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Finding Her Voice: Surviving the Troubled Teen Industry and Breaking the Silence What happens when the very people and institutions meant to protect you become the source of your deepest trauma? This week on the Team Never Quit Podcast, Marcus and Melanie welcome Jessy Greer, an actress, comedian, writer, and courageous survivor of the troubled teen industry, whose journey from trauma to healing is a powerful testament to resilience and the determination to reclaim one's voice. Growing up in Houston, Texas, Jessy had a natural gift for comedy and performance. But behind her creative spirit was a troubled childhood marked by family struggles, substance abuse, and difficult choices. At just 17 years old, Jessy was awakened at 4 a.m. by two strangers, taken to an airport, and flown to a behavior modification facility in Utah known as Cross Creek Manor. What followed were nine months of fear, emotional manipulation, forced silence, and the loss of personal freedom. Although Jessy was never physically restrained or placed in solitary confinement, she witnessed others endure those experiences. The psychological effects of her own treatment would follow her well into adulthood, affecting her confidence, relationships, and ability to trust herself. Years later, Jessy found the courage to confront her past, seek therapy, and begin reclaiming the voice that had been taken from her. Today, she uses her platform to expose harmful practices within the troubled teen industry and advocate for compassionate, trauma-informed alternatives. essy also highlights organizations such as the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint and Unsilenced, along with fellow survivor and advocate Paris Hilton, whose efforts have helped bring national attention to institutional abuse. In a powerful and deeply personal moment, Melanie Luttrell reveals that she endured the identical experience at the exact same “school.”. Together, Melanie and Jessy share and compare their experiences, reflecting on the emotional trauma, lasting effects, and challenges of reclaiming their voices. Their shared stories offer a compelling perspective on survival, healing, and the importance of exposing harmful institutional practices. This compelling conversation explores the lasting effects of childhood trauma, the importance of protecting vulnerable young people, and the extraordinary strength it takes to turn personal pain into a purpose greater than yourself. Jessy Greer's story is one of survival, perseverance, and purpose—a powerful reminder that no one should be silenced, every child deserves protection, and it's never too late to reclaim your life. Never quit fighting for your voice, and never quit fighting for others. In This Episode, You Will Hear: How Jessy's childhood in Houston shaped her personality, creativity, and early struggles. The terrifying experience of being taken from her home at 17 and sent to Cross Creek Manor. What really happens behind the closed doors of some troubled teen behavior modification programs. How forced silence, emotional manipulation, and the loss of autonomy can create lifelong trauma. Jessy's battles with PTSD, self-worth, codependency, and the fear of making decisions. How cognitive behavioral therapy helped her begin the journey toward healing and personal freedom. Why parents must investigate residential treatment facilities before placing their children in their care. How survivors and advocates are working to expose institutional abuse and demand accountability. Why compassion, communication, and trauma-informed care are essential when helping struggling teenagers. How Jessy turned her painful experiences into a mission to protect others and give survivors a voice. Support Jessy: - IG: thejessygreer - Exciting Update: Filming is officially scheduled for January 9th and 10th! Help bring this project to life by supporting the post-production process. Every donation helps get this film one step closer to the finish line! Support the Film: Here Support TNQ - IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 - https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors: - Navyfederal.org - MOD.com/TNQ (Promo Code TNQ) - truenutrition.com/NEVERQUIT - davidprotein.com/TNQ - mengotomars.com [Team Never Quit] - Dripdrop.com/TNQ - vinted.com/TNQ - quo.com/TNQ - bubsnaturals.com [Promo code TNQ] - mizzenandmain.com [Promo code: TNQ20] - masterclass.com/TNQ - ShopMando.com [Promo code: TNQ] - Tractorsupply.com/hometownheroes - meetfabric.com/TNQ - Prizepicks (PROMO CODE: TNQ) - armslist.com/TNQ - PXGapparel.com/TNQ - bruntworkwear.com/TNQ - shipsticks.com/TNQ - stopboxusa.com {TNQ} - Tonal.com [TNQ] - greenlight.com/TNQ - drinkAG1.com/TNQ - Hims.com/TNQ

