Behind The Line
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCreated for First Responders and Front Line Workers to tackle the challenges of working on the front lines. Dig into topics on burnout, workplace dynamics, managing mental health, balancing family life...and so much more. Created and hosted by Lindsay Faas, clinical counsellor and trauma therapist. View the show notes, and access bonus resources at https://my.thrive-life.ca/behind-the-line.
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How Have We Made It Here?!?
August 30, 2022 13:55 - 5 minutes - 5.57 MBShow Notes What an amazing summer it has been! It has been fun, challenging and inspiring to connect with so many incredible guests and get the chance to share their stories with you this summer. I hope that you have found something meaningful to take from our Voices From the Front Lines series. This episode wraps up Season 2 of Behind the Line – 52 straight weeks of podcast episodes. We’re keeping it short and sweet today, as I work on bringing you a brand new and really excitin...
Voices from the Front Lines with SFPD Deputy Chief (ret.), Jim
August 23, 2022 13:55 - 57 minutes - 46.7 MBShow Notes I love getting a chance to talk with veteran helping professionals – the wealth of insight and wisdom is invaluable. Today I am honoured to be joined by retired San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief, Jim, who spent over 30 years working with the San Francisco PD in various capacities. He continues to be involved in law enforcement as an educator in the Criminal Justice Studies Department at San Francisco State University, a writer with police1.com, and as host of ...
Voices from the Front Lines with Paramedic, Jeff
August 16, 2022 13:55 - 59 minutes - 51 MBShow Notes I so enjoyed today’s talk with Paramedic, Jeff. I heard Jeff’s story in a news article – you can find it here on CBC and here on CTV news. He shares bravely, openly and vulnerably about his experience of mental health decline and crisis as a result of his exposure within his work. He describes his intentions of taking his own life and shares about what helped him through this incredibly difficult time in his life. I am beyond grateful for this conversation, for the laugh...
Voices from the Front Lines with International Nurse, Shannon
August 09, 2022 13:55 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBShow Notes I have known Shannon Brink for years, but always as an acquaintance who was a friend to other friends. It wasn’t until our interview today that I was left with the question – how were we not BEST friends?? Because, Lord help me, we had the BEST conversation and I am so grateful for it. I hope you enjoy it too. Shannon began her nursing career here in British Columbia, Canada. She is a mom of 4 kids ages 6-12, and moved with her family to Malawi a few years ago (pre-COVI...
Voices from the Front Lines with Fire Chief, Steve
August 02, 2022 13:55 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBShow Notes After reading about this Fire Chief’s story in a CTV News article, I am so grateful to be joined today by Steve Serbic. Steve is also an author, speaker and mental health advocate who also hosts his own podcast. You can check out all the info below to learn more about Steve’s work. Today we chat about his journey through a career in fire service, including his own challenges with mental health, leaning into vulnerability, battling shame and stigma, and seeking to help ot...
Voices from the Front Lines with Corrections Officer, Mike
July 26, 2022 13:55 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBShow Notes I can hardly wait to share this episode with you! Today I am joined by retired Corrections Officer, Mike, who shares about his long and successful career working in prisons both at a state and federal level in the united States. He shares about the importance of support, the need for coping, the tools for sustainability and so much more. No matter what kind of First Response or Front Line Work you do, there are some awesome takeaways from this one that are applicable acr...
Voices from the Front Lines with Law Enforcement Officer, Sachin
July 19, 2022 13:55 - 1 hour - 56 MBShow Notes I am honoured to be joined by Law Enforcement Officer, Sachin, who is working to create systems-level change in his own unique way…by running. Hear Sachin’s story and our conversation about discovering our unique gifts, exploring ways to use our gifts to serve the collective, shifting mindsets to step out of the monotony, and all kinds of other great and inspiring bits and pieces. Learn more about Sachin and support his efforts to raise money for organizations supportin...
Voices from the Front Lines with Social Worker, Ash (Summer Series)
July 12, 2022 13:55 - 56 minutes - 51.2 MBShow Notes: Today I am joined by physicist turned social worker, Ash, and we are getting into it. Ash shares his journey into helping professions, his passion for the work, and we talk about the many stumbling blocks and our great ideas around how to fix it and save the world…some highlights we dig into: connecting on a human level the temptation to use the professional hat to distance from the hard work of being with people and doing helping professions The BIG question about WH...
