In our new series, First Responder Stories, host Meghann Kopecky sits down with first responders. She asks them to share their stories, but more importantly, share how they were able to overcome incredibly difficult situations. These candid interviews are meant to provide hope and inspiration.

The first story takes us back to almost 30 years ago, when firefighter, Chris Fields, responded to the Oklahoma City bombing. Little did he know that a photo of him holding one-year old Baylee Almon came to represent the world-wide news story of that horrible day.

On today's podcast, Chris shares how he avoided difficult things that happened in his life and because of it, lost his way. He tells how he found his path back to what mattered to him most, even when he couldn't find joy. In this moving interview, Chris shares difficult moments with the goal of inspiring others to be brave enough to reach out for help.

Best selling author, and TedX speaker Lyn Christian has helped individuals find confidence, purpose and fulfillment not only within their careers, but more importantly, within their lives. Lyn is a Master Certified Coach via the International Coach Federation, of which there are only 1,500 in the world. They recently wrote "Soul Salt, Your Personal Field Guide to Confidence, Purpose, and Fulfillment". On today's podcast we discuss the book, Lyn's coaching journey and how you can learn from Lyn's years of experience.

To learn more about Lyn, visit https://soulsalt.com/. To purchase the book, visit Amazon or your favorite retailer.

After enduring years of therapy for anorexia, it wasn't until Jessica's peer asked her a meaningful question that changed her trajectory on her road to recovery.

Years later, when Dr. Schleider was getting her PhD at Harvard, she dug into the science around meaningful moments---like what she encountered on her own journey---and wondered if she could formalize the process to help so many. These meaningful moments in the research are called Single Session Interventions (SSI). She learned through research, including her own, that individuals can get better if they engage in well-crafted, evidence-based SSIs.

Dr. Schleider published "Little Treatments, Big Effects" spreading the word that there is hope and that you can get better---even with just one session. In fact, you can access several of Dr. Schleider's single session interventions for no cost at Project Yes!

Follow Dr. Schleider on X @JSchleiderPhD or visit her LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschleider/ to learn more.