by Hannah Packer | Sep 30, 2025 | Mental Health, Trauma - PTSD, Work & Employment
Carrying the Weight No One Sees When the shift ends and the uniform comes off, the weight of what you’ve seen doesn’t just disappear. Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, nurses, military personnel, and other frontline workers face experiences most people can’t...
by Hannah Packer | Sep 25, 2025 | Growth & Development, Work & Employment
“I Want My Work to Matter”: Aligning Career Choices with What You Truly Value Whether you’re choosing your first job, making a midlife career pivot, or quietly questioning your path during a lunch break—many of us ask ourselves: “Is this really what I want...
by Susan Packer | Sep 4, 2025 | Mental Health, Parenting, Trauma - PTSD, Work & Employment
If you’re a parent working as a police officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other first responder, your work is more than just a job, it’s a calling. You’ve seen the best and worst of humanity, sometimes all in the same shift. And while you signed up to serve and...
by Susan Packer | Jul 22, 2025 | Crisis, Grief, Mental Health, Trauma - PTSD, Work & Employment
“I Don’t Know What to Say”: Supporting a Colleague in Crisis In emergency services—whether you’re a firefighter, paramedic, police officer, or dispatcher—you’re trained to respond quickly and effectively to other people’s crises. But when it’s your own colleague who’s...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 29, 2025 | Conflict, Family, Growth & Development, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Self-Care, Teens, Work & Employment
While taking stuff away and grounding children from going out may be common and an easy approach (possibly one our parents used) it is really a “last resort” discipline strategy. When we think of adjusting our children’s thinking to improve emotional...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 26, 2025 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Anger Management, Health & Fitness, Infidelity, Sexuality, Stress, Work & Employment
“Have a Snickers” as a decision maker? There are often times when we make rash or quick decisions and when we look back on them we say, “Why did I do that?”or “Why did I eat that?” Sometimes its because we’re bored, other times its because we are looking...
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