Voices from the Front Lines with Paramedic, Steven (Summer Series)
July 05, 2022 13:55 - 57 minutes - 47.7 MBToday I am joined by Steven. Steven is currently a licensed paramedic with Harris County Emergency Corps, a 911 EMS agency in Houston, Texas, his native home. With 15 years in healthcare, he lives by his fraternity’s motto of providing service without expectation. After his time as a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy, Steven went on to obtain undergraduate degrees in EMS, his master’s degree in healthcare administration and is currently working towards completing his doctorate. With a g...
Escape Hatch with Artillery Gunner Turned Entrepreneur & Social Activist, Kelsi (Escape Hatch Series)
June 28, 2022 13:55 - 56 minutes - 129 MBShow Notes: I am thrilled to be joined today by Canadian Armed Forces veteran, artillery gunner, Kelsi Sheren who is now the founder and CEO of Brass & Unity, a jewelry company on a mission to support mental health and wellness for veterans and first responders. Kelsi, a survivor of PTSD as a result of her service, had to shift gears in a big way and has done some incredible things in launching a business in the fashion industry, pivoting to meet the changing demands through a pande...
Escape Hatch with 911 Dispatcher, Maria (Escape Hatch Series)
June 21, 2022 13:55 - 49 minutes - 43.8 MBShow Notes: Today I am joined by Maria Pelletier, former Ambulance Communications Officer now working in dispatch at a Fire Department in Southwestern Ontario and acting as an Account Coordinator and Social Media Manager for CRACKYL Magazine (Firefighter lifestyle and health magazine that focuses on the individual rather than the industry). PTSD survivor and single mom of 2 girls. Juggling all the bits with determination and grace. Listen in as we talk about her learning and experie...
Escape Hatch with Entrepreneurial Firefighter, Mike (Escape Hatch Series)
June 14, 2022 13:55 - 49 minutes - 43.7 MBShow Notes: Today I am joined by Mike Pertz, an American Firefighter and entrepreneur. Mike is the owner of firefighternow.com as well as the face of firefighternow on YouTube. His work focuses on supporting preparedness for prospective and new fire service members in starting out their careers. Mike and I talk today about the challenges associated with front line work, the need for an escape hatch, and ways in which he has developed an escape hatch in his life. We talk about the b...
The Backup Plan (Escape Hatch Series)
June 07, 2022 13:55 - 19 minutes - 20.7 MBShow Notes: In your line of work, you are trained to be prepared for the worst. You train for the worst case scenarios, you anticipate and plan for these, so that anything short of this will be easy peasy. All I’m asking us to do is the same as it relates to your career plan. When people go into front line work with the conscious, or not-so-conscious expectation that they are going to stay in it until they retire, they tend to get caught in a stuck place when they discover that the...
Bi-Lateral Stimulation (May Mini's Series)
May 31, 2022 13:55 - 11 minutes - 12.5 MBShow Notes Our brains are made up of 2 hemispheres - right and left - which operate relatively separately from one another. These two halves are connected by a bundle of nerves (the corpus collosum) which acts as a relay station, passing information back and forth and helping your brain to organize and be responsive to information. Like any relay station, your corpus collosum can get bombarded with too much data and this can cause it to slow down and overload. To help it we can do a...
Sensory (May Mini's Series)
May 24, 2022 13:55 - 19 minutes - 20.3 MBShow Notes Our brains and bodies operate on a feedback loop. When something stressful happens, our brain knows about it because our bodies give a cascade of responses that alert that something's up - and when our brain believes we're in stress, it tells our bodies to be on high alert. When we are in persistent stress, this feedback loop starts to have a hard time knowing what safety, calm and ok feel like. We can help teach our system to regulate and find a way back to ok, not in th...
Grounding (May Mini's Series)
May 17, 2022 13:55 - 16 minutes - 16.5 MBShow Notes Two more tools to add to your growing toolkit for stress management, emotion regulation and mental health support. Today we are covering 2 skills used for grounding and helping our brains to be more present. These are super useful when struggling with panic, anxiety, high stress or difficulty regulating emotions. These two exercises help turn your prefrontal cortex ON which helps to counter-balance your stress center. They are also AWESOME to try with kids when they are s...
