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Paramedic and Fire Captain Ryan Esparza - From Angry to Happy

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ATF/NYPD ret Peter Forcelli - Don't Wait to Ask For Help

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Gary Hayes, ret. United Kingdom Police Officer, a Roughy Toughy Bloke with PTSD

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Nicki Impastato - The First Responder Life Total Package

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FF Egan de los Colbos: How PTSD can manifest into physical illness

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Former Firefighter James Geering Now Fights For Your Wellbeing

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Olivia & Josh: Putting Their Marriage and Lives Back Together

8

Vol FF Rob Weisberg Hikes the Appalachian Trail for PTSD and His Unique 9/11 Story

9

Kerrie Murphy - Suicide Survivor

10

Teri DeLaMontanya Part 2: Living Skills

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Teri DeLaMontanya - Just Surviving Skills to Living Skills Part 1

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James Beal NFD - Don't Do That Thing

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Lawrence Williams, Nashville Fire Capt, Refused to get help until.....

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Two Firefighter Spouses Share Their Experiences

15

FFret Jim Madison - Resilence X 1000

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ret FF Keith Hanks - Putting His Life Back Together From C-PTSD

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My Story of Having to Save My Own Life

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Tyler Fausset ret FF/PM - Retiring is Hard

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Paramedic Cheri Garcia: Reinventing Yourself

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ret FF/PM Michael Loew, Carr Wildland Fire and the Aftermath

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FF Don Pemberton: How to Prevent PTSD and Get Help When it Hits

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Ret. Police Officer Stephanie Polizziani - Finding Light when it Became Dark

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SGB Could Change Everything - Shauna "Doc" Springer

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PTSD is a Physical Injury - Nan Herron, MD Explains

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Christy and Danny Out on the Streets

26

San Jose PD ret Chris Warren, No One Knew What to Say

27

Ret. Deputy Sheriff Sally Lobb - Tough as Nails with a Giant Heart

28

Capt/PM Chris Moore, Power of Vulnerability and Volunteer's Mental Health

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Danny McAtee - San Francisco Fire Department Paramedic

30

Full Circle, Cassie Sexton - Dispatcher and Jailer

31

At the Brink -Paramedic Jeff Smith, PTS and Climbing Over the Railing

32

FF's Paul and Skip, Courage in Choosing to Live

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ret Capt Derek Robinson-Surviving the Darkness, Choosing to Live

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Tyler Fausset - From FF/PM to PTS to Early Retirement to Happiness

35

Columbus FF/PM Doug Brown -I'm Fine.

36

Lt. Rob Hiller-Depression, Cardiac POTS, and PTS...he just keeps getting back up.

37

FF (ret) Joe Bartholomew, 33 years + trapped in a basement fire = PTS and then Recovery

38

Ret Chief Dave Robertson and Napa Valley Lunches

39

Quentin Waynick FF, Dispatcher, Paramedic - Suffered not knowing what was wrong

40

Ret Police Officer Ray Fernandez - The PTSD Sh*t Show

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Olivia Johnson's Story of Being Married to PTSD

42

Deputy Sheriff-Coroner Neal Oilar (Ret.), Part One: Against All Odds

43

Retired Officer Albert Veldstra, How 30 years as a cop and an Officer Involved Shooting affected him and his family

44

Former Dispatcher Ricardo Martinez, #iam911

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Ellen Kirschman PhD, How to Love a Firefighter

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Former Firefighter Josh Johnson Wandered Lost Until He Asked For Help

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Tessa Dunn - Rockstar Wife That Held a First Responder's Family Together

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Conrad Weaver, Producer of the Film, PTSD911

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The Similarities of a TBI and PTSD, ret CHP Sgt Paula Siddens

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Assistant Fire Chief Steve Serbic - Undercover Mental Health and His Own Story

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ret Fire Captain Tim Grutzius - Super Anger to Peace and PTSD

