Create Healthy Boundaries and Win with Sonya McVay Straub of The 6 Foundation

It takes grit to be a hero. Sometimes that grit requires self sacrifice which sometimes leads to Line of Duty injuries. Our first responders endure both physical and emotional pain everyday for the good of their communities. So, when they need help to overcome a physical injury, they also need people who ultimately understand that all they want to do is get back to work. They  must be at peak performance in order to report for duty. This is where  The 6 Foundation comes in!  In this episode, we sat down with Sonya McVay Straub about how she helps first responders get back to work after they've been injured on the job. 

Sonya is a Sports Rehabilitation Therapist who  had a traumatic experience as a child and  recalls feeling a passion for wanting to help those that helped her.  She started  The 6 Foundation after she witnessed many first responders mental health issues come to a head during the 2017 Firestorm in Sonoma and Napa Counties and then again in 2019.   The 6 Foundation is a non-profit foundation focused on rehabilitation both mentally and physically for veterans, first responders and trauma survivors.  For 8 years Sonya donated her time to help rehabilitate first responders.  She is working on  making it comfortable to say I need help and shifting the culture in EMS. 

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