In this episode, featuring my station mates, we discuss ways to minimize stress and how to destress. Our guests share touching, personal stories that brought them to the place of healthy practices that focus on utilizing movement in order to redirect stressors in day to day life in emergency services.

In this episode, I have my first guest on the show! My good friend and new partner on the rig, George. We discuss George's experience of over a decade in EMS and he still has yet to show signs of burnout, as well as how we have learned to cope over the years to ensure the fire that keeps us going never dies.

Discussion about the fear of being vulnerable and seeking and accepting help. Often times, we carry the burdens of our troubled pasts without the presence of mind that these issues may eventually weigh us down. However, there is strength in owning up to your vulnerabilities, facing the fear associated with them, and relishing in the times we overcome the walls built by vulnerability.

This episode features our first guest, Bud, who to many of us has become a legend with his 37 YEARS of experience in EMS in Southern California. He is the partner in "Brandon's Story". The most important thing to remember in this episode is to read between the lines in Bud's answers and stories. He is a man with many hardened layers and on today's show, he finally opens up to give us a glimpse of the man who is the legend.

In this episode, Brandon talks about one of the hardest, if not the hardest, calls of his career. We discuss how it affected his life and how he has been able to release some of the weight off his shoulders.

This piece is a helpful tool for those of you trying to calm some of the chaos left in your mind after a stressful day. This can be used to help destress, let go of any built up tension, and help get you to sleep.

We take a break from all the seriousness and have fun discussing some of our more fun and strange calls that just make for a good laugh.

In this episode, we discuss the fear of opening up to someone, whether it be a friend or professional, and sharing your darkest thoughts and feelings because of the very possible reality you could become involuntarily placed on a psychiatric hold.

This week we try to lighten the mood and talk about the fun ones!

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