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Re-Membering With the Unbroken Self: Transforming Life’s Toughest Battles Into Meaningful Growth
Join @thetridentapproach and @thewarriorside for real stories of healing, awareness, and the resilience that emerges through trauma.
The heart of this event is an interactive discussion following the storytelling container—an opportunity to challenge old narratives, ask hard questions, and gain a deeper awareness of self. Bring your questions, your pushbacks, and your curiosity.
Event Details:
📅 Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
📍 Location: VFW Post 5431 | 411 N Highway 101, Solana Beach, CA
🔥Storyteller & Facilitator: Diego Ugalde, Retired Navy SEAL turned Psychedelic Integration & Conscious Storytelling Coach ❤️‍🔥Connection is the medicine. Come as you are and connect with us.

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This weekend’s shipments told a story - best sellers being ordered, custom gear made for someone’s specific mission, and a collab with @thewarriorside

Also snuck in a peek at some new hoodie designs 👀 since we’re already dreaming about cooler weather.

Every piece that goes out the door isn’t just apparel. It’s a conversation starter. It’s someone choosing to wear their story instead of hide it. It’s one more person becoming part of this community.

🔗 Shop the drop — www.mentaljoe.com
Free Shipping over $75

#MentalJoe #WearYourStory #collabovercompetition #VeteranOwned #BeTheBridge

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A CALL TO THE CONSCIOUS MEN

With everything coming to light around abuse, rape culture, and the ways misogyny is being taught, normalized, and passed between men, I paused yesterday and asked myself what I need most right now.

The answer was clear.

I need to hear the conscious men in this community speak up… publicly, clearly, and now.

Because what we are witnessing is not abstract. The Epstein files. The president of the United States. Eric Swalwell. Millions of men watching content inside a rape academy that films women being drugged and raped. An entire incel pipeline grooming young men to hate and dehumanize girls and women.

ENOUGH.

First, thank you to the men who already are speaking up. Your voice matters.

And to the men here who do not stand for this, I want to ask you directly: please be visible.

What is needed is for good men to stop being quietly decent in private and become audible and visible in community.

So when a man yesterday told me, “Why don’t you just gather with other women and talk about this?”, my response was simple.

We have. We do. We’ve been doing that for decades.

What we need now... is to hear good men say this clearly:

I see what is happening.
I do not stand for it.
I am speaking against it.
I am here.

If you are one of the conscious men, here are three things you can do:

1) Say it plainly. On social media and to the women in your life. Let her know you support her.

2) Speak up among men. In private conversations, group chats, and spaces where harmful language and behavior are tolerated. Stop it in its tracks.

3) Create space to listen. Invite conversation, witness what women are carrying, and help make safety more real.

If it feels uncomfortable to speak up, please imagine how hard it is to live with this reality as a woman.

***In the U.S., nearly half of women have experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime. (CDC)****

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Healthy masculinity cannot thrive quietly. It must become audible and visible.

We want to feel safe in community.
We want to know who to trust and rely on.
We need to hear your voice now.

🙏🏻

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Utah is modeling what responsible psych-del!c progress can look like.

Utah H.B. 390 would launch a research-first clinical program at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute to study psych-del!c-assisted therapy for veterans living with treatment-resistant PTSD with clear safety standards, informed consent, medical oversight, and transparent reporting built into the framework.

And this part matters for the future of our field: as written, the bill’s research framework explicitly includes five Me0 DM T (alongside MD / M@ + p$il0cybin) in a controlled, medically-supervised clinical setting.

At F.I.V.E., we support this kind of legislation because research is the bridge to access.

Data + safety + ethics + oversight, so any future pathway is built on what we can stand behind.

If this bill becomes law, Utah could help generate the kind of FDA-aligned, clinically supervised evidence that moves the entire conversation forward, especially as five Me0 continues to gain regulatory momentum in adjacent indications (including FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for an intranasal mebufotenin/five Me0 DM T product in treatment-resistant depression).

If you’ve been watching psych-del!c policy shift state by state, what do you want to see next: more research bills, more federal movement, or clearer clinical pathways?

Drop your take below 👇

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Another committee hurdle cleared!

Today, Utah H.B. 390 was voted out of the Senate Health and Human Services committee by unanimous consent with enthusiastic support from committee members.

“Look at the science and the research behind this, because it does help us combat Veterans.” — Michael Jones, Combat Veteran

Utah H.B. 390 is a bipartisan bill authorizing the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah Health to conduct a state-led clinical study on the safety and feasibility of psychedelic-assisted therapy for Veterans living with treatment-resistant PTSD.
If signed into law, Utah could become the first state in the country to fund research into 5-MeO-DMT, which has received FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for treatment-resistant depression.

