This is Your Brain on Cop Work with Dr. Rick Hanson: Processing Stress and Trauma, How to Find Gratitude for the Hard Parts, and How to Survive Your Career

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The Squad Room

Garrett Te Slaa

195 episodes

9 months ago

The Squad Room is a podcast devoted to optimizing the physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness of police officers, and law enforcement personnel. We tackle any subject that might improve first responder wellness and commitment to ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities we serve. Physical fitness, sleep and sleeping disorders, identifying PTSD, mindfulness and meditation, the importance of mentors and coaches - the list goes on!

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This is Your Brain on Cop Work with Dr. Rick Hanson: Processing Stress and Trauma, How to Find Gratitude for the Hard Parts, and How to Survive Your Career

The Squad Room

58 minutes 2 seconds

2 years ago

This is Your Brain on Cop Work with Dr. Rick Hanson: Processing Stress and Trauma, How to Find Gratitude for the Hard Parts, and How to Survive Your Career

Dr. Rick Hanson is a renowned psychologist, New York Times best-selling author, and meditation teacher known for his expertise in the field of neuroscience and positive psychology. With a deep understanding of the brain and its capacity for change, he has dedicated his career to helping individuals cultivate happiness, resilience, and well-being. Dr. Hanson has authored several influential books, including his newest book “Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection, and Fostering Love”, “Hardwiring Happiness” and “Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakeable Core of Calm, Strength and Happiness,” and his teachings and insights have inspired countless people around the world to transform their lives through mindfulness and self-empowerment.

In this episode you’ll learn:

* What the parable of The Two Wolves means to Rick, and how to use it in your own life.

* How our bodies “negativity bias” sets us up for failure in high stress careers and how we can combat that with a simple exercise.

* How neuroplasticity and mindfulness can actually rewire your brain and help resolve trauma.

* How a gratitude practice is the fastest way towards changing a bad mood or attitude.

* How to recover from big mistakes.

You can learn more about Dr. Rick Hanson at rickhanson.net and on Instagram at @rickhansonphd

His podcast, which I highly recommend for anyone interested in psychology or personal development is Being Well and is available on all the podcast platforms.

In this episode, we talk about the parable of the two wolves. If this is an idea that interests you, I created The Good Wolf Journal, a FREE 7-day journal to help you learn a practice of gratitude, how to keep negativity at bay, and how you can serve others by helping them feed their own Good Wolf. It’s available at thesquadroom.net/thegoodwolfjournal for free.

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