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My very special guest today is gonna educate you on why dogs are so incredible at giving love to first responders and Lena Strickland and her dog birdie. Which you're gonna see if you're watching this on YouTube, a beautiful dog and Lena is so sweet and kind, they make such a great team and they're going out and doing good and spreading love and just giving those first responders some positive emotion, some happiness when they really need it.


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Lena Strickling

Lena is the Associate Director for First Responder Therapy Dogs (FRTD). For over 8 years, Lena has worked for nonprofits. She loves working for a greater purpose in causes that she believes in. This is a major factor in what led her to FRTD. When Lena was nine years old, she was diagnosed with a chronic health condition. Frequent hospital visits introduced her to the work of therapy dogs. These special dogs were a bright spot during her treatment and inspired her to one day become a handler. As her health worsened, Lena began dealing with serious mental health issues. After years of seeking treatment options, she finally started to feel like she was in a better place. Lena became passionate about mental health and learning how the brain works. She began taking classes, listening to podcasts, attending webinars, and finding ways to help and inspire other people struggling with both mental and physical health. Her love for therapy dogs coupled with her passion for mental health and close ties with first responders made joining First Responder Therapy Dogs an easy decision. You can find Lena and her dog, Birdie, working as a First Responder Therapy Dog team nearly every day of the week!


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As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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Michael Sugrue began his law enforcement career in the United States Air Force as a Security Forces Officer in 1998.  As a Security Forces Officer, Michael specialized in Law Enforcement, Global Force Protection, Anti-Terrorism, Nuclear Security, Foreign Air Field Assessments and Air Base Ground Defense.  

Michael served in a variety of assignments including: Flight Leader, Flight Commander, Senior Watch Officer, Chief of Command Post and Chief of Security Forces. 

Michael served all over the United States, Europe, the Middle East and South America.  He was also a Security Forces Phoenix Raven with the unique identifier of #1173.   Michael honorably separated from the Air Force as a Captain in 2004.

Immediately after the Air Force, Michael was hired by the Walnut Creek Police Department where he served in a variety of assignments including: Patrol Officer, Driver Training Instructor (EVOC) Field Training Officer (FTO), SIU Detective, Undercover CA DOJ Narcotic Task Force Agent (Contra Costa County), Public Information Officer (PIO) and Patrol Sergeant.  

Michael was awarded the Walnut Creek PD Distinguished Service Medal in 2014 for his heroic and life saving actions during a Fatal Officer Involved Shooting in 2012.  

Michael ultimately medically retired in 2018.  He is now a Peer Volunteer at the West Coast Post Trauma Retreat (WCPR) and an Ambassador for Save A Warrior (SAW).   

Michael is a dedicated advocate for awareness, prevention, education, training on Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) and First Responder Suicide Prevention. Michael continues to speak at law enforcement agencies all over the United States.

In his BEST SELLING book, RELENTLESS COURAGE: Winning the Battle Against Frontline Trauma, along with Dr. Shauna Springer, PhD, they tackle the complexity of trauma within the law enforcement community, uncovering the unspoken barriers, and outline a path to healing. 

RELENTLESS COURAGE released in Spring 2022 and has been described by Lt. Col. David Grossman, best-selling author of On Killing and On Combat as “one of the most important books of our time” and “the natural successor to On Combat.” 

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As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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In this episode with my very special guest AK Dozanti, we will learn about life saving wellness, and she's gonna talk about things of like rewiring your brain, making those neuro pathways that maybe have been, non-existent kind of putting them back into place. She's gonna talk about breathing and how important that is. And mobility, all these things play such a critical role in your lives that maybe we don't often realize how critical they are.

ABOUT THE GUEST

AK Dozanti
AK Dozanti is a First Responder Wellness Coach & Specialist who actively works towards giving first responders a way to manage chronic stress and mitigate the effects of working in a trauma-rich environment.  She is a former Deputy Sheriff as well as Criminal Court Victim Advocate who, after her own burnout became a yoga instructor and wellness coach.  AK provides a unique perspective and skillset to address the many mental health issues plaguing first responders.

