Podcasts about responderstrong

This is the third and final episode in our series about the mental health crisis affecting law enforcement officers and first responders. Guests for this series include LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matter experts Roy Bethge, Chief of Police for Cherry Valley, Illinois and Chair of the Education and Training Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Max Geron, Senior Director for Health and Public Safety at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and Courtney Tassin, a licensed professional counselor and Crisis Intervention Program Manager for the city of Aurora, Colorado. Today, they discuss ways to increase positive narratives surrounding policing, the importance of connecting with local communities, and the things that law enforcement agencies do well in areas of protecting responders' mental health. Below are some resources mentioned by our guests during this series: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Dr. Kevin Gilmartin InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives by Joe Ehrmann Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training by Jack L. Colwell and Charles Huth The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Suicide Prevention Resource Center (First Responders) Blue H.E.L.P. Honoring the Service of Law Enforcement Officers who Died by Suicide Bridging the Divide Podcast If you or someone you know is an officer or first responder seeking mental health support, you can text “BADGE” to 741-741. That's a free, confidential service through the All Clear Foundation's ResponderStrong initiative. Anyone facing a mental health crisis can always call 988.

This is the second episode in our series about the mental health crisis affecting many law enforcement officers and first responders today. Guests for this series include LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matter experts Roy Bethge, Chief of Police for Cherry Valley, Illinois and Chair of the Education and Training Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Max Geron, Senior Director for Health and Public Safety at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and Courtney Tassin, a licensed professional counselor and Crisis Intervention Program Manager for the city of Aurora, Colorado. Today, guests discuss the importance of creating a culture of trust and open conversation among officers when it comes to sharing mental health struggles. They also talk about ways in which mental health practices can be incorporated into more police academies. Below are some resources mentioned by our guests during this series: · The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. · Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Dr. Kevin Gilmartin · InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives by Joe Ehrmann · Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training by Jack L. Colwell and Charles Huth · The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt · Suicide Prevention Resource Center (First Responders) · Blue H.E.L.P. Honoring the Service of Law Enforcement Officers who Died by Suicide · Bridging the Divide Podcast If you or someone you know is an officer or first responder seeking mental health support, you can text “BADGE” to 741-741. That's a free, confidential service through the All Clear Foundation's ResponderStrong initiative. Anyone facing a mental health crisis can always call 988.

Today, we begin a new series focusing on the mental health crisis affecting many law enforcement officers and first responders today. Guests for this series include LSU NCBRT/ACE subject matter experts Roy Bethge, Chief of Police for Cherry Valley, Illinois and Chair of the Education and Training Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Max Geron, Senior Director for Health and Public Safety at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and Courtney Tassin, a licensed professional counselor and Crisis Intervention Program Manager for the city of Aurora, Colorado. In this episode, they discuss the pressures facing law enforcement and responders today, including physical, cultural, and department-level stressors that may lead responders to a mental crisis. Below are some resources mentioned by our guests during this series: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement by Dr. Kevin Gilmartin InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives by Joe Ehrmann Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training by Jack L. Colwell and Charles Huth The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Suicide Prevention Resource Center (First Responders) Blue H.E.L.P. Honoring the Service of Law Enforcement Officers who Died by Suicide Bridging the Divide Podcast If you or someone you know is an officer or first responder seeking mental health support, you can text “BADGE” to 741-741. That's a free, confidential service through the All Clear Foundation's ResponderStrong initiative. Anyone facing a mental health crisis can always call 988.

First responders and law enforcement officers have faced an unprecedented amount of stress in the last year. One positive benefit is that it has forced many first responders to acknowledge these stressors, which has helped reduce the stigma around mental health care. In this episode, AMU’s Dr. Jarrod Sadulski talks to Rhonda Kelly, executive director of All Clear Foundation, whose mental health initiative, ResponderStrong, provides resources, tools, and training to help first responders heal from trauma and build resiliency for both themselves and their families. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rhonda leads ResponderStrong, which is an organization focused on developing better mental health supports for responders and their families. Over the past several years, suicide has been recognized as the leading occupational killer of law enforcement, fire and EMS. Her work is responder-driven and works across branches, connecting groups that had previously been siloed.

