A huge thank you to Maggie & Erik from 809 Fight 4 Awareness for the amazing work they do in raising awareness for mental health amongst our first responder community. On top of being members of the Board of Directors, Maggie is an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist contracted w/ T.O.C. while Erik is an active Fire Fighter/Paramedic in Southern California.

This podcast debrief's 809 Fight 4 Awareness's latest fundraiser, which was a fantastic comedy event that they knocked out of the park. The fundraiser was completely sold out, brought people together to discuss mental health, and raised over $20,000! T.O.C. was fortunate enough to receive $10,000 as a donation from 809 Fight 4 Awareness following the fundraiser.

Please follow and support 809 Fight 4 Awareness! Thank you once again Maggie & Erik for the work you do.

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For the first time, The Overwatch Collective Podcast had a First Responder on the podcast with their T.O.C. therapist! A huge thank you to Tony and Tiffany for joining the podcast and giving the audience a unique episode to listen to and to benefit from.

Tony medically retired as an Operations Battalion Chief from the City of Daly City in Northern California after 35 years of service after getting hired at 22 years of age! Tony never unpacked his backpack and attended therapy throughout the course of his career. While preparing for retirement, Tony sustained an injury and was medically retired. On his retirement date, his world came crashing down and all shit hit the fan.

Tony was able to get connected to Tiffany through T.O.C. quickly, smoothly, and confidentially through our trusted process. Tiffany breaks down her experience and competency with our First Responder community and the importance of the T.O.C. process to be a solid resource for our community.

Enjoy the podcast and feel free to reach out if you want to reach out to Tony or Tiffany!

You can learn more about Tiffany by finding her on The Overwatch Collective's website and Bestsolutionstherapy.com.

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A huge thank you to Eric from Blue Grit Radio for hosting Greg on his podcast to shed some light on The Overwatch Collective (T.O.C.)

Tune into this podcast to listen to Greg discuss how he juggles T.O.C., being an active LEO, being in the military reserves, and normal life duties.

In addition, this podcast gives a detailed and quick breakdown of T.O.C., our current status of funding therapy, current therapy statistics, and the future for T.O.C.

Go follow Blue Grit Radio and Blue Grit Wellness on Social Media as Eric Tung is a great resource for everyone among our community!

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Joining via zoom is David Pingree, a prior professional motocross rider turned fire fighter in Southern California. During this quick 25 minute podcast, Pingree talks about some of the stigma, culture, and considerations for our first responder community in regards to mental health.

After losing a few fellow fire fighters to suicide, Pingree discusses the importance of checking in with your fellow crew, the need to reduce suicides, and how one suicide impacts so many people.

Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the podcast!

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This episode was one for the books. Mike and I had no clue what meditation could actually do for your mind, however, Josh did a phenomenal job at explaining the process and breaking it down as to what mindful meditation is. I highly suggest if you are a first responder, military or even a civilian, pease check out FoundationFortified.org and see what Josh has to offer for free. If you do happen to check it out, please let us know how it went for you! Enjoy!

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This podcast is definitely a must listen as this is a rare episode and are hard to come by. A huge shoutout to Davin Cole for reaching out to several podcasts in hopes to share about his addiction with the hopes of helping people in our community.

Davin was a Deputy with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department for 4 years and then lateraled to the San Francisco Police Department, where he served for 29 years. Davin wore many hats such as K9 Officer & Trainer, F.T.O., Plain Clothes, Gang & Robbery Division, and investigations.

After an accidental K9 bite to Davin's leg, he was on pain medication for three years due to the amount of pain and infection. Davin became addicted to the medications and called them his "Happy Pills" because he felt normal while using them. After his pain went away, Davin continued to lie to his Doctor in order to be given more medication and that was no longer an option... Davin committed a robbery and was ultimately arrested.

Thank you Davin for joining T.O.C.'s Podcast, being willing to share your story, and for helping our community.

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Sit back and enjoy what its like to have some lows in life but able to bounce back with different types of coping mechanism. After knowing Anthony for more than a Decade, he shared some stuff that I (Jesse) had no idea about. Anthony talks about his time as a law enforcement officer from different departments and prior Army National Guard service. Enjoy!

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Joining via zoom in Maryland is Madison, a T.O.C. Contracted Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. In this podcast, Madison discussed some of the tools she uses in sessions to help our community such as EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and more.

Enjoy this podcast while you learn more about Madison and what therapy looks like with her!

You can learn more about Madison by visiting her website at https://madison-elie-counseling.clientsecure.me/

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