Gianna is the Founder of Tactical Barbe Designs and the CEO & President of the National Warrior Foundation. Her mission is clear: strengthen those who serve by fostering community, normalizing conversations around mental health, and standing in unwavering support of military and first-responder families.

Since 1997, Gianna has worked alongside military families through hands-on service, advocacy, and leadership. In 2002, she founded the Airborne Wives Club, providing morale and support to spouses navigating deployment and the realities of military life. Her work has expanded into large-scale fundraising, program development, and partnerships with organizations such as First Book, Boys & Girls Club, AHA Heart Walk, and Friends of the Guard and Reserve.

In 2009, Gianna partnered with First Book to launch Hearts to Home—a program helping deployed service members stay connected with their children through recorded book readings, reinforcing family, presence, and emotional connection during separation.

Beyond her advocacy, Gianna serves as Co-Director for Miss Alaska USA and Miss Alaska Teen USA, mentoring young women in leadership, discipline, and personal development. She also supports veteran transition programs and serves on the board of Alaska Healing Hearts, while backing initiatives such as Operation Santa and Armed Services YMCA.

This conversation goes deeper than titles. We talk about leadership under pressure, responsibility, resilience, mental health, and what it truly means to turn service into purpose—and strength into action.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Building Tactical Barbe Designs as a mission, not a trend

• Supporting military families, veterans, and first responders

• Mental health awareness and community responsibility

• Leadership, discipline, and service-driven purpose

• Empowering women without compromising strength or conviction

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No hype. No shortcuts. Just real conversations that matter.

Robert’s story goes far beyond discipline and elite performance. It’s about what happens when strength, toughness, and achievement are no longer enough — and the moment a man is forced to confront the deeper work of healing, humility, and surrender.

After years of building his identity around mission and performance, Robert faced physical pain, internal battles, and a loss of direction many high-performing men experience after military service. His transformation began when faith stopped being a fallback and became the foundation.

Today, Robert is the founder of Always Forward Health & Wellness DBA W.O.L.F. Fitness Gyms, where he helps men and women rebuild their lives physically, mentally, and spiritually through disciplined movement, science-based nutrition, faith, and purpose-driven living.

This conversation is about becoming unbreakable — not through force, but through wholeness.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Identity rooted in performance vs. purpose

• Life after elite military service

• When strength alone stops working

• Faith as a foundation, not a crutch

• Healing the whole person: body, mind, and spirit

• Addressing root causes instead of managing symptoms

• What it truly means to live unbreakable

If you’re struggling with identity, direction, or silent battles — or searching for real healing without gimmicks — this episode will meet you where you are.

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For the first time, Steve Morris, host of the Peace • Power • & Purpose Podcast, steps out from behind the mic to share his personal testimony.

This is an unfiltered conversation about faith, failure, discipline, and what it really looks like to rebuild a life when pride, control, and self-reliance finally collapse. No highlight reel. No polished redemption arc. Just the truth about surrender, responsibility, and the long road back to purpose.

Steve opens up about hitting rock bottom, confronting hard realities, and choosing discipline over self-destruction—one decision at a time.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Steve Morris’ testimony and faith journey

• Hitting rock bottom and facing the truth

• Discipline vs. self-destruction

• Masculinity, leadership, and responsibility

• What rebuilding actually looks like after failure

This conversation is for men who carry the weight of responsibility.

For men who’ve fallen hard.

And for men who are ready to stop running—and start rebuilding.

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John’s story is not a highlight reel. It’s a cycle of rise, collapse, and rebuilding.

After surviving a devastating car accident that cost him his leg, John went on to work in Hollywood, appearing in productions like NCIS, ER, and Superbad. From the outside, success followed — but internally, the trauma never healed.

That unresolved pain eventually led to addiction, isolation, and rock bottom — living in a mold-infested trailer on a riverbank in Tennessee, stripped of identity, stability, and hope.

This conversation goes beyond surface-level motivation. We talk about:

• Addiction and the lies of external success

• Trauma that follows survival

• Losing identity after loss and injury

• Surrender, accountability, and faith in Jesus Christ

• What real redemption actually requires

• Building strength through responsibility, not hype

Today, John uses his story to help men confront truth, take ownership, and rebuild their lives with integrity and purpose.

This episode is for anyone who’s been broken, humbled, or forced to start over — and chose not to quit.

