Aaron Smith

The180impact Podcast

Education EN ↓ 57 episodes

Mental health education and personal development. To change your life, you need to change your mind. Listen as we talk about the knowledge, tools and techniques needed to rewire your mind/thoughts and focus on taking charge of your personal development. Aaron is a retired police officer of 25yrs. and served in the Marine Corps. During the career, he experienced burnout, depression, anxiety and PTSD leading him to walk off the job for several months. After learning how to apply tools himself, he got back to work and began helping others who struggle as well.

Author

Aaron Smith

Category

Education

Podcast website

the180impact.com

Latest episode

Mar 3, 2026

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Episodes

Tennis Visors and Cyanide Cigarettes 17.07.2022

Aaron and Rob open up and have a little fun with this one.  Recalling some of the great stories of their time in the field.  Remember, it's not all doom and gloom, There's a lot of fun times as well. Enjoy

Aaron's Story Part 2 11.07.2022

The second half of Aaron's story.  Aaron shares what he went through walking away from the job/career and the tools he used to make a comeback.

Aaron's story part one 03.07.2022

Aaron Shares the first part of his story from growing up in broken homes to joining the military and ultimately the police force. He then shares what took place to cause him to walk off the job burned out and battling anxiety.

"Shot In the Line of Duty Pt.2" 26.06.2022

We continue with Rob being shot in the line of duty and how first responders can take steps to come back after being involved in a critical incident

Shot in the line of duty pt. 1 19.06.2022

Rob talks about being shot in the line of duty and the physical and mental trauma experienced during this incident. Aaron shares what it felt like to watch his best friend get shot in front of him and how he processed the experience.

We're Back 12.06.2022

We're back.....New platform, new material and A new co-host to share with our first responders and their families.  Welcome back

I have a confession to make 15.06.2021

Have you ever been “stuck”, felt completely overwhelmed and decided to fix it by doing absolutely nothing because you don’t know what to do? Me too. Listen in as we discuss how to overcome being stuck in life

Your brain is lazy 01.06.2021

Our brain is naturally lazy in order to protect itself. Find out how, why and what you can do so that you can avoid having a lazy brain and becoming depressed and burned out

Interview with former Navy Seal and owner of Naked Warrior Recovery, Will Branum 26.05.2021

We sit down with former Navy Seal and owner of Naked Warrior Recovery, Will Branum. Will opens up about his mental and physical struggles and how he came to face his issues which ultimately lead him to start a CBD company that supports the veteran and first responder community.  

Learning is great for your mental health 23.05.2021

Learning is great for mind/brain growth and can benefit our mental health as well. Learn how in our latest episode

Emotional intelligence (recognize emotions in other) 18.05.2021

Once you can master recognizing other people’s emotional state or (mood) the easier it is to navigate your way through a situation or relationship. Use these tools to better your understanding of others

Emotional Intelligence pt.3 (Self-Discipline) 10.05.2021

Self-discipline is an absolute must if we want to obtain the emotional intelligence needed to be successful.  This is a short one that won't go too deep as we explain how to slowly build self-discipline with small but impactful steps. 

Emotional intelligence pt2. (Controlling your emotions) 02.04.2021

Picking up the second pillar of emotional intelligence(EQ) with controlling your emotions. Once you obtain self-awareness, now you can work on controlling emotions

Emotional Intelligence pt.1 15.03.2021

Learn the pillars of emotional intelligence and how obtaining it can change your life and relationships. This episode we tackle the first and most important pillar of EQ, which is self-awareness..

Tom Brady’s Process 22.02.2021

Tom Brady, whether you like him or not, is an absolute phenom. What is his “mental process” to stay in the game for so long? We discuss our own personal development and process in this episode

Comparing stress 10.02.2021

Today we talk about coming home from work and comparing your bad day to your spouse or families bad day. Just because we see,hear and go through terrible trauma at work, it’s not fair to diminish the “bad day” your loved one has had because they don’t understand or live in your world.....

Habits 31.01.2021

Tyler and I sit down again and discuss habits. We can all agree that we have a few bad habits, but how can they affect our lives and relationships if they become out of control? We discuss how habits are formed and how to begin the process of breaking bad habits.. enjoy

“Stick to it” 26.01.2021

Relationships are failing in record numbers and one of the main problems is that people just aren’t willing to “stick to it”. Clarissa and I talk about a couple of ways to help couples remember to stay in the fight for their marriage

Interview with Tyler Sutherland 15.01.2021

I sit down with my co-worker, friend and teaching partner Tyler Sutherland as he shares his story about how the stress of the job caught up with him. Even with a healthy mindset and resilient attitude, we need to take care of ourselves

Dealing with anger 11.01.2021

Anger can be a symptom of your anxiety. While there is righteous anger at times, most often it's the destructive anger we need to deal with. In this episode I give you 3 steps to begin dealing with your anger

What's Important? 04.01.2021

2020 is over and it's time to re-focus and ask ourselves: What's important in our lives? Take a few minutes to ask yourself this question, get rid of the distractions and ask yourself what's important to you this year.

We're Back...... 12.11.2020

After a hiatus, we're back, re-branded and ready to go.  Giving you some info on where we've been, what we've done and where we're headed

Episode 9, Interview with Mindset Coach Kristin Taylor 12.02.2020

Kristin is a narrative therapist and executive coach based out of Seattle, WA who specializes in working with high-school and college students to recognize self-doubt and reshape ideas using seven non-cognitive competencies that lead to success

Episode 8. With Lauree Quada. Discussing sleep and its importance. 03.08.2019

We discuss first responders and shift work, long shifts, overtime and all things that disrupt full sleep. The physical and psychological effects of lack of sleep and how to fix it

Episode 7. Suicide, we NEED to talk about it 03.07.2019

We have to begin having hard conversations about suicide and our community. That means being uncomfortable and sometimes digging into people's personal lives a little bit. It starts with us

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