers need? So, yeah, it's really rewarding to be able to deliver when you've got the funding and you've got the interest of participating states and to help them manage their borders better. 00:15:37    JACK GAINES You know, we kind of forgot to talk about who OSCE is, Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe. You want to give me a brief overview of what the organization is? Yes. But it does. 00:15:50    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah. So the OSCE is world's largest regional security organization, the state of 57 participating states. And we operate on a consensus -based approach where all participating states have to agree. And we utilize an approach of comprehensive security. And so this really helps us to support our participating states in developing. their security sector and to enhance resilience and to develop capacity to address transnational threats. So my border security management unit is situated within the Transnational Threats Department. So that's our goal is to help participating states build their capacity to confront a wide array of transnational threats that can harm their national security and pan security more broadly. Right. Now, when I think security, I think of NATO. 00:16:38    JACK GAINES I think of NATO. So you've got to be a little different. NATO is, of course, a military organization that deals with security from conflict, either deterrence or response to conflict or crisis, disaster. What is it that OSCE does in terms of security? 00:16:55    COLLEEN RYAN Our three dimensions are political, military, economic and environmental, and human dimension. So what you would traditionally think of as human rights. And so being able to take that comprehensive approach opens up. a library of opportunities for us in terms of what we can provide support on. And so my unit's mandate stems from our border security management concept that the OSC Ministerial Council adopted in 2005. So our mandate in terms of border security is pretty broad. And I think our bread and butter really is helping to develop capacity of our participating states and providing technical assistance. I mean, our unique added value is that we can provide this tailored approach and we're pretty responsive when participating states do approach us with needs. So it's a bit different from NATO since we're not providing military support. We're looking at long -term institutional capacity buildings, whether it's in border security, policing, security sector agencies. That's the core of our work. And can you talk about what the application process was like to get involved? It's different for each job. So OSC, you either have secondments, like when I am on, where your national authority nominates you, or you have the professional contract where OSC directly hires you. So for mine, I had to apply through my seconding authority in the U .S., and I was competing amongst the Americans who wanted to be nominated. And so then once I got past that, then the U .S. put my name forward in the process, and then it was straight into the OSC hiring process. It's a written exam, and then it was an oral interview, and then it's shortlisted, and you go from there. But if it's a contracted offer, obviously you skip the secondment stage of it, and it's applying straight to OSC in the typical HR process. So it's a little different. You just have to look at the job posting and if it's a secondment or not. 00:19:01    JACK GAINES They give you a salary. 00:19:02    COLLEEN RYAN Do they give you a housing allowance? 00:19:02    JACK GAINES give you a housing allowance? 00:19:04    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, it's about when I was paying in the U .S. The really fun expense was moving my cats over. So that it's a week in a housing allowance. But it's different for contracted. So it really just depends on which job you're going for, contracted or second. 00:19:22    JACK GAINES Had you traveled internationally before you joined this position? 00:19:26    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, I had traveled quite a bit. Back when I was still a police officer, I liked to take my leave time to go over to Europe. So I did travel a bit. But never officially. It was always first travel. It was always tourist travel. Yeah, no, I had very, very little duty travel as a cop. 00:19:43    JACK GAINES But I bet that travel helped with your application to say, yeah, I've been to Europe and I've toured around, even though I was a tourist. 