The Squad Room

By Garrett Te Slaa

Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.


Category: Self-Improvement

Open in Apple Podcasts


Open RSS feed


Open Website


Rate for this podcast

Subscribers: 63
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 195

Description

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!

Episode Date
John Delony Just Wants You to Chill Out: Tools for Building a Non-Anxious Life
Jul 16, 2024
What I’ve Learned: The Impacts Can Last Forever with Jeff McGreevy
May 15, 2024
Where Do Cops Go When They’re The Ones That Need Help? with Shawn Thomas
Apr 10, 2024
12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim and Recalibrate Your Life with Travis Mills
Mar 11, 2024
What I’ve Learned: Travis Gribble on How Your Career and Life Can Change on One Call
Feb 12, 2024
Are We Lonely? How Loneliness, Disconnection, and Isolation Are Becoming the Silent Killer of First Responders with Jeremy Nobel
Dec 14, 2023
Becoming Anti-Fragile: Confronting Fears and Insecurity to Become a Better Version of Yourself with Sabrina Reich
Dec 04, 2023
Facing Evil: Confronting the Deadliest Mass Shooter in History and the Aftermath of What Followed with Josh Bitsko
Nov 21, 2023
You Are a Work In Progress: Evolving and Reclaiming Your Identity Outside Public Service
Oct 17, 2023
My Bad Haircut: What Trivial Things Can Teach Us About Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience
Oct 09, 2023
How I Fell Apart. PLUS Details On Our Men’s Retreat for First Responders and Veterans in November
Sep 21, 2023
Coming Home: From Combat to Car Stops and Finding the Strength to Walk Away to Save Yourself with Dave Boyd
Sep 12, 2023
What Eddie Van Halen Taught Me About Self-Awareness Before He Died
Aug 14, 2023
18 Lessons from 18 Years as a Cop: What I Wish I Knew, Mistakes Made, and Lessons Learned
Jul 31, 2023
Matthew Thomas on Successful Marriages, Working Through Hard Things, Promoting and Leading From Any Rank
Jul 05, 2023
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
Jun 01, 2023
The Heart of a Warrior: Finding Purpose After Your Own Death with Brandon Griffith
May 11, 2023
Are You Worried You’re a Micromanager? Stop Doing These Things Right Now!
Apr 20, 2023
Dealing with Death: Navigating Grief and Guilt to Find Joy After The Death of a LEO Spouse with Whitney Allen
Apr 17, 2023
Just Got Promoted? Don’t Make These Mistakes: 11 Tips for New Supervisors to Help You Ease the Transition, Build Trust, Establish Your Presence, and Lead.
Mar 08, 2023
Olivia Mead of Yoga For First Responders on Destigmatizing Warrior Cultures, Improving Resilience Through Physical Work, and Reducing the Stress of Police Careers
Mar 03, 2023
Jason Piccolo of The Protectors On Leaving Law Enforcement, Transitioning to Civilian Life, Finding Purpose and Meaning in Our Work.
Feb 13, 2023
4 Conversations You Should Be Having as a Leader (and 4 You Should NEVER Have!)
Jan 10, 2023
You Only Have 4000 Weeks in Your Life. Don’t Spend It Paying Your Agency When You’re Off Duty. Try This Instead.
Jan 06, 2023
What I’ve Learned: Cultivating Resilience by Doing the Work with Kyle Stubbs
Nov 30, 2022
You Must Lead Yourself to Lead Others with Errol Doebler
Nov 01, 2022
Storytelling School: Become a Fearless Public Speaker to Accelerate Your Career with Kymberlee Weil
Oct 14, 2022
3 Universal Laws of Leadership You Must Know to Succeed as a Cop
Oct 11, 2022
Navigating the Hard Parts: How to Suffer Well and Build Resilience with Richard Goerling
Oct 04, 2022
Need More Work/Life Balance? Listen to This!
Sep 27, 2022
