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Nolan Boyd is a former junior hockey goalie and the Lead Goaltending Instructor at Armour Goaltending in Toronto. Drawing on his own experiences with mental health challenges, Nolan is committed to mentoring and inspiring the next generation of athletes. His mission is to help build a positive culture around sport where young people feel supported, safe, and empowered to become the best versions of themselves.

Randy Lyman is a physicist, engineer, founder, author, and coach who spent much of his early life operating almost entirely from logic and analytical thinking. After a personal emotional breakthrough at age 28, he began a decades-long journey of understanding the relationship between emotions, leadership, relationships, and personal success.

As Randy began doing his own emotional healing work, his businesses grew more than 30x. Today, he works with founders, executives, and high performers who have achieved success but recognize that something deeper may still be affecting their lives.

Athena Brownson is a former professional skier who endured nine knee surgeries and two neck operations before transitioning into a successful career in real estate.

Over the last decade, Athena has become one of Colorado’s trusted and top-performing REALTORS®, combining market knowledge, negotiation skills, and a creative eye for design. Her own experience as an athlete taught her discipline, determination, and resilience—lessons she now brings to her work with clients and other professionals.

Athena’s journey took another difficult turn when she was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease.

Lawrence C. Harris is a youth speaker who helps teens and young adults believe in themselves, think differently about their future, and make better choices.

Growing up, Lawrence faced serious challenges including mental health struggles, bullying, childhood abuse, and autism. Those experiences inspired him to begin speaking so other young people would know they are not alone and understand that their past does not have to determine where their life goes.

Today, Lawrence shares the lessons and tools that helped him move forward, encouraging young people to take ownership of their future, work through difficult emotions, and believe that their lives can get better.

Welcome back to Warriors Unmasked – The Podcast! What if some of the beliefs shaping your life aren’t actually yours? For nearly 20 years, Dr. Mike Fortunato worked as a board-certified anesthesiologist. From the outside, he had what many people would consider success: a respected career, financial stability, a wife, children, and a beautiful life….

Welcome back to Warriors Unmasked – The Podcast! When thousands of people were running from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Michael Dorian made the decision to run toward it. But Michael’s story began long before that day. Born into poverty to a teenage mother, Michael grew up in an unstable home and…

Welcome back to Warriors Unmasked – The Podcast! Nearly 25 years later, there are still stories from September 11th that many Americans have never heard. Award-winning director and producer Michael Gier set out to tell those stories in his documentary, The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph. Rather than focusing solely on…

Welcome back to Warriors Unmasked – The Podcast! Sometimes healing doesn’t start in your head. It starts in your body. For 17 years, Erika Shershun did everything she was told she was supposed to do. She went to therapy. She named her depression. She worked on her thoughts. But the symptoms kept coming, and underneath…

Welcome back to Warriors Unmasked – The Podcast! Sometimes the thing that almost ended your life becomes the chapter that defines it. By the time Devin Fish was 18, he had moved 16 times, attended seven different schools, and survived a childhood shaped by poverty, bullying, and his parents’ struggles with addiction. He thought joining…

Welcome back to Warriors Unmasked – The Podcast! You are not defined by the hardest thing you have been through, the worst decision you have made, or the darkest season of your life. After more than 33 years as a trauma-informed psychotherapist, Scott Stolarick has sat across from people carrying pain most of the world…