300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson chats with Nate Lastinger, a friend who has overcome an uber-religious childhood and subsequent substance abuse to find success.

Nate came from a Christian family who grew up wanting to be different in his own way. Along the path growing up in his teens, he felt alone inside his mind even though outside he seemed totally fine. Leading on in his late teens and early-20’s, he went from helping people with drug addiction to doing any drug he knew just to feel something of happiness. By his mid-20’s, he was out of drugs but used alcohol as a crutch, which has led him now to be in a stable place in life as he reached his late 20s into the 30s

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson chats with the lead singer of the metal band Infected Rain, Lena Scissorhands.

The two discuss how she discovered her singing ability by sheer accident, being affected by emotional trauma and living it through someone else, the difficulties of always having to be “on” while on stage even though you might be going through things yourself, and so much more..

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson chats with former Nacy SEAL turned author Jason Redman. Jason spent 21 years in the Navy and has taken those lessons learned and is now sharing his motivational message with companies, teams, churches, and individuals across the globe through motivational speaking, workshops, personal coaching, and business consulting. His message of leadership, teamwork, the “Overcome Mindset,” and surviving life ambushes by “Getting off the X” resonates with companies and individuals alike.

Also, Brandon explains why there was a break since our episode and why Jerry is forced to take a break from the podcast. Sometimes, life throws you some unexpected curveballs but he hopes to be back sooner than later. If you’d like to throw Jerry some well wishes, feel free to hit him up on the social media links below.

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck dive into the Netflix documentary called “The Social Dilemma.” The documentary has a ton of buzz surrounding it as it digs deep into how social media is being used to manipulate the public, the way it thinks, and it’s mental health.

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck go across the pond to the United Kingdom to chat with Katia Bell, a psychological well-being practitioner. Katia shares her own story of what it was like growing up with a father who dealt with clinical depression, how it led to her also being diagnosed with depression, her own battles with self-harm, suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and hitting rock bottom.

Then, she talks about how the book “Things Get Better” by Katie Piper changed her perspective and her life and how she uses her own experiences to help others dealing with the same issues.

She an incredible person that you’ll absolutely love with an even more incredible story.

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck discuss the subject of toxic people and how they affect your mental health. What are the characteristics of a toxic person? What are the warning signs? What happens if that toxic person is a family member, friend, or co-worker? How do you handle it? When is enough enough?

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck are joined by Drew Garabo, afternoon drive host on 102.5 The Bone in Tampa.

The guys discuss the radio business, trying to pick yourself up after losing a gig and losing faith, the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of finding closure and forgiveness, and honestly….. just dealing with life.

It’s a great conversation with an even better guy. Make sure to check him out weekdays 2-6p!

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300">This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck are joined by Shawn Lopez, a five year veteran of the US Marine Corps and Purple Heart recipient.

Shawn did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq and shares his struggles of dealing with the loss of another Marine during combat, surviving an IED attack himself and overcoming the physical injuries and the survivor’s guilt that he dealt with for years. Also, he talks about his decision to go into the Marines, the help that the VA gives veterans, the importance of veterans to not shy away from getting help themselves for mental health struggles, and so much more.

This is one of the most important episodes of the podcast we’ve had so far. The fact that Shawn’s so open and honest about his own story in an attempt to help others truly makes him an inspiration and a truly remarkable person.

Make sure to check out Shawn’s podcast, As You Were, that focuses on post-military life and soldiers transitioning to civilian life.

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300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300"> This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck continue their conversation about change and then get into the pandemic and how it’s affecting kids of all ages. As the ongoing debate about whether schools should be reopened or not, the fact of the matter is the lives of children these days are changing for reasons that they don’t understand. Hell, if we as adults don’t understand, how can our children?

Finally, the guys discuss……Shark Week?

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Change in life is inevitable. It happens to everyone. How you handle it and how you respond to it dictates whether the change will be good or bad.

This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck discuss just that and the changes going on in Brandon’s life with the opening of his barber shop, Machine Shop Barber Company in St. Petersburg, FL.

Also, if you’ve been following the podcast, you know about the ongoing family issues since Brandon’s grandfather passed away. He thought he’d turned a corner but the more things change in his life, the more they stay the same.

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