Cody Alford: What Makes a Warrior When the War Is Over?

Everyday Ancestral with James Barry · Oct 22, 2026 · 52m · transcript

Content note: this episode discusses suicide. If you need support in the US, call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Outside the US, findahelpline.com lists services by country.

You can have the life you worked for and still feel lost. Retired Marine Raider Cody Alford had what he calls the dream life, and he still told himself he wasn't happy. When he left the Marine Corps in 2018, he lost his mission, his identity and his purpose all at once.

I asked him what he has learned since, and where to start when you don't know what your purpose is yet. Cody has coached people who seemed…