Healing Takes Work, Not Wishes with Richard McCuen

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Healing doesn’t arrive on command; it arrives when faith and effort finally meet. Joe sits down with longtime friend and frequent guest Richard McCuen for a candid, grounded conversation about moving from crisis to momentum—through chemo, scans, traumatic injury, VA delays, and the daily choices that turn belief into results. We talk about the difference between hoping for a miracle and building a life it can land in: sleep, nutrition, movement, community, and the hard work of acting on the guidance you ask for.

Richard walks us through his on-duty trauma, years of shoulder and neck complications, and the frustrating maze of delayed care. Instead of waiting, he built a practical plan: isolation movements, band work within safe angles, breath and posture training, and relentless research into his condition. That continues today alongside medical options, because both-and beats either-or. When a recent gallstone scare and cancer concern surfaced, scans and bloodwork shaped the next steps while his household doubled down on whole-food nutrition, chlorophyll-rich greens, fiber-first fruit, and cellular hydration.

We also dig into mindset and meaning. Self-talk isn’t fluff; it’s instruction to your nervous system. Surrender isn’t giving up; it’s acknowledging the next right step and taking it. Therapeutic horticulture, sunlight, and soil provide calm you can feel. And when life removes relationships or routines, it’s often making space for the ones that help you heal. Our promise isn’t a one-size cure. It’s a method: identify your system under stress, assemble your team, test low-risk interventions, measure honestly, and iterate.

If you’re ready to take ownership of your health, this conversation offers a clear path forward and the encouragement to start. Subscribe for more honest, practical guides to healing, share this with someone who needs momentum, and leave a review to help others find the show.

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