Change Catalyst Podcast

About Change Catalyst Podcast

This podcast ain’t for the weak or the fake. Hosted by TJ Webb, The Change Catalyst is where you’ll hear wild-ass stories of real adversity, from real people who’ve been through hell and came out the other side swinging. We’re talking everyday legends — not celebrities, not influencers — real f***ing people who’ve battled life, taken hits most couldn’t survive, and still chose to change everything.No fluff. No fake positivity. Just unfiltered conversations about pain, rock bottoms, hard choices, and the kind of grit it takes to turn your life around when most people would just tap out.If y

Publisher

Hosted by: TJ Webb

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Sept 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   EP 057 : Chris Gerber / Police Officer / Battle with PTSD

   After 27 years in law enforcement, this week’s guest retired as a Sergeant from the Tustin Police Department in Orange County, California. Throughout his career, he served in numerous roles, including patrol, investigations, gangs, training, and supervision. But behind nearly three decades of service were injuries and experiences that eventually took a serious toll. In this episode, we dive into the events that changed the trajectory of his career—including two on-duty vehicle accidents and another incident where he was struck by a car. Those experiences ultimately contributed to PTSD and panic attacks, adding an invisible injury to the physical injuries he was already carrying. We talk about what those incidents did to him mentally and physically, recognizing PTSD after years on the job, navigating panic attacks, and ultimately facing the reality that his law enforcement career was coming to an end. After 27 years behind the badge, he medically retired at just 50 years old. This conversation is about more than a police career. It’s about what happens when the accumulated weight of the job follows you home—and learning how to move forward when the career that defined so much of your life is suddenly over. Another powerful conversation about the stories and struggles that often exist behind the badge.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   EP 056 Kyle McQueen: Police officer

   Kyle McQueen has spent nearly his entire adult life answering the call to serve—as a police officer, EMT, volunteer firefighter, and Army National Guard veteran. But after years of responding to other people’s worst days, Kyle eventually had to confront what those experiences were doing to him.In this episode of The Change Catalyst Podcast, Kyle opens up about growing up in a divided household, finding his calling in emergency services at just 16 years old, serving as an Infantryman in the New Jersey Army National Guard, and experiencing traumatic events both overseas and back home.Years of military service, EMS calls, and law enforcement took a cumulative toll. Like many first responders, Kyle became an expert at taking care of everyone around him while ignoring what was happening inside himself.Then, in October 2024, everything changed.Kyle was involved in an officer-involved shooting—an experience that became both one of the darkest moments of his life and the catalyst that forced him to finally address his own mental health. He talks about stepping away from work, asking for help, rebuilding himself, strengthening his marriage, becoming more present as a father, and realizing that vulnerability and strength aren’t opposites.That experience eventually became a new mission.In 2026, Kyle and fellow first responder Chris O’Leary co-founded The Human Behind the Uniform, a peer-to-peer mental health organization dedicated to reminding first responders of something that can easily get lost in the job: before the badge, helmet, radio, or uniform, there is a human being underneath it.This conversation is about cumulative trauma, identity, family, healing, and what happens when the person who is always helping everyone else finally realizes that he needs help too.Sometimes the hardest chapter of your life doesn’t have to be the end of your story. Sometimes, it becomes the reason you help someone else rewrite theirs.Please visit our website to get more information: ChangeCatalystPodcast.comSocial Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/changecatalyst_podcast✅About The Change Catalyst Podcast:This podcast ain’t for the weak or the fake. Hosted by TJ Webb, The Change Catalyst is where you’ll hear wild-ass stories of real adversity, from real people who’ve been through hell and came out the other side swinging. We’re talking everyday legends ,not celebrities, not influencers , real f***ing people who’ve battled life, taken hits most couldn’t survive, and still chose to change everything.No fluff. No fake positivity. Just unfiltered conversations about pain, rock bottoms, hard choices, and the kind of grit it takes to turn your life around when most people would just tap out.If you're tired of surface-level “motivation” and want to hear what it actually takes to evolve, level up, and change, this is your spot.You want inspiration? Earn it.This is The Change Catalyst. Let’s get to work.For Business inquiries, please use the contact information below:📩 Email: Intel@TheTjWebb.com

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   EP 054 with Daniel Hererra / Police Officer

   Daniel Herrera is a 16-year law enforcement veteran whose career has included road patrol, street crimes investigations, and his current roles as a School Resource Officer, Crisis/Hostage Negotiator, and instructor. Before entering law enforcement, Daniel spent five years as a school teacher and a decade coaching youth baseball. Daniel is also the author of the children’s school-safety book Officer Danny Always Keeps Us SAFE! and is passionate about leadership, communication, resilience, mental and physical health, and overcoming adversity. A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, husband, and father of three, Daniel credits his faith, family, service, and commitment to lifelong growth as the foundation of who he is.

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