15 Secrets of Leadership That No One Wants to Tell You About
Sep 13, 2022
Will to Thrive: How Humor and Music Can Create Resilience After a Line of Duty Death with Charlie from Ten Eight Memes
Aug 31, 2022
5 Ways to Deal with Negative People at Work
Aug 26, 2022
161: 9 Tactics of Positive Discipline to Get Massive Results From Your People
Aug 04, 2022
160: Creative Cop: Chasing Suspects and Spotlights and Why Creativity is Important for Cops with Tyler Ashley
Jul 05, 2022
159: Crucial Communication: How to Be a Better Leader, Boss & Partner Using Uncommon Skills and Technologies with Jeff Halstead
Jun 01, 2022
158: Mastering Mindfulness: How to Create Your Own Practice to Improve Your Life with Wendy Hummell
May 10, 2022
157: 8 Ways to Detach from Work After Your Shift
Apr 07, 2022
156: What I’ve Learned: Cancer, Addiction, Death and Divorce Can’t Keep Me Down with Sgt. Mike McGrew.
Mar 30, 2022
155: 7 Discipline Failures You Might Be Making
Mar 10, 2022
154: Can You Be Happy? How to Fight Negativity, Cynicism, and Anger to Live a Fulfilling Life with Bridget Truxillo
Mar 04, 2022
153: Briefing Topic: 6 Ways to Boost Your Resilience
Feb 21, 2022
152: The Future of Training: How Networking and Online Training Will Change Law Enforcement
Feb 14, 2022
151: The Brain Behind the Trigger: How Neuroscience is Builds a Better Shooter with Dustin Salomon.
Jan 25, 2022
150: What I’ve Learned From a Life Undercover: Dope Buys, Gun Rips and Learning From Your Mistakes with Jeff Smith.
Jan 13, 2022
149: Is Anger Ruining Your Life? How Stress, Vices, and Agency Politics Can Kill You with The Angry Viking Dr. Trevor Wilkins
Dec 20, 2021
148: Porn Addiction, Policing and PTSD: How to Take Control of Your Demons, Lead, and Succeed with Scott Medlin.
Dec 07, 2021
147: We’ve Always Done It This Way: Bringing Police Training Out of the Dark Ages with Adam Haidary of @PolicePosts and Be Effective.
Nov 15, 2021
146: From Widow to Warrior: How Her Husband’s Suicide Showed Her How to Save Others with Kim Colegrove
Oct 29, 2021
145: Mindfulness Saved My Life: Breaking Misconceptions from Spec Ops to Cops with US Navy SEAL Commander (ret) Jon Macaskill
Oct 12, 2021
144: Married to a Cop: How Your Job is Affecting Your Relationships, Your Communication, and Your Future with Cyndi Doyle of Code 4 Couples
Sep 23, 2021
143: Leadership Masterclass: How to Handle Promotion, Demotion, Failure, Media Scrutiny, and Tough Decisions with Nick Metz
Sep 08, 2021
142: Changing a Broken Culture: How One Officer’s Suicide Changed an Entire Department with Lorenzo Glenn
Aug 24, 2021
141: Longevity and Health Through Nutrition with Robb Wolf
Aug 12, 2021
140: Creating a New Model of Peer Support Using Technology with Bruce Valles
Jul 15, 2021
139: When the Warrior Comes Home: Confronting Trauma, Stress & PTSD with Jen Satterly
Jun 30, 2021
138: Winning the War Inside Your Head with Delta Force Veteran Tom Satterly
Jun 22, 2021
137: How to Have a Successful Marriage with Victoria Newman
Jun 02, 2021
136: Protecting Your Privacy with Pete James of OfficerPrivacy.Com
May 19, 2021
135: The Stoic Cop with Bill Mauro: How an Ancient Philosophy Is the Perfect Antidote to Modern Times
May 04, 2021
134: Serving Those in Service with James Geering of the Behind the Shield Podcast
Apr 13, 2021
133: Dealing with Toxic People at Work: What to Do When You Have an Arsonist in the Office with Pete Havel
Mar 23, 2021
132: How to Lead Yourself First with Mike Doyle of Tactical Tangents
Feb 18, 2021
131: What I’ve Learned: Dennis Benigno of Street Cop Training
Jan 27, 2021
130: When Your Trauma Explodes with Nick Wilson of The Resiliency Project