00:19:50    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, and travel is just a great educator. And I know it's expensive and not everyone can do it. Travel just gives you good life experience, especially if you're doing it solo and traveling in Europe and interacting with different cultures and just finding your way and being able to navigate and step outside of your American comfort zone. If you're looking to work internationally, in addition, obviously, to the job experience and language and whatnot, travel is just such a good educator and a good way to end your horizons. Right. And I'll tell you what, traveling and living someplace, 00:20:23    JACK GAINES living someplace, It's a whole new experience because you learned the trains when you traveled, but now you got to find out, get a lease and what that takes. 00:20:32    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah. And then if you don't speak German or you don't speak the local English, that adds another layer of complexity. So yeah, you're absolutely right. The difference between living somewhere and traveling is huge. 00:20:43    JACK GAINES But it's fun. And actually, once you've lived overseas, you start to do quirky things, I find. Like, I'll travel and I'll go to a grocery store just to see how they do their business there. Yeah. You know, you go to restaurants, but see how laundry is done or, you know, just how the public services are done because you think, man, if I had to live here, I'd have to drag my trash to the backyard this time. Or over here, they take it on the street or the Germans, they have to have a lockbox. 00:21:12    COLLEEN RYAN What's been really interesting for me is my American friends hear me speak now and they think I'm starting to lose my accent and I can't tell where I'm from or I'll... interact with Europeans over here and they can't quite pick up on my American accent and I think I'm from the UK or Ireland or Australia. So that's been a really interesting experience because I don't think about it. I just talk and just the little things that come when you're living abroad. 00:21:37    SPEAKER_00 Okay. I think we got everything we wanted. Is there anything left that you want to draw on the table? 00:21:44    COLLEEN RYAN As I've mentioned, I firmly believe that any type of security cooperation, defense cooperation is built on relationships and trust. And so there's two of the Ukrainians in particular that I've become close with because they joined our training last year. And then this year they served as trainers for us and they've joined a few study visits. And so through that, we've developed trust and become friends. So now it's gotten to a point where they know I'm a huge Swifty. Oh, no. 00:22:14    SPEAKER_01 no. 00:22:16    COLLEEN RYAN You're a Swifty? Yeah. 00:22:16    SPEAKER_01 a Swifty? 00:22:19    COLLEEN RYAN So they'll ask, oh, what's the Taylor Swift song we should listen to for this trip? Or what's your favorite Taylor Swift song these days? And it's just a funny example of how this all starts with just building those relationships and getting people's trust when you're working with your partner nations. Sure. 00:22:38    SPEAKER_01 I thought maybe you brought Taylor Swift to the border and you couldn't get her across. 00:22:44    COLLEEN RYAN No, but I did give them Taylor Swift friendship bracelets when I was in Ukraine in June. 00:22:50    SPEAKER_01 Oh my gosh. I was going to say, next time you see them, they'll be like, hey, still have my Taylor Swift. They had them in London last week, so they still have them. 00:22:57    COLLEEN RYAN week, so they 00:23:02    SPEAKER_01 They probably feel obligated, like I can't take it off. She'll think less of me. 00:23:10    SPEAKER_01 It was quite funny. Cool. 00:23:14    SPEAKER_01 But yeah, you're right. It's those relationships, right? You build them and then you can reach out and the people are there. It's so much easier than a cold call. So much easier. That's half the job. 00:23:25    COLLEEN RYAN On one hand, you can joke about Taylor Swift, but then on the other, they can come to you with more training needs or more requests for specific areas of engagement. 00:23:34    SPEAKER_01 Yeah, they know they're safe to do it. Yeah, exactly. By just talking to you. Yeah. 00:23:39    SPEAKER_01 Well, cool. Okay. Well, I got it. And I will say just one more thing that I should mention. 00:23:43    COLLEEN RYAN I will say just one more thing that I should mention. I'm able to do all this work because I'm very lucky that the U .S. mission has fully funded my project and recognize the importance of OSCE as a multilateral line of effort to strengthen international security and broaden our engagement. Honestly, the amount of funding they've given me has been a huge boost and really made this work possible. So I feel like I have to give them a shout out here. 00:24:11    SPEAKER_01 Cool. All right, Coley. Well, thanks a bunch. All right.