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Lt. Tom Dunn (ret), Working in the Middle of Nowhere, Alaska

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Sgt Eric Weaver ret. Has Lived, Walked, and Talks Mental Health

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(R) Sergeant Kristi Tausinga kicks PTSD, Addiction and Dept Betrayal's Ass

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Delta Force CSM Tom Satterly & His Hero, Jen Satterly

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Police Officer Scott Medlin, Addiction, Recover, and Staying Healthy

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Kaia Downing's Story of Husband Brad Downing's PTSD

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Super Stoic ret Police Officer Brad Downing Tells His Story of Suffering Alone

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Medically Ret Police Officer Rob Hindley survived PTS...Twice

60

Bill Pepitone ret NYPD, Mayoral Candidate of New York City

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Ryan Dedmon-Outreach Director of the 911 Training Institute

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U.K. Paramedic/Police Officer Sue M - Ask Yourself, Do I Really Want To Be Well?

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Officer Chris Hoyer - When That Day Comes

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District Fire Chief Jason Corthell, From the Very Bottom to the Top

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FF ret Joshua Concepcion - PTSI and Department Betrayal

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Police Chief Gary McHone - Strength, Vulnerability and a Servant’s Heart

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Dr. Lorie Hood, First Responder Focused Traumatologist

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Police Chief Daniel Smith, Be True to Yourself and Others

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Battalion Chief Jacob Johnson - True Leadership and the Power of Vulnerability and Peer Support

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Captain Brenda Berkman FDNY (ret) talks trauma, healing and connection

71

Firefighter and Combat Medic Ryan Mains, Runs For His Life

72

Lisa Houle - Defense Attorney for First Responders

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Captain Dan Willis (ret) - The Bulletproof Spirit

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Deputy Sheriff Melanie Mikeska: PTSD and Department Betrayal

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Firefighter, PhD, and Chaplain Jeffrey Hosick - Trauma, the Toxic Workplace and Grace

76

John Hofman CSCS*D, TSAC-F*D, MS - Even Superman Needs Help

77

Cristian Hinojosa, Dallas Fire Captain, Talks Peer Support . Do It.

78

First In Wellness - Recover From the Beating that Comes With the Job

79

Paramedic/Dispatcher Michael Henderson, Take Charge of Your Own Recovery

80

Officer Sean Wyman - Broken to Unbreakable

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Rick Markley, Volunteer Firefighters and Mental Health

82

Courtney, Daughter of Cop with PTSI. "When he was unavailable I felt like why bother being on this Earth"

83

FF/PM Matty Fiorenza - Falling Into the Dark Hole, Getting Out, and Staying Out

84

Jay Scott, Oklahoma City Fire Sergeant ret. 25 years after the Bombing - Part 2

85

16 Year Old Grace, "Your Kids Know More Than You Think."

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Tim Dietz - It's a Beautiful Day

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Officer Tim Kaplan - Anxiety and the Job

88

Jay Scott, Oklahoma City Fire Lieutenant ret. - 25 Years After the Bombing - Part 1

89

Deborah Louis Ortiz the Producer/Director/Writer of award winning film, Code 9: Officer Needs Assistance

90

Jeff Dill Gets Real About Suicide and First Responders

91

Police Sergeant Michael Surgue (ret) One of a Police Officer's Worst Nightmare

92

Ellen Kirschman, The Cop Doc "The Stigma is Stupid!"

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Former Dispatcher Sue Faria

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Pastor/Podcast Host/Firefighter Jon Sanders

95

James and Angelica Hendrix, two stories of one person’s PTSD.

96

Oklahoma City Firefighter Chris Fields

97

Recovery From Trauma, a Retired Cop's Journey

98

Spouse of a first responder with PTSD tells her story

99

Responding on your own family. Paramedic Anthony Hendricks

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Co-Founder of the West Coast Post Trauma Retreat, Dr. Joel Fay