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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My personal views on leadership and what we could be doing differently. I feel that those we lead are the biggest asset in any organization. We need to listen to them without judgment and jump straight to giving them the advice to fix a problem. Please get to know them and celebrate their accomplishments on and off the job. Develop a culture that does this by putting some of these ideas into place to accomplish it. Failure to do so will rought the organization from the top down and not the bottom up.

I also think most organizations fail to teach leaders the correct way to be a coach and mentors. They assume by your years in a career field give you the skills and knowledge to be a complete leader. 

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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My very special guest today is known as the financial cop, Nick Daugherty. He has got some great information that pertains to financial wealth and wellness that ties into your mental health. He's gonna teach you how to set up a basic budget and how to pay off those bills and get outta debt. So you have that financial freedom now, and when you retire, this is a great episode. It ties into that mental health aspect because there's so much pressure with our finances. And as first responders working on this overtime, he's got some thoughts and theories on that.

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Nick Daugherty
President / Owner

Nick Daugherty began his career with the Grand Prairie Police Department (GPPD) in 2003 serving as a patrol officer, school Resource Officer, and underage alcohol and drug task force officer.  In 2012 he promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he served as a patrol Sergeant, field training supervisor, fleet coordinator, and the criminal intelligence unit sergeant. He semi-retired in August of 2017 and continues to serve as a reserve officer for GPPD.

At a young age, Nick did a lot of irresponsible things with money, consistently partaking in “stupid tax” (the art of buying toys he couldn’t afford using credit cards).  Before he knew it, he had accumulated over $80,000 in consumer debt, most of which was wrapped up in cars, car stereo equipment, and just “plain ole stuff.”  He was tired . . . tired of being in debt and tired from being stuck in the overtime cycle just to keep afloat!  Nick realized that he needed to educate himself on personal finances and work to get out of the hole he had dug for himself.  He was introduced to the Dave Ramsey program and became an avid listener, supporter, and believer in the Total Money Make Over program.  He sold a bunch of that “plain ole stuff” and worked over a thousand hours of overtime to get out of debt – which he achieved in 2007 and has been consumer debt free ever since! 

A graduate and coordinator of Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, Nick is also a certified Ramsey Solution Master Financial Coach* and has coached hundreds of first responder families through almost every type of financial crisis and scenario possible. He also works with several national first responder nonprofit organizations, focusing on financial wellness for those suffering from PTSD and suicidal thoughts. 

In 2011, Nick was approached by Grand Prairie Police Chief Steve Dye to create and instruct a revolutionary an

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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In this episode, Sierra will be talking about just more the empowering of women and her transformation over the last year.

Sierra has been with the Forest Service for 18 years. Her current position with the agency is Contracting Officer. She began working for the Forest Service in high school (work release) and all through college. While obtaining her college education, she worked various positions in the Forest Service including Public Affairs, Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Education (Smokey Bear education), Forest Visitor Center Supervisor, Nature Camp Director, and Fire Contracting Officer. She earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Utah in 2010 and began working permanently as a Fire Contracting Officer. Early in her career, she obtained her qualifications as a wildland firefighter, and currently works on wildfires across the country as a Public Information Officer.

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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Nate Prussian retired as a Colonel from the US Army after 26 years, primarily serving in special operations units.  In his final assignment Nate commanded the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg North Carolina. 

Nate was drawn to Guardian Group through a desire to make a difference at home now rather than abroad.  Through his travels across the globe Nate saw time and again that women and children suffered terrible acts of aggression and violence, and it’s his belief that human trafficking has no place in this country nor any other.

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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In this episode, we will have a conversation with Cliff Walker, a Gulf War Veteran serving six years with the United States Navy and a retired civilian Federal Firefighter/ Paramedic with the United States Navy, serving for 23 years. Cliff is also the CEO and Founder of the USS Battle Series. It is a functional fitness competition that would bring a new level of awareness in terms of health, fitness, and mental well-being for our Military and First Responders and those in the local communities that support these brave men and women in uniform.

