S6 E9 Healing The Human Behind The Shield with Guest Lynette Shaw

S6 E9 Healing The Human Behind The Shield with Guest Lynette Shaw

March 4, 2026 · 46 min

About this episode

Lynette Shaw Butler shares her journey of overcoming childhood trauma and the challenges faced as a law enforcement officer.

In this episode, Lynette Shaw Butler—retired LEO with a psychology degree, advocate, and educator—pulls back the curtain on the unseen toll of growing up in the shadow of childhood trauma and responding on some of America’s toughest streets. On the job, the trauma she’d buried for so long erupted, and suddenly survival meant facing herself as much as any threat outside. Lynette’s story is one of grit, vulnerability, and the fierce drive to transform pain into power. In this raw, unflinch...

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