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Sept. 23, 2021

EP#130 Living Life Well Done

EP#130 Living Life Well Done
https://youtu.be/S_coq9uV4aoHenline is a retired Army Staff Sergeant, last serving with the 82nd Airborne Division. He spent 13 years in the Army, completing four tours. While on his fourth tour in Iraq, three weeks after his arrival, an IED exploded under his Humvee – April 7, 2007 is a day he will never forget. The four soldiers with him were killed. As Henline stumbled out of the wreck, a human torch, he was extinguished by the soldier he had replaced in the Humvee. With burns covering almost 40% of his body, fractured bones in his face, and his head burned to the skull, Henline was put into a medically induced coma for two weeks and was flown back to the states. During his initial six-month hospital stay, Bobby remained upbeat, positive, and relied on humor to get him through each day.Putting nurses in headlocks, trying to keep other wounded soldiers’ spirits up by telling themjokes, and singing a ditty over and over garnered the attention of his occupational therapist. She challenged him to go to an open mic night and try his hand at comedy, making him promise with a pinky swear. He kept his promise, and that experience started a new chapter in his life. Comedy helps Bobby keep his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety at bay, and allows him to share his story and healing with others in a positive, funny, inspirational way.Today, Henline continues his quest to make people laugh in a variety of venues. His professional comedy includes performances as the “Well-Done Comedian” at Brad Garrett’sComedy Club, Las Vegas; Laugh Factory, Chicago; and Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles,to name just a few. As an actor, credits include the following movies and TV series:“Sophie and the Rising Sun”, “Surviving Home”, and “Shameless”.Henline’s story and lived experiences have been featured in numerous media, includingthe documentaries “Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor”, “Healing Bobby”, and“Weight of Honor”; on CNN, PBS KET, NPR, Today.com, and Time.com; Time Magazine,People Magazine, The Huffington Post, Guideposts, and Readers Digest; as well as television, radio, and podcasts around the world.His other experience includes modeling, writing poetry, and songwriting. He is currentlyworking with an award-winning Movie Director and team to make a film about his comedycalled Live Well Done: The Bobby Henline Story. In 2016, Henline co-founded Bravo748Military and Law Enforcement Speakers Bureau, an organization that invests in Veteransand First Responders who are speakers and entertainers with a mission of giving back totheir communities through their experience, training, stories, comedy, music, and more.As a Motivational Speaker/Inspirational Comedian, Henline is comfortable speaking withone person or 1,000’s. He collaborates with and performs for military and military-relatedorganizations to inspire soldiers, veterans, first responders and their families, spreadinghis message of life, love, joy, and resilience; he visits middle and high schools across thecountry to inspire young people; and speaks at for profit and not-for-profit organizationssharing his story of resiliency, hope, and healing.Live Well Done: The Bobby Henline Story - https://livewelldone.com/Forging Forward - https://forgingforward.org/Bravo748 Speakers Bureau - https://bravo748.com/Bobby Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bobby_henline/Bobby TikTok - @bobbyhenlineBobby Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BobbyHenline