Train Your Brain Like You Train Your Body: Consistently
Training your brain starts with knowing where you are. Know your emotions, tendencies, and options to move forward.
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Training your brain starts with knowing where you are. Know your emotions, tendencies, and options to move forward.
Read This ArticleIn a one-on-one setting, therapists streamline treatment to your distinctive goals, the challenges you’re facing, and the traumatic situations.
Read This ArticleIt's important to unpack and assess the life experiences packed into our mental backpacks.
Read This ArticleIf there is one thing common to all fire departments worldwide, it must be bull sessions between emergencies. During a recent session, I defended the importance of an academic education for the firefighter. Needless to say, I was alone in my opinion. Most argued, “You don’t need a college degree to ride on the back step.” I countered, “If we become more educated, maybe we’ll kill fewer firefighters.”
Read This ArticleWe live in a messy world. A stressful job, a stressful cadence of hours, and a stressful living situation make it more challenging. That stress might hold you back from completing your responsibilities and achieving your goals. If so, how do we prevent being held back? What’s the root cause of your stress, and how can you face it head-on, overcome it, and achieve not only your responsibilities but your biggest goals? Let’s get to it.
Read This ArticleCaptain Kory Pearn is all about discovery, from reflecting on past health struggles to brainstorming new ways to support the fire service. It was during a challenging time in Pearn’s life where the discovery kicked into high gear, as his concept for a fire service lifestyle publication turned to “something that I just had to get out of me,” he says.
Read This ArticleWhat happens when the “what if” or worst-case scenario becomes the only scenario? First responders live in both scenarios each time they go to work and often when they return home.
Read This ArticleIn a time where increased discussions are being had regarding mental health, trauma, PTSD, and the toll of the job, why does it feel like nothing is changing?
Read This ArticleRetired Fire Lieutenant David Dachinger joins forces with seasoned psychotherapists Dr. Stacy Raymond and Bonnie Rumilly, LCSW, EMT-B, to peel back the layers of responder therapy. Titled “Shrinks Unwrapped: The Inside Scoop on Responder Therapy,” this Responder Resilience episode, which aired on May 22nd, 2024, offers a rare glimpse inside a psychotherapist’s office and what a first responder client can expect to experience during a therapy session.
Read This ArticleAs first responders, we often talk about depression, anxiety, and PTSD, conditions fairly common within our profession. Given the stressors of our job, a high incidence isn’t surprising.
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