Pregnancy and raising children with a first responder can bring on unexpected twists others may not experience. Listen in on fire wife and police wife Dr. Rachelle and Dr. Alma while they discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of growing a family with their first responders.

This episode was recorded during protests of 2020. Such a challenging time as a police spouse and family member to demonstrate that you can be both supportive of your police officer and anti-racist. Listen in to Dr. Alma (Police Wife) and Dr. Rachelle (Police Sister) as they share their experience of this challenging time. 

We often have a vision of what marriage might be like, yet we don't often imagine the unique ins and outs of a first responder marriage in that vision. Listen in on Dr. Rachelle (fire wife) and Dr. Alma (police wife) as they describe the unexpected realities of what it was like to marry a first responder. 

As a first responder spouse we take a vow at the beginning of our relationship that many of us are completely unaware of. We fall in love with our police officers and firefighters with ignorance into the challenges that await us in marriage. Listen in to hear the beginning of how Dr. Rachelle and Dr. Alma met and kicked off their first responder marriages and all the information they did and did not know about what was to come. 

Meet first responder spouses, licensed psychologists in California, and hosts Rachelle Zemlok & Alma Garcia and how they came to meet. Learn about their connection to the first responder world, their clinical work, and what led them to do this podcast!