In this short Mental Firepower Monday check-in, Erin reflects on recovery, adrenaline, and emotional reactivity through the lens of both daily life and her recent visit to the Columbus Air Show.

We begin with a pause for self-awareness:
 How did you show up this weekend
 Did you decompress or stay stuck in survival autopilot
 Are you practicing gratitude or just pushing through

Then Erin brings the focus to first responder mental health, relationship transparency, and the adrenaline addiction that comes with high-intensity careers. Inspired by last week’s guest Doug White, she highlights how simple acts of emotional honesty can transform how we connect with partners, kids, and coworkers.

We also look ahead to this Thursday’s episode, which will dive into the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn stress responses and how to stop defaulting to survival mode when the threat is no longer present.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL HEAR

• A simple but powerful weekend check-in to help you reset
• Why transparency is a leadership skill, not a vulnerability
• How your brain confuses adrenaline with survival
• A reminder that high energy does not always mean danger
• How to prepare for emotional reactivity before it hijacks your relationships
• A preview of this week’s deep dive on nervous system wiring and how to redirect it

WHO THIS IS FOR

• First responders wired for hypervigilance
• Spouses who want to better understand stress reactivity
• Anyone stuck in go-mode and struggling to come down
• Leaders looking for real-world tools to manage burnout and emotional overload

TOOLS AND UPDATES

Want to build emotional regulation into your routine
Start with the Connection Code, Erin’s powerful relationship reset program for first responder couples.

Learn more at erinmaccabee.com

Tune in Thursday for a new episode on the Four F-Words: Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn, and how to stop your nervous system from driving the bus.

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