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The Fire You Carry

Nole Lilley and Kevin Welsh

Hosted by Nole and Kevin, two active-duty Los Angeles County Firemen with over a decade of service each, this podcast explores the fire we all carry within. Join them as they interview respected men and share lessons on how to be better husbands, fathers, and leaders. Drawing from the front lines, they tackle issues like trauma, fitness, and family life, providing universal principles for any man looking to stoke his inner fire and live with purpose.

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188: Staying in the Fight with Mike Yarbrough of Wolf...

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2024/08/12

Send us a Text Message.This week's episode features our friend and fellow podcaster, Mike Yarbrough. Mike is the host of the Wolf and Iron podcast and founder of Rustic and Main. He has been in the space of masculinity and developing men for a decade; in this episode, we get into why he was thinking about moving on from that mission and what compelled him to stay in the fight. As usual, Mike also has a lot of other great perspectives to share, including some great marriage advice towards the ...

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187: Are You Humble, Or Are You Hiding?

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2024/08/05

In this week's episode, Kevin and Nole dig into our thoughts on humility. Humility is a good personality trait and something we aspire to, but can it be taken too far? Are we holding ourselves back and limiting our impact for good on those around us out of a misguided idea that being humble means never personally recognizing the things we are good at? Big thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail" in our podcast!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTU&a...

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186: Some Life Lessons Gleaned From Loosing Children,...

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2024/07/29

In this episode, Nole goes solo to talk through some of the lessons he has picked up along the way after the deaths of two of his and his wife's sons. This episode was recorded close to the 19-year anniversary of the loss of their first son and is something that Nole has felt called to record for years, only recently finding the courage and motivation to do so. While the lessons here stem from a particular type of loss, Nole does his best to connect those lessons to other life experiences tha...

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185: Perfectionism, Is It Making Us Less Effective Or...

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2024/07/22

In this week's episode, Kevin and Nole delve into perfectionism. It's a trait that so many of us are burdened with, but is it a positive one that helps us achieve our goals at the highest level, or does it hinder us? We would love to hear from you on this one. Are you aware of a desire for perfection in your own life? If so, how does that play out for you? Follow the link in the show notes below to join our brand-new email list! We will not share your information or spam you with ads, but we ...

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184: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, The Importance Of The...

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2024/07/15

In this week's episode, we are joined by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. Rather than tell you who he is, we recommend you go to his website, read his bio, and come back here. Link here. https://www.grossmanacademy.com/about-the-colonel In our time with the Lt. Col., we go into the importance of having a fire in your belly and combine that with preparation, told through some great stories that Lt. Col. Grossman has collected over the years. We then delve into the danger of sleep deprivation, what it's...

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183: Psychedelics, Hallucinogens & Choosing The...

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2024/07/09

Ask and you shall recieve. After last week's episode, you had questions. What do Nole and Kevin actually think about psychedelics and hallucinogens? This episode is us endevoring to explore that topic with you, from our perspectives. We think this is something that is important to talk about since it's so prevalent in the mental health, PTSd space and we enjoyed digging deeper into it here. We really appreciate those of you who reached out requesting this topic and we'd love to continue to he...

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182: Healing Past Trauma & Injuries with Jon Vargas...

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2024/07/01

In this week's episode, Kevin is joined by Jon Vargas of Grablives podcast. Jon is an L.A. City fireman and podcaster who started his journey into podcasting due to multiple suicides in his department and the way they were handled. As Kevin gets deeper into Jon's story, they get into some of the past trauma and physical injuries that plagued Jon early in his career as a firefighter and how he has used alternative medicine, spirituality, meditation, breathing, and more to begin to find healing...

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181: Sobriety, with John Estrada.

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2024/06/24

In this week's episode, Kevin and Nole are joined once again by John Estrada. John last came on our show back on episode 40 to talk about fatherhood, and we had an excellent conversation on the subject. Today John is back to talk about his sobriety. He stopped drinking back in October and together we walk through the difficulties, the benefits and the mindset behind the decision. Regardless of where you stand on alcohol this episode will be of benefit to you as the perspectives that John brin...

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180: On Post Traumatic Stress & How Nole Has Been...

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2024/06/10

In this week's episode, Nole shares his recent struggles with Post Traumatic Stress and his failure to deal with it in the ways he knows work. Kevin also shares his perspective on dealing with similar struggles, and we delve into what we know works when dealing with difficult times in our lives. Often, there is a separation between what we know we should do and what we actually do. Nole has been in that place of late, but it's time to go into the storm and start doing the hard things because ...

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179: The Ranger Creed

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2024/06/03

In this week's episode, Nole talks through the Ranger Creed, why it exists and what it means in his life now, so many years removed from his time in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Nole's time in Ranger Battlaion shaped a lot of who he is as a man today and the Ranger Creed was a part of that. Through this episode Nole explains how he has continued to carry this creed in his life through changing his perspective on it so that it applies to his life now, as a civilian. Big thank you to My Epic ...

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178: Tribute To A Great Man, Leon Broussard III, Pops.

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2024/05/27

In this week's episode, Kevin and Nole discuss Pops, Kevin's stepdad. As you know, Pops recently passed away. In honor of him and the amazing legacy he leaves behind, we thought it would be fitting to talk about just a few of the attributes that made this man who he was and discuss how we could implement those into our own lives moving forward. We also discuss how to grieve as a man and the importance of doing so. We even get into the difficulty and importance of saying "I love you", in other...

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177: How To Prepare & Make It Through "The Tower"...

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2024/05/20

In this episode, Kevin and Nole get into what it's like to go through "The Tower". The Tower, often called a Fire Academy, is a very unique training experience that can be difficult to navigate successfully, so with this episode, our goal is to give you some tips, tricks, and insight that can help you be successful and enjoy the process of getting hired as a firefighter. This episode will also be helpful to those of you going into law enforcement or the military, as the initial phases of trai...

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176: Leap Of Faith, With Josh Smith.

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2024/05/13

In this week's episode, Nole is joined by Josh Smith. Josh is a friend from Hume Lake and this episode focuses in on Josh's journey of faith and the lessons learned through it. The primary focus is on trusting God, and taking "leaps of faith" as He calls us into things that don't make sense to us, and resisting the temptation to rely on our own strengths or experience. This one hits me right where I'm at in life right now and I personally got a lot out of the conversation. I know that you wil...

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175: The Importance Of Competition, With Jim King,...

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2024/05/06

In this week's episode, we are joined by Jim King, Vice President of the California Police Athletic Federation. Jim is a retired fireman passionate about the incredible benefits available to everyone through sport & competition. In this episode, we talk through some of the amazing ways competition can benefit those of us in the first-responder communities. However, the benefits are not exclusive to those of us serving in those careers; they exist for everyone. Jim also talks with us about...

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108:44

174: Brady Mclean, Go Fast Don't Die.

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2024/04/29

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Bonus Episode: LACoFD Day Of Prayer, 5/2/24 10 AM

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2024/04/24

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173: Seriously Wounded In Ukraine, With Gio Roman

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2024/04/22

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172: In Combat During The Early Days Of The Ukraine...

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2024/04/15

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171: The Bad Night Protocol, With Captain Evan Halquist.

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2024/04/08

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170: Not The Solution, With Jeremy Stalnecker

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2024/04/01

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