Responder Resilience

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Bulletproof Spirit—Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart

May 04, 2022

Bulletproof Spirit—Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart

We speak with Dan Willis, a retired police Captain who is an expert on the proven benefits of serving with your heart and acting with compassion in the face of job-related trauma and stress. Dan is a highly regarded expert on the subject of emotional survival and improving spiritual wellness for law enforcement and first responders. HIs award-winning book "Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responders Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart," is required reading at the FBI National Academy and is an essential resource for first responders to protect and heal mind and heart, and maintain spiritual wellness.

Resilience Tools Stress And Burnout Spirituality Law Enforcement
Yoga for Responders: Powerful Tools for Stress Relief

April 27, 2022

Yoga for Responders: Powerful Tools for Stress Relief

In this episode, we speak with yoga instructors Wendy Boscia and Steve Zagami. Wendy comes from a family of responders, including her dad and brothers, and Steve is a retired U.S.M.C. Sgt., and FDNY Firefighter.

Resilience Tools Stress And Burnout Exercise, Meditation, Yoga, Reiki
Finding The Right Therapist, When Your Comfort Zone Is Chaos

February 09, 2022

Finding The Right Therapist, When Your Comfort Zone Is Chaos

With Deputy Fire Chief / Paramedic Bernie Meehan Jr., a true icon of emergency services in Connecticut, about Peer Support and Finding an Appropriate Clinician in the “New” Emergency Services.

Ptsd And Emdr Peer Support Resilience Tools Mental Health And Therapy CISD-CISM Fairfield County Trauma Response Team Sandy Hook Shooting, Parkland Shooting Stress And Burnout
About Animal Control Officers: Welcome to the Jungle

February 02, 2022

About Animal Control Officers: Welcome to the Jungle

Guest, Ray Connors, Retired Chief, State of Connecticut Animal Control Unit

Stress And Burnout Animal Control And Hoarding
Dispatch - First On Scene, The Forgotten Responders

January 19, 2022

Dispatch - First On Scene, The Forgotten Responders

911 Emergency Dispatcher Craig Tinneny and 31 year veteran Senior Operator Catharine DVileskis

9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch Ptsd And Emdr Peer Support Stress And Burnout