From the cockpit of an Apache attack helicopter to the front lines of Veteran mental health advocacy and entrepreneurship, Adam Marr has dedicated his life to answering the call to serve. A U.S. Army combat Veteran and former AH-64D/E Apache pilot, Adam knows firsthand the demands of combat, the invisible wounds of war, and the challenges of finding purpose beyond military service. His personal journey through trauma, healing, and renewed faith ultimately transformed his understanding of leadership and what it truly means to serve others. After experiencing the shortcomings of traditional mental health care, Adam became a leading advocate for innovative treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress (PTS). His personal experiences with emerging therapies, including ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT, played a significant role in his recovery, helping restore his mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being while reconnecting him with his Christian faith. Today, Adam serves as Director of Operations for the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition (VMHLC), working to advance research, influence bipartisan policy, and expand access to innovative Veteran mental health treatments. Adam is also the co-founder and CEO of CallSign Mobile, a Veteran-owned wireless communications company built on a powerful mission: "Answer the Call." Founded alongside fellow Army aviator Charlie Hill, CallSign Mobile provides nationwide wireless service while creating a meaningful way for Americans to support those who have served. Through its Signal Impact Fund, the company commits $1 from every active phone line each month to initiatives supporting Veteran healing, connection, and community. More than just a wireless provider, CallSign Mobile represents Adam's belief that service doesn't end when the uniform comes off. Its mission is to reconnect Veterans, first responders, and everyday Americans through a shared commitment to service, purpose, and giving back. At the heart of everything Adam does is a conviction: "Healed people build healed systems." His approach challenges leaders to choose love over fear, trust over authority, and stewardship over status. In this powerful episode of the Team Never Quit Podcast, Marcus and Melanie sit down with Adam to discuss his experiences in combat, his journey toward healing, the promise of emerging therapies, and his determination to build organizations that make a lasting difference. Adam's story is a reminder that answering the call isn't a single moment of courage. It's a lifelong commitment to showing up, serving others, and never quitting. In This Episode You Will Hear: From Combat to Calling: Adam's journey from Apache attack helicopter pilot to national Veteran mental health advocate and entrepreneur. The Invisible Wounds of War: The emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges Veterans face after leaving the battlefield. A Different Path to Healing: Adam's personal experiences with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT and their impact on his recovery. Challenging the Status Quo: Why traditional Veteran mental health systems often fall short and what needs to change. Healed People Build Healed Systems: Adam's philosophy of leading through love, trust, stewardship, and personal healing. CallSign Mobile – Answer the Call: How Adam and fellow combat Veteran Charlie Hill launched a wireless company that transforms everyday phone service into meaningful support for Veterans. The Signal Impact Fund: How CallSign Mobile contributes $1 per active phone line each month to help Veterans heal, reconnect, and rebuild their lives. Faith, Family, and Restoration: How Adam's healing journey renewed his Christian faith and redefined his purpose. Fighting for Veterans: His work advancing innovative treatments, bipartisan policy, and expanded access to mental health care. A Mission That Never Ends: Why Adam believes answering the call doesn't end with military service—it's a lifelong commitment to making a difference. Support Adam: - Call Sign Mobile - https://www.callsignmobile.com/ - https://www.vmhlc.org/our-team/adam-marr/ Support TNQ - IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 - https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors: - Navyfederal.org - MOD.com/TNQ (Promo Code TNQ) - truenutrition.com/NEVERQUIT - davidprotein.com/TNQ - mengotomars.com [Team Never Quit] - Dripdrop.com/TNQ - vinted.com/TNQ - quo.com/TNQ - bubsnaturals.com [Promo code TNQ] - mizzenandmain.com [Promo code: TNQ20] - masterclass.com/TNQ - ShopMando.com [Promo code: TNQ] - Tractorsupply.com/hometownheroes - meetfabric.com/TNQ - Prizepicks (PROMO CODE: TNQ) - armslist.com/TNQ - PXGapparel.com/TNQ - bruntworkwear.com/TNQ - shipsticks.com/TNQ - stopboxusa.com {TNQ} - Tonal.com [TNQ] - greenlight.com/TNQ - drinkAG1.com/TNQ - Hims.com/TNQ

Captain Dan Moran: Still in the Fight — Courage, Recovery, Service & New Hope for Veterans This week on the Team Never Quit Podcast, Marcus and Melanie Luttrell welcome retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain Dan Moran — a combat-wounded Marine whose life reflects courage, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to continue serving others. During his second deployment to Ramadi, Iraq, Dan’s platoon was hit in a devastating enemy ambush. He suffered third-degree burns over roughly 50 percent of his body, a T-8 vertebra compression fracture, herniated discs, a traumatic brain injury, and an inhalation injury. His recovery required approximately 30 surgeries and more than two-and-a-half years of treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. The lasting effects of his injuries even changed the way he must manage temperature and sun exposure in everyday life. But Dan refused to allow his injuries to define what came next. After receiving a specially adapted home from supporters, Dan made a promise: he would repay the investment others had made in him through the way he lived his life and the impact he would have on others. He has spent the years since doing exactly that. Dan founded Moran Enterprises, Inc., became deeply involved in organizations serving wounded warriors and military families, and served with groups including Hope For The Warriors and Helping A Hero. He was also appointed to the Texas Veterans Commission, where he ultimately served as vice chairman before