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Dan Willis

Dan Willis

Dan Willis

Captain Dan Willis (ret) served for 30 years with the La Mesa Police Department in California and now travels the country as an international instructor on trauma recovery, resilience, and wellness. He is the author of the emotional survival and wellness guidebook Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responders Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart, which is required reading at the FBI National Academy. Visit FirstResponderWellness.com for more information.

Leadership with heart

Leadership with heart

It’s time to check your ego at the door

January 25, 2026

“Ego is a toxic force that makes teamwork, as well as reaching one’s highest potential, impossible.” — Anonymous We all have an ego — our sense of identity, self-importance and […] Read More

Your agency needs you

Your agency needs you

Leadership starts with taking the best care of your people

November 22, 2025

“One of the most important things any police organization and its supervisors do is take care of their people.” — San Diego County Sheriff William Gore (ret.) In my 40 […] Read More

The mindfulness practice of conscious awareness to enhance resilience

The mindfulness practice of conscious awareness to enhance resilience

August 4, 2025

Mindfulness is a pause, the space between stimulus and response — that’s where choice lies.” — Tara Brach, clinical psychologist While at work, how often have you reacted without really […] Read More

“Hold my beer”

“Hold my beer”

How not to bring home the dysfunction of your work experiences

July 12, 2025

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for […] Read More

Intuition: Your interior guidance system

Intuition: Your interior guidance system

April 7, 2025

Every person has intuition, and every peace officer either follows it to their great benefit or ignores it at their peril. Intuition is critically important in law enforcement. It’s not […] Read More

Finding peace through nature

Finding peace through nature

To decrease your stress and increase your well-being, just step outside

January 20, 2025

As John Muir, the renowned “father of the National Parks,” poetically expressed, “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal […] Read More

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