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Colleen Ryan-Hensley is a 10-year Navy Veteran, Sexual Assault Survivor, Mental Health Expert, and Founder of #BingingSober, a rewards-based system that enables people to develop steps, habits, and beliefs that impact their vitality. Colleen struggled with depression, alcohol abuse, and intermittent suicidal thoughts for over 20 years before she tamed her brain and turned her fight into her greatest asset. She champions for proactive mental health, and optimal wellness from a place of knowing the ways in which living with depression can be an extraordinarily rich experience when you know how. In episode 351 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out how her grandfather (Navy veteran of World War II and Korea) influenced her life, why she had an ongoing trend of drinking and depression as a teenager, what happened when she was assaulted in the Navy by two sailors that she trusted, how being sober and running helped, what she learned tending a garden in Ireland, how her life changed when she met Jeff with three small children, what it was like to be a full time caregiver for her father-in-law, how #BingingSober works (the World's First Point System For Vitality), and her advice for living with depression and having extraordinarily rich experiences in life. Enjoy!

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: After a time change weekend Scott is back and ready to bring Hamilton the newest on current events from 3-6… or was it from 2-5? Scott addresses some of the issues inherent to a time change. Last night was Everything, Everywhere, All at Once! The film which starred Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won a ton of awards last night. What were some of the highlights of last night's show? Did Jimmy Kimmel do okay as host? Scott speaks with entertainment journalist Sonia Rao. It's March Break which means many families are taking the week to go travel! So how busy is our local airport? Colleen Ryan of the Hamilton International Airport has some tips and tricks for you. Alan Cross discusses with Scott whether matinee concerts should make a comeback in the modern era. Dellen Millard and Mark Smich are appealing their sentencing in the 2016 Tim Bosma case. Alex Pierson, who covered the case extensively for 900CHML, gives her take to Scott. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Sonia Rao, Features Reporter, Washington Post. Colleen Ryan – Associate Director, Marketing, Communications and Customer Experience, Hamilton International Airport. Alan Cross, Host, The Ongoing History of New Music, Canada's longest running radio documentary. Marvin Ryder, Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Alex Pierson, host, The Alex Pierson Show, covered the Tim Bosma case for 900CHML. Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Andrew Rasiulis, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.  Mike France, Director of Operations, Lincoln County Humane Society.  Scott Radley, Host of the Scott Radley show and Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator. Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – Elizabeth Russell Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919

Colleen Ryan-Hensley to the podcast. Colleen is a Navy Veteran, Mental Health Expert, and Founder of #BingingSober, a rewards-based system that enables people to develop steps, habits, and beliefs that impact their vitality. Today we will discuss the rapid growth of substance abuse and depression in recent years. WATCH - https://vimeo.com/792356661 https://www.armoredgrace.com/ www.colleenryanhensley.com @armoredgrace www.truehopecanada.com

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In this episode, with my friend Colleen Ryan we dive into the excitement and benefits of meeting new people. From the thrill of making a new friend to the potential for learning and growth, we explore the many ways that connecting with others can bring joy to our lives. We also talk about the fun and fast-paced game of pickleball and how it can be a great way to meet new people and stay active!! And to round out the episode, we discuss the power of generosity and share tips and ideas for ways to be generous in our daily lives. Colleen shares her story of giving her kidney to a stranger and others ways to be generous every day. Whether you're looking to expand your social circle, try a new sport, or make a positive impact in the world, this episode is sure to inspire and uplift. Here's a few things we referenced...  The Generosity Habit by Matthew Kelly  The 5 stages of pickleball from The Holderness Family See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep.70 Are you or someone you know struggling with sobriety? Then stick around, because in this episode of the Mental Health Toolbox, we are talking with Navy Veteran, Colleen Ryan-Hensley, founder of the #BingingSober Movement, on how redefining mental toughness can expedite recovery and prevent escapism. *** Learn More About Colleen Ryan-Hensley And The #BingingSober Movement Website: https://www.bingingsober.com/  Instagram: https://instagram.com/colleenryanhensley  ***

