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Copyright © 2014 by Dan Willis

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The material in this book is intended for education. No expressed or implied guarantee of the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given nor liability taken. It is not meant to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner or therapist. Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals; in stories where only a first name is used, the name is a pseudonym.

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Julia Holladay for permission to include the results of her study in conjunction with San Diego Police Department.

Text design by Tona Pearce Myers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Willis, Dan, date.

Bulletproof spirit : the first responder’s essential resource for protecting and healing mind and heart / Dan Willis, Captain, La Mesa Police Department.

pages      cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-60868-261-4 (paperback) — ISBN 978-1-60868-262-1 (ebook)

1. Stress management. 2. Self-help. 3. Job stress. 4. First responders. I. Title.

RA785.W533 2014

155.9—dc23

2014015736

First printing, October 2014

ISBN 978-1-60868-261-4

Printed in the USA on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

New World Library is proud to be a Gold Certified Environmentally Responsible Publisher. Publisher certification awarded by Green Press Initiative. www.greenpressinitiative.org

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