What Happens After Retirement Being a significant life-changing event, retiring from a career as a first responder, can be traumatic. Before retirement, many organizations offer seminars on financial security or about health care and fitness. Very few provide any mental health training. Most will march onward, enjoying a life of retirement; some will not, as…

Suicide is (NOT) Painless It is a Battle for your Soul Defined as “the act of intentionally killing oneself,” nearly all suicides result from terrible mental illness. According to the World Health Organization, more than 800,000 people take their lives every year, accounting for one death by suicide every 40 seconds. In the United States,…

Be A Resilient First Responder The American Psychological Association defines Resilience as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy or significant sources of stress.”[1] In other words, it is the ability to overcome and move on with life no matter what the difficulty. People who are resilient do suffer traumatic…