is a 10-year Navy veteran, candidate for Certified Mental Performance Coach with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (appliedsportpsych.org), and founder of Grace C. Ryan Performance (armoredgrace.com). She holds an advanced degree in performance psychology and spent 5-years with the team of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians at the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth teaching High-Performance Cognitive Training to military veterans and their spouses and caregivers, active duty military, and first responders around the country. As an advocate for veteran wellness, she received a fellowship with The Mission Continues (themissioncontinues.org) and lobbied for veteran rights on Capitol Hill alongside her team at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (iava.org). She's been featured on Fox and Friends, PBS, and various local Dallas media including WFAA. Colleen struggled with depression, alcohol abuse, and intermittent suicidal thoughts for over 20 years before she tamed her brain and turned her fight into her greatest asset. She champions for proactive mental health, and optimal wellness from a place of knowing the ways in which living with depression can be an extraordinarily rich experience when you know how. https://www.colleenryanhensley.com/ 20% OFF Higher Dose Infrared Blanket Amazing Infrared Sauna Blanket Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showAre YOU Feeling Stressed, Tired & Overall imbalanced? Enjoy a Free Mindful Steps!!https://mindfullyintegrative.mykajabi.com/pl/2147589400 Lets Work on Your Optimal Wellness Journey!Sign Up For Discovery Call://calendly.com/drdamarisg/30minEnjoy the Show Get Bonus Episodes Subscribe For Just $4 a month Enjoy some of Our FREE Resources HereJoin Our Mindfully Integrative Private Facebook CommunityGet 15% off Pharmaceutical Grade Full Script Vitamins & SupplementsMY Favorite All in One Solution For Creators Health business, and course Kajabi

Colleen Ryan Hensley is a 10-year Navy veteran, candidate for Certified Mental Performance Coach with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and founder of #BingingSober. She holds an advanced degree in performance psychology and spent 5-years with the team of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians at the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth teaching High-Performance Cognitive Training to military veterans and their spouses and caregivers, active duty military, and first responders around the country. As an advocate for veteran wellness, she received a fellowship with The Mission Continues (themissioncontinues.org) and lobbied for veteran rights on Capitol Hill alongside her team at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (iava.org). She's been featured on NBC News Now, Fox and Friends, PBS, and various local media markets including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.colleenryanhensley.com@colleenryanhensleyIf you want a speaker in your school, email liz@savethekids.org and we will get you hooked up! OR fill out the form below.https://savethekids.wufoo.com/forms/z14ppj991ad9jfq/Make sure to check us out on Instagram!@savethekidsinc@bulliesbe.goneIf you want to support STK, use on of the affiliate links bellow for GABB and Pinwheel phones (STK approved and safe for kids)https://www.pinwheel.com/?via=lizhttps://gabbwireless.com/ - code STKSupport the show

Do you ever feel like you are trapped in an endless cycle of using mechanisms to cope from certain things that are also caused by other coping mechanisms? Have you ever found yourself on the way out of it, only to be enticed to come back to your old ways?Being sober from escape mechanisms is one thing that many of us surely look forward to this year. That is why in our previous episode, I talked to you about alcohol; its short-term and long-term effects on you, and why you probably should take a pause from consuming it.Colleen Ryan Hensley is a former Navy veteran and is a mental health advocate. She spent 15 years reinventing “mental toughness”, in the form of her program called #BingingSober which aims to help people take time away from the destructive escape mechanisms that they do.In this episode, Colleen talks about mental toughness and the idea and importance of being connected with yourself as she relates it to the way we behave around escapism.What you will learn from this episode:Learn about the concept of self-connection and its importance on your journey toward sobriety;Get a deeper understanding of the escapisms that we use to soothe and their short-term and long-term effects; andGet tips on how to retrain your mind not to think that you need to indulge in escapisms“#BingingSober is about abstaining from one of your unhealthy habits. Be a part of a routine. A lot of these are unconscious, and since they're so socially acceptable, it's just a part of our everyday and we don't ever question it. So, it's a matter of being an active participant in our lives and stepping away from something for as little as 24 hours.” – Colleen Ryan Hensley Today's Health Bite: It's okay to just be okay, be at that zero. That balance is the sober state that I believe we're all seeking.Checkout the movement #BingingSober - An online educational resource to guide you through the practice of #BingingSober. Join the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/bingingsober/Ways to Connect with Colleen Ryan Hensley:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colleenryanhensley/Website: https://www.colleenryanhensley.com/Recommended Resource Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out by Dr. Adrienne Youdim If you love it and you think it is of benefit, please share this podcast with one person that you love. You can also go to http://www.dradrienneyoudim.com and sign up for my newsletter. If you prefer to get information in written form, you can get these tips via newsletter every week.

