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Every edition since the first send

2026

July 17, 2026The Formula for Staying RelevantContinuing to learn and contribute is what keeps us valuable as we grow older.
July 10, 2026The Problem With ProblemsThe fire service may not have a shortage of solutions. It may have a problem understanding what it’s actually trying to solve
July 3, 2026Sometimes the Shadow is Our OwnThe greatest burden is often the person we believe we have to be.
June 26, 2026The Write Way to Mental HealthWriting becomes a form of survival, turning experiences into meaning, and giving firefighters a way to understand themselves.
June 19, 2026Now. Next. LaterYou can be disciplined, organized, and deeply committed to the life you’re building, and still feel like every idea, problem, and opportunity is arriving at full volume.
June 12, 2026The 30 Years Inside the 80The fire service may define your work, but it should never overshadow the life you’re still responsible for building
June 5, 2026You Can’t Recover in Fight ModeYou train hard. You eat clean. You track your sleep, buy the supplements, and listen to all the health podcasts. From the outside, you’re doing everything right.
May 29, 2026The Mission You’re Forgetting While Building the Dream
May 22, 2026Here’s What We Got Wrong About Firefighter Wellness
May 15, 2026The Work Is in the Wanting.
May 8, 2026The Subtle Art of Giving a F*ck
May 1, 2026The Stories That Built Us — Without Us Knowing
April 24, 2026The Objective Is Not Adjusted to Circumstance — The Individual Adjusts to the Objective
April 17, 2026Happiness = Situation – (Expectations + Tolerance)
April 10, 2026Where Who I Am, What’s Required,
March 20, 2026The Theater of Success
March 6, 2026The Elephant in My Backyard
February 27, 2026Recruitment, Retention, and the Question We’re Afraid to Ask
February 6, 2026What We See … and What We Don’t
January 30, 2026Why Print Matters in a World That Scrolls
January 16, 2026If Your Identity Was a Brand …
January 9, 2026When Your Marriage Has A Couch Clause

2025

December 12, 2025Your Vision Decides Your Version
December 5, 2025When Being Wrong Turns Out Better Than
November 7, 2025What a Difference a Day Makes
October 24, 2025Between Fire and Family: Where the Edge Lives
October 17, 2025The Power of Proximity
October 10, 2025Exactly the Same, But Different
October 3, 2025From WHOOP to Whoops – and Back Again
September 26, 2025The Space Between Recklessness, Amusement and Results
September 19, 2025The Quiet Size-Up
September 12, 2025The Football Playbook for Firefighters
September 5, 2025Calendar Conundrum
August 29, 2025Choose Your Room. Choose Your People.
August 22, 2025When the Momentum Doesn’t Fit the Moment
August 15, 2025What You Do Follows You
August 8, 2025Conversations That Go Somewhere
August 1, 2025This One’s for the Crew
July 25, 2025Finding Clarity, Healing, and Purpose – One Lego Brick at a Time
July 18, 2025Connection Over Contention
July 11, 2025Fail Often to Succeed Sooner
July 4, 2025Can’t Sit Still?
June 27, 2025When There’s Headroom in Your Headspace, Use It
June 20, 2025Breaking Even – And Calling It A Win
June 13, 2025Deep-End Decisions: Firefighter Risk, Reward and Game Theory

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