Trauma has a way of taking the wheel of our lives. Setting the destination, steering our thoughts, and leaving us as passengers in our own story. In this episode, I want to take a dive into the reality of living with pain, from my earliest days as a cop facing tragedy head-on, to the quiet, personal wreckage that trauma leaves behind for all of us.

This isn’t just about law enforcement. It’s about all of us. About the moments that left scars we never addressed. About the pain we’ve let drive for far too long.

I want this conversation to challenge you to take back the keys, stop letting trauma and pain drive the car, and get back behind the wheel of your own life. You’ll hear stories that cut deep, lessons learned the hard way, and some practical steps to quiet the outside noise, reclaim your focus, and start steering toward healing.

If you’re ready to stop running, stop hiding, and start taking back control, this episode seeks to give you the push you need.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/kick-back

License code: 7UAA8UTRDGP4FNIZ

Accountability isn’t about punishment, but potential. In this episode of Internal Affairs of the Mind, I take you inside a real story from my years in law enforcement. A story that ended not with handcuffs, but with a breakthrough.

A young man who may have thought he was proving himself to me when actually, he reminded me why I wore the badge in the first place. Because accountability—when it’s rooted in love and delivered with consistency, can have the power to transform lives, build trust, and pull people forward.

If we can’t be corrected without being offended, we’ll never experience growth. So here’s the challenge: Are you willing to start with the face in the mirror…and then become the catalyst someone else needs?

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/kick-backLicense code: WNNGJSID6DAJZYSM

This episode isn’t about the badge. It isn’t about the streets. It’s about the case file I never asked for — the kind you can’t arrest, can’t handcuff, can’t control.

Helplessness showed up first. Anger wasn’t far behind. And yet, buried in the wreckage, there were fragments of grace, strength, resilience. People who showed up. Prayers that found me. Signs I couldn’t ignore.

We all get blindsided by a call we didn’t want, a life battle we never signed up for. The question is, when the case is your own, when the fight is bigger than you — how do you respond?

This is no ordinary case! This is the hardest case of my life; and the hardest interrogation I’ve ever done: not of a suspect, but of myself.