Scott DeLuzio: [00:00:00] You ever feel like the guy who’s just trying to keep it together, watching the game, knock on the back, a few grinding through work, but something deep down just feels off like you’re stuck in a loop of anger, exhaustion, and distance from your wife, from your kids, even yourself. What if the tough guy routine isn’t strength but a shield?

Adam Kasick knows that mask well, he wore it and it nearly cost him everything. His marriage, his kids, uh, but he didn’t stop there. Adam faced the beast inside, not just the PTSD, not just the fallout from war, but the version of him himself, he built to survive it. Today, he coaches men through that same transformation out of the warrior mode that no longer serves them and into the kind of man they actually want to be.

This episode is raw and real. You’ll hear about addiction, identity, fatherhood, and. How a false image of strength is holding too many [00:01:00] men back from actual healing. But before we dive into this episode, make sure you’re subscribed to the email newsletter@driveonpodcast.com slash subscribe. You’ll get my five favorite episodes sent straight to your inbox.

No fluff, just the best insights to help you drive on. I also wanna take a moment to raise awareness for something deeply important to our community. The Global War On Terrorism Memorial Foundation. This organization is working to build a permanent national memorial in Washington DC to honor the service members, families, and civilians impacted by the global war on terrorism.

This memorial serves as both a tribute to those who served and a way to ensure their sacrifices are recognized and re remembered for generations to come. If you want to learn more or find out how you can support the mission, visit g watt memorial foundation.org. Now, let’s get into today’s episode.

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Scott DeLuzio: Adam, welcome to the show. I’m really glad to have you here.

Adam Kasix: Scott, I am stoked to be here.

Scott DeLuzio: I, I could tell, you know, when we, we were talking before we started, uh, the recording, and I could tell already, uh, just from the energy that you’re giving off and everything, it’s gonna be a great conversation because sometimes you, you get, you get folks and it’s like, you know, I’m not, not really sure how this is gonna go, but, you know, right from the, the get go, it, it was, it was definitely high energy.

You know, Al always good to go. So, so looking forward to it, but let’s, uh, just for the, the listeners, maybe just for some context who you are, a little bit about your, your, uh, military background and kinda your transformation out of the military to who you are today.

Adam Kasix: That is so loaded. I’m gonna, I’m gonna break that up.

Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. Break it up into chunks if you Yeah. You know, don’t, don’t eat the elephant in one bite, you know?

Adam Kasix: Yeah. So who am I, man? I’m, [00:03:00] I’m a soul trying to make its way in this deal. I’ve had two enlistments both in the Army. I was signed up for the Marines very, very early at 17 years old, and, and realized that I needed to go a different way. That was for me. So we changed the paperwork last minute, but I did, I joined at 17 and that’s, that’s some of the military.

And a lot of that was inspired actually by my grandfather, who was an Omaha Beach veter...