Dec 11, 2020
129: A Widow’s Journey with Carmen East
Nov 19, 2020
128: Creating a Winning Mindset with Brian Willis: Leadership Lessons For Police.
Oct 23, 2020
127: Be Your Own First Responder with Tony Blauer
Oct 08, 2020
126: How to Move Forward, Lead & Win with Dakota Meyer
Sep 04, 2020
125: You Can’t Out Train a Bad Diet with First In Nutrition’s Jonathan Montgomery
Aug 21, 2020
124: Building Resilience with JP Dinnell
Aug 07, 2020
123: What I Wish I Knew: Mistakes, Lessons & Hard Wins with SWAT Officer Justin Walker
Jul 14, 2020
122: Where Do We Go From Here?
Jul 04, 2020
121: Deliberate Discomfort: Overcoming Fear, Creating Courage, and Winning Your Battles with Jason Van Camp
Jun 18, 2020
120: Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement with Dr. Kevin Gilmartin
Jun 02, 2020
119: Leading Yourself Through Change with NYPD Sgt. Aaron Lohman aka Huge Fat Loser
May 28, 2020
118: Creating Calm: PTSD, War Trauma and Healing with Tom Voss
May 07, 2020
117: Ryan Michler on How to Win When Others Are Falling Apart
Apr 27, 2020
116: Briefing Topic: Are You in the Arena?
Apr 23, 2020
115: Making Yourself Hard to Kill with Matt The Operational Athlete
Apr 16, 2020
114: Leading Ourselves and Others During a Crisis with Traver Boehm
Mar 21, 2020
113: Cardiologist and Police Lieutenant Jon Sheinberg on Heart Health for First Responders.
Mar 15, 2020
112: Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman on Being a Modern Sheepdog
Mar 15, 2020
111: Live from ProForce with @911Strong and @DispatcherKristen
Dec 01, 2019
110: Shots Fired, Officer Down with Officer Josh Comitale: Will to Survive, Winning Mindset, and the Warrior Spirit
Oct 27, 2019
109: Longevity, Seeking Promotions, Leadership and Advice with Jason Hoschouer
Aug 13, 2019
108: From Hard Charging to Hard Drinking: Alcoholism, Treatment and Recovery with Sgt. Joey Rafferty
Jul 24, 2019
107: Your Mindset is Everything with POW Capt. Charlie Plumb | Cultivating Resilience, Gratitude & Awareness
Jun 18, 2019
106: Building Strength in Your Brain and Biceps with Mark Bell
Jun 04, 2019
105: Creating a Legacy by Serving Something Bigger Than Yourself with Special Forces Lt. Col. Scott Mann
May 06, 2019
104: Excuses, Obstacles, and Living a Fearless Life with Miranda and Julian Alcarez of Street Parking
Apr 17, 2019
Ep 103: Becoming Mindful Warriors with Lt. Richard Goerling
Mar 27, 2019
Ep 102: Briefing Training: What’s Your Oath? How to Identify Your Personal Values
Mar 22, 2019
Ep 101: Lt. Jim Glennon of Calibre Press on Surviving the Streets
Mar 11, 2019
Episode 100! Learning from Your Failures and Moving Forward with Traver Boehm
Feb 26, 2019
Ep 99: Ending First Responder Suicides with Dan Jarvis of 22Zero.Org
Feb 12, 2019
Briefing Topic: Why Are You Here Redux
Feb 08, 2019
Briefing Topic: Held Assumptions vs. Opportunity Statements
Feb 02, 2019
Ep 96: Training Your Mind to Train Your Body with Officer Greg Parker
Jan 28, 2019
Briefing Topic: The S.W.A.T. Analysis
Jan 24, 2019
Briefing Topic: What’s Your 20?
Jan 17, 2019
Ep 93: Practicing Resilience and Creating an Emotional Survival Plan with Dr. Diego Hernandez
Jan 14, 2019
Ep 92: The B.A.D.G.E.S. of Your Life.
Jan 07, 2019
Ep 91: From Mogadishu to Music: Life Lessons from a Delta Commando with Brad Thomas
Dec 03, 2018
Ep 90: Post-Traumatic Stress to Post-Traumatic Growth with Shaun O’Gorman
Oct 22, 2018
Ep 89: Briefing Topic: We Need a Better Marketing Plan
Sep 14, 2018
Ep 88: Nothing Happens on the Sidelines with Seal Team 3 Sniper JP Dinnell
Aug 27, 2018
