Lt. Richard Goerling (ret.) interviewed by Fleet Maull, PhD

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From Day Three: Collective-Community Resilience

Lt. Richard Goerling (Ret) shares his story, from Coast Guard Commander and police lieutenant to mindfulness teacher and resilience trainer for first responders. His firsthand experiences with trauma give him keen insight into the challenges those on the front line are dealing with in these times.

In this conversation, he shares:
- How reframing trauma around a growth mindset - rather than a fixed one - provides a positive pathway toward healing
- The value of open cultures that allow first responders - and all communities to speak openly about trauma and deep feelings
- How mindfulness provides a unique opportunity for first responder agencies to transform maladaptive cultures into resilient, healthy agency cultures


Lt. Richard Goerling (ret.)
Founder of Mindful Badge, a first responder training consultancy, Richard Goerling served in civilian law enforcement for twenty four years and has extensive experience in patrol operations and criminal investigations. He retired from policing in 2019 at the rank of lieutenant at a police agency in Oregon. Richard has developed a training specialization in first responder mindset, health, resiliency and human performance. Over the last decade, he spearheaded the introduction of mindfulness skills training into policing as part of a larger cultural transformation toward a compassionate, skillful and resilient warrior ethos. Richard also served as a member of the United States Coast Guard for 27 years, both active and reserve, and retired in 2015 at the rank of Commander while assigned to Coast Guard Sector Charleston, SC.

Richard is a co-investigator and trainer in ongoing National Institutes of Health funded research on the impact of mindfulness training for police officers. He holds an affiliate assistant professor appointment at Pacific University in the Graduate School of Psychology. He has completed a year-long mindfulness training program at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles and is a certified mindfulness facilitator (CMF). For more information, please visit: www.mindfulbadge.com

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