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In this episode, Richard Goerling joins Kate and Alex to share his experience teaching the skills of mindfulness and compassion to police, military personnel, and other first responders. He discusses healthy and harmful aspects of police culture and the impact of occupational trauma on men and women in law enforcement. Listen in for Richard’s insights on resilience, the ideal of warrior humanitarianism, and how mindfulness teachers might learn to be more culturally competent in serving these individuals. Richard Goerling is the Founder of Mindful Badge, an organization that delivers evidence-based skills training to support the health, humanity and performance of first responders. Richard is also a retired police officer and military veteran, certified mindfulness trainer, and an NIH-funded co-investigator on research exploring mindfulness training and its impact on police officers.