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12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim and Recalibrate Your Life with Travis Mills
On April 10, 2012, United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne was critically injured on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan by an IED (improvised explosive device) while on patrol, losing portions of both legs and both arms. He is one of only five quadruple amputees from...
157: 8 Ways to Detach from Work After Your Shift
As cops, the last thing we want to do is bring home the drama, stress and trauma to our families. But it’s hard, sometimes, to create some distance between who we are on the job and who we want to be when we’re at home. In this episode, I share 8 simple...
156: What I’ve Learned: Cancer, Addiction, Death and Divorce Can’t Keep Me Down with Sgt. Mike McGrew.
Mike McGrew is the Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Director of the 911 At Ease Foundation. Mike spent 31 years with the Santa Barbara Police Department where he recently retired as a sergeant. Mike held positions in major crimes, traffic, and POA president among...
155: 7 Discipline Failures You Might Be Making
In this short Briefing Topic episode, we cover 7 discipline failures you might be making. Discipline can be elusive for many of us. It’s not as simple as just motivation, momentum, or commitment. Hopefully these 7 topics give you something to think about that...
154: Can You Be Happy? How to Fight Negativity, Cynicism, and Anger to Live a Fulfilling Life with Bridget Truxillo
Are you happy? Like, actually happy? For a lot of cops, that just seems like crazy talk. Afterall, what is happy, anyways? And why is it important to bring it back into our lives? So many questions revolve around happiness. Luckily, my guest today has some...
153: Briefing Topic: 6 Ways to Boost Your Resilience
In this short episode I cover six ways that you can boost your resilience starting right now. Learn more at thesquadroom.net I want to offer you something that I’m very excited about, and it’s absolutely FREE. We have launched Tactical Tuesdays - a free...
152: The Future of Training: How Networking and Online Training Will Change Law Enforcement
Adam Kinakin is the Managing Director and founder of the International Law Enforcement Training Network (ILET), a community-based training platform designed for creating and facilitating international Law Enforcement training. A former Infantry Officer with the...
151: The Brain Behind the Trigger: How Neuroscience is Builds a Better Shooter with Dustin Salomon.
Dustin Salomon is a former naval officer and the author of Hitting in Combat: The Brain Science of Training to Win Gunfights. Between the military and the private sector, he has conducted 20 overseas deployments. In this episode, we talk about how you can make...
150: What I’ve Learned From a Life Undercover: Dope Buys, Gun Rips and Learning From Your Mistakes with Jeff Smith.
Jeff Smith spent 29 years working in law enforcement, most of it working undercover in the Narcotics Unit. Jeff has worked cases with DEA, FBI, HSI, US Customs, Maryland State Police, Delaware State Police, Virginia State Police and many other agencies all over the...
149: Is Anger Ruining Your Life? How Stress, Vices, and Agency Politics Can Kill You with The Angry Viking Dr. Trevor Wilkins
Dr. Trevor Wilkins is a former cop and current psychotherapist but if you’re on social media you might know him better as The Angry Viking. Trevor is a psychotherapist in private practice at Thin Line Counseling, LLC in Lexington, KY. Dr. Wilkins served 15-years in...
148: Porn Addiction, Policing and PTSD: How to Take Control of Your Demons, Lead, and Succeed with Scott Medlin.
Scott Medlin, an active police officer and devout Catholic, was struggling with a secret. One that he felt he couldn’t even share with anyone -- and certainly not with anyone at work. After years on patrol and two prior combat deployments with the United States...
147: We’ve Always Done It This Way: Bringing Police Training Out of the Dark Ages with Adam Haidary of @PolicePosts and Be Effective.
Adam Haidary is a former training sergeant for an agency in South Carolina. Adam is the founder of the hugely popular and often controversial Instagram account @policeposts and is also the creator of Effective Fitness, which offers physical training templates and...
146: From Widow to Warrior: How Her Husband’s Suicide Showed Her How to Save Others with Kim Colegrove
Kim Colegrove was living a successful life as a corporate trainer looking forward to her husband’s retirement from federal law enforcement. He had big plans to finally launch his business - an idea he’d been working on for years. Three months after his last day...
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