19. Allen Heaton - Operation: Flowstate & Healing While Still On The Job

This episode was never actually meant to see the light of day as a regular podcast, but it turned out to be too good to keep under wraps. 

I’m joined by active-duty police officer Allen Heaton, who originally hopped on just to record a few quick snippets about his experience at last year’s Operation FlowState retreat, his upcoming role as head instructor at the 2026 retreat, and his new role as a mentor inside our Beyond the Uniform program.

Allen first came to last year's retreat, then worked with us inside our online program and experienced some significant transformations as a result. Now, he’s coming back as part of our team to share his lessons learned with the next generation of active-duty first responders we’ll be working with.

In this short episode, Allen talks about his experiences at the Operation FlowState retreat and the healing he was able to create without any plant medicine in the picture — and how that healing continued to unfold after he got home. He shares how the accumulated trauma from years of policing, including being shot on the job, turned out to be only the icing on the cake of issues that began much earlier in his life. 

The more recent job-related trauma was actually processed fairly quickly, which allowed him to keep peeling back the layers of the onion, exploring the deeper factors that shaped him into who he is today, and re-examining who he wants to become as he prepares to retire from policing next year.

If you want to learn more about anything you heard in this episode, go to becomingom.org/flowstate for all the info on our retreat, or message us @becoming.om on Instagram to learn more.

Thanks again for listening!

Enrollment is open right now for the 2026 Operation FlowState Jiu Jitsu & Healing Retreat.

Spaces are limited due to the small size of the retreat center and spots are already more than 75% filled.

Visit becomingom.org/flowstate for all the info and to submit an application.

Or for info on our online healing programs, DM us the word INFO on Instagram.