Relaxation (May Mini's Series)
May 10, 2022 13:55 - 17 minutes - 17.4 MBShow Notes Check out this weeks mini episode - a quick coping tool you can use TODAY! Try this progressive muscle relaxation exercise and allow the tension to melt away. This episode is best enjoyed from the comfort of a cozy chair, or another quiet and comfy spot - probably not great while driving or operating other heavy machinery!! Episode Challenge: Try this exercise 2-3 times this week and notice how you feel before, during, and after the exercise. Tweak and adapt any parts t...
Worry Jar (May Mini's Series)
May 03, 2022 13:55 - 15 minutes - 15.5 MBShow Notes: Your turn! Watch the video, listen to the audio and then put it into practice. Choose 10-20 minutes ideally daily, but at least 2-3 times in a week, and try the worry jar activity described in today's episode. You can use scrap paper ripped into strips and a tupperware container, or fancy it up and make it special with some pretty or fun coloured paper and a nice mason jar or a cool box from the hobby store. Spend some time identifying the things you are worried about (e...
Managing Guilt (On Leave Series)
April 26, 2022 13:55 - 26 minutes - 27.1 MBShow Notes: Today we are finishing up our On Leave series – we are going to focus on managing guilt and other tough feelings that tend to come up when we’re away from the work we have loved and been committed to doing. Whether we’re off work due to injury, illness, mental health concern or some other reason, being off often comes with a host of emotions – big and small, obvious and more innocuous, that can disrupt our ability to focus on recovering and can force us to struggle more...
Refining Self-Advocacy (On Leave Series)
April 19, 2022 13:55 - 28 minutes - 29.5 MBShow Notes: Today we are talking about self-advocacy. We’re going to dig in to the difficulties people tend to have with self-advocating, the need for it in time off work, and how to go about refining these skills to implement them on behalf of ourselves well. So let’s open with what it means to self-advocate. Self-advocacy means clearly identifying our needs and clearly expressing those needs to others in an effort to have them met. Here are some of the major stumbling blocks ...
Developing Self-Direction Skills (On Leave Series)
April 12, 2022 13:55 - 30 minutes - 30 MBShow Notes: We are continuing our series around being on leave and how we can support ourselves in recovering well while off work. Whether we’re off work for a physical injury or a work-related mental health concern, we discussed last week that the experience of being off work can be trying and difficult. Without a plan and intention to ensure the best outcomes possible, we can be left floundering and this can either create or exacerbate things like depression, anxiety, hopelessnes...
Stumbling Blocks On Leave (On Leave Series)
April 05, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MBShow Notes: Today we are kicking off a new month with a new series and we’re focusing on how to survive and support sanity while off work. This is a topic that I have become very familiar with thanks to my extensive work as part of the WorkSafeBC provider network for almost a decade, as well as my work with clients through ICBC and other long term disability groups. I have walked alongside so many clients who have struggled with the experience of being off work, and I know that som...
Normal Daily Living (Being *Normal* Series)
March 29, 2022 13:55 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBShow Notes: Today I am delighted to be joined once again by TC Randall. He brings his wealth of wisdom as an emergency room nurse of 14 years, as well as his experiences of having gone off work with PTSD, all of which he details in his fantastic book, The View From The Wrong Side of The Day that you can check out here. Today we are talking about the impact of first response and front line work on our daily living activities. Hear us chat about... - The impact of the adrenaline high...
Normal with Kids (Being *Normal* Series)
March 22, 2022 13:55 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBShow Notes: I am joined again today by an amazing guest who I am thrilled to get to explore the topic of "being normal" with our kiddos alongside. Child and Family Therapist, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Heather Toews is with me today. Heather has worked as a social worker doing child protection work, experienced her own burnout, transitioned to supporting adoptive families, and then transitioned to counselling with Child & Youth Mental Health as well as in private practice. Hea...
