Douglas J. Woods Sr. has been providing life insurance & Tax-advantaged retirement solutions to clients in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and 8 other additional states. He believes that putting his clients first and maintain…
The birth of your child, this day is field with so much joy as you imagine all the hopes and dreams of your baby boy or girl. Now fast forward a few years as something seems off, your child isn't developing accordingly and t…
War isn’t uncommon for a two-star General in the US Army, but when the war is mental illness, the rules of engagement are different. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Gregg Martin is a retired US Army General who suffers…
Remember when you were an athlete, how you looked, how you felt and the confidence that came along with it. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Javen Palmer was a former world class athlete with the Crystal Palace football…
Imagine getting to work and you get a call from the FBI to return home immediately as they have a warrant for your arrest. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Craig Stanland, lived this experience. In 2012, Craig Stanland …
Did you know that you can lose up to 8% of your muscle mass per decade starting in your 30s. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Bill Vogel joins us to discuss living longer and still kicking ass while we age. After experi…
Imagine if the choices you made had you facing a potential life sentence in prison. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, Ed Hennings, was sentenced to a 40-year prison sentence. After serving 20 years, he took his experienc…
Today’s leaders have a responsibility to inspire the leaders of tomorrow. On this episode of The Bear Essentials, we are joined by retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Oak McCulloch who has lived his life by this motto. Throu…
Imagine leaving your stable corporate career to start a BBQ brand during a pandemic. Today’s guest on The Bear Essentials, former USMC combat veteran, Greg Fischer, did just that. Greg shares his experience from the military…
Imagine your child walks out of your life for reasons out of your control. Would you feel shame, maybe guilt or just be emotionally broken. Eric Brooker lived with that shame until he had a realization, “I AM ENOUGH”. In thi…
Would you have the guts to admit fraud? On the 9th of April 2021, the chief of Bellatorum Resources, a Texas-based energy fund, wrote an email to his stakeholders, admitting to having squandered millions of their dollars. Ch…
At a young age his parents divorced, and as a way of coping, he watched his mother turn to food abuse. Watching what his mother was going through, he had a decision to make, live in this environment and develop the same self…
In this episode I speak with Brad Ritter who started School of Grit after he graduated from SEALFit’s infamous Kokoro Camp, which is renowned as the world’s toughest civilian training. After graduation he wanted to find a wa…
"Morning Coffee With The Bear" is a way for "The Bear Essentials" host Charles Wallace to connect more directly with the audience and will premiere weekly on Sunday mornings at 7:00 AM EST. These episodes will have an audien…
"Morning Coffee With The Bear" is a way for "The Bear Essentials" host Charles Wallace to connect more directly with the audience and will premiere weekly on Sunday mornings at 7:00 AM EST. These episodes will have an audien…
In this episode, I speak with Ian Hill. Humanitarian. Business Leader. Award- Winning Social Innovator. Professional Development Pioneer. World Record Breaker. These are some of the words often used when referring to Ian Hil…
Tony Horton is the wildly popular creator of the best-selling fitness series: P90X®, P90X2®, P90X3®, and Ten Minute Trainer®, and most recently his 22-Minute military inspired workout, 22 Minute Hard Corps®. Tony is a world-…
In this episode I speak with former British Royal Marine commando and triple amputee Mark Ormrod. We discuss his time in the military including the incident in Afghanistan that left him a triple amputee. We also speak about …
In this episode, I interview fitness expert, human movement specialist and adventure athlete, Matt Scarfo about his journey to base camp at Mount Everest. This expedition was fueled by love, rage and desperation and was an …
In this episode, I speak with author of "The Mental Wellness Diet", Justin Bethoney. His journey to becoming a healing professional began prior to entering nurse practitioner school. He didn't realize it at the time, but his…
In this episode I speak with Brian Sachetta, author of the "Get Out of Your Head" book series, a collection of personal development works focused on helping readers overcome various forms of mental illness. The first entry i…
In this episode I speak with Logan Henry, a husband, family man, food lover, author and high-performance fanatic. After many years of poor health choices started taking their toll on him, he decided to make a massive change …
In this powerful episode I speak with Barry Adkins, he has shared with tens of thousands of people the dangers of binge drinking, and his experience of losing his 18 year old son, Kevin, to alcohol poisoning. The day that wa…