The best leaders face a paradox: the hypervigilance that helps you anticipate problems and protect your team is the same force keeping you from ever finding peace. But what if there was a proven strategy to master hypervigilance—to keep the edge without going over it? In Episode 23 of Hardcore and At Ease, host Shelly Rood sits down with Tim Hunnicutt, who reveals exactly how he mastered hypervigilance after years responding to prison gang riots in law enforcement.

Are you watching your calling being held back by unhealthy patterns you've been tolerating? That's exactly where I found myself in January 2025. After...