Behind the Badge
Mental Health, Resilience, and Systemic Support in Private SecurityBy Dr Orlando Mardner
Length7h 21m
About this audiobook
You finish the shift. You go home. You tell yourself you’re fine.
The confrontation. The abuse. The sleepless night. You stay composed, do the job, and turn up again tomorrow.
But what happens when “just keep going” stops working?
When sleep no longer restores you. When pressure follows you home. When the support your company promises turns out to be a policy, a phone number, or a conversation that goes nowhere.
Behind the Badge asks what really protects the people who spend their careers protecting everyone else.
Inside, you will discover why resilience alone is not enough, how pressure becomes harder to contain, why workplace support can fail, and how leadership, peer support, mentoring, and early intervention can make a real difference.
This is not a book telling security professionals to toughen up.
They have been doing that for years.
Volume II of The Security Mental Health Trilogy.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, Health and Wellness
Length7 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
11Chapter 6
2PREFACE
12Chapter 7
3Chapter 1 Part 1
13The Road Ahead
4Chapter 1 Part 2
14Final Reflections
5Chapter 2
15Looking Ahead to Volume III
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6Chapter 3 Part 1
16THE SECURITY MENTAL HEALTH TRILOGY
7Chapter 3 Part 2
17Implementing in Security Organisations
8Chapter 4
18ABOUT THE AUTHOR
9Chapter 5 Part 1
19ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
10Chapter 5 Part 2
20Further Resources
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