THERAPISTS-Calling Out The B.S.

H.A.L.T. and Call for Backup
Coast to Coast with Mike Koch and Jim McLintock


How to find a therapist and how do you know if therapy is working. Are you allowing others to call you on your BS? Sound advise, its hard to hear but this is where the healing begins. How do you cope with stress and what are you doing that may become destructive to you and to your family? What are your intentions?

Jim and I discuss many issues and hope that you will have the courage to ask for help. Stigma? I get it. Shame? Yep… What are you going to do about it? Lots of questions so listen up for some very valuable suggestions to help you find the solutions.

How are we surviving as a First Responder culture. Skills and tools to live your life and obtain freedom from within. Positive Connections Radio: C2C S-1 E-6. PCR episode 75


www.MentalHealthNewsRadionetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com
www.McLintockcounseling.com
PositiveConnectionsRadio@gmail.com
911Therapy@gmail.com

CALLING OUT THE DISPATCHERS

H.A.L.T. and Call for Backup
Coast to Coast with Mike Koch and Jim McLintock
Guest-Dispatcher (Ret) Cassie Sexton


How are we surviving as a First Responder culture. Skills and tools to live your life and obtain freedom from within.

Positive Connections Radio: C2C S-1 E-5. PCR episode 74


www.MentalHealthNewsRadionetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com
www.McLintockcounseling.com
PositiveConnectionsRadio@gmail.com
911Therapy@gmail.com

Dispatcher Cassie Sexton Contact Information
Cell: 714.485.5328
Cassie.Sexton@Frhealth.com

First Responders
The Life You Save Might Be Your Own

Meghan Mirabal is our guest today on Positive Connections Radio. Meghan is a former First Responder who worked in ICU/Cardiac Critical Care to provide advanced medical services to patients. She is now a case manager at First Responder Wellness located in Newport Beach California and works solely with First Responders in treatment for mental health issues including PTS, trauma and addictions. She is currently working on her Master’s program as a Marriage and Family Therapist and shares her passion for helping First Responders.
Meghan touches on how First Responders deal with trauma to the highest capacity and often are so busy taking care of others’ lives, fail to take care of their own.
She understands that for many of us it is not the question of who we have saved, it’s a question of who we haven’t. The cases you can’t shake, the nightmares that keep us up at night.
Positive Connections Radio: Episode 73
www.MentalHealthNewsRadioNetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com
PositiveConnectionsRadio@gmail.com

Positive Connections Radio:
FIRST RESPONDER TRAUMA
H.A.L.T. and Call for Backup-Coast to Coast with Mike Koch and Jim McLintock
How are we surviving as a First Responder culture. Skills and tools to live your life and obtain freedom from within.

www.MentalHealthNewsRadionetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com
www.McLintockcounseling.com
PositiveConnectionsRadio@gmail.com
911Therapy@gmail.com

Positive Connections Radio:

The Best Thing I Ever Failed At was Suicide

Tricia Minkler is our guest today on Positive Connections Radio. Tricia started out working as a Deputy Assistant Prosecutor with the US Attorney’s Office in King County Washington. She then became a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Mason County and an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Auburn. Having a lifelong dream of becoming a police officer, Tricia gave up her career as an attorney and became a Police Officer for the City of Auburn and Des Moines Washington. Tricia shares her story of dealing with alcoholism and mental health issues along with her recovery path and how she survived to tell her story to help others. Listen and find out how she was on the verge of ending her life when the call for duty halted her intentions and she finally reached out for help.

www.linkedin.com/in/tricia-minkler-076875210
www.MentalHealthNewsRadioNetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com

Positive Connections Radio:
E-68: Recovery and Resilience
Police Officer Gus Moreno. City of Fontana California
I am honored to have this connection with my friend Gus Moreno. Gus has served the City of Fontana as a police officer for 22 years and spent time in patrol, investigations, traffic/motors and is currently in administration in charge of PD fleet operations. Gus shares his story of recovery and resilience to show others that there is hope and that they are not alone.

