The Thursday episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf is the continuation of Monday’s episode with former 20 year paramedic Ron Sonoda. In this episode we talk about a couple of excellent books for developing mental toughness and mindset, and Ron talks about what paramedic organizations need to do to truly take care of their…

This is part one of a two part episode with 20 year paramedic Ron Sonoda.  Ron left the job 10 years ago because of his post traumatic stress, depression and thoughts of suicide. Over the course of Ron’s journey, he’s lost everything materially, but what he’s gained is priceless. This podcast dispels some of the…

In this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about the 24 hour streaming fundraiser that Joe Amero is doing on the 31st of August to raise funds for 14 major Canadian harm reduction organizations. And to emphasize that the opioid and overdose crisis is everyone’s problem, I play that audio of a…

Joe Amero is a former heroin addict turned social worker.  After overdosing and flatlining 9 times himself, Joe finally got clean.  He’s been clean for over 15 years and is working as a social worker specializing in addiction and harm reduction. Joe is raising funds for 14 Canadian Harm Reduction initiatives with his 24 hour…

Our guest on Monday’s podcast was a paramedic who is an advocate for mental health initiatives for first responders. The catalyst for Stefanie Davis-Miller’s advocacy was when a colleague died by suicide shortly after Stefanie was told by her service that she could not post information on how to access mental health services. On today’s…

Stefanie Davis-Miller was no stranger to post traumatic stress even before she became a paramedic. Stefanie became an outspoken advocate for first responder mental health until 2019 when she had to take a medical leave to take care of her own mental health. This is truly an incredible story of one person’s journey through trauma…

On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about taking the time to get back into shape so that I can ride the Tour de France.  As if! And I also talk about a phenomenal combative’s instructor that I just found out about 8 weeks ago, from the UK:  Lee Morrison of…

On today’s episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I speak with Julie Ryan McGue about the twists and turns in her five year journey to find her birth parents and also to uncover hidden health secrets. Julie and her twin sister Jenny were put up for adoption 3 weeks after they were born in 1959. …

On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about some of the things that Erin McCullough and I talked about on Monday, like how a lot of her well to do clients come to her because they are dissatisfied with chasing the next shiny thing! And I put out a call to…

Erin McCullough had what seemed to be a perfect life from the outside, but she was stressed out, anxious and overwhelmed. An 8 year journey of self development led her to what she is doing now, which is teaching others how to find their joy NOW!  In this moment! If you’re looking for a way…