Rhonda Kelly, Founder of ResponderStrong and Director of Health, Wellness & Resilience for Global Medical Response... AND OG CF BF, joins me on this cast to dig into the lives of our first and emergency responders. First responders (definition) typically include paramedics, emergency medical technicians, police officers, firefighters, rescuers, and other trained members of organizations connected with this type of work. Rhonda is where a wealth of education meets a wealth of experience- she has done, lived, and learned it A LOT, across several service careers, continents, and communities. It's always refreshing to see people start initiatives, foundations, and business from heart space vs. potential capital gain (and I respect the biz person, as you know) and that is exactly what Rhonda did in establishing ResponderStrong. Rhonda shares her journey, career, and her mission to help not only save the lives of the first and emergency responders, but change the way the entire “service and responder industry” hires, maintains, manages, and protects their own. Mental health is a long overdue conversation that is thankfully, becoming more relevant and less stigmatized. Rhonda has seen this need for a focus on mental health for decades, particularly amongst our men and women of service, and that need is finally being recognized and things are being done about it- because of her and many change agents aka community influencers like her.  The occupational stress put on our first and emergency responders does not just impact them, but their families and communities as well. We cover a host of mental health and wellness topics and talk about what is going on right now to make it better and grow the conversation and awareness. There is great information for anyone in service… or anyone that has a brain:). While this convo is specific to responders- it’s great fuel for thought for everyone. It’s ok to not be ok. We all need more selfcare AND maintaining that self-awareness will prevent us all from slipping down an unnecessary, destructive path. People are out there, resources are out there, it matters, you matter, please reach out! Highlights: Mental health. The lives of first and emergency responders. Support vs. solution. Wanting to help people, but not having the agency to do so. Disputing the disruptive cycle. Self-care. Childhood trauma to adulthood drama. Mind flexibility. Universe speaking, Rhonda following! Maslow’s Hierarchy. Misunderstood human behavior. Occupational stress. Impact. Take care of yourself, take care of the world. The resources out there to help!   Rhonda Kelly: @remykelly Founder ResponderStrong and Director of Health, Wellness & Resilience for Global Medical Response Rhonda has led a varied life as an oceanographer, firefighter/paramedic, and psych ER nurse among other pursuits. Several years ago, she guided her interest in emergency responder mental health into the creation of ResponderStrong, an initiative aimed at improving mental health supports for responders and their families. Most recently, she has returned to her broader passion of overall wellness and is developing a program encompassing nutrition, sleep, movement and mindset to help emergency medical personnel lead their best lives. Rhonda is an ardent believer in the power and synergy of collaboration to solve big issues.     ResponderStrong: The mental, emotional and physical impacts of emergency response work can compromise our ability to be there for our brothers and sisters in uniform, to be engaged with our families, and to protect our communities.  Founded at the National Mental Health Innovation Center of the University of Colorado Anschutz, ResponderStrong is a collaboration between emergency responders and their advocates. Our mission is to improve mental health supports for emergency responders and their families through joint focuses on intervention and prevention. Our site serves as a resource map for responder-informed crisis and clinical services as well as easily accessible educational content and tools for responders, their families, their leaders and the clinicians who work with them. ResponderStrong has also created custom educational content regarding relationships, stress management, and resiliency in response to community needs assessments. ResponderStrong Facebook

Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. Special thanks to all the brave men and women who protect us every day. You are honored, cherished and LOVED. Always remember that! I am so excited that my micro-book EVOLVE is here. I wrote this book for you, the Criminal Justice Professional. You are going to love it. It is filled with motivation, inspiration and tools and advice to get you on that path to success both personally and professionally. If you want an autographed copy hit me up on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You can also download a FREE eBook version on the website.  www.cjevolution.com  A big thanks to our sponsor, Detectachem. This great and innovative company is helping keep our brave men and women safe by offering mobile threat detection available for the palm of your hand. Detecting illicit drugs and explosives it’s MUST HAVE technology for any law enforcement agency. See their link at www.cjevolution.com So, honored to have my next guest Rhona Kelley in the podcast studio. Rhonda is a veteran fire department professional with 17 years of experience. She was selected as the Health and Safety Officer for her fire department. Drawing on years of experience in the fields of academic research, science, nursing, nutrition/health coaching and firefighting, she threw myself into expanding her roles. Her projects included: revamping the annual physical fitness assessment; creating a Behavioral Wellness program based on the Peer Support model; coordinating with other local departments to develop a statewide network for Fire Service Peer Support; conducting training on injury reduction and health promotion for both recruits and active duty personnel; collaborating with a local healthcare provider to create a specialized fire and police medical physical; and serving as a patient advocate for occupational injuries and medical disabilities. Rhonda is also the CEO and Founder of ResponderStrong She works with a broad group of emergency responders to develop a shared, easily accessible mental wellness platform for police, fire, EMS, and dispatch personnel across Colorado and the nation. Thank you for your amazing work for our brave men and women who protect us Rhonda! You can find ResponderStrong and Rhonda here:   https://responderstrong.org/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhonda-kelly-99244610b/   Stay tuned for more great guests on The CJEvolution Podcast   www.cjevolution.com    

