The Job Comes Home, Even When You Think It Doesn’tThere is a lie that has been passed around first responder culture for far too long: leave work at work.It sounds good. Clean. Responsible. Mature, even. The problem is that it is not how h…
There are some losses that split your life in half.Before this. After this.Rick Cheatham has lived through more than one of those dividing lines. He has walked through addiction, financial devastation, the murder of his son, and a catastrophic i…
In Episode 153 of After the Tones Drop, I sat down with Michael Chase, a man whose life was shaped by service, interrupted by trauma, and redirected by purpose. He survived the Boston Marathon bombing. He built a career across both education and law…
How Commitment and Forgiveness Rebuild Lives After the FireMost people wait for clarity before they move. Rick Cheatham didn’t have that luxury.What he had was a criminal record, a sexual addiction, a marriage hanging by a thread, a son mu…
