“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” This quote can be a hard ask for an entire industry of first responders that have dedicated their careers and often their lives to the service of others. We come to define ourselves as selfless in nature, sacrificing our energy, time, and often our health to serve the public. While we spend our resources focusing on keeping our communities safe, we have a bad habit of neglecting ourselves, and our families suffer in the process. Even more selfless, and thankless than the life of an officer, can be the life of an LEO spouse. There are no courses, guidelines, or support agencies readily available for the family of police officers. Certainly, none that can fully explain the anxiety, worry, late calls, missed holidays, and emotional roller-coaster that becomes a regular part of life. Ultimately, the goal is to arrive at retirement stronger physically, mentally, and spiritually than when you started, without sacrificing your family’s happiness along the way. The best way to get there? Look inward. Family support is the most consistent thing we can implement, not just from a time element, but from also having the most meaningful impact in our day to day lives. My goal is to give all law enforcement and their families measures and concepts they can implement immediately to navigate the difficulties we encounter, or at the very least spark the conversations that will lead to better communication in the home...
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