Meaningful & Tangible Mental Health Tactics for First Responders
Empower your journey to personal excellence with Michelle and Sergeant Lynette's First Responder Evolution
Different Resilience Training for First Responders
Have you ever wondered what separates the average from the extraordinary? Our Resilience coaching and supportive programs are not just another training center; we’re a dynamic hub of transformation. We’re shifting everyday heroes, igniting their untapped strengths, and ushering in a new era of resilience desperately needed in the first responder community.
Your Resilience, Reinvented
We’re revolutionizing the mental health landscape with our pioneering 1:1 resilience coaching. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach; it’s a dynamic, personalized journey, crafted around your unique needs and a first of it’s kind for the first responder community.
Our resilience coaches don’t just give advice; they’re your partners, curating a toolkit of practical strategies and micro-changes that effortlessly weave into your daily routines while catapulting individual lives into well being. The result? Less stress, less depression, less reactivity and more joy – small steps that ignite a powerful transformation in your life.
This is customized resilience, just a call away
Who can harness this power?
We’re here to help you discover and harness your mental fortitude, enabling you to remain unshaken despite life’s adversities. Our defining coaching practices and supportive modules are designed specifically for the first responder community.
- Police Officers
- Firefighters
- Paramedics/Emergency Medical Technicians/Rescuers
- Military Personnel
Our pledge to you:
Michelle and Sergeant Lynette stand at the front lines of a revolution, deeply invested in the emotional fitness of our bravest community care takers and defenders. We acknowledge the grit and tenacity it takes to walk in your shoes each day. Our training and coaching initiatives are designed to arm you with the skills to master your mental well being, find your equilibrium and stave off burnout.
MINOR MODIFICATIONS, SEISMIC SHIFTS – THAT’S OUR MANTRA
Who can harness this power?
We’re here to help you discover and harness your mental fortitude, enabling you to remain unshaken despite life’s adversities. Our defining coaching practices and supportive modules are designed specifically for the first responder community.
Why Choose to Transform with Us?
Imagine harnessing the collective power of the two trailblazers, Michelle E. Dickinson and Sergeant Lynette Shaw, who stand at the forefront of ushering resilience as a lifestyle.
Picture this – Michelle E. Dickinson, a humble visionary, creating ripples effects of change in varoius sectors from education to Fortune 500 companies, to the brave first responders. Michelle is a TED speaker, a best-selling author, but most importantly, she’s the architect of transformative shifts. Her life experiences of thriving against odds and her unique perspective on emotional well-being have inspired countless individuals to lead fulfilling lives.
Joining her is retired Sergeant Lynette Shaw, with laudable 27-year service record, kindles your journey of strength and resilience. Her life, a testament of weathering mental storms and emerging tougher, now serves as your guiding beacon. She’s an advocate, an interconnector of communities and law enforcement, who has uplifted over 10,000 first responders, enabling them to navigate daily battles with newfound emotional fortitude and joy in their personal lives.
Together, they are more than just guides they are your partners in growth, your personal cheerleaders, advocating for you as you cultivate self-confidence, self-awareness, and a deeper relationship with yourself. Their mission? To ensure you not only serve and protect but also preserve and elevate your well-being in the process.
It is time to amplify comprehensive mental health support for first responders! The reality is that they witness some of the most tragic events that happen in our communities. The stress they experience on the job tends to have a significant impact on their physical and mental well-being. Enduring prolonged and repeated exposure to trauma and extreme stress accumulates over the course of their careers and can lead to struggles with addiction, depression, burnout, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety related mental health conditions.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) between seven percent and 19 percent of police officers experience symptoms of PTSD as compared to 3.5 of the general population. Police officers suffer symptoms indicative of PTSD at a similar rate as veterans of the military. Also, according to NAMI, nearly 1 in 4 police officers have had thoughts of suicide at some point in their life and the suicide rate for police officers is four times higher than the rate for firefighters. In the smallest departments, the suicide rate for officers increases to almost four times the national average. Sadly, more officers die by suicide than in the line of duty. Isn’t it time to build more resilient agencies?
The stigma around mental health prevents many first responders from seeking treatment that they may need and deserve. Perceptions that they will be seen as weak in the eyes of their peers and superiors is real. We must normalize the mental health conversation and break the stigma when it comes to our public servants who are risking their lives every day to serve and protect their communities. Let’s prevent them from suffering in silence. The time has come to drive real change and elevate the mental health conversation for our brave first responders so that they are fully empowered to compassionately care for themselves and their communities.