Last week, the bill passed the House 67–2, reflecting strong bipartisan recognition of the ongoing mental health and suicide crisis impacting Veterans and the urgent need for novel, rapid-acting treatments.

H.B. 390 creates a responsible, legal pathway to study these therapies at the state level and expand access grounded in science and clinical oversight.

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🚨 In Case You Missed It!

🎙️ Episode #128 — Diego Ugalde on SEAL Lessons & Human-First Leadership 🌊⚓
What if Hell Week wasn’t punishment… but a celebration? 💡

Diego Ugalde — retired Navy SEAL, CEO of The Trident Approach, founder of Warrior Side, and author of Leading From The Deep — joined me to share lessons on resilience, leadership, and transformational storytelling forged in extreme human experience. 🌍🔥

Don’t miss this powerful conversation! Link in comments 👇

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🎙️ New Episode Out! #128 — Diego Ugalde on SEAL Lessons & Human-First Leadership 🌊⚓@thewarriorside

What if Hell Week wasn’t punishment… but a celebration?

I’m thrilled to welcome Diego Ugalde — retired Navy SEAL, CEO of The Trident Approach, founder of Warrior Side, and author of Leading From The Deep. Diego shares powerful lessons on resilience, leadership, and transformational storytelling, from turning failure into growth to building teams based on trust and emotional intelligence.

If you care about leadership, communication, and human-first transformation, this episode is a must-listen.

#Communication #ExecutiveDevelopment #Leadership #LeadershipCommunication #LiveLikeALeader #LiveLikeALeaderPodcast #PersonalGrowth #Podcast #Resilience #SEALTeamLessons #Sound #WarriorSide

🎧 Listen now: Link in the comments 👇

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New Episode Drops This Week!
#128 — Diego Ugalde on SEAL Lessons & Human-First Leadership 🎙️

What if Hell Week wasn’t punishment… but a celebration? 🌊⚓

Retired Navy SEAL, CEO, and author Diego Ugalde joins me to share powerful lessons on grit, growth, and leading from the deep. 💡

👉 Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Link in the comments 👇

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🎙️ New Episode Coming This Week!

#128 — Diego Ugalde on SEAL Lessons, Human-First Leadership & Transformational Storytelling 🌊⚓ @thewarriorside

What if Hell Week wasn’t punishment… But a celebration? 💡

This week, I sat down with my friend Diego Ugalde — retired Navy SEAL, CEO of The Trident Approach, founder of Warrior Side, and author of Leading From The Deep — to explore how grit, growth, and healing forge the kind of leadership our world needs today. 🌍🔥

👉 Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Link in the comments 👇

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We’re teaming up with Heroic Hearts Project, Warriorside Foundation, and Grof Legacy Training for a SXSW panel proposal:
Redefining Healing: Exploring the Future of Wellness

The panel will dive into how psychedelic-assisted therapy, storytelling, and breathwork are helping veterans and communities heal in powerful new ways.

Panelists include:
🔹 Logan Davidson, Executive Director @t4gmh
🔹 Jesse Gould, Founder & President @heroicheartsproject
🔹 Diego Ugalde, Founder @thewarriorside
🔹 Rebekah Wheeler, Grof Breathwork Apprentice Facilitator @groflegacytrainingusa

Your vote can help bring these critical conversations to one of the biggest stages in the world.

Just a few days left to cast your vote!

Tap the link in our bio to vote and make sure to share this with your community! 💫

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#sxsw #sxswpanelpicker #sxsw2026 #breathwork #veteransupport #mentalhealth

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What does the future of healing look like?

We’re excited to share that Texans for Greater Mental Health is teaming up with Heroic Hearts Project, Warriorside Foundation, and Grof Legacy Training for a panel proposal at SXSW 2026: Redefining Healing: Exploring the Future of Wellness.

This conversation will explore how diverse approaches, including psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans with PTSD, the power of storytelling, and holotropic breathwork, are reshaping the future of healing and mental health.

Panelists include:

🔹 Logan Davidson, Executive Director, @t4gmh
🔹 Jesse Gould, Founder & President, @heroicheartsproject
🔹 Diego Ugalde, Founder, @thewarriorside
🔹 Rebekah Wheeler, Grof Breathwork Apprentice Facilitator, @groflegacytrainingusa

🗳️ Community voting is open August 5–24.

Your vote can help bring these conversations to the SXSW stage.

Click the link in our bio to learn more and tap the ❤️ on our panel.

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#sxsw #sxsw2026 #veteranmentalhealth #breathwork #mentalhealthadvocacy

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