completing nine years of service. For Dan, leaving the Marine Corps never meant leaving the mission. This conversation also explores the invisible injuries many veterans continue to battle, including PTSD, traumatic brain injury, depression, anxiety, and the lasting effects of combat trauma. One emerging area of interest is ibogaine-assisted treatment. Early research involving Special Operations veterans with traumatic brain injury has shown encouraging improvements in PTSD symptoms, depression, anxiety, disability, and cognitive functioning. While ibogaine remains investigational and requires careful medical screening and supervision, its potential has created new hope for veterans who have struggled to find relief through conventional treatments. Dan’s story is ultimately about much more than survival. It is about finding purpose after trauma, choosing service over bitterness, and continuing to fight for others long after leaving the battlefield. A Purple Heart recipient and decorated Marine officer, Dan continues to serve through business, veteran advocacy, public service, and leadership. His mission today is different — but the commitment is the same. He is still in the fight. In This Episode: The ambush in Ramadi that changed Dan’s life Surviving catastrophic burns, spinal injuries, and TBI Enduring 30 surgeries and years of rehabilitation Finding purpose after medical retirement Giving back to wounded warriors and military families Serving on the Texas Veterans Commission PTSD, TBI, and the invisible wounds of war The emerging promise of ibogaine-assisted treatment Why service remains central to Dan’s life Support Dan: - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-p-moran-48909122 Support TNQ - IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 - https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors: - Navyfederal.org - truenutrition.com/NEVERQUIT - davidprotein.com/TNQ - mengotomars.com [Team Never Quit] - Dripdrop.com/TNQ - vinted.com/TNQ - quo.com/TNQ - bubsnaturals.com [Promo code TNQ] - mizzenandmain.com [Promo code: TNQ20] - masterclass.com/TNQ - ShopMando.com [Promo code: TNQ] - Tractorsupply.com/hometownheroes - meetfabric.com/TNQ - Prizepicks (PROMO CODE: TNQ) - armslist.com/TNQ - PXGapparel.com/TNQ - bruntworkwear.com/TNQ - shipsticks.com/TNQ - stopboxusa.com {TNQ} - Tonal.com [TNQ] - greenlight.com/TNQ - drinkAG1.com/TNQ - Hims.com/TNQ

In this week’s Team Never Quit podcast, Marcus and Melanie host Sister Madeleine Marie and other representatives from The Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior, a congregation of traditional Catholic Sisters devoted to a life of prayer, service, and religious formation. Founded in the summer of 1984, the Congregation’s motherhouse, St. Joseph’s Novitiate, is located in upstate New York, where young women discerning religious life are formed spiritually and practically as they prepare to become Daughters of Mary. Life at St. Joseph’s Novitiate follows a semi-contemplative rhythm centered on both prayer and work. Candidates begin their journey as postulants, living within the community for nine months while learning its daily routine, expectations, and spiritual life. Those who are received into the Novitiate are given the religious habit and white veil of a novice and begin two years of deeper formation, studying the rules, constitutions, and spirit of the Congregation. At the conclusion of that period, those who are called to continue may make their first profession of vows. Today, however, the Congregation is facing an encouraging challenge: growth. Over the past fifteen years, the Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior has nearly doubled in size. New vocations continue to come, but the Sisters have now reached the limits of their present convent. Without additional space, the Congregation may soon be unable to welcome new postulants who feel called to religious life. That need has led to an important building project now underway—a new convent designed to provide room for the growing community and for future generations of Sisters. The project is being completed in several major phases. The first phase focuses on bringing the new building from the ground up and enclosing it to the roof. This includes planning, excavation, foundation walls, steel framing, floors, and completion of the exterior shell. The next phase involves installing the essential mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems required to make the convent functional and safe. HVAC, plumbing, electrical service, fire protection, testing, and inspections will all be critical parts of this stage. The final phase will transform the structure into a true home for the Sisters. Interior framing, drywall, painting, flooring, fixtures, and final finishes will complete the living and formation spaces where future postulants, novices, and professed Sisters will pray, work, learn, and live together. This building project represents far more than bricks, steel, wiring, and walls. It is an investment in the future of the Congregation and in the young women who believe they are being called to devote their lives to God. In this episode, listeners will learn more about the Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior, the process of religious formation, the remarkable growth the Congregation has experienced, and why expanding St. Joseph’s Novitiate has become such an important and timely mission. The new building is necessary because the community is growing—and because the Sisters want to remain ready to welcome every vocation that may come through their doors. Support The Sisters: - IG: https://www.instagram.com/daughtersofmarypress?