I should not be here. But I am.

I'm a combat veteran who served 21 years in the Army. I deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, traveled to other countries, and saw many things along the way.

I've been blown up, shot at, stabbed, divorced twice, homeless, and run over. I'm a cancer survivor. And there was a day I faced a suicidal crisis.

I've been through things you may relate to. Our experiences might not be the same, but some of the feelings may be familiar.

I'm telling you this not for sympathy, but so you know I'm not talking from a textbook. I know what it feels like when your own mind turns against you — when the noise is so loud that ending it feels like the only way to make it stop.

I'm still here because of the tools and skills I've learned. And I'm learning new ones every day.

What changed everything was learning how the brain actually works — why it reacts the way it does under stress and trauma, and how you can train it to respond differently. Once I understood that, I wasn't just surviving. I was fighting back with a plan.

I've stood on an international stage, talking about my mental health journey and sharing simple skills people can use today to help themselves.

That's what Battle 2 Balance is. I take what I've learned the hard way and hand it to you in a way that makes sense, so you don't have to hit rock bottom to find it.