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  • Episode 67: First Responder Family Resilience with Kim Williamson
    •  Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer wife and licensed professional counselor, sits down with Kim Williamson, owner of First Responder Family Wellness Center, mental health professional, and fellow LEO wife, to talk about personal PTSI (PTSD), secondary traumatic stress, the impact on Officer involved incidents on the spouse, and the practice of resilience for law enforcement officers, first responders, and their families.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • EMDR: https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/
    • Sand Tray Therapy: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-sand-tray-therapy-4589493
    • Post Traumatic Stress Injury: https://www.posttraumaticstressinjury.org
    • Resilience Academy: https://www.firstresponderfamilywellnesscenter.com/resilience
    • OSI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_Stress_Injury
    • Kim’s Contact Info:
    • My website: code4couples.com
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    37 min
  • Episode 66 - Dr. Amy Fortney Parks: Understanding and Moving Through Stress as a Family
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, brings on Dr. Amy Fortney Parks to discuss the impact that this pandemic is having on our children and the anxieties that go along with that.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • The Three Phases of Psychological Response to Crisis: Emergency, Regression, and Recovery
    • Amy’s Contact Info:

    Text “WISEHELP” to 66866

     www.thewisefamily.com

    • My website: code4couples.com
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    41 min
  • Black and Blue
    - Feeling black and blue is about feeling a little beat up over the last week.  It's also about supporting issues related to race and supporting the law enforcement community. We can do both.  In this episode, Cyndi addresses how our brain is being impacted and our flight and fight engaged, supporting officers and their spouses, education, empathy, and self-care.   - https://proudpolicewife.com/ - https://www.embracerace.org/resources/26-childrens-books-to-support-conversations-on-race - https://booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/ - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1-D3-NDhKgMsQT4bmqMyM-Y-lPf9Z3E0OELKKL2vKGhs/mobilebasic?usp=gmail - https://changingtheculturefr.com/get-educated-about-black-live-matter/
    44 min
  • Episode 65: Top 10 From The Last 20
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, and her Darling Husband celebrated 20 years of marriage and wanted to share their first responder relationship tips they have learned over the years.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • Top 10 Tips: 1. Be Adaptable 2. Habits and Reactions 3. Boundaries are Important 4. Enjoy Your Time Off 5. State What You Need 6. Stand In Each Other’s Shoes 7. What You See May Not Be What’s Going On 8.Take Ownership of Your Actions and Ask For Forgiveness 9. Be Willing to Have Difficult Conversations 10. It’s Okay If They’re Not Okay
    • “Eggshells and Living Big” Podcast: https://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-63-eggshells-and-living-big
    • “Divorce Myth” Podcast: https://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-60-the-divorce-myth
    • My website: code4couples.com
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    44 min
  • Episode 64: It's Okay To Not Be Okay
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, talks about the effects this pandemic is having on our minds, bodies, and relationships with our first responders.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • Brene Brown- brenebrown.com
    • Aspects of Brain Reactions: Fight or Flight, Grief, Cognitive Dissidence, and Past Trauma
    • Bessel Van de Kolk - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/
    • The Body Keeps Score Book - https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748
    • 7 Aspects of Trauma – Lack of Predictability, Immobility, Loss of Connection, Numbing, Loss of Sense of Time and Sequence, Loss of Safety, and Loss of Sense of Purpose
    • Solutions – Schedule/Routine, Plan Events, Move Your Body, Make a Dream Board, Play, Connection, Choose Mindfulness Over Numbing, Make Time for Privacy, Physical Touch, Be kind and Gentle
    • Previous Podcasts about Breathing:

    http://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-57-yoga-for-first-responders

    http://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-58-responding-with-resilience-kate-pieper

