How a Pararescueman Found Purpose After Leaving Special Ops with Matt Schollard
Picking up “The Perfect Storm” at a Blockbuster could forever change your life… Or at least it did for Matt.
Matt Schollard is a former special operations Pararescue team leader and lifelong action sport athlete.
As a water confidence coach, he is passionate about developing future special operations candidates, extreme athletes, and anyone curious about expanding their perceived limitations.
We talk about...
Pararescuemen: The people who show up to save Navy SEALs
The Air Force Pararescueman selection course: the hardest day of your life over and over again
Surviving Hell Week and fantasizing about quitting
Stories of how fear is contagious– but courage is, too
Joining the military with eyes on ocean rescue, but then 9/11 happened
The mental health impacts of compartmentalizing fear for so long
Upregulating and downregulating tools when experiencing post-traumatic stress
Hanging on to the identity of a job even when he knew he needed to step away
The big life pivot that came to Matt after bawling on a paddleboard in the ocean
The tool of humor as a way to cope with stress
Working with extreme athletes and non-extreme athletes around mindset and water confidence
The incredible Water Confidence Class at the Hood River Aquatic Center
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