Find My Footing

Do What We Can & Keep Each Other Safe

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Our final episode for season 1 is here and we are so excited to share this one with you. Joining us is Sean Robinson, he has experience working as a firefighter and understands the unique challenges that come with tackling stigma and building new habits. He is also the author of Going Dry: My Path to Overcoming Habitual Drinking.
Thank you all for joining us for Season 1. We are so excited to bring you Season 2! We can't wait to share the details of season 2 with everyone and are so grateful for all the love and support.

Never Leave the House Without ”a hug, a kiss, and a love you daddy”

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This week's episode covers a wide range of topics from balancing work and life, grounding yourself when times are tough, and finding ways to reintegrate into civilian life after putting your first responder life on the shelf. We speak with guest Terry Tucker who worked as a police officer, is a cancer warrior, and author of the book Sustainable Excellence: Ten Principles To Leading Your Uncommon And Extraordinary Life.
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Flipping the Different Switches as a LEO

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All first responders wear many different hats and knowing how to navigate these varying areas is crucial. In this episode, you hear from Rick, a 10-year LEO who discusses how he navigates interactions with the public, what it means to turn your switch on and off, and how he developed some of these skills before his time in law enforcement and during.
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How You Can Reshape Failure and Apply it to Your First Responder Career

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In this episode we will dig apart some of the benefits of failure and what this can and does mean to you throughout your first responder career. We will also discuss some things that you can do about failure and why it is such a key player throughout your life.
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What do your boundaries look like?

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In this episode, you will hear from Paramedic Dalton. He will discuss some things related to boundaries, especially as they apply to your work partners and your relationship partners, and where that balance might meet for some of you. We further discuss how your morals and values influence these interactions. We also talk about some of the different ways that first responders find themselves coping.
Book reference (no affiliations):
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
Stand Up and Lead by Frank Viscuso
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You Good?

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"You Good?"
"Yeah, I'm good"
In this week's episode we discuss the impacts that callousness can have on a first responder's career and longevity, how this influences the outcome of those that first responders are serving, how to change important conversations and have more emotional intelligence in these dialogues, and some things that leadership can do to help mediate where personal trauma meets work trauma.
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Callousness, stigma, and the masks we wear.

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In this episode, we will discuss the impacts of callousness and how this can not only drain you but also prevent you from being the fullest version of yourself. We will also discuss some things related to how we tend to hide the painful pieces of ourselves from others and how this mental health stigma influences these circumstances.
As always, we thank you for listening and for your continued support.

God Complex? Hero Complex? Hero Syndrome?

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In this episode, we discuss some of the different components of a topic that does not often get brought up or discussed in depth. We will explore some definitions related to god complex, hero complex, and hero syndrome.
Join us for this fun ride and let's all find our footing together.

Do you have ”hero syndrome”?

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In this week's episode, you will hear from Paramedic Noah who dives into a few different topic areas. One that we felt was important to highlight is "hero syndrome", also known as "hero complex" which are terms that are not commonly used in the civilian world but are well-known to the first responder community.
The various topics will help open your awareness of what is seen in the first responder environment and what to do with this insight.
We hope you enjoy and please let us know what you think of this episode.

How Would You Define First Responder Identity?

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This episode offers a different level of value as you get to know the team more personally. We hope that you can glean from our own experiences as we relate them to the interview with Matt from Season 1, Episode 4.
You will also hear us discuss a variety of topics related to things like identity, EMDR, trauma, catastrophic thinking, and more.
Thank you all for listening and we hope you enjoy!