Podcasts by The Firefighter Deconstructed
Christy Warren, PTSD Survivor and retired fire captain, digs into how the job can affect our mental and emotional health, the ensuing physical symptoms, and how to deal with it. Whether you’re just feeling crappy or have full-blown PTSD, or if you want to know the signs and how to help a brother or sister, we'll talk about it here. A part of Mental Health News Radio Network.
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Vol FF Rob Weisberg Hikes the Appalachian Trail for PTSD and His Unique 9/11 Story from 2023-11-14T16:03:53
Rob Weisberg is a volunteer firefighter in the state of NY. He happened to work across the street from the World Trade Center. When the Towers were hit, he made his way to a nearby fire station and...
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Kerrie Murphy - Suicide Survivor from 2023-10-30T16:43:11
Kyle, a firefighter with 11 years of service, is no longer on this planet because he was tormented by PTSD and had learned that it’s not ok to ask for help. Our guest, Kerrie Murphy, bravely shares...
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Teri DeLaMontanya Part 2: Living Skills from 2023-09-14T17:45:33
This is Part 2: Living Skills. In Part 1 we hear about all the trauma that Teri has beent through while keeping a big smile on her face. In this part 2 episode, Teri shares the rug getting pulled o...
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Teri DeLaMontanya - Just Surviving Skills to Living Skills Part 1 from 2023-09-12T20:10:14
This is truly a special 2 part episode with former EMT and then emergency room nurse then emergency room director Teri DeLaMontanya. Teri grew up in turmoil and trauma and learned to “make the most...
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James Beal NFD - Don't Do That Thing from 2023-07-24T23:25:09
James Beal is a paramedic for the Nashville Fire Department. Not only is he being incredibly brave by telling us his story, but he’s talking about it on a podcast — when one of his greatest vulnera...
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Lawrence Williams, Nashville Fire Capt, Refused to get help until..... from 2023-06-08T20:58:12
Lawerence Williams is a 21 year veteran with the Nashville Fire Department. He is as tough as they come. Lawerence struggled with alcohol and PTSD symptoms until he finally went to the IAFF PTSD re...
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Two Firefighter Spouses Share Their Experiences from 2023-05-31T20:05:41
Audra and Chelsi are two firefighter's wives and work-from-home mothers, with a combined 20+ years of experience as first responder spouses. They host a no-BS podcast, on a mission to break the sti...
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FFret Jim Madison - Resilence X 1000 from 2023-03-16T19:58:43
Retired firefighter and military guy Jim Madison is on the show. He is the epitome of resilience. That saying, it’s not how many times you fall down, but how many times you get up. Jim has had to g...
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ret FF Keith Hanks - Putting His Life Back Together From C-PTSD from 2023-03-02T23:54:44
Keith joins the podcast and shares how his life fell apart and after a diagnosis of Complex PTSI, he put it back together. His road to recovery included 6 suicide attempts. He shares incredible ins...
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My Story of Having to Save My Own Life from 2023-02-18T16:11:13
I had the honor of being a guest on the incredible podcast, A Slight Change of Plans hosted by cognitive scientist Maya Shanker. Apple named A Slight Change of Plans the best podcast of 2021 and it...
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Tyler Fausset ret FF/PM - Retiring is Hard from 2023-02-09T00:25:50
This is the second time Tyler sat down to talk about his journey with PTSD. The first episode he talked about his critical incident that sent him down the PTSD rabbit hole. This time he comes back ...
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Paramedic Cheri Garcia: Reinventing Yourself from 2023-01-30T00:25:17
Ret. Paramedic Cheri Garcia sits down with the Firefighter Deconstructed after a short winder break. Cheri talks about realizing she couldn't do the job anymore without it further ruining her life ...
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ret FF/PM Michael Loew, Carr Wildland Fire and the Aftermath from 2022-09-27T19:33:07
Michael Loew was a Firefighter and Paramedic for almost 30 years. He cruised along pretty well until he was caught in the middle of the Carr Fire. The Carr fire, burned 229,651 acres of the Shasta ...
