Pasha Palanker
Corporate Trainer and Speaker
Pasha is a corporate trainer and speaker on the topics of emotional resilience, mental health, overcoming obstacles, thriving through adversity and staying calm under pressure.
Pasha Palanker is a two time recipient of the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. He is credited with saving the lives of 15 soldiers by confronting and stopping a suicide bomber in a face to face altercation.
Pasha is on a mission to break the stigma associated with Mental Health treatment. He is helping organizations address the current nationwide mental health crisis by openly sharing his journey from the high of being an elite warrior, to the rock bottom of emotional breakdown and then back to recovery.
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May 13, 2026
What If the Strongest Thing You Can Do Is Talk About It? From Combat to Coming Home with Pasha Palanker
What if the strongest thing you can do… is talk about it? In this powerful episode of Truth Be Told , Pasha Palanker shares his extraordinary journey from Soviet immigrant to decorated U.S. Army veteran — and the invisible battle that followed him home. After surviving roadside bombs, earning two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star with Valor, and serving in some of the most dangerous combat environments in Iraq, Pasha opens up about the trauma, anger, PTSD, isolation, and mental health struggles he...
Guest: Pasha Palanker