Today I’ll be talking with Diane Halfman, who among other things is a former Seattle police officer and a current consultant, trainer and podcaster herself. This is going to be a very interesting conversation in which we’ll unpack some great advice from Diane that she learned in policing and brought over to the private sector....

Sometimes all the cosmic tumblers in the universe align and something magical happens.  And sometimes that something magical is a person’s life being saved, or your own life being saved. Today you’re going to hear how a number of things happened, one right after another to save Charlene Madden’s life, and then you’re going to hear...

When you become a first responder you don’t know how you’ll react in a real situation until it happens.  And for the most part, first responders do not get very much training to handle what they’ll experience, if any at all. So that means that the great majority of first responders are not prepared for the...

Hello everyone.  Just a short and sweet podcast to thank everyone for listening for the past two years and hopefully for listening to us over the next year and beyond.

Today’s guest is the Director of Sales and Affiliate Marketing for the Inspired Performance Institute. Mark Aylward is part of a team that is dedicated to helping people heal from post traumatic stress and other OSI’s. We’re going to start with finding out more about Mark and his story and we’re going to end with finding...

About three months ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Femininja Project podcast. The host is Cheryl Ilov who was my guest on episode 145 of our podcast. Cheryl is a great host and I thought that I would publish this episode for your listening pleasure. You might find out more...

Derek Davis was a 16 year paramedic who has been affected by post traumatic stress.  Join us to hear about Derek’s resiliency plan and the innovative program he went through at Project Trauma Support.  And, we talk about how his wife of 15 years “pulls the ripcord” to let Derek know that he needs take...

Dr Wood is the founder of the Inspired Performance Institute and is the author of two books about eliminating your trauma from your life entirely! I know so many people who’ve been traumatized in their lives and so many of them go from treatment modality to modality searching for a way to make the pain go away....

Rob Leathen is a career firefighter of 28 years.  In 2019 Rob was diagnosed with severe Post Traumatic Stress and severe depression and has been off work since April of 2019. One of the things that Rob told me in one of our conversations is that he was currently in the process of working on his...

Fire Chief Michael Seth has been open and honest about his mental health challenges because he sees this as a way to help other first responders come forward to ask for, or to seek help. We talk about how the traumatic calls that Michael experienced on the job manifested as post traumatic stress. We also...

4-1/2 years ago this month Ashley Wurth gave up drugs and alcohol altogether and started a new life.  She says:  I swear the world just wasn’t this pretty before. What a great quote! Ashley told me that her bike saved her.  She said that it changed her perspective and gave her the outlook that she needed.  And she...

This episode is all about journeys.  The journey of a mother through her 17 year cancer experience.  The journey of a daughter who was with her every step of the way, and the 25 year long journey of a very special book.  A book that was started by Marilyn Anne Hughes when she was first diagnosed with ovarian...

My guest on the podcast today is Ashley Michelle who narrowly escaped being murdered in 2016 in London, Ontario. Ashley’s story is incredible for any number of reasons. She managed to keep her wits about her and get away from the person who was going to kill her.  She got through the trauma and the trial...

This episode is Part 2 of the two part series that I did with Daryl Elliott Green, who along with his partner Constable Sharnelle Cole and his sergeant were shot at close range while responding to a call for service involving firearms. Miraculously, all three officers survived but spent years recovering physically and emotionally. Please...

My special guest is a Brother police officer from Australia who was shot twice after responding to a call involving firearms in the wee hours of the 1st of May 2000. Daryl Elliott Green was with his partner Constable Sharnelle Cole and his Sergeant Chris Mulhall.  All three were shot at close range with a .22...

On the 14th of June I was honoured to be asked to be part of a panel discussing post traumatic stress and other occupational stress injuries at the PTSDx event held at the beautiful venue: Centre in the Square in Kitchener. Ron Sonoda, who’s a former paramedic who struggled with post traumatic stress, and his...

This episode is just a little different because the guest is me.  Julie Jones was our guest a couple of weeks ago and she asked me to be her guest on her Get Shit Done podcast. What a treat.  This was the first time that I have ever been a guest on a podcast. Julie knew that...

Chris Thomas was an Air Force brat who developed his love for cycling after high school.  Chris quickly fell in love with road cycling and became an avid cyclist and racer.  But, as with a lot of people, alcohol got the best of Chris and almost destroyed him. 10 days before his 50th birthday Chris...

Julie Jones is a former police officer and a former SWAT officer and, she’s much more than that! She’s an award winning international speaker, she’s the author of the internationally best selling book:  Stop Waiting and Start Living.  She’s an amazing coach and she’s the Chief Inspiration Officer with her Get Shit Done Platform and podcast. As...

Kimberly Anne Bell is the author of The Epitome of Kimmy, which is an inspirational story of finding resilience, embracing your destiny and overcoming adversity.  Kimberly has had to overcome a lot of traumas in her life, one of which was being abandoned by her biological parents at the age of 5 years old. One of...