What happens when the mission ends, the identity you built your life around disappears, and you’re left asking who you are without it?
John Constantine is a retired U.S. Secret Service agent who spent most of his career serving on the Counter Assault Team (CAT). But some of the hardest battles of his life came after the career was over.
In this episode of the Peace • Power • & Purpose Podcast, John opens up about his years in the U.S. Secret Service, life on the Counter Assault Team, and the difficult transition that followed retirement.
John shares what it was like losing the identity, brotherhood, mission, and sense of purpose that came with the job—and how that struggle affected his marriage and his life.
But this conversation ultimately becomes a story about Jesus Christ.
John talks about his search for something more, his journey toward faith, and the realization that what he had been searching for was Christ.
We talk about:
• Life inside the U.S. Secret Service and Counter Assault Team
• What happens when a career becomes your identity
• The struggle of transitioning out of law enforcement
• Marriage, purpose, brotherhood, and identity
• Searching for meaning after the mission ends
• Finding faith and surrendering to Christ
• Building an identity rooted in something greater than a career
This episode is about more than the Secret Service.
It’s about what happens when everything you used to define yourself is stripped away—and where you turn when you realize your career was never meant to be your identity.
If you’re a veteran, law enforcement officer, first responder, or any man struggling with identity, transition, faith, or purpose, this conversation is for you.
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” — Matthew 16:25 (KJV)
📖 John Constantine’s book, Hallways and Stairwells: Unhealthy Egos, Broken Identities, and Our Journey for Self-Worth
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