A Firefighter's Story Of Recovery and Resilience With Matty Fiorenza

This episode is a personal story of recovery and resilience with a firefighter from Southern California.  Join us as Matty Fiorenza tells us his journey towards healing and resilience.

Matthew Fiorenza has been a Firefighter/Paramedic in Southern California for 20 years. After ten years on the job he began having issues with anxiety, stress, and depression and was later diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). After 13 years of marriage and three children, he experienced divorce. At the time, he did not know that it would help drive his passion to help the families of first responders.

Today, Matthew is a sober mentor to men and women in the First Responder community and a volunteer at the Save A Warrior program. As an outreach specialist at First Responder Wellness by Simple Recovery, he proactively reaches out to brothers and sisters who may be struggling. Recently, he also became an instructor with Santa Ana College to facilitate mental health blocks to new recruits so they have healthier coping skills. His passion is to provide other first responders with education, resources, hope, and a path towards healing. Matthew, and his partners Dr Stephen Odom and Devin O’Day created Shift Wellness, A business with many different functions including Mental Health Training for First Responders and many different wellness retreats including one for Spouses of First Responders called the Sage Project.

Follow Matty:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fireman_matty/

Shift Wellness Website: https://www.shiftwellness.com/sign-up