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This week's episode is a chat with my guy, John Kelly (aka The Law Enforcement Life Coach on social media). John is a Marine Corps veteran and a retired LEO. After 30 years on the job, John turned his experience into resources for those following after him. He is now an author, trainer, podcast host, and National keynote speaker.

I've been connected with John for a few years now and was on his podcast a couple of years ago. I just finally got to meet him in person at the Wounded Blue Survival Summit in Las Vegas.

John shares about his career and how the job almost cost him everything, a few times. He talks about how we used to police, versus policing today and how when their department was losing an officer a year at the hand of suspects, he was asked to create training to keep officers alive...due to his vast experience in making it out of deadly situations. 

One of my favorite parts of the conversation was talking about the things we did/do to keep us alive, don't exactly allow us to thrive. That was so relatable. 

John was a cop who knew the end of his career was coming, for five years due to the DROP program...but didn't start thinking about what was next until about six months out and that created a little bit of a scramble to figure it out. 

John explains that while talking with his Motor guys, the idea for his Sometimes Heroes Need Help program was born. That gave him the sense of purpose so many miss in life after law enforcement and when he retired...he had a sense of finality because there was no unfinished business. 

Make sure you follow John on both Instagram and LinkedIn. You can visit his website, here, and listen to his podcast, here. 

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