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This show takes a look at sobriety in a powerful new way where absolutes work for some and are needed, Colleen Ryan Hensley shares an additional perspective: What if we binged on sobriety the way we binged on all the things that take us away from feeling all the feelings of life and moving through it wholly awake and more empowered? Colleen is a 10-year Navy veteran, candidate for Certified Mental Performance Coach with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and founder of https://colleenryanhensley.com/ which I encourage you to connect with if today's conversation resonates. She holds an advanced degree in performance psychology and spent 5-years with the team of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians at the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth teaching High-Performance Cognitive Training to military veterans and their spouses and caregivers, active duty military, and first responders around the country. There are a lot of things we do to numb ourselves in life and today we explore how it looks and what we might stand to gain by widening the gaps between those numbing tools being in use, and the times when we're “binging sober” as Colleen puts it. A wonderful show to encourage introspection as we close out a year and look to the next. Thanks for being here as a brilliant member of our podcast-listening community. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wow, what a fantastic guest we have on for today's episode. I'm joined by Colleen Ryan-Hensley, founder of #BingingSober, for a deep and lively discussion about  the importance of doing whatever it takes to ADDRESS - not escape - your emotions. Colleen is a Navy Veteran, Mental Health Expert, and Founder of #BingingSober, a rewards-based system that enables people to develop steps, habits, and beliefs that impact their vitality. Her group program, #BingingSober, offers a reward system for steps, habits, and beliefs that will impact people's zest for life.Learn more about Colleen and how to join #BingingSober here:  colleenryanhensley.comKeep up with Colleen on Instagram: www.instagram.com/colleenryanhensleyConnect with your host Amanda:Website: www.amandahugginscoaching.comEmail me: amanda@amandahugginscoaching.comInstagram: @itsamandahuggins and @anxietytalkspodcastTiktok: @itsamandahugginsWant to become a client? Apply now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMH7GZCWork with me: www.amandahugginscoaching.com/services Email me: amanda@amandahugginscoaching.comInstagram: @itsamandahuggins and @anxietytalkspodcastTiktok: @itsamandahuggins

Today let's talk about turning our suffering into strength with Colleen Ryan-Hensley, a 10-year Navy veteran, and candidate for Certified Mental Performance Coach with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. She's also the founder of #BingingSober.She has struggled with depression and alcohol abuse for over 20 years! But managed to turn the table around and thrived from those struggles. Listen in as she shares her story. Show notes: deepintosleep.co/episode/trauma-and-substance-useConnect with Dr. YishanInstagram: @mind_body_gardenTwitter: @dryishanFacebook: @mindbodygardenConnect with Colleen Ryan-HensleyWeb: ArmoredGrace.comInstagram: @armoredgraceTwitter: @armoredgraceLinkedin: ArmoredGraceResources:Insomnia Treatment Course 20% Coupon Code: DEEPINTOSLEEP2022CBT-I Courses:English: https://www.deepintosleep.co/insomnia.Chinese: https://www.mindbodygarden.com/sleepNewsletter:Chinese: https://www.mindbodygarden.com/sleepEnglish: https://www.deepintosleep.co/sleepCBT-I Courses:English: https://www.deepintosleep.co/insomnia.Chinese: https://www.mindbodygarden.com/sleepPodcast Links:Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-into-sleep/id1475295840Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/search/deepintosleepStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/deep-into-sleepSpotify:...

