The Resilient Mind

What would it take to walk into a world that isn’t yours, earn the trust of people who would kill you if they knew who you really were, and do it while your family lives just minutes away, completely unaware?
Tegan Broadwater did exactly that. A former jazz musician turned Fort Worth police officer, he spent nearly two years undercover infiltrating a violent Crip gang, an operation that sent 51 people to prison. But this conversation goes beyond the operation. It’s about what living a double life revealed about identity, trust, and the masks every one of us wears without realizing it.

Tegan shares why authenticity became his most important survival tool, how he discovered he had more in common with the men he was sent to arrest than he ever expected, and the moral toll of befriending people he ultimately helped put away. He also explains how gang loyalty mirrors corporate leadership, and why he now believes mentorship and second chances succeed where punishment fails.
This is a conversation about reinvention, human nature, and the difference between who we pretend to be and who we really are.

Connect with Tegan Broadwater:
🌐 Website: https://www.teganbroadwater.com

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Sadhguru is the founder of the Isha Foundation located in Coimbatore, India. The foundation operates an ashram and yoga center that specializes in education and spiritual practices. An accomplished yoga teacher since 1982, Sadhguru is also the author of several New York Times bestsellers, such as Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny. He is also a frequent speaker at international events and forums.

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💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
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Maya Angelou was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.

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💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet.
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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Tony Nader, a Harvard and MIT-trained neuroscientist, medical doctor, and the successor to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as the head of the Transcendental Meditation movement. Dr. Nader takes us on a journey into the nature of consciousness, explaining how it shapes our reality and how we can expand it to live a more fulfilling life. He shares his personal story of how he transitioned from a career in medicine and neuroscience to dedicating his life to the practice and teaching of Transcendental Meditation.

Connect with Dr. Nader:

Website: https://www.tm.org/
Resources: https://linktr.ee/Drtonynader
Follow: https://www.youtube.com/@DrTonyNader
Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@meditationchannel

Take action and strengthen your mind with The Resilient Mind Journal. Get your free digital copy today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/Download_Journal

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

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Brené Brown is an American professor, social worker, author, and podcast host. Brown is known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed 2010 TEDx talk. She has written six number-one New York Times bestselling books and hosted two podcasts on Spotify.

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Take action and strengthen your mind with The Resilient Mind Journal. Get your free digital copy today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/Download_Journal

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💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet.
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