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FF Don Pemberton: How to Prevent PTSD and Get Help When it Hits from 2022-08-11T19:38
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Don sits down with Christy and talks about coaching first responders to create and maintain healthy lives and actions that can help PREVENT Post Traumatic Stress. He and th...
Ret. Police Officer Stephanie Polizziani - Finding Light when it Became Dark from 2022-07-27T10:00:03
Retired police officer Stephanie Polizziani spent 15 years as a police officer, most of them for the city of Berkeley and then moved on to Benicia. She began to feel her life become dark. She plann...
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SGB Could Change Everything - Shauna "Doc" Springer from 2022-07-14T15:58:35
Today’s show is awesome and everyone should listen to this. Shauna Doc Springer and I talk about an existing and very accessible total game changer in the treatment of PTSD. It’s called the Stellat...
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PTSD is a Physical Injury - Nan Herron, MD Explains from 2022-06-29T21:18:29
Today’s show is all about the brain and what happens to it when it’s exposed to trauma repeatedly. Dr. Nan Herron, a real medical doctor, and I sit down and talk about why people want to drop the D...
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Christy and Danny Out on the Streets from 2022-06-22T17:33:35
San Francisco Fire Paramedic Danny McAtee makes his second appearance on the show. We sit down and discuss part of our first responder community that carries an extra weight daily and especially wh...
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San Jose PD ret Chris Warren, No One Knew What to Say from 2022-06-10T22:20:24
Chris Warren is a retired San Jose Police Officer who was the negotiator on a barricaded subject with a tragic ending. When the tragedy happened, no one talked about it or really even talked to him...
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Ret. Deputy Sheriff Sally Lobb - Tough as Nails with a Giant Heart from 2022-04-28T16:49:50
Show Notes: Kick-ass retired Sheriff Deputy Sally Lobb sits down with The Firefighter Deconstructed and shares her story of becoming and being a woman cop, peer support and her own story of gettin...
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Capt/PM Chris Moore, Power of Vulnerability and Volunteer's Mental Health from 2022-04-14T18:15:49
This week I sit down with Captain Paramedic Chris Moore of the Chesapeake Fire Department in the state of Virginia. Chris started and spent about 10 years as a volunteer and then moved over to work...
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Danny McAtee - San Francisco Fire Department Paramedic from 2022-04-07T15:56:54
The most interesting man in the world, Danny McAtee and I had a great conversation about the job’s challenges, how we don’t ask for help and put everyone else first, even at serious cost to ourselv...
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Full Circle, Cassie Sexton - Dispatcher and Jailer from 2022-03-31T10:00:03
Cassie Sexton works for First Responder WellnessCassie has extensive Law Enforcement experience in dispatch, jail, and traffic divisions. Early in her career she became eager to learn new specialti...
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At the Brink -Paramedic Jeff Smith, PTS and Climbing Over the Railing from 2022-03-17T10:00:03
The Firefighter Deconstructed has the honor of having Jeff Smith on the show. Jeff spent 20 years as a paramedic in Vancouver, BC and launched a not-for-profit organization called The Detachment Te...
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FF's Paul and Skip, Courage in Choosing to Live from 2022-02-24T11:00:03
Skip is a retired FF, recovering addict and now is the president of World Wide Support. Paul flew from England to get some of that Wold Wide Support. These guys talk about asking for help and their...
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ret Capt Derek Robinson-Surviving the Darkness, Choosing to Live from 2022-02-17T11:00:03
This week’s guest is retired Kern County Fire Captain, Derek Robinson. Derek tells his story of how he reached out for help and continued to not get it, which so many of have had to deal with. He ...
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Tyler Fausset - From FF/PM to PTS to Early Retirement to Happiness from 2022-02-10T11:00:04
Retired Firefighter/Paramedic Tyler Fausette tells his story of a critical incident that led to a PTS diagnosis. He struggled and struggled and ended up having to medically retire "early" due to hi...
