A First Responder Mental Health Podcast Hits 300 Episodes
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail 300 episodes doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because you keep showing up for the work and because a community of police officers, firefighters, EMS professionals, dispatchers, and paramedics decides that mental health matters enough to press play again. We’re sharing a rare […]
Healing After Trauma
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail Trauma doesn’t end just because we’ve learned how to function. Susan Snow knows that firsthand, and she shares the moment a “normal day” cracked open years of buried pain when live coverage of the Columbine shootings triggered flashbacks to the night her LAPD […]
A Daughter’s Trauma After An Officer Assassination
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail A single phone call can split your life into “before” and “after” and for police families, that split often happens in public. We sit down with Susan Snow, author of The Other Side of the Gun: My Journey from Trauma to Resiliency, to […]
A Police Dog’s Final Call And A Family’s New Beginning
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail A retired police K9 can survive ten thousand searches and still be taken down by one ordinary day. Chris joins me to tell the story of Tambo, the working dog who powered through years of wear and tear, only to face a sudden […]
A Guarded Dog And A Guarded Cop Learn Trust
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail A dog that “can’t bond with anyone” sits in a kennel, passed over by handler after handler, until one leader recognizes something painfully familiar in those guarded eyes. We’re joined by Chris Bingham, a veteran law enforcement officer and longtime K9 handler, to […]
Thicker Skin Is Not A Trauma Plan
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail The hardest part of first responder mental health is not admitting trauma exists, it is admitting it counts when it happens to you. In part 2 of the interview, Steve Bisson sits down with Dana DeLorenzo to talk about the pressure points that […]
A Police Officer Turned Therapist On Trauma And Resilience
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail A police officer who becomes a therapist sounds like a plot twist, but it’s also a rare window into what first responder mental health really needs. We’re joined by Dana DeLorenzo, a retired transit police officer and now licensed mental health counselor, and […]
How Police And Clinicians Team Up To Solve Root Causes
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail The calls that keep coming back aren’t always “police problems” they’re often people problems that never got solved. I’m joined by Amanda Rizzoli, clinical program coordinator with Milford Police Department in Massachusetts’ Family Services Unit and Community Impact, plus Detective Cody Carneiro, to […]
Union Support Versus Outside Counsel For First Responders
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail The hardest part of getting help in public safety is not finding resources, it’s knowing who you can trust when the stakes are your career, your reputation, and your sanity. We pick up part two with employment attorney Bridget Truxillo to talk candidly […]
How One Cardiac Arrest Save Ripples For Decades
This post was originally published on this site. Send us Fan Mail You can work a cardiac arrest, get pulses back, hand the patient off, and never learn what happened next. That missing chapter messes with how we measure success, how we carry trauma, and how we stay resilient over a long career in EMS […]