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Your Thoughts Your Reality

Your Thoughts Your Reality

Mike Cole 135 Episodes Jul 24, 2026

Your Thoughts Your Reality with Mike Cole is a podcast dedicated to helping veterans overcome challenges like procrastination, self-doubt, and fear through Neuroencoding science. Hosted by Certified Elite Neuroencoding Specialist Michael Cole, it aims to empower veterans to reconnect with their families and society. The podcast provides compassionate guidance for navigating post-deployment life.

Episodes

Take Control Back: Trauma, TMS, and the Fourth Silent War with Michelle Strigotte
Take Control Back: Trauma, TMS, and the Fourth Silent War with Michelle Strigotte Jul 24, 2026 1905 Send us Fan MailHave you ever felt like life was happening to you instead of for you?For many veterans, first responders, and families, trauma does not remain in the past. It can change how the present feels—leaving someone anxious, disconnected, constantly on guard, or determined to control everything around them just to feel safe.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits
What Is Really Stopping You? Fear, Autopilot, and the Ninth Silent War with Lauri Clontz
What Is Really Stopping You? Fear, Autopilot, and the Ninth Silent War with Lauri Clontz Jul 23, 2026 1939 Send us Fan MailWhat is really stopping you from moving forward?For veterans, leaders, and high performers, fear does not always look like fear. Sometimes it looks like anger, avoidance, perfectionism, isolation, overworking, or shutting down before life has the chance to hurt us again.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Lauri Clontz, founder of Start Drivin
Is Caring the Bridge? Connection, Consciousness, and the Courage to Care with Dr. Tony Nader
Is Caring the Bridge? Connection, Consciousness, and the Courage to Care with Dr. Tony Nader Jul 23, 2026 2338 Send us Fan MailWhat if the answer to disconnection is not becoming tougher, more guarded, or more independent?What if the bridge back—to ourselves, to one another, and to a greater sense of meaning—is caring?In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Dr. Tony Nader, a medical doctor, neuroscientist, consciousness researcher, New York Times bestselling author, and
Can Healing Become Your Mission? The Silent War of Mission with Rebecca McCord
Can Healing Become Your Mission? The Silent War of Mission with Rebecca McCord Jul 21, 2026 1983 Send us Fan MailWhat are you working toward now?For many veterans, families, first responders, and high performers, the next mission isn't about accomplishing more.Sometimes...The mission begins with healing.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Rebecca McCord, a vagus nerve activation and gut health coach whose mission is helping people improve their men
Is Your Health Helping Your Mission? The Silent War of Mission with Ruth Petitt
Is Your Health Helping Your Mission? The Silent War of Mission with Ruth Petitt Jul 20, 2026 2019 Send us Fan MailWhat are you working toward now?And is your health helping you get there… or holding you back?For many veterans, leaders, and high performers, health becomes something we promise ourselves we'll focus on later—after the work is done, after the mission is complete, after everyone else has been taken care of.But what if taking care of yourself isn't a distraction from your
The Next Step Changes Everything: Winning the Silent War of Direction with Christine Belviy Keller
The Next Step Changes Everything: Winning the Silent War of Direction with Christine Belviy Keller Jul 16, 2026 1928 Send us Fan MailHave you ever felt so overwhelmed by a big goal that you didn't know where to start?For many veterans, leaders, women, and high performers, the pressure to have the entire plan figured out becomes the very thing that keeps them from taking the first step.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Christine Belviy Keller, speaker, coach, and adv
Strength Asks for Help | Omar Ritter on Emotional Armor, PTSD & The Seventh Silent War
Strength Asks for Help | Omar Ritter on Emotional Armor, PTSD & The Seventh Silent War Jul 1, 2026 1970 Send us Fan MailWhat if the strongest thing you could ever do... is admit you're not okay?For many veterans, leaders, first responders, and high performers, strength becomes the armor they wear. They keep leading, keep producing, keep showing up for everyone else—while silently carrying battles no one else can see. But eventually, the weight of that armor becomes too heavy to carry alone.In t
Do You Still Matter Without the Role? | Aaron Lloyd on Self-Worth, Identity & The Sixth Silent War
Do You Still Matter Without the Role? | Aaron Lloyd on Self-Worth, Identity & The Sixth Silent War Jul 1, 2026 1929 Send us Fan MailWho are you when the title is gone, the uniform comes off, or the role you've always identified with no longer defines you?For many veterans, leaders, entrepreneurs, and high performers, self-worth quietly becomes tied to what they do instead of who they are. When that chapter ends, it can leave behind one of life's most difficult questions: Do I still matter?In this powe
Not the Label: Identity, Body Image, and Reconnecting with Who You Really Are with Yayoi Komiyama
Not the Label: Identity, Body Image, and Reconnecting with Who You Really Are with Yayoi Komiyama Jun 9, 2026 2044 Send us Fan MailWho are you without the label?Not the role. Not the title. Not the body image story. Not the version of yourself you’ve been trying so hard to maintain.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Yayoi Komiyama, founder of Brain to Belly Coaching, Dual Elite Neuroencoding Specialist, life transformation strategist, brain health trainer, best-selling
Who Are You Beneath It? The Silent War of Identity with Dr. Stephen Crawford
Who Are You Beneath It? The Silent War of Identity with Dr. Stephen Crawford Jun 7, 2026 2207 Send us Fan MailWho are you beneath the armor?Not the title. Not the role. Not the version of yourself you became in order to survive.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Dr. Stephen Crawford, a keynote speaker, leadership coach, best-selling author, and powerful voice in personal transformation.Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Stephen brings a grounded a
Are You Living Your Truth? The Silent War of Self-Worth with Cindy Gould
Are You Living Your Truth? The Silent War of Self-Worth with Cindy Gould Jun 3, 2026 2647 Send us Fan MailHow much of your life are you living because it’s truly yours?And how much of it are you living because somewhere along the way, you were taught you had to?In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Cindy Gould, a transformation coach, speaker, joy catalyst, and Dual Elite Certified Neuroencoding Specialist who helps people create meaningful change
What Will Your Life Mean? The Silent War of Legacy with Joe Gionti
What Will Your Life Mean? The Silent War of Legacy with Joe Gionti Jun 2, 2026 2084 Send us Fan MailWhat do you want your life to stand for?Not just professionally. Not just financially. But as a human being.In this episode of Your Thoughts, Your Reality, Michael Cole sits down with Joe Gionti, founder of Canine Heroes for Heroes, a nonprofit providing service dogs to veterans and first responders at no cost to them.Joe’s mission was born from a deep respect for those who serve,

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