In this episode, we are sitting down with Christy Warren of firefighterdeconstructed.com to talk about what it was like being a female in the fire service, her struggle with PTSD, and first responder suicide.
Christy Warren is a retired Fire Captain from the Berkeley Fire Department in California. She has twenty-five years of service as a professional paramedic, with seventeen years as a professional firefighter. She was diagnosed with PTSD in 2014 and spent several years recovering. Since retiring from the fire service, she has completed a triathlon, the Escape From Alcatraz swim, and a bachelor’s degree in business from Washington State University. She is a volunteer at the West Coast Post Trauma Retreat and works as a substitute teacher at Juvenile Hall in Martinez. She lives in Pleasant Hill, California with her wife Lisa and her dog Harriet.
Books Mentioned In This Episode
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Beauty In Breaking by Michelle Harper
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