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Columbus FF/PM Doug Brown -I'm Fine. from 2022-02-01T18:19:11
Douglas R. Brown runs into burning buildings for a living. After a horrible all he began showing the signs of PTS. His friends and family could tell something was wrong, but Doug was the last to fi...
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Lt. Rob Hiller-Depression, Cardiac POTS, and PTS...he just keeps getting back up. from 2022-01-24T20:52:17
Lt Rob Hiller, of the Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services, shares his personal story of a cardiac medical condition, depression, and Post Traumatic Stress - each one almost costing him the job ...
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FF (ret) Joe Bartholomew, 33 years + trapped in a basement fire = PTS and then Recovery from 2022-01-13T13:05:02
Today retired firefighter Joe Bartholomew shares his story of getting trapped in a basement fire and coming as close to dying as you can get. He talks about how this fire and his 33 years in the fi...
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Ret Chief Dave Robertson and Napa Valley Lunches from 2022-01-04T11:00:03
Finally! A new episode! I talk with Dave Robertson. He is the owner of FireEDGE - Fire Service Training + Career Coaching/Training Officer. He is a Fire Chief (ret) from the Napa Valley, CA. Dave ...
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Quentin Waynick FF, Dispatcher, Paramedic - Suffered not knowing what was wrong from 2021-11-19T15:25:16
Quentin Waynick started in the first responder muck when he was 15. He did everything from firefighting to dispatching to being a paramedic. He lived on top of the world....until he got angry, real...
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Ret Police Officer Ray Fernandez - The PTSD Sh*t Show from 2021-11-12T17:17:39
Retired police officer Ray Fernandez has 30 years on the job. Like so many of us first responders, once a tough guy, he drank with the boys after work and especially after a bad call. He also had a...
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Olivia Johnson's Story of Being Married to PTSD from 2021-10-19T22:09:05
Olivia Johnson, once a paramedic and now an emergency nurse, married a firefighter name Josh Johnson. Josh Johnson got PTSD and subsequently went through hell. Well guess what, so did his wife Oli...
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Deputy Sheriff-Coroner Neal Oilar (Ret.), Part One: Against All Odds from 2021-09-17T00:39:14
This week we sit down with Neal Oilar. He is a medically retired deputy sheriff-coroner (Del Norte County, CA. 2014-2020). He had several CI’s, two shootings, and ultimately he was stabbed which ...
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Retired Officer Albert Veldstra, How 30 years as a cop and an Officer Involved Shooting affected him and his family from 2021-08-12T13:00:08
Albert Veldstra, who has 30 years as a police officer in Stanislas County in the California central valley, sits down with the FF deconstructed and tells his story of how 30 years on the job and an...
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Former Dispatcher Ricardo Martinez, #iam911 from 2021-08-05T18:27:05
Founder of the #Iam911 movement, former 911 dispatcher Ricardo Martinez sits down and shares his story on this episode. Ricardo is the host of the Within the Trenches podcast and is about to relea...
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Ellen Kirschman PhD, How to Love a Firefighter from 2021-07-12T20:08:01
Ellen Kirschman, known as the Cop Doc, is a clinical psychologist that specializes in treating first responders and has been for doing for years and years and years. She is the author of “I Love a...
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Former Firefighter Josh Johnson Wandered Lost Until He Asked For Help from 2021-06-17T18:40:48
The amazing Josh Johnson, former firefighter, shares his story of getting PTSD and the agony of not knowing where to turn to for help. The point came where Josh’s only answer he could find was alm...
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Tessa Dunn - Rockstar Wife That Held a First Responder's Family Together from 2021-06-10T20:10:47
Tessa Dunn is on the show! Tessa is the wife of Tom Dunn, who was on the show a few months ago. She stood by Tom’s side as he worked as a Alaska State Trooper. She raised a couple of kids and to...
