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When the Badge gets Heavy Podcast

When the Badge gets Heavy Podcast

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 So you may become more familiar with your host, Gray Reed. Gray’s career in law enforcement extends from police to state corrections, and his first hand experience of having Cumulative PTSD, Depression and Anxiety. The obstacles he has overcome from being a LGBT+ male in Law Enforcement. The podcast speaks to First Responders from all across the United States, speaking of Community Policing to Mental Wellness and how we can’t just flip a switch at the end of a shift. Mental Wellness for First Responders targeting Corrections, Police, Fire, EMS, Dispatch and Healthcare Workers. Our mental wellness is just as essential as physical wellness. Gray is also the Founder of nonprofit Public Safety Preservation (Mission: Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Prevention for First Responders), able to be found on Facebook, Instagram and at https://publicsafetypreservation.org.Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Episode 10 with AK Dozanti - former Deputy Sheriff and Criminal Court Victim Advocate & current First Responder Wellness Coach (Life Saver Wellness)

    Episode 10 with AK Dozanti - former Deputy Sheriff and Criminal Court Victim Advocate & current First Responder Wellness Coach (Life Saver Wellness)
    Oct 28 2023
    I personally endorse and recommend AK! https://lifesaverwellness.com
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 9 with Correction Officer Tyler McKnight, (FMR), and Co-Founder of With You

    Episode 9 with Correction Officer Tyler McKnight, (FMR), and Co-Founder of With You
    Oct 6 2023

    Former Correctional Officer Tyler McKnight from Louisana and Co-Founder of First Responder Mental Wellness nonprofit "With You", as well as previous guest from Episode 4.

    McKnight goes further in depth regarding his personal story regarding growing up and the affects that trauma trinkled from his law enforcement career to personal life, and how he is helping others now.
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Episode 8 with Founder of Christ Centered Healing, Norm (Former LEO)

    Episode 8 with Founder of Christ Centered Healing, Norm (Former LEO)
    Sep 22 2023

    Norm discusses the peaks and valleys of his former career, and how he has truly turned his life around to be a better person.
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    55 mins
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