Did you know that 300 million people suffer from depression globally? Without the proper help and care, many turn to temporary solutions like drugs or alcohol to relieve their pain. However, these types of coping mechanisms are band-aid solutions and do little to help in the long run. So what can individuals who deal with depression on a daily basis do to cope? Colleen Ryan-Hensely is a navy veteran, performance coach, and mental health advocate. As someone who has also suffered from depression, Colleen believes in proactive mental health as well as redefining the term “mental toughness”. In this episode, Colleen opens up about her battle with depression and how she used her experience to help others suffering in the same way. She shares some valuable insight and also talks about her #BingingSober program.Tune in to Episode 164 of REJUVENAGING® and be a better version of yourself with Colleen Ryan-Hensley.Some Questions I Ask:How big of a problem is this area in which you work? (4:20)How did it wind up that so much of your work seems to be designed to help veterans and active military and first responders? (5:45)How does this differ from other kinds of programs that are aimed at the same population? (15:22)What does somebody do if they join your program? (16:56)What can I do if I see somebody that really needs to interrupt a process that's bringing them down to help them get better? How do I approach them? (24:20)In This Episode, You Will Learn:How Colleen's past led her to the work she does today (7:52)How Colleen came up with the term “binging sober” (10:45)The foundations of “binging sober” (11:42)How Colleen wants to redefine mental toughness (16:25)What signs of depression parents can look out for in their children (21:12)Connect with Colleen Ryan-HensleyWebsite LinkedInTwitterInstagramUseful REJUVENAGING® ResourcesWebsite: https://www.thementalhealthgym.com/Book: Dr. Ron Kaiser -Rejuvenaging: The Art and Science of Growing Older with EnthusiasmEmail: ron.kaiser@thementalhealthgym.com TEDx Talk: Aging Enthusiastically to Make the World a Better Place Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

C. Ryan Hensley is a 10-year Navy veteran, candidate for Certified Mental Performance Coach with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and founder of Grace C. Ryan Performance (armoredgrace.com). She holds an advanced degree in performance psychology and spent 5-years with the team of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians at the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth teaching High-Performance Cognitive Training to military veterans and their spouses and caregivers, active duty military, and first responders around the country. She champions for proactive mental health, and optimal wellness from a place of knowing the ways in which living with depression can be an extraordinarily rich experience when you know how.

When you think of parent teacher partnerships, conferences and report cards might come to mind, but what if we made family engagement more fun? Colleen Ryan, 2019 Toyota Family Engagement Teacher of the Year shares her innovative approach to building partnerships with families. She offers advice for parents and teachers on how to work together to help kids get what they need to thrive. Resources: Read “6 Ways to Be Engaged in Your Child’s Education” in PTA’s Our Children online magazine Discover more about The Passage, the mobile classroom that Colleen and her colleague launched to bring learning to the neighborhood and follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram For more opportunities to learn at home with your kids, check out Wonderopolis a project of National Center for Families Learning

In this episode of Auntie Nelly's House we talk to 2nd grade educator Colleen Ryan. She shares her return to school journey during the COVID-19 pandemic & observations she makes about race & socioeconomic injustices in her experience & shares her loves of her students so clearly.

Join TNWAC President Patrick Ryan and guest co-host Colleen Ryan for a review, commentary and analysis of the top five topics in global events this week. Today's Topics: 1 – Covid News – World Health Assembly; 2 – China – Belt and Road Trip; 3 – Global Energy – Cheap Oil and the Outlook; 4 – Afghanistan – Peace and Covid; and 5 – International Criminal Court in America’s Crosshairs Video of this program: https://youtu.be/T0KGHcw3MCk Your Hosts LCDR Patrick Ryan, USN (Ret), President, Tennessee World Affairs Council Patrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon, the Center for Naval Analysis, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. Colleen Elizabeth Ryan Colleen Ryan is a JD candidate at Belmont University School of Law. Raised in Middle Tennessee, she attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she received a BA in Global Studies and Sociology Honors in the Haslam Scholars Program. A participant in the Baker Scholars Program of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Public Policy Center, Colleen wrote an honors thesis on prison reform policy in Uganda’s post-conflict transition, and she was the 2017 Outstanding Graduate in the global studies program. During college, she studied abroad in Uganda, the United Kingdom, and Costa Rica, interned with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and served in numerous campus-wide roles promoting research and study abroad to fellow students. In 2018, Colleen earned an MA in Post-war Recovery Studies from the University of York on a Fulbright postgraduate grant, during which time she took coursework in conflict transformation and humanitarian response, conducted fieldwork on peacebuilding and social change in Kosovo, and served as a cultural ambassador for the United States in northern England. At York, she completed her dissertation on Chinese engagement in peacebuilding processes in the Global South in preparation for spending a year as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. There, she completed an MA in Global Affairs, worked in research and programming at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, and wrote her capstone paper on the evolution of Chinese foreign policy regarding humanitarian intervention. In addition to study, research and work abroad, Colleen has had the opportunity for extensive leisure travel across North America, Europe, East Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Committed to the belief that every person should be globally engaged, she has volunteered with the Tennessee World Affairs Council since its inception in 2007 and enjoys contributing to TNWAC’s work making educational programming and resources about global affairs available to all Tennesseans.