In this episode, we can learn the following:
👉The importance of having a vision board;
👉How to stay balanced in everything you do;
👉How to constantly adjust your work mode to family mode;
👉Fitness competition on historical warships by USS Battle Series;
👉The importance of physical activities to mental health;
👉and many more!

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Cliff Walker
CEO/Founder

Cliff is Gulf War Veteran serving 6 years in the United States Navy and retired civilian Federal Firefighter/ Paramedic with the United States Navy, serving for 23 years. 
 
When Cliff decided to create USS BATTLE SERIES, he hoped to form a functional fitness competition that would bring a new level of awareness in terms of health, fitness, and mental well-being for our Military and First Responders and those in the local communities that support these brave men and women in uniform. 

Cliff looks forward to hosting challenging events in some of the most incredible locations through out the country.

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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For this episode, we will have Javier and Cathy Bustos. They're known as that Peer Support Couple. They are amazing, they are going to dive down into what it takes to have a healthy career. And that includes on an off duty with your relationship with your spouse especially. And we're going to also talk about what it takes to have a great career and end your career ready for retirement. And that means healthy. Just like when you got into this service, you were healthy. And that's how you want to leave it because you want to collect as many of those pension paychecks as possible. You deserve it. No more than anyone else. Because you have endured that tough career for all those years to get there.

In the episode, we will learn the following:

👉Do most first responders stay longer in service for finances and insurance;
👉Why do you need to start saving for your retirement fund as early as you start working;
👉What does a first responder couple look like;
👉Why is it important to learn your partner's love language;
👉How to free yourself from control factors;
👉What to do when you get off track of your routine whether physically, mentally, or emotionally;
👉How does peer support help you to get back on track;
👉What should healthy responders' life look like;
👉and many more!

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Cathy and Javier Bustos
That Peer Support Couple, Certified in Law Enforcement Peer Support

That Peer Support Couple, Cathy and Javier Bustos, are certified in Law Enforcement Peer Support. Throughout their careers they have experienced many critical incidents separately and together. On August 18th, 2010 they experienced the trauma of a line of duty death for a fellow officer and friend at Cathy’s police department in Cedar Park, TX. A month later on September 25th, 2010, Javier was in an Officer Involved Shooting in Austin, TX. Cathy & Javier were

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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In this episode, we will have Annette zap. She's got 30 years in health and wellness. And she has been a firefighter for 18 years. She's going to tie all that experience up into this podcast and tell you how you can lead a healthier and better life as a first responder. She has got some great tips and wisdom. 

In this episode, we can learn:

👉Why are departments falling so short when it comes to health and wellness;
👉Is it that expensive to have like a health and wellness coach for first responders;
👉Is there a particular workout for first responders;
👉Sleep can process trauma;
👉Do energy drinks exacerbate PTSD;
👉Why pure counseling is important;
👉Why is there a need to unravel our thoughts and emotions;
👉What are some avenues to help reduce that trauma other than sleep and nutrition;
👉Are younger people coming into the fire service more apt to get PTSD?
👉How should we look deeper into ourselves to see if that's who we are;
👉And many more!

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Annette Zapp (AZ)
Owner

An 18-year veteran of the fire service, Zapp holds the rank of Lieutenant and owns Fire Rescue Wellness, a coaching business dedicated to elevating the mental and physical wellness of fire fighters worldwide.  She earned a master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and is credentialed as a National Strength and Conditioning Association CSCS and TSAC-F, Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach, a CSNS through the Society for Neurosports and a CISSN through the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

 Zapp, a former adjunct faculty at the University of Denver in the graduate program for Sport Coaching is a recognized industry leader in

As a First Responder, you are critical in keeping our communities safe. However, the stress and trauma of the job can take a toll on your mental health and family life.

If you're interested in personal coaching, contact Jerry Lund at 801-376-7124. Let's work together to get you where you want to be and ensure a happy and healthy career.


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