Ep 87: Be the One: Stepping Up During the Vegas Massacre with Sgt. Larry Hahn
Jul 18, 2018
Ep 86: Building Resilience from Personal Tragedy with Eric Hodgdon
Jun 21, 2018
Ep 85: Chasing Cartels and Congress with DEA Chief James Capra
May 30, 2018
EP 84: Thriving After an Officer-Involved Shooting with Chuck Rylant
May 05, 2018
Ep 83: What Makes an Uncivilized Man with Traver Boehm
Apr 11, 2018
Ep 82: Rob Shaul of Mountain Tactical Institute on Physical Training for Tactical Athletes
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 81: Kelly Starrett on Lifestyle Optimization for Tactical Athletes, Sheepdogs and Warriors
Feb 12, 2018
Ep 80: SEAL Team 6 Vet Andy Stumpf with Lessons from Hostile Territories
Jan 26, 2018
Ep 79: Briefing Topic – Be The One
Jan 15, 2018
Ep 78: Q&A How Do I Get Hired?
Oct 19, 2017
Ep 77: Sgt. Kevin Briggs, the “Guardian of the Golden Gate” on Suicide Intervention and Resilience
Sep 29, 2017
Ep 76: Developing Your Warrior Mindfulness with Lt. Richard Goerling
Sep 14, 2017
Ep 75: Going Undercover and Through Hell with ATF Agent and Best Selling Author Jay Dobyns
Aug 29, 2017
Ep 74: Traver Boehm and 8 Steps for Overcoming Divorce and Dealing with Grief
Aug 15, 2017
Ep 73: Developing Self-Awareness and Leadership with Bernard Melekian
Aug 03, 2017
Ep 72: Major Josh Mantz Was Shot and Killed in Iraq, and He’s Here to Tell the Story
Jul 21, 2017
Ep 71: Shots Fired, Officer Down with Bulletproof Fitness Creator Shelby Luttrell
Jul 12, 2017
Ep 70: Adam La Reau of O2X on Performance for Tactical Athletes
Jun 30, 2017
Ep 69: Building Resilience and Defeating Negative Behavior with Dr. Jay Nagdimon of the LAPD
Jun 15, 2017
Ep 68: Briefing Topic: Why Are You Here?
May 31, 2017
Ep 67: Ryan Michler of Order of Man on Being a Modern Warrior
May 26, 2017
Ep 66: Tony Horton, Creator of P90X on Living Large
May 17, 2017
Ep 65: Winning the Gunfight Before It Starts with LAPD SWAT’s Scott Reitz
May 10, 2017
Ep 64: My Dark Companion: PTSD, Depression and Suicide with Shaun O’Gorman of The Strong Life Project
May 03, 2017
Ep 63: Instagram Sensation @PoliceFitnessNutrition Founder Sgt. Wilson on Community and Accidental Leadership
Apr 26, 2017
Ep 62: Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman on the Bulletproof Mind
Apr 17, 2017
Ep 61: Briefing Topic: Can You Fight in the Shade?
Apr 13, 2017
Ep 60: Chief Steve Pitts on Resilience and Taking Care of Your Officers
Apr 11, 2017
Ep 59: Portland SWAT Officer Nick Frankus on Confidence: How to Get it, Keep it, and Make Sure It’s Real.
Apr 04, 2017
Ep 58: A Passion for Helping Cops with Chief Jeff Halstead, Founder of Hope4Blue.org 
Mar 27, 2017
Ep 57: Tony Blauer on Violent Aggression and Managing Fear
Mar 21, 2017
Ep 56: Briefing Topic: The 5 Questions
Mar 19, 2017
Ep 55: Mark Rippetoe and Strength Training for the Tactical Athlete 
Mar 13, 2017
Ep: 54 Briefing Topic: Why You Should Be Obsessed with Failure 
Mar 09, 2017
Ep 53: The Will to Survive with Green Beret Kevin Flike
Mar 07, 2017
Ep 52: Shift Briefing: Turning Pro
Feb 27, 2017
Ep 51: Shots Fired! with Sgt. Rick Burkmier of Scottsdale Police Department
Feb 23, 2017
Ep 50: I Was a Dirty Cop with Former LAPD Officer Ruben Palomares
Feb 14, 2017
Ep 49: Greg Amundson on Building a Positive Practice and Following Your Path
Feb 01, 2017
Ep 48: 2016 Year in Review
Jan 23, 2017
Ep 47: Developing the Mindset of a Modern Gunfighter with Green Beret Aaron Barruga
Dec 13, 2016
Ep 46: The Return of Traver Boehm: Darkness, Wilderness and Living with Death
Nov 16, 2016
Ep 45: John Welbourn NFL Veteran, Founder of CrossFit Football and Power Athlete HQ on How To Be A Tactical Athlete
