As firefighters and EMS professionals, we see things sometimes on a daily basis that “normal people” don’t see their entire lives.

The traumatic things we see take a toll, whether we want to admit it or not.

In today’s episode, I will talk about how the unpredictability of the things we see affects us, how confronting (not ignoring) our emotions will make us better firefighters, and I will give you 5 strategies we can make self-care a part of our career.

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