Dog Days Are Never Over
Healing is not something you do once. You keep choosing to heal. Overtime, it gets easier. And every time, you heal on another level.Â
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May 11, 20224 min read
Another Lesson Learned
Over the past 30 years I have experienced traumatic events, been diagnosed with PTSD, shut down, and failed at two marriages. In spite of...
Mar 13, 20224 min read
It Only Takes One Connection, From The Heart
I've been in Florida for a couple of weeks, doing book signings at bookstores, and attempting to have a real vacation for the first time...
Feb 22, 20224 min read
The Choices We Make......
Today, as I was driving on the freeway I saw a flat bed truck ahead with long narrow objects strapped to the platform of the truck....
Jan 20, 20225 min read
The Ups and Downs of Life?
The past month has been an interesting time. My book, Bridging the Gap that I have been anxiously waiting for was finally released. It...
Jan 4, 20225 min read
The Hats We Wear
The New Year is a time of reflection and renewal. The dichotomy of looking at the past while simultaneously looking at the future. For...
Dec 21, 20214 min read
It Really is a Small World
The last week has been extremely busy, yet enlightening. My book, Bridging the Gap was released on December 14, 2021 and like all authors...
Dec 6, 20216 min read
Gratitude and Trauma
I was in the shower this morning and a thought came to me: funny how that happens. Everyone has trauma in their life. This is proven...
Nov 21, 20214 min read
It's OK to ask....
I spent twenty-six years as a police officer/detective. In that time I have never heard an officer quit because of the job. It seems...
Nov 4, 20214 min read
A Community That Cares
I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural convention sponsored by Randy Sutton, Retired Lieutenant of Las Vegas Metro PD and founder...
Sep 28, 20216 min read
How to Be a Hero
Life is interesting as it offers opportunities to each of us, allowing us to make choices. The choices we make shift the path we are on...
Jul 8, 20213 min read
Flying by the Seat of Our Pants
My father had a saying for times when we were unsure what to do and did not know what to expect in a given situation. We would just head...
Feb 20, 20204 min read
What About the Box?
As I have been writing my book, and teaching my course, Bridging the Gap, I have been doing some serious soul searching. I have heard...
Dec 10, 20195 min read
Us vs Them vs Reality; time for a change?
I read an interesting comment about the Us vs Them mentality that is trained into law enforcement on Linked-in and it struck a chord...
Oct 10, 20193 min read
Still Making a Difference
I wasn’t at Ground Zero on 9-11. I didn’t survive a shootout with six bank robbers and I haven’t been on a special task force tracking...
Jun 28, 20193 min read
Enough is enough
Earlier this week I read that the Law Enforcement suicides in 2019 had reached 100. This is more than the number killed in the line of...
Mar 4, 20192 min read
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
This article entitled: There is No Such Thing as PTSD, and I Have It, hits the nail, right on the head. In the past, we were told to just...
Jan 22, 20193 min read
The best time to solve a problem is......
The frightening statistics for 2018 came out and reaffirmed what we all have know for some time. Once again, law enforcement suicides out...
Dec 23, 20182 min read
Cumulative PTSD
How does PTSD effect our lives, careers, community relations and the decisions we make? How can we prevent the negative effects? ...
Nov 28, 20185 min read
Talk to Reduce PTSD/Suicide/Divorce in Law Enforcement
This is an excellent starting list put together by the National Alliance on Mental Illness to reduce PTSD and suicide in Law...
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