Normal Partner Relationships (Being *Normal* Series)
March 15, 2022 13:55 - 45 minutes - 40.8 MBShow Notes: I am honoured to be joined by my friend and colleague, Chelsea Beyer. Chelsea is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, PhD Candidate, and university instructor in the Department of Psychology. She is trained as a sex therapist, and works with people who are struggling with a range of mental health and relational challenges, and has been practicing in the Lower Mainland for five years. Her Doctoral research focuses on the intersection of women’s embodiment and sexual satisfa...
Normal Friendships (Being *Normal* Series)
March 08, 2022 14:55 - 50 minutes - 43.1 MBShow Notes: It is always one of the fun joys of this podcasting thing that I get to invite on some of the people I love most in the world to talk with all of you. Meredith Luipasco is a pediatric nurse working in southern Alberta. She is also married to a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, and is the daughter of a paramedic and a nurse. She GETS the first responder thing. She has also been one of my best friends since the first grade. As we walk this Being *Normal* series, we wan...
This is *NOT* normal (Being Normal Series)
March 01, 2022 14:55 - 24 minutes - 26 MBToday we are really pulling back the curtain on first response and front line work and naming the elephant in the room. You guys, I hate to be the one to tell you, but what you do is NOT normal. Ok, maybe that wasn’t totally revelatory… Back in the fall I put out a request on social media and to those who follow me by subscribing to my email list, and I asked for you to tell me what you wanted to hear about on the show as I put together my plans for 2022 topics and interviews. And...
Trigger Prevention (Trigger Happy Series)
February 22, 2022 14:55 - 23 minutes - 25.5 MBShow Notes: On today’s episode we are wrapping up our Trigger Happy series by talking about trigger prevention. Let me be really clear that when I say trigger prevention, I do NOT mean AVOIDANCE. Preventing triggers is an active state, it means being engaged and working to reduce the likelihood that something potentially or actually triggering will yield a strong stress reaction. It is a pre-emptive effort at unpairing or limiting the extent to which a stress or trauma-related pair...
Trigger Management (Trigger Happy Series)
February 15, 2022 14:55 - 27 minutes - 29.9 MBShow Notes: Today we are getting really practical as we get further into our Trigger Happy series and talk about tools and strategies for trigger management. If you’ve missed the last two episodes, make sure you go back and check them out. Today’s topic really builds on what we’ve been learning about the last two weeks, and references pieces from the last two episodes that may not make the same amount of sense if you haven’t been following along, so I would encourage you to go back...
The Avoidance Dance (Trigger Happy Series)
February 08, 2022 14:55 - 23 minutes - 25.1 MBShow Notes: As we open today’s topic on the avoidance dance, I want to acknowledge that avoidance is a totally normal reaction to things that are uncomfortable or actively painful. We avoid all kinds of things that we’ve had previous experience with or exposure to that has taught us that we don’t want to do it again. Avoidance is a stress reaction that comes from having learned something. We talked about this last week – if we think back to caveman times, and I go down a path and a...
Talking Triggers (Trigger Happy Series)
February 01, 2022 14:55 - 26 minutes - 26.7 MBShow Notes: Today we are getting trigger happy and we’re kicking off a new series for the month of February all about triggering. What exactly is triggering? At the most foundational level, triggering is an emotional, psychological, and/or physiological reaction to stimuli that is outside of our control. Triggering usually feels unexpected, automatic, and like it takes over. It can feel unconscious, and difficult to consciously override and regain control of ourselves. It can be ...
Cultivating Connection (Detangling Identity Series)
January 25, 2022 14:55 - 55 minutes - 43.8 MBShow Notes: Today I am joined by one of my favourite people to have on the show, Jenn Pound. Jenn is a retired RCMP staff sergeant and has been a guest on the show a number of times. Today we’re also joined by a friend of Jenn’s, Greg Scollon. Now, if you don’t already know, we’ve been working through a series on detangling identity and we’ve been talking about the need to protect our sense of self, our identities, from becoming entangled and enmeshed with the work roles we serve i...
Crafting Control (Detangling Identity Series)
January 18, 2022 14:55 - 20 minutes - 20.8 MBShow Notes: Today we are continuing our series on detangling identity and we’re focusing this episode on crafting control. The challenge with the kind of work you do, is that while it draws people who enjoy feeling in control – it is an unending stream of out-of-control mess. Whether it’s the calls or the work-related risks or the organizational dynamics, there is SO much that happens that is not in our control. So, what do you think that means when we’ve enmeshed our sense of i...
