When the Medals, Rank, and Spotlight can’t Hide the Pain cover art

When the Medals, Rank, and Spotlight can’t Hide the Pain

When the Medals, Rank, and Spotlight can’t Hide the Pain

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

Send us a text

What happens when the medals, rank, and spotlight can’t hide the pain anymore?

I sit down with Marine Corps Captain and former Team USA bobsled athlete Riley Tejcek to unpack the quiet cost of divorce 💔, the line between grief and depression, and how true forgiveness can free the soul 🙏.

Riley opens up about how success became a shield—how overtraining and perfection masked deeper wounds—and how faith helped her face the loss, move through grief, and rebuild from within. Her turning point came through real forgiveness, not to reconcile, but to reclaim peace.

A powerful talk about faith, resilience, and identity—for anyone who’s ever powered through when their soul needed to slow down. 💪

🎧 Episode Chapters

00:00 – From Indiana Roots to Team USA 🏅
03:55 – Behind the Highlight Reel 🎭
15:20 – The Forgiveness Turning Point 🙏
20:30 – Redemption, Remarriage, and Hope 💫

Support the show


  • Become a Member Today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_M2Kfxb2hN1uHdlDKGtuQw/join
  • Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6pF-fF29KO1rqQsabaxHHO1nQQtn5lhd
  • Still Serving, Inc.: www.stillservinginc.com
  • Email: mario@stillservinginc.com
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.