www.MentalHealthNewsRadioNetwo…
www.positiveconnectionsradio.c…

Positive Connections Radio:
“Coast to Coast”
H.A.L.T. and Call for Backup
With Jim McLintock
Pilot to this new series of Positive Connections Radio’s “Coast to Coast” with Mike Koch and Jim McLintock.
How are we surviving as a First Responder culture, skills and tools to live your life and how to obtain freedom from within
www.MentalHealthNewsRadionetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com
www.McLintockcounseling.com
www.firstresponder-wellness.com

Positive Connections Radio:
E-66: MY DISEASE WANTS ME DEAD
Firefighter Keith Vitale

Do you want to know what life looks like in active recovery? Listen to my friend Keith Vitale and you will be on your way. Keith shares his experience, strength and hope about what life was like in the disease of alcoholism and how it changed because he decided to get honest with himself and others. He now lives a life free from addiction and mental anguish.

Recovery’s not a quick fix, if you go into it half assed, you’ll not have a good run at it and likely will continue to live your life in distress, torment, loss and heartache. It’s a marathon not a sprint. One day at a time, all we have is now. Depression lives in the past and anxiety lives in the future, stay present. Taking direction from others is difficult if you think your way is the only way you want to go. It takes courage to drop your fists and admit your ass was kicked, surrender. Surrender doesn’t mean defeat; it means moving over to the winning side. If you want to keep fighting and somehow, you’ll win, that’s your choice. But do you really have a choice to stop on your own and live your life as if this is just a phase or something you want to forget? I tried that and the hand of God just struck me down. I needed to be beaten, broken and scarred before I decided to surrender and stop fighting. I really only had a few other options, one actually, death. Thankfully I found a way out and vowed to share how I did it with others. These may be harsh words to hear if you’re suffering and just angry at the world. If it stings, then you’re in the right place. Remember, untreated mental health issues want to KILL YOU!!! This is not a game, this is not a trick or promotional fantasy, this is life, and this world NEEDS YOU in it. You’re not alone, and you’re worth it no matter what your rabbit mind tells you. Don’t believe the lies. Come all the way in and sit all the way down, with both sides of your ass.

www.MentalHealthNewsRadioNetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com

Positive Connections Radio:
Episode-65: Kelley Hattox CADC-II, ICADC, CPC

Personal Recovery and the State of the Recovery World Today

I want to introduce you all to my friend Kelly Hattox. Kelley has been a constant positive influence in my life and personal recovery program for the past 9 years. I hold overwhelming gratitude that she agreed to come on the show and share her strength, courage, and downright positive vibes with us all. Enjoy the podcast and reach out to her if you or someone you know needs help. Here’s her bio:
After a long career in Hollywood entertainment, Kelley found herself needing to get sober and needing to change career paths. She is a CADC-II, ICADC counselor, a certified professional coach, and a certified relationship coach with specializations in co-occurring disorders and complex relational/family dynamics. She has worked in all levels of care, including crisis intervention, residential, outpatient, and private coaching. She has presented webinars and workshops for organizations across the country and is passionate about community education. Her mission is to help substance use disorder treatment evolve into a de-stigmatized health arena with universal standards and improved outcomes.

Kelley Hattox (she/her)
CADC-II, ICADC, CPC
www.kelleyhattoxconsultation@gmail.com
(858) 997-7632
71810 Eleanora Lane, Rancho Mirage, CA, 92270
Conference Call number: (605) 313-5592, access code 748-656

www.MentalHealthNewsRadioNetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com

Positive Connections Radio:
E-64: Alternatives to SUICIDE:
Former Firefighter Christy Warren.
Retired Fire Captain Christy Warren is back on PCR to share her experience, strength and hope to those suffering from mental health issues and to show that you are not alone.
Today we talk in depth about suicide and why it sometimes feels like the only way out of the pain. We hold on to this pain and trauma because we fear no one can help us, that we are alone, and life would be better without us. This is the lie we tell ourselves.

www.MentalHealthNewsRadioNetwork.com
www.positiveconnectionsradio.com
www.firstresponder-wellness.com
www.firefighterdeconstructed.com