Isabel talks with Rhonda Kelly, ResponderStrong Program Manager at the National Mental Health Innovation Center. They discuss Rhonda's circuitous route to her current career, barriers to emergency responders getting mental health help they need, and where mental health treatment is heading. For Your Information: The theater shooting Rhonda mentions around 5:45 is the one that took place in Aurora, CO, in 2012. National Mental Health Innovation Center website: http://mentalhealthinnovation.org/ "Taking Care of Our Own: Mental Health Among Colorado Emergency Responders" https://responderstrong.org/responderstrong-survey-report/ ResponderStrong website: https://responderstrong.org/ ResponderStrong Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ResponderStrong/ Status: Code 4, Inc. website, which has documentaries showing how responders bring trauma home: https://www.sc4i.org/lifelines Matt Vogl's TEDx talk about Virtual Reality and mental health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynMv1sNggyc If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call one of the following hotlines: Australia: 13 11 14 Canada (outside Montreal): 1-866-277-3553 Canada (Montreal): 514-723-4000 United Kingdom: 116 123 United States: 1-800-273-8255 Want to get involved in a study? Have a question? Email us at dispatchindepth @ emergencydispatch (dot) org

Isabel talks with Rhonda Kelly, ResponderStrong Program Manager at the National Mental Health Innovation Center. They discuss Rhonda’s circuitous route to her current career, barriers to emergency responders getting mental health help they need, and where mental health treatment is heading.   For Your Information: The theater shooting Rhonda mentions around 5:45 is the one that took place in Aurora, CO, in 2012. National Mental Health Innovation Center website: http://mentalhealthinnovation.org/ “Taking Care of Our Own: Mental Health Among Colorado Emergency Responders” https://responderstrong.org/responderstrong-survey-report/ ResponderStrong website: https://responderstrong.org/ ResponderStrong Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ResponderStrong/ Status: Code 4, Inc. website, which has documentaries showing how responders bring trauma home: https://www.sc4i.org/lifelines Matt Vogl’s TEDx talk about Virtual Reality and mental health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynMv1sNggyc If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, please call one of the following hotlines: Australia: 13 11 14 Canada (outside Montreal): 1-866-277-3553 Canada (Montreal): 514-723-4000 United Kingdom: 116 123 United States: 1-800-273-8255 Want to get involved in a study? Have a question? Email us at dispatchindepth @ emergencydispatch (dot) org

We are so lucky to have John Marx with us for this episode.  John has a lifetime of service, 23 years as a police officer in Colorado who now works as an educator and advocate for the responder community.  I know him from our work in ResponderStrong, an organization here in Colorado trying to coordinate and develop resources for first responders in Colorado.  He shares his story on burn out, trauma, and how he's leveraged his experiences to empower the responder community to be stronger, healthy, and effective.  For more about John and his organization Cops Alive,  go to http://www.copsalive.com/  You can find his book Armor Your Self at: https://armoryourself.com/  For a way to connect with John and his team for education or speaking, events go to:  http://lawenforcementsurvivalinstitute.org/index.html  To learn more about ResponderStrong, the organization John and I are working with, go to: https://responderstrong.org/   We spoke about many resources, leaders, and books in the episode.  The one that I would recommend above the others is Angela Duckworth's "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance" 

Episode 0099 - Mental Health and Cars An Interview with Timothy A Wienecke, MA, LPC, LAC where we talk mental health and cars.   Show Notes Tim's website: https://empoweredchangece.com/   Tim's Podcast: https://empoweredchangece.com/category/stories-lessons-podcast/   Foundation 1023: http://foundation1023.org/   ResponderStrong: https://responderstrong.org/   A big thank you to Tim for coming on the show and then straining his schedule to accommodate some emergencies that came up post-recording.    Thanks for listening, downloading and subscribing. For questions, comments or complaints please e-mail us at: Hosts@BsquadHotrod.com And if you really want to help us out give us a review in your podcast app.

Episode 144 is Rhonda Kelly. Rhonda is the Program Manager for ResponderStrong. ResponderStrong is an organization committed to the notion that mental resiliency is vital to the overall performance and wellbeing of emergency responders. Rhonda's path to ResponderStrong is unique, fun and interesting. Rhonda goes from nursing to working on a research vessel to EMS and Firefighting. We talk about her journey, the mission of ResponderStrong and the innovative use of virtual reality to train and assist responders on how to handle stressful situations before they occur. It is an interesting vision and project that ResponderStrong is undertaking.