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Conrad Weaver, Producer of the Film, PTSD911 from 2021-06-03T18:02:51
The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down with Conrad Weaver, an award winning filmmaker, producer and president of Conjo studios. Conrad is making a documentary film about us, about what first res...
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The Similarities of a TBI and PTSD, ret CHP Sgt Paula Siddens from 2021-05-27T17:28:44
Paula Siddens is a retired Sergeant with the California Highway Patrol with 30 years of service. Paula sustained a serious Traumatic Brain Injury while riding her bike down Mt. Diablo. She was lu...
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Assistant Fire Chief Steve Serbic - Undercover Mental Health and His Own Story from 2021-04-01T22:43:52
The amazing Steve Serbic from the Undercover Mental Health Podcast sit down with me and tells us his story. Steve is a assistant fire chief, key note speaker, Tedx presenter, author and mental hea...
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ret Fire Captain Tim Grutzius - Super Anger to Peace and PTSD from 2021-03-25T16:16:50
Tim Grutzius is a 25+ year fire service veteran and a team member of the Illinois Firefighter Peer Support . He understands the detrimental effect stress can have on the overall wellbeing of our m...
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Lt. Tom Dunn (ret), Working in the Middle of Nowhere, Alaska from 2021-03-18T13:00:08
Tom and Tessa Dunn sit down with the firefighter deconstructed and talk about what it's like to work as a resident police officer in the middle of nowhere in Alaska. Tom Dunn is the founder of RES...
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Sgt Eric Weaver ret. Has Lived, Walked, and Talks Mental Health from 2021-03-04T12:00:03
Eric Weaver is a retired sergeant with the Rochester, NY Police Dept., where he served for twenty years from 1985-2005. He was a police sergeant for the RPD for the last 13 years of ...
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(R) Sergeant Kristi Tausinga kicks PTSD, Addiction and Dept Betrayal's Ass from 2021-02-25T16:28:54
Kristi Tausinga sits down with the firefighter deconstructed and talks about being a female cop, getting addicted and then unaddicted to painkillers. This woman is one strong lady! She was diagno...
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Delta Force CSM Tom Satterly&His Hero, Jen Satterly from 2021-02-18T14:27:24
THE Tom Satterly and his wife Jen sit down with the Firefighter Deconstructed. Who are these people? Well Tom spent 20 years in Delta Force, the most elite special forces unit there is. Tom is a...
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Police Officer Scott Medlin, Addiction, Recover, and Staying Healthy from 2021-02-11T14:31:27
Super kind and fun Scott Medlin sits down with The Firefighter Deconstructed and talks about the toll the job takes and strategies to get and be healthy. Scott has 17 years of experience in the mi...
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Kaia Downing's Story of Husband Brad Downing's PTSD from 2021-02-04T19:18:20
Kaia Downing is married to Brad Downing, who was on last week. Kaia was a police officer for ten years and is now a parole officer. Kaia shares her story of being married to someone with PTSD. W...
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Super Stoic ret Police Officer Brad Downing Tells His Story of Suffering Alone from 2021-01-28T14:56:25
Retired police officer Brad Downing was a long time “stuff it” guy and never talked about his feelings. He suffered in silence because of that stupid stigma that can be attached to someone when th...
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Medically Ret Police Officer Rob Hindley survived PTS...Twice from 2021-01-21T11:00:07
Rob Hindley is a Medically retired police officer from the United Kingdom. He went through PTSD twice and speaks to how getting PTSD the second time is even worse than the first time. Rob now wor...
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Bill Pepitone ret NYPD, Mayoral Candidate of New York City from 2021-01-14T11:00:21
Bill Pepitone, City of New York Mayoral Candidate and former New York Police Officer, sits down with The Firefighter Deconstructed and talks about the heavy toll police work takes on officers and t...
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Ryan Dedmon-Outreach Director of the 911 Training Institute from 2021-01-07T11:00:20
Former Dispatcher Ryan Dedmon sits down with the Firefighter Deconstructed and talks about his co-worker’s suicide and his own downward spiral. And most importantly, how he climbed back out of it....