Colleen Ryan, Laura Glenz, and Stephanie Schiff stop by the studio to discuss American Cancer Society's 2nd Annual Wellness Festival with Ted Lindner. The Wellness Festival is on Sunday, February 9th at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington.

Roundtable with TNWAC Alumnae We kick off this episode of “Global Tennessee” with a conversation with Ali Humbrecht and Colleen Ryan about their World Affairs Council experiences as interns and volunteers and representatives to the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) National Conferences. We also talked about their extensive international travel as students in study abroad programs. Ali Humbrecht is a 2018 graduate of Belmont University. She worked as an intern with TNWAC as the liaison between the Council and Belmont University and coordinated the Council's social media operations. Ali attended a National Conference of WACA as a scholarship student. Last year she spent a semester at Bard College in Berlin. Ali served as tour guide for Colleen and her family last spring when they visited Berlin. Colleen Ryan has been a volunteer with the Tennessee World Affairs Council since its inception in 2007. She attended the University of Tennessee as a Haslam Scholar and graduated in 2017 with a degree in Global Studies and Sociology. Colleen attended the University of York as a Fulbright Scholar completing her Master of Arts in Post-War Recovery Studies before heading to Beijing, China where she is completing a Masters in Management Studies as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University. Interview with Sister Cities of Nashville (Start at 22:31) In our second segment we talked with Heather Cunningham and Dr. Marieta Velikova of Sister Cities of Nashville. Heather is Executive Director and Marieta serves as Board Chairman. They discussed the origins and mission of this bridge-building organization and its relationship and programs with Nashville's eight sister cities: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Caen, France; Edmonton, Canada; Kamakura, Japan; Madgeburg, Germany; Mendoza, Argentina; Tiayuan, China; and Tamworth, Australia.   Heather and Marieta explained the mission of Sister Cities: creating relationships based on cultural, educational, information and trade exchanges, creating lifelong friendships that provide prosperity and peace through person-to-person “citizen diplomacy.”

Episode #008 is with recording artist Colleen Ryan and funky mix-masta Brian Mulleavey of Daps & Sounds.  We talk about live streamer fails, outrageous commutes, people catching you dancing, and other weird stuff we did as little kids. Enjoy it! Colleen's music: https://soundcloud.com/colleenryan @colleen_ryan on Twitter and Instagram Brian's music: https://soundcloud.com/daps-sounds @Bmulleavez on Twitter and Instagram

On this episode of "Behind the Mitten," John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman make a stop at 12 Corners Winery in Benton Harbor as part of the Southwest Michigan Wine Trail. This show aired April 28-29, 2018 on radio stations across the state. Learn more about Behind the Mitten at http://behindthemitten.com/Show Notes:Segment 1: Joe Herman of Karma Vista Vineyards and Lauren Kneibes of Lazy Ballerina Winery stop by as guests.More info on Karma Vista at https://www.karmavista.com/More info on Lazy Ballerina at http://www.lazyballerinawinery.com/Segment 2 (Listen at 10:13): Dave Miller of White Pine Winery stops by, as well Lauren from Lazy Ballerina, to fill us in about they have going on.More info about White Pine Winery http://whitepinewinery.com/Segment 3 (Listen at 20:00): Lauren and her cousin Melanie Owen talk about their history of wine making in the area. Lazy Ballerina celebrates its third anniversary in June 2018.Segment 4 (Listen at 29:54): Colleen Ryan of the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Fest stops by to tell us about their big wine festival on June 16, 2018. Also, Dave Miller of White Pine Winery returns, and Gloria Oberstiet and Grand Gryfinndorf of 12 Corners Winery helps us pick WINE OF THE WEEK!More info on the Wine Festival at https://www.lakemichiganwinefest.com/More info on the Wine Trail at http://miwinetrail.com/More info on 12 Corners at http://www.12corners.com/index.cfm

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