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Laughing in the Face of Trauma
Yesterday I sat in a room with a group of peers going through my Ladder UPP program and heard some heavy stories. Not the kind of stories where someone had a rough week. Not the kind where things were stressful at work. I mean the kind of stories where you quietly wonder: How are you still standing?How are you even functioning?How did you survive that? Maybe you’ve been there yourself. A friend…
Grief and the Burden of Leadership
The Grief We Don’t Talk About Grief isn’t something we associate with leadership. We associate leadership with strength, decisiveness, resilience, and competence. Grief sounds emotional. Soft. Even weak. But after years of working with leaders across military units, fire departments, law enforcement agencies, businesses, and schools, I’ve come to believe the opposite. The leaders who carry the…
The Difference Between PTSD and Moral Injury: Make Sure You Are Treating the Right Wound
One of the most common mistakes I see when working with people who have experienced trauma is confusing PTSD with Moral Injury. They often show up together, but they are not the same thing. Treating them as if they are can keep people stuck longer than they need to be. Both wounds matter deeply, but they injure different parts of us. PTSD Is About How You Respond to the World PTSD is primarily…
Leadership & Mental Fitness: Why Humility, Courage, and Discipline Matter
Leadership Is Mental Health I recently returned from Las Vegas, where I was teaching a class with law enforcement officers and members of the Air Force from all over the country. From Alaska to Wyoming. Different backgrounds. Different missions. The same reality kept showing up again. Leadership plays a decisive role in the mental health and resilience of an organization, especially among first…
A Picture of Your Soul: How Love, Compassion, and Action Reveal Who You Really Are
A Spiritual MRI Listening to a podcast with Dr. Daniel Amen sparked a question that stuck with me. Dr. Amen shows people brain scans that reveal the damage caused by diet, habits, addiction, or stress. Seeing the truth changes them, because you cannot hide from an image like that. It made me wonder. What if we could take the same kind of picture of our soul? How would that change us? How Do You…
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Engaging Introductions: Capturing Your Audience’s Interest The initial impression your blog post makes is crucial, and that’s where your introduction comes into play. Hook your readers with a captivating opening that sparks curiosity or emotion. Address their pain points or questions to establish a connection. Outline the purpose of your post and give a sneak peek into what they can expect. A…
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Engaging Introductions: Capturing Your Audience’s Interest The initial impression your blog post makes is crucial, and that’s where your introduction comes into play. Hook your readers with a captivating opening that sparks curiosity or emotion. Address their pain points or questions to establish a connection. Outline the purpose of your post and give a sneak peek into what they can expect. A…
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Engaging Introductions: Capturing Your Audience’s Interest The initial impression your blog post makes is crucial, and that’s where your introduction comes into play. Hook your readers with a captivating opening that sparks curiosity or emotion. Address their pain points or questions to establish a connection. Outline the purpose of your post and give a sneak peek into what they can expect. A…
Your Brain, Your Soul, and the Least of These: Lessons from Dr. Daniel Amen
The Question That Changes Everything While driving through rural Indiana to lead a group of veterans in my Ladder UPP program, I listened to Doctor Daniel Amen on a podcast. He posed a simple question that has stayed with me ever since: Is this good for my brain or is this bad for my brain? It is a question that cuts through excuses. It forces clarity. And as I listened to him explain his work, I…
AI Jesus: Faith, Truth, and the Danger of Digital Deception
A Week of Contrasts This week took me on a ride from deep human connection to a sobering reminder of how far technology is pulling us away from what makes us human. I began by speaking at a Veterans Day event for an entire school system in Illinois. This community had suffered the heartbreaking loss of three students in the past eighteen months, including one by suicide. Yet in the middle of…
Two Stories Of The Great Good in our World
We all need a reminder sometimes of the good in the world. Every day we see the headlines, the anger, the pain, and it can wear us down. But sometimes, all it takes is listening to the stories of those who serve, to see the miracles that still unfold in the quiet corners of life. The Officer Who Found Peace In one of my recent classes, a police officer shared a poignant story of hope. Over a few…
Two Sides, One Side, Three, or More?
We like to think there are two sides to every issue. Left and right. For or against. This side or that side. Maybe, even an independent third side. But life is rarely that neat. I was listening to the Sean Ryan podcast driving home from teaching a class for police officers in Illinois. The guest talked about how the truth is found somewhere between left-wing and right-wing media. He had a website…
Wake Up: What’s Right in Front of You Is Real (The Real Truth Exposed in the NBA Gambling Scandal)
A new NBA gambling scandal has exploded into the news. Mob families, crooked poker games, players getting hurt on purpose to change betting lines, inside information leaked for cash. It sounds like a movie, but it’s real. And yet, it’s not really about basketball. It’s about what we all choose to see, or not see. For years, the NBA and other sports have had moments that didn’t add up. Odd calls,…
Youth Sports, Playing Time, and Life
There is a question that every athlete, every parent, and every leader eventually asks: How do I get from here to there? In youth sports, that question often takes the form of playing time. Who plays? Who sits? Why? And what does that mean for life? In the leadership courses I teach across the country, I often reference Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink. The principle is simple but life…
Why Marry? Two Are Greater Than One
Losing Sight of Marriage Marriage has become something people often treat like a checklist item. Graduate. Get a job. Maybe get married. It is seen less as a foundation of life and more as an optional add-on. Yet the truth remains simple and eternal. Two are greater than one. Think about it. Two people will always have an advantage over one in almost anything worth doing. They will raise children…
Wrestling with Job, Part 5: Pride, Humility, and the Voice from the Whirlwind
Our journey through the book of Job is now nearing its end. The heart of this final stretch is not about suffering or loss but about pride and the humble recognition of who we are before God. Job had defended himself for chapters, insisting that his suffering made no sense because he was a good man. In many ways, that makes perfect sense. Why should so many bad things happen to someone who tries…
What Is Your Team? Rediscover the Power of We
There’s an old saying we have all heard: There’s no I in team. It is true, but it is also incomplete. Because the real question is not just about the letter “I.” The question is: What is your team? We are all part of teams, whether we realize it or not. It might be your family, your workplace, your church, your friends, or your community. But as we grow older and life pulls us in a hundred…