Building Balance (Detangling Identity Series)
January 11, 2022 14:55 - 24 minutes - 25.6 MBShow Notes: We are into our latest series on detangling identity and we’re going to talk today about building balance. Here is the thing about balance: life balance is not a fixed point. Life, and people within life, are never fixed points. We are always changing and adapting. Life is always moving and flexing. Ebbing and flowing. Think of it a bit more like balancing on a stand up paddle board on ocean waves. You might find a balance at one moment when the waves are calmer and t...
The Risk of Becoming the Job (Detangling Identity Series)
January 04, 2022 14:55 - 21 minutes - 22.5 MBShow Notes: Today’s episode we are kicking off a new series on de-tangling identity from the work we do. In this episode we talk about the commonness of enmeshed identity with work, cultural norms that support this kind of enmeshment, as well as the risks involved. In coming weeks we will tackle skills to work at de-tangling our identities from the work we do. In this episode I cite a couple of articles – check them out here: The Atlantic article by Derek Thompson, here. Psycho...
Emotional Grounding & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
December 28, 2021 14:55 - 24 minutes - 24.1 MBShow Notes: These last couple of weeks we’ve talked about physical grounding to help anchor our bodies to the present. We have also talked about mental grounding to help our brains turn on the prefrontal cortex and offer counterbalancing support to the stress centre in an effort to approach times of stress with our whole brains working to solve problems rather than just our survival mode working on overdrive. Today we are going to talk about emotional grounding – another term for w...
Mental Grounding & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
December 21, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 17.1 MBShow Notes: We are back talking about grounding skills and ways to strengthen and resource our brain so that our brain can do it’s best, allowing us to be OUR best. Last week we talked about some basics around what grounding is and how it works. We also focused on practical and applicable strategies for physical grounding, which uses our bodies to help turn on parts of our brain that help to counterbalance our stress centre and regulate our system. Today we are going to be taking i...
Physical Grounding & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
December 14, 2021 14:55 - 17 minutes - 17.8 MBShow Notes: In today’s episode we are continuing to work on back to basics for brain health and we are finishing this series by address grounding. What exactly is grounding? Grounding is a term we use to describe various activities that help people to feel anchored to present time, space and capacity. So often in the busy-ness of our lives, we get caught up in thinking about the past, or focused on the future. Thinking of that next place I need to be or reflecting on that time way ...
Screens & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
December 07, 2021 14:55 - 26 minutes - 26.5 MBShow Notes: Today we continue our series on Back to Basics for Brain Health and we are diving into the digital era’s great controversy – screens and brain health. Let’s start with talking about the common challenges that come up around digital health for First Responders and Front Line Workers. Some of the most common ones I hear in my office include feeling tired and finding social media scrolling, video games or TV to be easy, passive ways of feeling like they are “doing” somet...
Mind-Body & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
November 30, 2021 14:55 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBShow Notes: Thanks so much to Olivia Mead from Yoga for First Responders – check out YFFR and learn more here. I am grateful for our conversation and the chance to dig into the brain science behind yoga and insights into training our brains to offer their best back to us. I so value Olivia’s background and deep-rootedness in the research as well as her commitment to supporting our community heroes who serve and sacrifice. We talk in this episode about taking yoga out of the chic...
Sleep & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
November 23, 2021 14:55 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBShow Notes: Thanks so much to Dr. Glenn Landry, sleep specialist and creator of the Survive Shift Workprogram. Glenn has generously offered our listeners a 40% discount on this program using exclusive coupon code: BEHINDTHELINE. To learn more about Glenn’s work, his program, and private sleep coaching services – you can learn more at elitesleep.ca. During this episode we talk about the common challenges with sleep facing those who work on the front lines, including falling asleep...
Nutrition & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
November 16, 2021 14:55 - 56 minutes - 43.5 MBShow Notes: Today I am joined by naturopathic doctor, Catherine Multari to discuss common challenges faced by First Responders and Front Line Workers when it comes to nutrition, and strategies to benefit our brains to support sustainable health through nutrition and supplementation. And yes, we go WAY beyond “salad good, junk food bad” and work to make our conversation applicable to real people with real lives and the need for convenience in the midst of the chaos. Catherine Mult...