Oct 26, 2016
Ep 44: Dr. ACE on Naturopathic Medicine, Fake Sugars and How Your Body Can Heal Itself
Oct 05, 2016
Ep 43: UFC Star and Green Beret Tim Kennedy On Being Hard to Kill and How He Almost Became a Cop
Sep 21, 2016
Ep 42: The Journey from Fat to Fit with @huge_fat_loser NYPD Ofc. Aaron Lohman
Sep 12, 2016
Ep 41: Doc Parsley Returns! Sleep, Adrenal Fatigue, and Why Your Hypothalamus Gives You Man Boobs
Aug 30, 2016
Ep 40: Lt. Col. Scott Mann on Trust, Leadership, and Why Its Your Job to Rebuild America
Aug 19, 2016
Ep 39: CrossFit Games Winner and OPEX Founder James FitzGerald
Aug 02, 2016
Ep 38: Dr. David Klinger, former LAPD, on Officer-Involved Shootings, Managing Stress and Visualizing Success in Lethal Encounters
Jul 18, 2016
Ep 37: MotorCop Wants to Know How Is Your Financial Health?
Jul 06, 2016
Ep 36: Green Beret Aaron Barruga Knows What Its Like to Get Shot At
Jun 22, 2016
Ep 35: Cardiologist and Lieutenant Dr. Jon Sheinberg on Heart Health
Jun 07, 2016
Ep 34: KP from @FitCops on Creating a Social Media Movement
May 24, 2016
Ep 33: Navy SEAL David Silverman on Leveling Up, and Working with High Performing Teams
May 11, 2016
Ep 32: Creating from a place of scarcity
May 04, 2016
Ep 31: George Vrotsos of PremeditatedFitness.com and author of Lean & Fierce: Tactical Fitness for Sheepdogs
Apr 26, 2016
Ep 30: Whole Life Challenge Tips and Recap
Apr 22, 2016
Ep 29: Become a Culinary Ninja with Paleo Nick
Apr 12, 2016
Ep 28: Getting Strong & Lean w/ RP Strength CEO Nick Shaw
Mar 29, 2016
Ep 27b: 8 Minute Guided Meditation
Mar 16, 2016
Ep 27a: An Intro to Guided Meditation
Mar 16, 2016
Ep 26: Between Chief and Coach with Chief Jim Band
Mar 02, 2016
Ep 25: The Photograph
Feb 25, 2016
Ep 24: CrossFit Games Athlete and Hayward PD Chief Diane Urban
Feb 16, 2016
Ep 23: Traver Boehm on the Year to Live Project
Feb 02, 2016
Ep 22: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of 2015 w/ Traver Boehm
Jan 19, 2016
Ep 21: Navy SEAL Clint Bruce on Leadership, Mentorship, and Being Better Than Excellent
Jan 06, 2016
Ep 20: Andy Petranek on CrossFit, Performance Optimization and the Whole Life Challenge
Dec 23, 2015
Ep 19: SWAT Sergeant and CrossFit Games Athlete Freddy Camacho on Night shift, and the importance of Beer and Kool-Aid
Dec 09, 2015
Ep 18: Minisode “The One You Feed”
Dec 01, 2015
Ep 17: Navy SEAL Mikal Vega on Traumatic Brain Injury, Surviving PTSD, and How Doctors Nearly Killed Him
Nov 24, 2015
Ep 16: Scott McGee: SWAT Officer, Wodcast Podcast co-host and Eternal Optimist
Nov 10, 2015
Ep 15: Living a CrossFit life with Sergeant, CrossFit Games Athlete and Entreprenuer Bryan Wadkins 
Oct 27, 2015
Ep 14: Get Your Grill On with Chef Joel Chapman
Oct 13, 2015
Ep 13: Mobility, Stability and Your Front Butt w/ Dr. Steve Politis
Sep 28, 2015
Ep 12: Change is Hard and I’m Being a Baby About It
Sep 14, 2015
Ep 11: Finding Balance in Life and Leadership with Ed Aceves
Aug 31, 2015
Ep 010: Doc Kirk Parsley and Optimizing Your Sleep
Aug 10, 2015
Ep 009: “Better is Better” w/ Traver Boehm
Jul 27, 2015
Ep 008: Healing your Back and Your Body with Foundation Training w/ Dr. Eric Goodman
Jul 13, 2015
Ep 007: With Help, Life Gets Better. PTSD with Dr. Joel Fay
Jun 29, 2015
Ep 006: “Maybe It’ll Save My Life”
Jun 16, 2015
Ep 005: The Excuses We Tell Ourselves
Jun 02, 2015
Ep 004: You Are an Athlete, You Need a Coach!
May 26, 2015
Ep 3: Greg Amundson – You as a Tactical Athlete
May 19, 2015
Episode 002: The Affliction of My Current Condition
May 19, 2015
The Squad Room Episode 001: Hello, My Name Is…
May 16, 2015