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The Resilient Life

Ryan Manion

Booking Overview

A resilience-focused interview series hosted by Ryan Manion, featuring leaders and public figures who share how personal and career adversity shaped their lives. The show’s booking value is strong for PR because it consistently links lived experience (service, grief, legacy, giving back) to actionable lessons for listeners.

Metrics

Episodes: 119

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 2.8k subscribers

Instagram: 81.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

ryan.manion@travismanion.org

info@travismanion.org

west@travismanion.org

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Host

Ryan Manion - Host of The Resilient Life, a resilience and adversity-to-growth podcast. He interviews leaders across professions about how personal and career struggles have shaped their identity and response to...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Individuals with credible lived experience of adversity and/or service (e.g., military/veterans, Gold Star families, survivors), plus a public platform or leadership role (advocacy, philanthropy, recognized media presence, or notable professional calling).
Required Achievements:  
Demonstrated community service or philanthropy, Involvement in service-related advocacy (veterans/community causes), Public recognition via media appearances or a growing public profile, Publicly shareable journey of resilience tied to leadership or purpose

Recent Guest Discussions

Jackson Perkins - Balancing Military Discipline With Creative Expression; Identity Formed By The Intersection Of Service And Music; Message Of Hope For Those Who Serve

Rosalyn Yellin - Resilience Shaped By Family Legacy (holocaust Survivor Grandmother); Purpose And Service; Using Public Influence To Support Veterans And Community Causes

Ashley Southard - Grief And Healing After Loss In Service; Reclaiming Identity; Making Space For Joy; Honoring The Past While Moving Forward

Recent Topics

Resilience, Veterans, Grief, Philanthropy, Leadership

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Resilient Life
:

US Naval Academy Women’s Lacrosse Coach Cindy Timchal on Leadership, Love and Learning How to Coach Midshipmen

September 30, 2026

Twenty years after starting the women’s lacrosse program at the US Naval Academy, Cindy Timchal—the winningest lacrosse coach in the country—sits down with Ryan Manion for a conversation about the importance of playing multiple sports as a kid, the fundamentals resilience and leadership, and why her coaching philosophy is “Let’s love each other and lacrosse a little bit more each day.”  CONNECT with The Resilient Life Podcast:Instagram  SUBSCRIBE Get the latest video ...

The Honorable Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, on Service, Loss, and What Veterans Need Most

May 19, 2026

What does it take to sit with someone in the hard moments, and then do it again, and again? Secretary Doug Collins has answered that call as a pastor, an Air Force chaplain deployed to Iraq, a U.S. Congressman, and now as the 12th Secretary of Veterans Affairs.    In this candid conversation, Ryan Manion and Secretary Collins talk about the real progress happening at the VA, and why veteran-to-veteran connection is a lifeline that saves lives. As Memorial Day draws near, Secretary Collins s...

Captain Jackson Perkins, USMC: Marine by Day, Musician by Heart

May 05, 2026

Jackson Perkins is an active duty Marine. Yet in his down time, he's a talented country music artist who is quickly making a name for himself. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Jackson to explore what it means to carry two callings at once: the discipline of military service and the vulnerability of putting your heart into music. Jackson shares how the intersection of military life and creative expression has shaped his identity, and what he hopes his music says to the world about those wh...

Publicly listed emails

ryan.manion@travismanion.org

info@travismanion.org

west@travismanion.org

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