In this episode, Cory Brown opens up about losing a brother-in-arms to suicide and how that loss forced him to confront everything the uniform never prepared him for. After 16 years in the Army and National Guard, Cory experienced the familiar spiral of identity loss, broken tribe, and silence that follows so many veterans after service.
That pain became fuel for Eat Your Feelings, a project built around normalizing hard conversations about mental health through food, storytelling, and shared experience. This is a raw conversation about grief, suicide prevention, transition, why “we should do something” is meaningless without action, and how sitting at a table together might save lives.
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
• Losing a close friend to suicide
• The real damage that happens after deployments end
• Identity, purpose, and tribe after the Army
• Why veteran suicide conversations stall out
• How Eat Your Feelings was born
• Food as a bridge to mental health conversations
• Taking action instead of posting condolences
GUEST BIO
Cory Brown is an Army and National Guard veteran, mental health advocate, and co-creator of Eat Your Feelings. After losing multiple friends to suicide, Cory committed to creating spaces where veterans and civilians can have honest conversations about grief, identity, and healing without stigma.
LINKS
• Eat Your Feelings Website: https://eatyourfeelingshow.com
• Eat Your Feelings Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eatyourfeelingshow
• Eat Your Feelings TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@eatyourfeelingsshow
• The Strategic Veteran Podcast:
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3U8FOupOu070V00PXR4DSd
• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-strategic-veteran/id1743039436
