by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development
Ensuring that you focus on what fuels YOU is vital. When I was in policing, I remember people giving me all kinds of advice when it came to what direction my career should be headed in. No matter what you do, let no one tell you what you should do. Follow your passion...
by admin | Aug 16, 2020 | Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Resilience, Uncategorized
“I’m just afraid.” A client said that to me recently about the state the world is in. To some extent I get it. Turmoil in the world due to the coronavirus, protests over the George Floyd tragedy and talks about equality. Uncertainty is ubiquitous....
by admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Resilience, Suicide Awareness
I wanted to die. In 2011 I was charged with perjury. With a job I loved threatened and looking at possible jail time, I didn’t want to be here anymore. I sat at the edge of the bed with a handful of pills …. Fitness saved me. On Halloween 2017, I sat in a...
by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development, Resilience
It seems redundant to talk about police officers, first responders and resilience. Resilience is defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. Difficulty is inherent to the career of a first responder. From long shifts, to dealing with cantankerous...
by admin | Jun 7, 2020 | Mental Health, Resilience, Suicide Awareness
It may have cost me my freedom. In the beginning of March 2009, I took the stand in a public inquiry. I was a police officer. I was explaining the actions I took on a tragic night in 2007. My lawyer “prepared” me. He asked me questions in a very adversarial tone to...
by admin | May 27, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Development, Resilience
Words are like water: they can save lives, or take them. Those lines are from my book RISE (http://bit.ly/riseresiliencebook). When people ask me “How does a police officer get into public speaking?”, I’ve given myriad responses. But the truth is words are as...