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U.K. Paramedic/Police Officer Sue M - Ask Yourself, Do I Really Want To Be Well? from 2020-12-17T22:39:26
Sue M, all the way from Ireland. Sue M is an extraordinary person. She served as a paramedic and then a police officer in the United Kingdom for 14 years and experienced PTSD and several personal...
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Officer Chris Hoyer - When That Day Comes from 2020-12-10T14:58:50
Retired Police Officer, Christopher Hoyer is a protector, survivor and advocate for mental, physical and emotional wellness. After 20+ years as a street cop, having been faced with the worst horror...
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District Fire Chief Jason Corthell, From the Very Bottom to the Top from 2020-12-04T17:17:14
Today we have Fire District Chief Jason Corthell. Another amazing guy from Texas. Jason is another guy who feel into that dark hole and found a way out. Then he built an incredible peer support t...
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FF ret Joshua Concepcion - PTSI and Department Betrayal from 2020-11-19T22:12:34
Josh’s 13 year firefighting career was cut short by PTSD and department betrayal. His attitude and resilience is nothing short of inspiring. No matter how tough everything became he just kept p...
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Police Chief Gary McHone - Strength, Vulnerability and a Servant’s Heart from 2020-11-12T19:03:39
I love Texas!! Police Chief Gary R. McHone, from Texas, shares how to truly be strong on both sides of the job, as a subordinate and management. He believes the people are the most important reso...
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Dr. Lorie Hood, First Responder Focused Traumatologist from 2020-11-06T19:57:21
This is an episode of discovery and hope. Dr. Lorie Hood joins The Firefighter Deconstructed and shares her incredible breadth of knowledge of trauma. Dr. Lorie Hood is a leading expert in trau...
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Police Chief Daniel Smith, Be True to Yourself and Others from 2020-10-29T18:30:54
This week Police Chief Daniel Smith shares his story with the firefighter deconstructed. He talks about his childhood and coming to the point in his life that he could go either way, positive or n...
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Battalion Chief Jacob Johnson - True Leadership and the Power of Vulnerability and Peer Support from 2020-10-22T17:36:48
Battalion Chief Jacob Johnson shows true leadership by talking about the tough stuff, showing vulnerability as a leader. Chief Johnson discusses how important it is for agency leadership to start ...
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Captain Brenda Berkman FDNY (ret) talks trauma, healing and connection from 2020-10-15T11:00:09
Retired Captain Brenda Berkman of the FDNY sat down with The Firefighter Deconstructed and discussed healing from the job and 9/11 and the added trauma of working in a hostile working environment...
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Firefighter and Combat Medic Ryan Mains, Runs For His Life from 2020-10-06T01:13:02
The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down with 14 year firefighter/paramedic and combat veteran Ryan Mains. Why Ryan Mains? Because he ran 130 kilometers for every firefighter who killed themselves ...
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Lisa Houle - Defense Attorney for First Responders from 2020-09-29T14:29:43
This is such an important episode!! The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down and talks with an amazing woman who has made it her life’s passion to take care of fire responders in an area we never t...
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Captain Dan Willis (ret) - The Bulletproof Spirit from 2020-09-22T18:17:13
Captain Dan Willis (ret), Author of Bulletproof Spirit, served as a police officer for the La Mesa Police Department near San Diego for nearly 30 years as a SWAT Commander, crimes of violence-sexua...
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Deputy Sheriff Melanie Mikeska: PTSD and Department Betrayal from 2020-09-15T13:00:13
Melanie Mikeska, who is a total badass, and I sit down and talk about being a sheriff’s deputy in a large county that goes through several budget cuts and has some poor leadership. Having PTSD was...
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Firefighter, PhD, and Chaplain Jeffrey Hosick - Trauma, the Toxic Workplace and Grace from 2020-09-08T17:05:24
All the way from Nova Scotia we have quite a guest, Jeffrey Hosick. He is a firefighter, a chaplain, therapist, trauma specialist, author and a professional speaker. We sit down and talk about wh...
