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In this episode, Patrick talks about the importance of practicing mindfulness. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness involves maintaining a moment-by-moment, nonjudgemental awareness of our thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and surrounding environment.

Criminal justice professionals deal with everything from dangerous situations, emotional victims, and disturbing crime scenes just to name a few. Taking care of ourselves should be priority #1.

After all, if we don’t take care of ourselves, how can we take care of others?

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