For first responders facing extended emergencies, effective family communication can be the key to maintaining peace of mind.
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Public Safety
Emotional intelligence helps first responders effectively address conflict with colleagues and community members in a productive, safe and professional manner.
Distracted? Impulsive? Understanding ADHD in First Responders
In public safety, where the pace is often high and personnel move quickly from one task to the next, ADHD individuals can thrive.
Better Served: The State of Law Enforcement Wellness
Suicide, heart attack and COVID are all areas where we can make big strides in reducing unnecessary death and suffering in the coming year.
Mindful New Year’s Resolutions: Approaches for First Responders
The work of year-long self-improvement will come down to small and regular decisions made day after day, moment by moment.
First Responders, Holiday Blues and Vitamin D
Vitamin D is essential to nutrient absorption and improves our immune system.
Holiday Survival: A First Responder’s Primer
Useful tips for officers and their families to reduce holiday-related stress.
The Approval Trap: Time for a Mayday?
The need for approval shouldn’t come at the expense of your own sense of self.
Wellness Risk Management: The Below 100 Approach to Mental Health
We—the collective We—care about you and wish you well.
The Importance of Healthy Public Safety Communications: The Leader’s Role
Poor communication undermines leadership
The Other “F” Word: What the Response Is Really Telling You
Don’t blindly say you’re fine when you’re not
The Key to Establishing a Consistent and Beneficial Mindfulness Practice
Why is it so difficult for many of us to establish a consistent mindfulness practice?