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In Part 2 of Carmen's episode, she continues to share her personal journey of strength, resilience, courage, and post-traumatic growth. Carmen dives deeper into her path of healing, the challenges of navigating a healthy first responder relationship, and how serving her community of military veterans and first responder families became her biggest triumph for her success and positivity. **Trigger...

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Today we had the opportunity to meet a first responder spouse, Carmen, who knows what it's like on both sides of living as a first responder family. Carmen had so much insight and personal experience to share that we made it a two-part episode. Carmen shares how her positivity, serving heart, and determination to continually stay on the path of healing has helped her overcome multiple unhealthy re...

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On today's special episode, we meet Jennifer, a licensed mental health professional who primarily work with the first responder population. Jennifer shared her expertise working with first responders and highlight the various therapeutic methods she utilizes to help them deal with the trauma exposure they experience in their career as well from their personal life. She brings significant insight i...

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On today’s episode, we meet Craig, one of the owners of Guardian Garage. Craig is a retired police officer, who along with his brother, created a safe place where first responders and veterans suffering from service-related trauma can feel connected and supported. Realizing his own unresolved trauma and PTSD from his 25+ years in law enforcement, Craig decided to give back and turn a childhood pas...

In honor of the 22nd Memorial Anniversary of 9/11, today's Special Episode highlights an event that commemorates those who made the ultimate sacrifice that day, the Salt River Fire Fighter's 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb being held on Saturday, September 9th in Arizona. We meet Riley, a firefighter and the coordinator for this amazing cause. Riley explains what this event is all about, why he is so pa...

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On today's episode we meet Michelle, a first responder's adult daughter who shares her story of growing up in a family where her father and mother put their family unit first. Michelle explains how it is possible to have a "normal" upbringing in a first responder family with all the continued trauma, rotating shift work, and overtime that exists in that lifestyle. She will share her own experience...

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On today's episode, we spoke with Jennifer, a licensed mental health professional, who works with the first responder population. We brought back Jennifer to share her insight and educational knowledge on mindfulness and meditation. Jennifer shared her experience with guided meditation and using different mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and anxiety. She introduced her concept of "Find Your...

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On today's episode we meet Rebecca, a Financial Coach and owner of Priority One Financial Coaching. Rebecca focuses her financial expertise on first responder families and discusses her strategies to help families have the tough financial conversations to reduce their debt and eliminate the need to HAVE to work overtime to survive. To learn more about Rebecca's financial coaching visit her website...

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On today's episode we meet Will, a Police Peer Support & Wellness Coordinator who retiring after 34 years, returned to his agency in the role to give back. Will breaks down the role of a Police Peer Support & Wellness Team and explains the many different components that should exist. He shares his own experience with peer support from when he was an active LEO, how he came to be one, and the chall...

Ep. 16   treatment modalities that can be successful for treating first responders. Specifically, she breaks down Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR ) and Brain spotting.

On today's episode, in light of father's day, we meet Joe, a retired law enforcement officer and a DAD. Joe shares what he has learned as a first responder dad over his 25+ year career. He explains how he stayed connected to his children during his career, the lessons learned, and the challenges he faced as his children grew older. Joe provides some insighful information he hopes will help others...

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In Part 2 of this "Special Episode" with Lauren Goldbach, a licensed mental health professional and owner of East Valley Trauma Counseling, she continues to enlighten us about the challenges of treating first responders and the impact that trauma has to their families. Lauren delves deeper into specific trauma treatment modalities that can be successful for treating this population such as EMDR, A...