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Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental HealthE.236 We Celebrate A Year Of Hard Lessons, Healing Wins, And The People Who Keep First Responders GoingSend us a textFrom crime and trauma scene cleanup to midnight dispatch and station kitchens, we gathered the most powerful lessons from a year of conversations with first responders, clinicians.Here are the links for all the episodes: Krista Gregg (E.188): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e-188Jessica Jamieson (E.192): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e-192Beth Salmo (E.204): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e-204Elizabeth Ecklund (E.207): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e-207Gordon Brewer (E.211): https://podcasts.apple.c...
2025-12-2634 min
Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental HealthE.231 Breaking The Stigma Around Addiction (Part 2 of 2)Send us a textAs we continue the conversation with Lisa, Trusas. Stigma is a quiet siren—it keeps people from asking for help, and it teaches the rest of us to look away. We open up about what addiction really looks like inside emergency services and at home, from dispatch centers and correctional facilities to ERs and patrol rooms. We talk about growing up in households where chaos felt normal, why “functioning alcoholic” gets a pass while heroin use gets a scarlet letter, and how the words we choose either build bridges or burn them.Yo...
2025-11-2529 min
Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental HealthE.231 The Unseen Burden Of 911: Stigma, Stress, And SupportSend us a textThe first voice on a 911 call carries a lot more than a headset. In this candid, unfiltered conversation with veteran dispatcher and recovery coach Lisa Trusas, we pull back the curtain on what really happens at the console: juggling multiple emergencies at once, coaching panicked parents through CPR, catching danger in a whisper, and making judgment calls with lives on the line. Lisa’s story reframes dispatch as the heart of public safety—where police, fire, and EMS meet—and where the weight of uncertainty often lingers after the line goes dead.We...
2025-11-1930 min
Mission OutlookPoverty and Income in the U.S. - A New Census ReportThis is the first increase in poverty after five consecutive annual declines, according to the latest Poverty and Income U.S. Census Report.
The most significant data is that in 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty, approximately 3.3 million more than in 2019.
In this episode, I interviewed Lisa Trusas, recovery coach and warmer shelter manager in Milford (MA).
She shared her over 20-year-long experience helping people in need.
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2021-10-1409 min