Dutch immigrant, Canadian citizen, Navy SEAL, 18 Delta Corpsman, CIA GRS Operative, widower, remote viewer, and many other things, Joost Janssen has lived a lot of life, and we dive into it.
Born in Holland, Joost's parents feared Russia was going to invade their homeland so they fled to Canada when he was a child. Speaking no English, he learned the language from watching Sesame Street.
As he grew up, his dream of becoming a lifeguard took him down the path of becoming an EMT/paramedic, when he took an opportunity to move to America for college he met his wife, bought a house, got a dog, and was perfectly happy & content living his version of the American dream.
Until tragedy struck; Joost's wife was killed in a car accident when they were both only 22.
From there Joost spiraled and was barely hanging on when he decided to rebuild himself through a test, he chose BUD/S as the crucible.
Although he was a good athlete, he suffered several injuries that made his journey through training especially challenging.
After 13 years in the SEAL Teams, Joost found himself at GRS in the CIA where he had many adventures and close calls over 14 deployments.
Now happily remarried, Joost runs several businesses, and has been exploring psychedelics as a way to reconnect with his past relationships, and also deepen his current ones.
Here are a few of the MANY stories we get into in this wide ranging episode:
• The common childhood themes we see in most SEALs.
• Some epic BUD/S Instructor quotes that have been passed down through generations of Frogmen.
• Stories about turd Teamguys and how they're dealt with.
• 2nd Phase punishment: JOCK UP.
• BUD/S command realizing Joost isn't a US citizen only a few days before graduation.
• Getting "arrested" in Guam for trying to kill a local celebrity fish.
• Epic stories about some legendary Teamguys, Jeff Paine and Indy.
• Party breaks out into a fight, then getting raided by the cops at gunpoint on 4th of July.
• Thoughts on 2A, pros & cons, and some solutions.
• CIA asset agreeing to have a bomb surgically implanted into his body.
• CIA op gone wrong, stand off with the Somalian armed forces in a shot up armored car.
• How mushrooms can help you become a better leader.
• Fallen friends coming through to chat from the other side.
• Perspective on veteran suicide.
• Remote viewing and how to create out of body experiences.
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