Fitness & Brain Health (Back to Basics Series)
November 09, 2021 14:55 - 50 minutes - 41.6 MBShow Notes: Thanks so much to Aaron Zamzow (aka “Zam”) for taking the time to join me today. What a gift! Zam is the owner of Fire Rescue Fitness, with a background in personal training and then experience in the fire service. He has blended these pieces to create intentional fitness program to develop functional fitness tailored to the needs of the job. Today we connected to chat about the impacts of fitness on brain health. We dig into the challenges and barriers that get in th...
Back to Basics Brain Health
November 02, 2021 13:55 - 19 minutes - 19.9 MBShow Notes: We’ve wrapped up our therapy 101 series and we’re moving into a new series called “Back to Basics”. In my role as a therapist, I find that a lot of my time with clients, especially when they first start coming to therapy, is spent supporting them in addressing some pretty basic concerns – things like sleep, nutrition, movement, and other pieces that contribute to their brain health and their brains ability to be resilient. We have to address these pieces because if we d...
When Goldilocks Meets Therapy (Therapy 101 Series)
October 26, 2021 13:55 - 28 minutes - 24 MBShow Notes: Thanks so much to T.C. Randall, ER Nurse of 14 years and author of The View From The Wrong Side of The Day (Buy his book, it’s great!), as well as Jennifer Pound, recently retired RCMP Staff Sgt. and face of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) in Vancouver, and creator of the blog Fuel For First Responders. We broke this conversation about their experiences navigating therapy with an occupational stress injury into two parts. This week we talk about find...
Therapy Is Like A Pair Of Jeans (Therapy 101 Series)
October 19, 2021 13:55 - 42 minutes - 34.5 MBShow Notes: Thanks so much to T.C. Randall, ER Nurse of 14 years and author of The View From The Wrong Side of The Day (Buy his book, it’s great!), as well as Jennifer Pound, recently retired RCMP Staff Sgt. and face of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) in Vancouver, and creator of the blog Fuel For First Responders. We broke this conversation about their experiences navigating therapy with an occupational stress injury into two parts. This week we talk about the ...
The Skinny on Therapy and Finding Your Fit (Therapy 101 Series)
October 12, 2021 13:55 - 26 minutes - 27.6 MBShow Notes: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! I prefer giving over receiving, so for my birthday week I declare a blitz giveaway of my full resilience training program, Beating the Breaking Point, designed specifically for First Responders and Front Line Workers!! Go to the page and click to register before 11:59PM on Monday October 18th. Use code BIRTHDAY to get this 7-part online training program for ONLY $99! Today we’re continuing our series on therapy 101 – focusing today on where to lo...
In The Room Where It Happens (Therapy 101 Series)
October 06, 2021 01:55 - 20 minutes - 21 MBShow Notes: Today we are kicking off our series on therapy for First Responders & Front Line Workers and the topics we’re hitting in this episode include: what therapy is all about, where to find a counsellor, and what to look for in a counsellor. What a therapist is: This will vary depending on where you live. Here in British Columbia, and in many provinces throughout Canada, counselling and therapy are not “regulated” professions. What that means is that literally anyone can go ...
In the Dark Hole (Suicide Prevention Series)
September 28, 2021 13:55 - 26 minutes - 26.7 MBShow Notes: Today we are finishing our series on suicide risk prevention, and in some ways we’re wrapping up in the place I intended for us to start. Today we’re talking about what it is like to be the person in the deep dark hole. We’re going to talk about the slippery slope that tends to send us into the hole, how to recognize the hole we’re in, ways to work at intervening to try to find a ladder back out and resources and supports that can help to do that What leads us into the...
Grief & "Business as Usual" (Suicide Prevention Series)
September 21, 2021 13:55 - 22 minutes - 22.1 MBShow Notes: We are continuing our series on suicide prevention and today we are talking about how we cope when we haven’t been able to prevent a suicide – what we do when our workplace is impacted by the loss of a co-worker who has died by suicide. As we’ve identified in this series so far, those working in first response and front line work are at a higher risk of suicide than the average population, and as such it also means that we’re at higher risk of grieving the loss of a co-...