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John Hofman CSCS*D, TSAC-F*D, MS - Even Superman Needs Help from 2020-09-01T16:39:47
The Firefighter Deconstructed gets real with John Hofman. This guy knows how to talk and doesn’t care if he ruffles a few feathers, he calls it like he sees it. Coach John Hofman, MS., CSCS*D, TS...
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Cristian Hinojosa, Dallas Fire Captain, Talks Peer Support . Do It. from 2020-08-24T15:22:59
The Firefighter Deconstructed talks with Cristian Hinojosa who has served the Dallas community as a public servant for nearly 15 years. He currently leads the DFD Peer Support Program, providing ou...
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First In Wellness - Recover From the Beating that Comes With the Job from 2020-08-18T18:26:09
The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down with Danielle Cook Kawash, Mike Salemi, and Simon Mathews from First In Wellness. They develop wellness programs for Fire departments, yet all of their inf...
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Paramedic/Dispatcher Michael Henderson, Take Charge of Your Own Recovery from 2020-08-11T18:09:24
Taking Charge of Your Recovery. The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down with paramedic and dispatcher Michael Henderson. Michael was a paramedic in Oakland, CA and then became a dispatcher. He w...
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Officer Sean Wyman - Broken to Unbreakable from 2020-07-28T06:02:06
The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down with Sean Wyman and talks about getting out from being miserable. Sean Wyman is an 18 Year Law Enforcement Officer and Trainer, Army Veteran, father of 3, an...
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Rick Markley, Volunteer Firefighters and Mental Health from 2020-07-21T17:35:04
Rick Markley and I talk about the unique challenges that volunteer firefighters and their departments face in taking care of their wellness and mental health. There is so much more involved than j...
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Courtney, Daughter of Cop with PTSI. "When he was unavailable I felt like why bother being on this Earth" from 2020-07-14T13:00:05
The Firefighter Deconstructed sits down with another amazing daughter of a long time police officer. 21 year old Courtney talks about growing up as the oldest kid in a family with a first responde...
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FF/PM Matty Fiorenza - Falling Into the Dark Hole, Getting Out, and Staying Out from 2020-07-10T19:05:57
This Episode is with Anaheim Firefighter/Paramedic Matt Fiorenza. Matt is a 16 year veteran of the the AFD and started drinking alcohol when he was 11. He had many trials and tribulations along t...
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Jay Scott, Oklahoma City Fire Sergeant ret. 25 years after the Bombing - Part 2 from 2020-07-05T23:02:14
In Part 2, Jay talks more about working at the bomb site, the surrealism and how supportive the entire community was. Jay and I talk about what didn't work and what did work to recover from PTSD. ...
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16 Year Old Grace, "Your Kids Know More Than You Think." from 2020-07-01T18:38:58
This episode of The Firefighter Deconstructed has a very special guest. Grace is the 16 year old (soon to be 17) daughter of a police officer with 26 years as a cop (and his first gig was 3 years ...
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Tim Dietz - It's a Beautiful Day from 2020-06-24T18:48:54
Retired Captain Tim Dietz shares his story of having to overcome personal tragedy and not fully dealing with it caused him to struggle later in his career. We talk about paths to recovery and the ...
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Officer Tim Kaplan - Anxiety and the Job from 2020-06-16T21:59:07
Tim Kaplan is a 20 year veteran of the Berkeley, (CA) police Department. We talk about his chronic anxiety and how he dealt with it on the job. He spent the majority of his police career in the pa...
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Jay Scott, Oklahoma City Fire Lieutenant ret. - 25 Years After the Bombing - Part 1 from 2020-06-11T20:18:20
Meet Jay Scott, retired Fire Lieutenant from the Oklahoma City Fire Department. The Oklahoma City bombing has had lasting effects on everyone, especially those who were there. Jay Scott is no diff...
