Rick Andstrom Email & Phone Number

Rick Andstrom is a decorated Navy SEAL with eight deployments and worked as a cross-functional team leader, combat medic, intelligence operative, and lead trainer. However, becoming a SEAL was no easy day. It took Andstrom over ten years and three attempts to graduate SEAL training. Before his final effort, he spent nine months on focused resilience training, which were the keys to his success. Andstrom conducted hundreds of missions in combat zones and embassy environments, including two sensitive intelligence operations that directly influenced significant U.S. Foreign Policy changes. However, 20 years of constant warfare has consequences. Like most SEALs, Andstrom developed Operator Syndrome over his career, which is a unique constellation of medical and behavioral health-care needs of military special operation forces. Andstrom credits non-traditional treatments with saving his life and marriage.Andstrom uses real stories and humor to share motivational and inspiring lessons about teamwork, leadership, and personal growth. He lays out a blueprint for breaking down silos and promoting cross-team collaboration. He is an energetic speaker using insights from military experience to discuss leadership and resilience. In May of 2020, Andstrom started a nonprofit foundation centered around conscious healing, growth, and service, SEALs Healing Our Protectors (SHOP) Foundation. The SHOP Foundation provides resources, research, and advocacy for veterans, first responders, and their affected family members seeking treatment with psychedelic-assisted therapies.Andstrom’s speaking topics include:• Growth Mindset: You don’t have to be sick to get better• Resilience: The only way out is through• Mental Toughness: The only easy day was yesterday• Culture of Excellence: People are the #1 asset• Leadership: Inspire and influence• Teamwork: Less Me and more We• Collaboration: Removing barriers to success