What If Obedience Is The Real Healing with Ricky Pate

What If Obedience Is The Real Healing with Ricky Pate

Author: bryan robinson May 16, 2026 Duration: 37:17
Grief, mentorship, and faith collide as we talk with Ricky Pate about losing his son and finding a new path through Man Camp and the steady guidance of Nikita Koloff. We dig into holistic health habits, veteran support, and the kind of obedience that turns talk into real service. 

• Man Camp as a catalyst for spiritual honesty and change 
• Meeting Nikita Koloff and stepping into mentorship 
• Processing loss while rebuilding purpose after tragedy 
• Joining the Provision Project and moving past MLM skepticism 
• Tranont daily wellness routines and real-life diabetes goals 
• Hydration, supplement habits, and the long view of holistic health care 
• Navy service, injuries, and staying out of the VA when possible 
• Returning to a call to preach after years of running 
• Building Sheepdogs Anchored in Christ to support veterans 
• Helping vets with VA compensation forms as a DAV service officer 
• Brotherhood, housing help, and walking with men through hard transitions 
• Closing prayer and a reminder that obedience matters 

Make sure y’all check that out anchored in christ dot faith 
It’s www.tranont.com/ricky_pate 


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In this debut episode, Bryan Robinson, also known as Be Rob, marks a personal milestone by reflecting on the journey toward his fiftieth birthday. Rather than a simple list, the conversation unfolds as a candid and often humorous retrospective, weaving together lessons that span the diverse categories of comedy, personal growth, and spirituality. You'll hear him share the seventeen specific insights and experiences that genuinely shaped his path, all gathered before he turned fifty on January 21, 1975. The tone is conversational and grounded, blending self-improvement anecdotes with moments of lighthearted reflection, and it may include interview segments with others who influenced his perspective. This podcast episode feels like a thoughtful, one-on-one chat that explores how life’s mix of faith, learning, and even missteps can coalesce into meaningful wisdom. It’s an authentic look back, offering listeners not a prescription for living, but a personal story that might resonate with their own chapters of change and discovery.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Ep.1- 17 things learnt before I turnt 50
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