Mynda Ohs is a recognized expert and speaker on firefighter wellness issues with over 14 years of experience in crisis intervention and suicide prevention. She is a former EMT who married a firefighter and began her road to her present writing of the book Fully Involved- A Guide for Being in A Relationship With A Firefighter.
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In this rebroadcast of an interview between Kristin Walker and Mark Leeds, the topic of addiction to technology and online services, such as social media, is discussed at length. As large corporations put their nearly unlimited resources into finding new ways to get us hooked, we are at risk for an epidemic of massive proportions.
Already, we are faced with distracted driving, which can be more dangerous in some cases than intoxicated driving. Imagine being hit on the road by a driver who couldn’t wait to type LMFAO and then go back to check if it got any likes. Anyone who drives has seen those drivers with their heads down and eyes on a device, not on the road. Tech addiction and obsession has always been an issue, but the product is now being refined to the point that it has become an entirely different kind of problem.
Crack cocaine was a serious issue in the 90s. Many people who tried it could not stop. Lives were destroyed by the act of going back for just one more $5 hit that would last for just a few minutes. How many lives will be destroyed in the coming decade by people who can not help going back to check email, texts and social media just one more time?
Thank you to Kristin Walker for allowing me to rebroadcast this important discussion.
Sarah Gaer talks about her life dealing with first responders as a clinician and touches close to the heart with her book titled “The Price”
Sarah is a suicide loss survivor and a master’s level clinician with 20 years experience in the field of mental health care. Since 2012, Sarah has worked as a suicide prevention specialist focused on first responders. She has trained hundreds of first responders in trauma and suicide prevention in Massachusetts and is a QPR (Question, persuade and refer) Master trainer for the QPR institute. Sarah is a member of the Riverside Trauma Center trauma team and has responded to suicides, homicides, natural disasters and terrorist attacks throughout Massachusetts.
Duty, Honor and the COURAGE to ask for HELP. Michael Sugrue
Michael is a retired police sergeant with the City of Walnut Creek with over 14 years of service including specialized assignments as a Field Training Officer, SIU Detective and Undercover Special Agent assigned to California Department of Justice Drug Task Force.
Before becoming a police officer Michael served 6 ½ years in the U.S. Air Force as a Captain (Security Forces) specializing in Global Force Protection, Anti-Terrorism, Air Base Ground Defense, Nuclear Security and Law Enforcement.
As a new police sergeant, Michael encountered a situation that was not only tragic and overwhelmingly surreal but it was a call for duty that changed his life forever. Michael found himself in reckless abandon and on the verge of self-destruction until he mustered the courage to ask for help.
Michael tells his story of survival, recovery and healing after a deadly force incident and wants others to know that they are not alone.
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Next Rung
Firefighter Charlie Brown is a firefighter/paramedic for the Glendale Fire Department in Glendale, Ca serving as a firefighter for 8 and a paramedic for 5. Charlie is the co-director of Next Rung alongside founder Blake Stinnett.
Next Rung’s mission is to help combat mental health issues among Firefighters and First Responders. Mental health issues and an alarming amount of suicides have become more of an issue among Firefighters, EMS Personnel and the First Responder Community as a whole.
Next Rung is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides peer support (one-on-one conversation with another firefighter/first responder) and financial assistance for licensed counseling. Next Rung gives back to families who have lost their Firefighter/First Responder to suicide by providing a care package and monetary donation.
Next Rung’s desire is to bring a new level of awareness to the increasing issues we face as Firefighters/First Responders.
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Jamelia Hand MHS CADC CODP is the CEO of Vantage Clinical Consulting LLC, http://vantageclinicalconsulting.com/, a focused consultancy with a national footprint devoted to helping healthcare organizations and other professional firms to create solutions to Opioid Addiction problems and increase quality patient care. For almost two decades, she has worked with individual Physicians, Healthcare Firms and Corporate Organizations around the United States to help them to optimize their business strategies and reduce Opioid problems in their communities. She’s worked on every side of the issue from practice management and treatment to managed care and advocacy. Her unmatched solutions have been tested and proven in Opioid Crisis Combat from the South Side of Chicago to Florida. She works with leaders, companies and organizations at every level of our nation’s leading healthcare epidemic to drastically improve process and business performance.
“Recovery and Survival” Kat Heldman
Positive Connections Radio Podcast #27, interview with Kat Heldman.
Kat is a public health policy advocate, trauma coach and speaker, real estate agent, climbing coach and community outreach member for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
Kat shares her experiences with addiction, her son’s brush with death, surviving the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, surviving a narcissistic relationship and the tragic loss of her brother Christian.
Through all of these stressful and horrific life events Kat remained sober and continues to work a positive program of recovery. As a person in long term recovery she uses her story of survival to advocate for trauma recovery, public policy and addiction.
Facebook Trauma Recovery Group Link:
https://m.facebook.com/Heal-The-Heart-Trauma-Recovery-2128827843837889/?tsid=0.19423143892998407&source=result
Link to You Tube channel for recovery from narcissism abuse:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3AZekyHk_tWYHkvpXWqNAg
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On this episode of the All In Recovery Podcast, Mike and Joe explain the benefits and the perils of free Narcan being distributed to communities. Narcan is indeed a life saving drug, but it is not a cure and can sometimes offer addicts and false sense of safety.
Listen to former Chief of Police Rudy Escalante talk about finding sobriety while in patrol and rising through the ranks to become Police Chief.
Nick Jaworski is an internationally recognized executive in the field of behavioral health marketing and operational consulting with experience building organizations across four continents. As the owner of Circle Social Inc. (https://www.circlesocialinc.com/), he has helped healthcare organizations ranging in revenue from $10 million to $300 million a year perform turn arounds and accelerate growth.
He is a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Award for his work in mental health, is an advisor to the board for The Behavioral Health Association of Providers, and is also on the board for one of the most innovative treatment programs in the country – Above and Beyond Recovery in Chicago.