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== - Website: https://www.daughtersofmarypress.com/ Support TNQ - IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13 - https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors: - Navyfederal.org - truenutrition.com/NEVERQUIT - davidprotein.com/TNQ - mengotomars.com [Team Never Quit] - Dripdrop.com/TNQ - vinted.com/TNQ - quo.com/TNQ - bubsnaturals.com [Promo code TNQ] - mizzenandmain.com [Promo code: TNQ20] - masterclass.com/TNQ - ShopMando.com [Promo code: TNQ] - Tractorsupply.com/hometownheroes - meetfabric.com/TNQ - Prizepicks (PROMO CODE: TNQ) - armslist.com/TNQ - PXGapparel.com/TNQ - bruntworkwear.com/TNQ - shipsticks.com/TNQ - stopboxusa.com {TNQ} - Tonal.com [TNQ] - greenlight.com/TNQ - drinkAG1.com/TNQ - Hims.com/TNQ

Sujo John: Surviving 9/11, Finding Purpose, and Living the Gospel Out Loud In this week’s Team Never Quit Podcast, Marcus and Melanie meet with Sujo John, who, on the morning of September 11, 2001, went to work on the 81st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center carrying a question that had been weighing heavily on his heart: What is my purpose? Just months earlier, Sujo and his wife, Mary, had moved from India to begin a new life in America. They were expecting their first child, building successful careers, and seemingly living the American dream. Sujo worked in the North Tower of the World Trade Center, while Mary worked on the 71st floor of the South Tower. Yet despite everything going well, Sujo felt an unmistakable emptiness. He believed God had a greater calling on his life but had no idea what that calling would look like. At 8:05 a.m. on September 11, Sujo sent an email to a friend at church describing his search for meaning and purpose. Less than an hour later, everything changed. American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the North Tower. Sujo's office filled with smoke, fire, shattered debris, and chaos. As terrified employees searched for a way out, Sujo began the long descent down the stairwell, surrounded by hundreds of people trying to escape—and firefighters and police officers heading in the opposite direction toward the devastation. All the while, Sujo could think of only one person: Mary. He had no way of knowing whether she was alive. After escaping Tower 1, Sujo began making his way toward Tower 2 to find her. Then the unimaginable happened. The South Tower collapsed. Standing near the base of the building, Sujo found himself surrounded by people as the massive structure came crashing down around them. In those terrifying moments, he began praying and felt compelled to tell the people nearby to call on the name of Jesus. Soon, voices around him were crying out, "Jesus!" When the dust settled, Sujo found himself buried in several feet of white soot and broken glass—but alive. Through the darkness and debris, he encountered a man lying face down who had a flashlight. Sujo encouraged him to get up and keep moving. When the man stood, Sujo noticed the letters FBI on his jacket. Together, the two men held hands and walked through the near-zero visibility until they spotted the flashing lights of an ambulance and eventually found their way to safety. But Sujo still didn't know whether Mary had survived. Then his phone rang. It was Mary. In an extraordinary turn of events, her train had arrived at the World Trade Center subway station just minutes after the first plane struck. She had never made it inside Tower 2. Both had survived. Standing together later that day and looking back at the smoking ruins of the buildings where they had worked, Sujo and Mary realized that the promises they had separately made to God during those terrifying hours would define the rest of their lives. They would dedicate themselves completely to Him. From Survival to Calling September 11 became the defining turning point in Sujo John's life. What began that morning as a search for purpose became a calling to share the Gospel around the world. Sujo and Mary devoted their lives to ministry, sharing their testimony in churches throughout America and internationally. Their ministry also developed a deep commitment to helping people who are often overlooked and forgotten, including women and girls rescued from the sex industry in India through the House of Rahab. For Sujo, surviving 9/11 was never simply about being given another day to live. It was about being given another opportunity to live with purpose. And his message to Christians today is challenging: The Gospel was never intended to remain inside church walls. Believers are called to make their faith visible—to serve their communities, invest in the next generation, and become the hands and feet of Jesus to the people around them. In This Episode Sujo shares the extraordinary story of escaping the World Trade Center on September 11, the desperate search for his wife, the prayers that rose from the rubble, and the miraculous phone call revealing that Mary was alive. He also discusses the deeper story behind that day—his lifelong questions about suffering, his search for purpose, and the calling that emerged from one of the darkest moments in American history. This conversation is ultimately about more than survival. It's about purpose. It's about faith when life stops making sense. And it's about what happens when someone decides that the life they've been given will be spent serving something greater than themselves. 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