Stand By One

In this episode, featuring my station mates, we discuss ways to minimize stress and how to destress. Our guests share touching, personal stories that brought them to the place of healthy practices that focus on utilizing movement in order to redirect stressors in day to day life in emergency services. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

In this episode, I have my first guest on the show! My good friend and new partner on the rig, George. We discuss George's experience of over a decade in EMS and he still has yet to show signs of burnout, as well as how we have learned to cope over the years to ensure the fire that keeps us going never dies. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

My first solo episode. No Care. No worth. Knowing how to care will lead to knowing your worth. In this episode, we discuss some big updates and shout outs as well as what it means to care for yourself and recognize that standing by one can even mean standing up for yourself against your worst critique... which is you. Here is the link to Kyle Curtis GoFund Me https://gofund.me/213bb72b --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

Discussion about the fear of being vulnerable and seeking and accepting help. Often times, we carry the burdens of our troubled pasts without the presence of mind that these issues may eventually weigh us down. However, there is strength in owning up to your vulnerabilities, facing the fear associated with them, and relishing in the times we overcome the walls built by vulnerability. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

This episode features our first guest, Bud, who to many of us has become a legend with his 37 YEARS of experience in EMS in Southern California. He is the partner in "Brandon's Story". The most important thing to remember in this episode is to read between the lines in Bud's answers and stories. He is a man with many hardened layers and on today's show, he finally opens up to give us a glimpse of the man who is the legend. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

In this episode, Brandon talks about one of the hardest, if not the hardest, calls of his career. We discuss how it affected his life and how he has been able to release some of the weight off his shoulders. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

This piece is a helpful tool for those of you trying to calm some of the chaos left in your mind after a stressful day. This can be used to help destress, let go of any built up tension, and help get you to sleep. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

We take a break from all the seriousness and have fun discussing some of our more fun and strange calls that just make for a good laugh. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

In this episode, we discuss the fear of opening up to someone, whether it be a friend or professional, and sharing your darkest thoughts and feelings because of the very possible reality you could become involuntarily placed on a psychiatric hold. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

In this episode we dive into how both conscious and trauma blocked experiences can illicit behavior that cause one to avoid feelings and emotions. At times, in emergency services, experience causes us to feel over stimulated in normal every day activity and may even cause emotions to trickle when least expected. We dive into some heavy subjects and some tears are shed, but overall we feel this episode helped us grow and mature into our mental health journey. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support

Standby One - A mental health podcast from the lens of emergency personnel, one EMT and one Paramedic, talking about life after the call. In episode one we discuss the jaded and desensitized behavior, attitude, and beliefs from experiences of various levels of trauma. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/standbyone/support