Psychosocial Safety USA Podcast

This week, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with City Councilmember Jaceey Sebastian about the mental and emotional aspects of being an elected official in a local government. Politics is often described as a “contact sport,” even for those serving in elective office at the local level. The role and expectations can present several challenges, some of which can affect the elected official's ph...

In this episode, we wrap up the series that we presented during National Fire Prevention Month, focusing on not just an individual with multiple experiences in emergency services but, this time, a focus on multiple services under a single umbrella. Host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Chris Connealy, Senior Director of Emergency Services for Williamson County, Texas Department of Emergency Se...

We’ll continue our National Fire Prevention Month focus on this episode with a twist. This week, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Dr. Ed Sherman, who has more than four decades of experience in fire /rescue, EMS, and law enforcement, in addition to his education in psychology. Conversations about psychological health and safety in emergency services can have a different cadence, mainly wh...

This week, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Dr. Sara Jahnke, Dr. Carlos Poston, and Dr. Ketih Haddock, the leaders of the Center for Fire, Rescue and EMS Health Research (CFREHR), one of the research efforts of the National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI) USA. In another episode focused on National Fire Prevention Month, CFREHR, the leadership of this research-based organizatio...

The episode is the first in a series celebrating National Fire Prevention Month. This week our host Dr. I. David Daniels, speaks with retired Fire Chief Jerry Streich about his lived experience as a leader and his current focus as a coach and consultant helping others learn to deal with difficult people. The exact definition of a difficult person varies depending on who is doing the assessment. On...

In this week’s episode, host Dr. I. David Daniels and the founders of Safeopedia, Scott Cuthbert and Jamie Young. Safety standards, best practices, innovation, and legislation are constantly changing. There are thousands of formal and informal safety committees, dozens of safety certifications, and thousands of courses. In 2010, Scott and Jason formed Safeopedia, a platform for EHS professionals t...

In celebration of National Preparedness Month, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with emergency management professional Deborah Needham about the focus of her research into neuroscience and the effect of stress, emergencies, and disasters on human decision-making. Since its inception in 2004, National Preparedness Month has been observed each September in the United States. It is sponsored by t...

This week, Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Doug Castro, an experienced safety trainer with Channel 4 Training and a Veriforce Strategic Advisory Board member. Among his many certifications and qualification as a safety professional and trainer, he is also bi-lingual, which is worthy of mention, given the country’s National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. It’s hard to argue that there is...

This episode went live on the 09/08/2023 and is a follow-up to Episode 51 with Kahlilah Guyah, Ken Clayman, and Dr. Allensandria Pollizi.

This episode host, Dr. I. David Daniels, will speak with Adilah Anwar Holivay about her interest, activism, and writings regarding cannabis. This is another in our series of conversations regarding therapeutic approaches to psychosocial hazard exposure. In this case, we are discussing Cannabis. There are probably some right now who are asking, “What does weed have to do with Psychological Health a...

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels will talk with Deb Griffin, a therapist, non-profit board chair, and art enthusiast, about art, culture, their therapeutic value, and connection to safety. This continues our conversations about therapeutic responses to exposure to psychosocial hazards. The therapeutic potential of art is vast and applicable to individuals of all age groups. Art therapy, forma...

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels will talk to Dr. Jim Feng, a mission-driven serial entrepreneur who founded Phyxable Inc. Phyxable is an end-to-end virtual pain and prevention platform that uses machine learning, augmented reality, and gamification to coach people out of pain while empowering them with tools to produce better performance. Alongside his Chiropractic degree, Dr. Feng is also a...

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Sandra Jean, a Human Resource Executive and a Licensed Attorney. She is also the author of the best-selling book “Human Resources: A Practical Guide on Effective Workplace Management” and founder of the Jean Consulting Group. Too often, when HR professionals are consulted about workers’ mental and emotional health, it is because there is a prob...

This week Dr. I. David Daniels speaks with Michael Flynn, a Cultural Anthropologist, about his views on culture, anthropology, safety, diversity, equity, and inclusion, his experience, and his focus on social inclusion and exclusion from the view of a social scientist. Cultural anthropologists study how people who share a common cultural system organize and shape the physical and social world arou...

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels speaks with a former litigator and firefighter, Shannon Sedlacek, about how her experience in two extremely high-pressure occupations has prepared her to assist and coach others in their efforts at high performance in high-pressure situations. While progress is being made, there are and will be for a while to come high-pressure environments that produce high l...

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Chris Linton, a Risk and Compliance professional with a significant background in health and safety. There are two essential sides to efforts to create a safe culture. The side that tends to receive the most significant focus is the lagging indicator side of the equation. This is where Risk managers, who are generally assigned to either the Fin...

LISTEN TO PART TWO OVER AT THE PSYCH HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CANADA PODCAST! 😁 In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels speaks with special guest Kim MacDonald, who hosts the Psych Health and Safety Canada Podcast. Kim is a Certified Workplace Psych Health & Safety Advisor & Trainer, and the CEO of 13 FACTORS. 13 FACTORS is a workplace psychological health and safety learning and development and coachi...

This episode marks one year since the start of the Psych Health and Safety USA podcast and again features a conversation with Joelle Mitchell and Jason van Schie, the co-hosts of the original Psych Health and Safety podcast in Australia. In a unique conversation, Jason and Joelle talk with Dr. Daniels about the last year of the USA podcast and some of what he’s learned over the year. They also fil...

This episode marks the completion of the first year of the Psych Health and Safety USA podcast. Host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Kahlilah Guyah, Ken Clayman, and Dr. Allessandria Polizzi, three of the top experts on ISO 45003 in the United States. The episode is being released during the final week of National Safety Month, which is focused on “hazard recognition.” ISO 45003 is the guidan...

In this episode, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Dr. Darryl C. Hill, responsible for Safety and Security in a company with nearly 60,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada, regarding his view on “Safety from the C Suite.” Often conversational about safety in general, and psychological health and safety specifically depend on the view of the person and their level of responsibility in the o...

Continuing our celebration of National Safety Month, Dr. I. David Daniels speaks to Michael Coplen, the founder and President of TrueSafety Evaluation, in this episode. He previously served as Division Chief of Safety Policy and Promotion at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), senior Human Factors Program Manager at the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Research, Development and Techno...

Continuing our celebration of National Safety Month, in this episode, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Yara Carrillo, a Chemical Engineer by training and a credentialed safety professional specializing in providing services to workplaces needing safety-related documents, information, and training in Spanish. The number of Hispanic workers in the labor force has grown from 10.7 million in...

To kick off our celebration of National Safety Month, in this episode, host Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with Nathan Benson, the Director of Occupational Safety, Risk Management, and Disability Services in Chatham County, Georgia. There are approximately 90,000 governments in the United States, divided into three categories: federal, state, and local. The public sector employs 20.2 million peop...

This episode‘s guest is Keith Prendergast, Safety Manager at A. Murphy, Inc, and a Local 103 IBEW Safety Committee member. With a modest upbringing and decades in the construction trades as an electrician, as well as recovery from substance use disorder, he has been an active member in the union’s efforts to help workers recover from substance use and address workplace mental health. Construction...

In this episode, Dr. I. David Daniels will speak with veteran Firefighter Roger Myers about a post on Facebook that changed his life. After a career in the United States Navy, Roger sought to continue serving by becoming a volunteer firefighter in multiple departments before becoming a career firefighter. After over two decades in a metropolitan fire rescue department, Firefighter Myers was depres...