Ep. 418 - Built for War, Unprepared for Peace: A Navy SEAL's Journey Through PTSD and Spiritual Warfare, with Slade Cutrer

In this episode, I chat with former Navy SEAL Slade Cutrer for a candid conversation about military service, trauma, spiritual warfare, and the search for healing. 

After spending fifteen years in one of the most demanding military communities in the world, Slade found himself facing challenges that combat training could not prepare him for. We discuss the realities of life in the SEAL Teams, PTSD, hyper-vigilance, sleep paralysis, and why he came to see many of his struggles as spiritual rather than merely psychological. 

Slade shares his experiences with New Age practices and psychedelic healing retreats, why he believes they ultimately failed to provide lasting answers, and the profound realization that led him to seek Christ and the Eastern Orthodox Church. 

Topics include: 

• Growing up and early religious influences
• BUD/S training and life in the SEAL Teams
• PTSD, hyper-vigilance, and life after combat
• Sleep paralysis and spiritual warfare
• Psychedelics, New Age healing, and false shortcuts
• The challenges of transitioning from warrior to civilian life
• Marriage, family, and finding purpose after military service
• The role of silence 
• Finding peace, order, and healing in the Orthodox Church 

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