    • My website: code4couples.com
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    53 min
  • Episode 63: Eggshells and Living BIG
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, discusses how to get rid of the feeling of walking on eggshells in your relationship while applying the idea of living BIG.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • Ellen Kirschman - https://ellenkirschman.com/
    • Cooper’s Colors: https://www.bsr-inc.com/awareness-color-code-chart/
    • Cooper’s Colors Podcast Episode: http://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-13-its-not-about-the-sponge-stories-we-tell
    • Brene Brown Rising Strong: https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Strong-Ability-Transforms-Parent/dp/081298580X
    • Brene Brown Quote: “What boundaries do I need to set and follow to work and act from a place of integrity, so that I extend the greatest generosity when it comes to interpreting others intentions and actions?”
    • Living BIG: Boundaries, Integrity, Generosity or Generous explanation
    • Sponge Story Podcast Episode: http://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-13-its-not-about-the-sponge-stories-we-tell
    • My website: code4couples.com
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                         YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8lSBy00E7vJnmh096Svog

    32 min
  • Episode 62: How the Heck Does Attachment Style Impact Connection?
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, brings on one of her friends, Dr. Jodie Elder, to discuss different attachment styles and how that impacts our connection with our spouses.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • Reactions to Attachment Threats: Criticism and Withdraw
    • Attachment Styles: Dismissive, Pre-Occupied, and Fearful
    • Brene Brown: https://brenebrown.com/
    • How to Move Towards Secure Attachment: Manage Your Own Stuff and Perception of Our Partner
    • Jodie’s Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aljt01jzka94i3u/Dr.%20Jodie%20Elder%20Attachment%20and%20Connection.pdf?dl=0
    • Jodie’s Contact Info: [email protected]
    • My website: code4couples.com
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                         YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8lSBy00E7vJnmh096Svog

    31 min
  • Episode 61: My Husband Finally Read Gilmartin and The Lightbulb Came On
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, sits down with her Darling Husband and chats about his 5 takeaways from Dr. Gilmartin’s Book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • Kevin Gilmartin’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-survival-law-enforcement-officers/dp/0971725403
    • Darling Husband’s 5 Takeaways: The Job, The Whole Job, and Nothing but The Job. 2. Dealing with Hypervigilance. 3. The Burn Out. 4. What Officers Actually Control. 5. Police Work Isn’t 24/7.
    • My website: code4couples.com
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    26 min
  • Episode 60: The Divorce Myth
    • Cyndi Doyle, law enforcement officer’s wife and licensed professional counselor, does the research to myth bust the divorce rate among law enforcement couples and hopes to give some peace of mind.
    • Intro and Outro music by Big State “Bad Timing / Bad Luck”
    • First Responder Mental Health Conference: https://www.backingthebluedenton.com/
    • Podcast Episode with That Peer Support Couple: http://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-46-that-peer-support-couple
    • Podcast Episode with Dr. Stephanie Conn: http://code4couples.libsyn.com/episode-47-the-importance-of-resilience
    • Stephanie Conn’s Book - https://www.amazon.com/Increasing-Resilience-Police-Emergency-Personnel/dp/1138643688
    • Jeff Shannon Police One: https://www.policeone.com/off-duty/articles/p1-first-person-the-myths-and-realities-of-cops-and-divorce-GjJKRRC3Pzzi8H0W/
    • Factors of Divorce Rate Trending Down: couples waiting to get married and co-habitation without nuptials
    • Shawn McCoy and Michael Aamodt Study: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Comparison-of-Law-Enforcement-Divorce-Rates-with-McCoy-Aamodt/499077004f2e743a7c7d88237a8eb51a7684077d
    • My website: code4couples.com
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    20 min

About Code4Couples

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Code4Couples is the premiere podcast for Law Enforcement relationships hosted by Cyndi Doyle, author of Hold the Line: The Essential Guide to Protecting Your Law Enforcement Relationship, psychotherapist, and a law enforcement spouse working to educate officers and spouse on the impact of law enforcement on their relationship for them to counter the impact and create connected and resilient relationships. She is the author and creator of Hold the Line products including a train the trainer program for departments.

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