Stoic Warfighters

Ryan Driscoll

Conversations with veterans, service members, or experts who are uniquely positioned to speak about the confluence of Stoicism and the military. To explore how the philosophy can be useful to those who serve and how it might be applicable to the modern military.

Episodes

  1. 04/19/2022

    E07- Chris Fisher

    In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking to Chris Fisher. Chris is well educated on Stoicism and his background in the military, law enforcement, and civilian sector provides him with broad life experiences which he relates well to the concepts of Stoicism. He is my first guest who is a career law enforcement officer and I think his perspective on that role from a Stoic perspective is unique and valuable. Please read below to learn more about him. Bio: Chris was first introduced to Stoic tenets while serving in the U.S. Marine  Corps. He spent twenty years working in Silicon Valley, California, as a  computer hardware specialist, software engineer, sales executive, and  regional manager for a large software company. In 2004, Chris moved to Florida and returned to public service as a law  enforcement officer. He has been a detective for the past ten years. In  preparation for his retirement from law enforcement, he relied on his life-long  interest in photography to create a real estate photography business in 2019. Chris Fisher was appointed Scholarch of the College of Stoic Philosophers in  August 2021. He came to the College in 2011, where he completed the Stoic  Essential Studies in 2012 and the Marcus Aurelius School in 2013. He was a  mentor and tutor at the College from 2015 to 2019. He also sat on the New Stoa board and served as Dean of Students. Chris is the author of the Traditional Stoicism blog and the Stoicism on  Fire podcast. In 2016, Stoicism Today published Chris’ defense of the  traditional Stoic doctrine of Providence in “Stoicism Today: Selected Writings  II.” In 2019, he contributed a chapter about Stoicism in a book titled  “Pandeism: An Anthology of the Creative Mind.” Chris currently lives near Tampa, Florida, with his wife of twenty-five years  and two of his five children who haven’t yet flown from the nest. Chris's blog: https://traditionalstoicism.com/ Chris's Stoicism on Fire podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NmEH1K6nEl1LgKGScPKSf?si=2b324bae72fc4eaa The College of Stoic Philosophers: https://collegeofstoicphilosophers.org And as always if you want to reach out to me regarding this subject you can do so at StoicWarfighters@gmail.com

    1h 10m
  2. 03/12/2022

    E06- Dr. Megan McElheran

    In this episode I had the opportunity to speak to Dr. Megan McElheran. Dr. McElheran is the CEO of Wayfound Mental Health Group, based in Calgary, Canada.  Dr. McElheran completed graduate training at the Palo Alto-Stanford University Clinical Psychology Consortium, during which she obtained specialized training in the treatment of PTSD through the US Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD in Menlo Park, CA. Dr. McElheran has been in practice in Calgary since 2008.  Her clinical practice involves work with active-duty members of the Canadian Forces, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal police officers, firefighters, medical personnel, and others who are directly or vicariously impacted by traumatic events. She routinely engages in teaching and supervisory activity to ensure the sound dissemination of empirically-grounded interventions for trauma. Dr. McElheran is regularly engaged in speaking events, both locally and internationally. She completed a TEDx speech in 2011 related to Trauma, Change, and Resilience and is the developer of the Before Operational Stress (BOS) program, a resiliency-based intervention program for public safety personnel. Dr. McElheran brings the worlds of clinical research and ancient philosophy together in a way that is useful and entertaining. I believe the program she is working on is an honorable pursuit that will lead to helping many first responders and military service members. I appreciate her taking the time to speak to me.

    55 min

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Conversations with veterans, service members, or experts who are uniquely positioned to speak about the confluence of Stoicism and the military. To explore how the philosophy can be useful to those who serve and how it might be applicable to the modern military.