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Deborah Louis Ortiz the Producer/Director/Writer of award winning film, Code 9: Officer Needs Assistance from 2020-06-03T14:46:02
Deborah is the wife of ret. New York State Trooper, who after struggling with symptoms took years to finally be diagnosed with PTSD. Deborah has been through the gauntlet of being the spouse of a ...
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Jeff Dill Gets Real About Suicide and First Responders from 2020-05-26T18:03:57
More first responders kill themselves than die in the line of duty. Fire captain Jeff Dill decided to do something about it. Jeff is the founder of the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, hol...
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Police Sergeant Michael Surgue (ret) One of a Police Officer's Worst Nightmare from 2020-05-19T17:24:22
Retired Sergent Surgue has 20+ years experience in the military and law enforcement. Michael tells his compelling story of having to face a police officer’s nightmare and the debilitating mental h...
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Ellen Kirschman, The Cop Doc "The Stigma is Stupid!" from 2020-05-12T17:49:33
Ellen Kirschman is known as the “Cop Doc”. She has 30 years as a clinical psychologist specializing in law enforcement and first responders. Today Ellen and I talk about the importance for first r...
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Former Dispatcher Sue Faria from 2020-05-05T16:28:02
We have former dispatcher Sue Faria who also happens to be the president of the First Responder Support Network. Sue tells her story of dispatching many years for the CHP and then the sheriff’s of...
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Pastor/Podcast Host/Firefighter Jon Sanders from 2020-04-28T14:35:29
Jon began his fire career with the Peoria Illinois fire department. He left the department to pursue his true calling, serving God. He and his wife moved to South Dakota and founded a small rural...
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James and Angelica Hendrix, two stories of one person’s PTSD. from 2020-04-22T14:00:02
On this episode we talk to James and Angelica Hendrix. James is a former CHP Officer diagnosed with PTSD and came very close to suicide. He went through hell. But so did his wife Angelica. Spou...
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Oklahoma City Firefighter Chris Fields from 2020-04-17T20:50:26
You know him as the firefighter cradling the bloody baby in the iconic photo from the Oklahoma City Bombing. We will get to know the human inside the uniform as Chris Fields who just went to work ...
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Recovery From Trauma, a Retired Cop's Journey from 2020-04-11T00:13:34
Ret. Police Officer Nathan Schlitz experience's any police officer's worst nightmare. He shares his story of what happened, the toll it took on his well being, and his recovery. He also talks abo...
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Spouse of a first responder with PTSD tells her story from 2020-04-07T16:52:36
We call them our better half, but what is it like to be the other half of someone suffering from PTSD? Diana Banuelos tells her story of being the wife of a Narcotics officer with PTSD. This is a...
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Responding on your own family. Paramedic Anthony Hendricks from 2020-03-31T17:59:02
What happens when a paramedic responds on his own family? Paramedic Anthony Hendricks tells his story of being a first responder and a husband at the same exact time.
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Co-Founder of the West Coast Post Trauma Retreat, Dr. Joel Fay from 2020-03-25T20:05:47
Meet Dr. Joel Fay who has 32 years as a police officer and his doctorate in psychology. He is also a leading and nationally known first responder psychologist and one the co-founders of the West C...
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CAL Fire Captain Noelle Bahnmiller from 2020-03-12T14:00:12
CAL Fire Captain Noelle Bahnmiller tells her story of becoming a paramedic and then a firefighter. She shares how PTSD drove her to depression and thinking of suicide. Noelle's authenticity and in...
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Former Undercover Narcotics officer Mike Koch from 2020-03-06T15:37:55
Mike Koch, a former undercover narcotics officer, spent 19 years on the job. He began as an eager and dedicated officer who served his community with honor. As with many other officers, he used a...
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Welcome to The Firefighter Deconstructed from 2020-02-25T20:30:04
Christy Warren joins Mental Health News Radio Network to talk about her diagnosis of PTSD. She thought her life was over. Tune in as she goes in depth on being a female firefighter and how stigma a...
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