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Becky has spent over six years working directly with law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, and military service members—men and women trained to run toward danger while carrying trauma home in silence.

This is not a surface-level conversation or clinical lecture.

We cut through clichés and buzzwords to talk about what real support looks like for those in uniform, why so many first responders struggle to ask for help, and why trust, presence, and cultural understanding matter more than credentials alone.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Mental health challenges facing first responders and military

• Why traditional therapy often misses the mark

• The culture gap between civilians and those who serve

• Becky’s journey into emergency responder psychology

• The mission behind Holding Space for Heroes

• How responders can address trauma without losing identity, strength, or purpose

This conversation is about respect, responsibility, and showing up the right way for the people who protect others.

If you’re a first responder, veteran, family member, or someone who supports these communities, this episode matters.

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In this episode of the Peace • Power • & Purpose Podcast, we sit down with Fransi Rottmaier, a German K9 handler and founder of Canine Guardian, for a raw, grounded conversation on trauma, fear, identity, and healing after high-risk service.

Fransi’s life spans elite K9 work, military service, and private security—alongside years of navigating PTSD, isolation, and systemic failure in environments where weakness is punished and silence is expected.

This is not a conversation about labels or buzzwords.

It’s about what happens when the nervous system is pushed past its limits—and how real healing begins through awareness, discipline, community, and purpose.

In this episode, we cover:

• The real cost of unresolved trauma

• Why fear is not the enemy—but a signal

• Identity loss after military and high-risk service

• Being “the first” or “the only” in warrior environments

• Leadership failure vs. personal responsibility

• What K9s reveal about emotional truth humans try to hide

• PTSD, survival patterns, and long-term recovery

• The role of peer support and values-based community

• Turning perceived weaknesses into heightened awareness and capability

Fransi explains how working with highly aggressive K9s demanded complete emotional honesty—because dogs read what humans suppress. Those lessons now shape her work: teaching awareness, safety, and understanding instead of fear-based control.

This episode is for:

Veterans, first responders, women in male-dominated fields, leaders under sustained pressure, and anyone rebuilding after trauma or living in survival mode too long.

This is not motivational fluff.

It’s a grounded conversation about responsibility, healing, and choosing to stay alive.

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This conversation goes beyond theory, titles, and buzzwords to examine what leadership actually looks like when the heat is on. Drawing from decades of real-world emergency response experience, Mark Andrew explains why presence beats micromanagement, trust must be built before crisis, and character is always revealed under pressure.

This episode challenges leaders to stop hiding behind authority and start leading with clarity, composure, and conviction.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Leadership under pressure and high-stakes decision-making

• Why calm, visible leaders outperform controlling ones

• The difference between commanding authority and inspiring commitment

• How trust is built long before the crisis hits

• Why caring for your team means holding standards and having hard conversations

• The difficult transition from top performer to true leader

• Brotherhood, culture, and the legacy every leader leaves behind

This episode is for leaders, first responders, veterans, entrepreneurs, coaches, and men committed to discipline, responsibility, and purpose—especially those leading teams when comfort disappears.

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Caralyn shares her story of growing up as a biracial adoptee in a predominantly white community—navigating bullying, identity struggles, and unprocessed grief at a young age. As life progressed, unresolved trauma compounded, leading to abusive relationships, sexual assault, addiction, and moments where survival itself felt uncertain.

This episode does not glamorize pain.

It confronts it.

Caralyn opens up about her breaking point, including a suicide attempt and a near-fatal alcohol poisoning incident—and the realization that continuing down that path would cost her everything. What followed wasn’t a miracle cure, but a slow, intentional commitment to healing, accountability, and self-worth.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Growing up with identity struggles, bullying, and grief

• Surviving sexual assault and abusive relationships

• Suicide attempts, addiction, and hitting rock bottom

• Motherhood as a catalyst for real change

• Why healing is a daily, active practice—not a destination

• Setting boundaries, self-advocacy, and rebuilding self-worth

• Turning lived pain into purpose and advocacy

Today, Caralyn is a survivor and mental health advocate who speaks honestly about recovery—not as something you “arrive at,” but something you choose daily. Her story is proof that healing is messy, nonlinear, and possible—even after years of carrying trauma in silence.

Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of trauma, sexual assault, addiction, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.

If you or someone you love has struggled with mental health, trauma, addiction, or self-worth—this conversation is for you.

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You’re not weak for struggling—and you’re not alone. Recovery is possible.