Mental Health Episodes

The Dangers And Risk From Being A Narcotics Detective, And Fund The First Crowdfunding.

Undercover Police Work a Dark and Dangerous World.

How The Secret Service Changed My Life And Helped Save It... Agent Innocent.

Black Hawk Down, PTSD, Marriage Into Special Forces. PTSD. Jen Satterly is our guest. Jen is a former advertising and marketing video specialist. She was assigned to cover and produce videos of US Special Forces. Her experience and subsequent marriage to Tom Satterly (retired US Army Delta Force and member of the teams at the battle of Mogadishu), transformed her life. Her mission now is to help other Military Veterans, First Responders and their spouses recover from the effects of trauma. She i...

Baby’s Life He Couldn’t Save, Almost Claimed His. Sheriff Sergeant's PTSD. Mark DiBona, a retired Sheriff's Sergeant is our guest. He talks about his career in law enforcement and an incident where he was not able to save the life of a baby in medical distress. The trauma of that event, combined with the years of exposure to violence and trauma caused him to spiral out of control. Mark talks about the negative impact all of this had on his life and his near death experience. He discusses coming ...

Black Hawk Down, Intense Battle of Mogadishu. Life After Special Forces. Tom Satterly is our guest. Tom is a highly decorated retired US Army Command Sgt. Major. He served in the elite Delta Force for 20 years. He was part of the ground force at the battle of Mogadishu which was portrayed in the movie "Black Hawk Down". In addition to that, his special forces career put him in the middle of numerous violent armed conflicts. Tom talks about the battle of Mogadishu and the effects this and other b...

U.S. Navy Veteran Dr. Tracy Hejmanowski, clinical psychologist, is our guest. She has 2 decades of clinical expertise working with service members, veterans, first responders, and their families. Dr. Hejmanowski founded the First Responder Project, Inc. She talks about her experience treating, and helping Military & First Responders. Dr. Hejmanowski discusses their mission to connect military and civilian first responders through their shared bond of service and their necessary bearing of burden...

Shootings to Devastating Auto Accidents, Police Officer's Story. Retired Anne Arundel County Police Officer Andrew Klausing is our guest. Andy talks about his police career, he discusses a shooting he was involved in and the realities of the trauma that law enforcement officers in his area faced. From working narcotics to road patrol, he and fellow officers handled everything from shootings, armed stand offs and devastating auto accidents. Andy discusses the overwhelming frequency of severe auto...

Hidden Threat for Police Officers and Their Families. Scott Medlin, an active NC law enforcement officer is our guest. Scott talks about his police career, from his time in patrol to the K9 unit and finding unexpected rewards from working as a school resource officer. He discusses the much needed role of school resource officers and their mission to keep the children safe, while also being mentors for the students. Scott talks about the hidden threats to our nation’s law enforcement officers and...

Our Heroes Need Help. Police Officer's Traumatic Brain Injury. Retired Orlando Fl. Police Officer Tammi Cliborne is our guest. While cross training for the Department’s Mounted Horse unit she was severely injured when the horse began bucking. The incident resulted in a traumatic brain injury, hearing loss, a spinal cord injury and ever increasing brain white matter disease. Tammi talks about her career before the training accident and how her physical, mental, emotional life has changed ever sin...

Police Officer Shot his Lifelong Injuries And Return To Full Duty. Retired Troy Police Lt. William Tullock is our guest. He talks about the life threatening incident when he was shot by a rifle wielding barricade suspect. William discusses the incident, his struggle to survive and what it took to return to full duty on the Troy Michigan police department. After retiring from his full police career, in spite of his lifelong injuries he worked as a civilian employee at the Las Vegas Metropolitan P...

My Hardest Day as a Police Officer. Life After A Career Ending Injury. Leah Anaya is our guest. She is a retired police officer, her career was ended by a permanent injury. Leah talks about her law enforcement career and her time with the Oakland California Police Department and the day that four other officers were murdered. She discusses the impact that their murders had on her and the police department at the time. Her law enforcement career moved north when she was hired by a Department in W...

Rich Wistocki is our guest. As a retired Police Detective, he has many years of experience investigating and protecting children from internet predators. While he still works as a consultant to keep children safe online, his own recovery from police related trauma has motivated him to spend much of his time to saving the lives of law enforcement, firefighters, military veterans and other first responders from the often devastating physical and mental health effects caused by trauma. You can help...

Carlos Farina, MS, MCAP, NBCCH, is our guest. Carlos is the Program Director at the Help For Our Heroes Program at Transformations Treatment Center. He is also a Military Veteran and Retired Law Enforcement Officer. Carlos discusses the toll that exposure to repeated trauma took on him, how he got to his new life and how it inspires him to help others. The Help For Our Heroes program is specifically designed for military veterans, police officers, corrections officers, firefighters, paramedics, ...

Alcoholism Among First Responders, a Firefighter tells his story. A career firefighter who we will call Nick is our guest. He tells his story about alcoholism and how it contributed to the death of his father, a career cop who died by suicide. Nick also talks about his brother who struggled with addiction and died by suicide. He talks in detail about his struggle with alcoholism and his long term sobriety. Nick explains the correlation between P.T.S.D. related symptoms and substance abuse and ho...

PTSD Led To Homelessness, Alcoholism. Police Officer's Recovery And Mission To Help Others. Erika Unberhagen is our guest. She is a former law enforcement officer. Erika's career as a police officer led to PTSD, which in turn led to increased drinking of alcohol to cope with the symptoms. As her overall condition worsened, she lost her job as a cop, lost her marriage and eventually became homeless for years. Erika talks about what led to her condition, the years of struggling for recovery and ho...

Police Officer Husband Died by Suicide Just Before Retirement. Molly High is our guest. She shares their tragic story. Her husband Phil High died by suicide just months before reaching retirement from his career in law enforcement. She talks about the impact of all the trauma he experienced during his career and the impact it had on his mental health and their relationship. Compounding the tragedy of his death, she was trying to find a treatment facility that could help him with his PTSD. Molly ...

Trauma for Police Officers, First Responders And Veterans. Ace Baker is our guest. Ace is a former police officer and spent years teaching military at S.E.R.E. School. He talks about the unspoken traumas he faced and many other law enforcement officers endure. Ace talks about the levels of trauma that our veterans and first responders face. And how they can find brotherhood, understanding and healing at the Warriors2Us Foundation Camp. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or thre...