On this episode, we talk with Devin Hales about being an African American Police Officer in today's society. Devin grew up on the south side of Chicago before moving to Kansas. In his words "I wanted to make a difference in the community by helping people that need help and even the ones who say they don’t need help, not just by locking up bad people but also by being a listening ear for the community. Where I grew up Police did not have positive impression on me, or the community and I wanted to change that outlook". I hope you enjoy the episode.

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Julie is the founder of Horses & Heroes Inc. and a Certified Equine Specialist through

EAGALA and a Designated Military Provider.

At a young age Julie rescued a severely traumatized horse. The experience of his

rehabilitation together with her compassion for those who serve, sparked the mission to

create Horses & Heroes.  

Horses & Heroes was incorporated on Oct 13, 2014 and is one of more than 600

certified EAGALA programs worldwide. Back in 2019 Horses & Heroes was granted the

Military Designation which is an achievement in showing their dedication, education and

experience to serve those who serve.

Julie graduated with honors with a BA Human Relations Management degree from Mid

America Nazarene University, is a former owner of Fitness Together, a personal training

franchise, manager of several veterinary hospitals and personal training staff, and spent

fourteen years as a military spouse. Mother of four; two of her three daughters also

served in the United States Marine Corps, and her youngest son received a full

scholarship from the Air Force ROTC to attend KU’s Aeronautic Engineering School fall

2021.

Certifications:

 EAGALA Certified Practitioner 2014-Present

 EAGALA Certified Military Provider 2020- Present

 Certified Heart Math Coach – 2020 Present

 Certified QPR Suicide Prevention Trainer – 2019-Present

 Former ISSA Certified Trainer, Fitness Nutrition Coach and Exercise Therapist

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In this episode we talk about the impact on first responders of person on person violence that we see on a daily basis. How it effects us and what we do to cope with it. And James is on his soapbox. (but we all are on this issue) Hope you enjoy.

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In this episode we dive in to a touchy subject of how to talk to a friend who might be having a problem about giving up their guns for a while. ot everyone is going to agree on this subject but it is an important conversation to have.

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Roosevelt Hampton is a 17 yr veteran of the fire service, as well as a Staff Sgt in the Army National Guard with 2 deployments. We talk candidly about his struggles after coming home and the adversity both physical and mental, that he faced while in college. I hope you enjoy this episode.  

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We continue our conversation from last week and we are joined by James to share his view point.

In this episode Chris and Jeremy talk about burnout, post traumatic growth and how inspiration can be taken from movie quotes. Hope you enjoy!

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Richard Curasi - Colonel, Retired, US Army; Federal Security Director, Retired, DHS/TSA

Richard (Rich) Curasi is a senior executive in intelligence, security, strategic planning, and decision making in the private and public sectors. A builder and leader of high performing organizations, Rich was one of TSA’s  original five Federal Security Directors (FSD) to implement the public-private partnership approach to airport security that mixed the strength of government resources with the flexibilities and efficiencies of the commercial sector. For seven years he led the TSA effort in the Western half of a large MidWestern state, responsible for over 750 personnel at six airports from small to large. He remains a respected and sought after SME on transportation security topics as well as on issues of intelligence and overall security. During a military career spanning 30 years and including command of units in the US as well as overseas, Rich also built extensive experience working with the militaries of allied nations, particularly in NE Asia. Rich works hard to give back to the community: A trained and State Certified “Gatekeeper” Suicide Prevention Trainer, a Veterans Treatment Court Mentor, the Senior Military Advisor to the Metropolitan Bar Association’s Military Matters Program – and the only non-attorney to have received the coveted President’s Award - Rich dedicates countless volunteer hours to activities that contribute to the survival, health, and welfare of our Serving Military, our Veterans, and their Families.

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In this episode we talk about post traumatic growth. It seems like most of the conversation about mental health is about pts or ptsd but no one really talks about the healing of coming out the other side. We try to shed some light on that.  #neveralonealwaysforward [email protected]