The Power of Pain: How to Turn Your Struggles into Strengths | Ray Cash Care

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
Welcome to The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
Please be advised, this episode contains graphic and sensitive topics and conversation. Welcome to The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, and I'm so thrilled to bring you this episode. Why? I sit down with Ray Cash Care, former Navy SEAL and CIA agent.
In this mind-blowing episode, we discuss how pain is a privilege and how you can leverage pain to become successful in life. We also talk about how vulnerability is a strength. In fact, vulnerability is a superpower. Finally, we discuss how your body is your resume and what that means.
In the high-stakes world of Navy SEALs, Ray Cash Care carved out a storied career, completing multiple combat tours and mastering high- and low-profile security protection for various government agencies. Following his departure from the SEAL Teams and CIA, Ray channeled his battle-hardened wisdom into self-improvement, team-building, and organizational transformation. Today, he is a respected expert and speaker on topics ranging from fitness to building high-performance teams.
There are so many good statements in this episode. I encourage you to listen to it, not once, but twice, and listen deeply to the nuggets that Ray Cash Care drops. Ray Cash Care is now an entrepreneur and a speaker, and we will include where you can find him without further ado. Let's dive into this episode. And as always, this episode is free of charge. The fee is pay it forward. Thank you to Paleo Valley for sponsoring this episode of the show. I'm talking to you about Paleo Valley Beef Sticks, but they also have Paleo Valley Turkey Sticks. These products are absolutely incredible and a family favorite. I personally love the beef sticks. They are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished. We cannot get enough of them. I have to hide them in each area of the house if I want to have any of them. They come from small domestic farms in the US., which is very important. They are fermented, which creates naturally-occurring probiotics, which are great for gut health. Gut health is the foundation of all health because, again, as it relates to nutrient absorption, this is where it starts. Paleo Valley beef sticks, they taste amazing.
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Ray Cash Care, thank you so much for coming on. The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show. You are an amazing, amazing human.
Former Navy SEAL, some other letters which I think that you should talk about, and just truly an embodiment of wellness and fitness and fortitude. And you didn't even pay me to say any of those things.

**Ray Cash Care** (5:01)
We don't even have to go on. We could end it right there.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (5:04)
It's been a great episode. Thank you so much. Tell the listener a little bit about, and by the way, you and I have known each other for years. Yes.
But the listener might not know you, and I'm so excited to share you with my audience.

**Ray Cash Care** (5:17)
Yes. So let's see. Known as Ray Cash Care, going on 52 years young.
Fitness is a lifestyle, thanks to you.
Former Navy SEAL. Spent some time in the Navy doing some things that I'm proud of to serve and defend my country. Shifted focus from there. Went over to the CIA. I can say that now because I'm no longer with them. Spent 14 years defending the nation against, you know, the world terrorism, doing some things I was proud of, some things I wasn't proud of.
And then switched over and took my, you know, took my chances at the entrepreneurial world, which is what I'm still doing right now. And I'm, you know, married, got two great kids. I got a hot ass wife who's a patient of yours. And as I am, and we are just living life to the fullest. You know, I'm running a couple, I'm doing speaking, I'm doing corporate training, I'm doing couples training, part owner of a gun company, living the American dream. And yeah, I love it. And the one thing I like to tell everybody is, I'm one of the few people on planet Earth that love getting older. So that's who I am.