Responder Resilience

Lt. David Dachinger (Ret.), Dr. Stacy Raymond, Bonnie Rumilly, LCSW/EMT
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Step into the world of real-life rescuers with RESPONDER RESILIENCE, an insightful podcast that sheds light on the challenges and triumphs of firefighters, EMTs, police, 911 professionals and clinicians. Hear firsthand accounts from our community's finest as they discuss critical issues on the job and share their experiences with hosts Lt. David Dachinger (Ret.), Bonnie Rumilly LCSW/EMT and Dr. Stacy Raymond. You’ll hear powerful discussions on leadership and wellness brought to life by top experts and those behind the badge. 

  1. 2d ago

    S6 E24 Moore to Life: The Blueprint Other Agencies Come To Learn with Guest Dr. Carla Moore

    Most psychologists who work with first responders come from the outside — and spend years earning trust. Dr. Carla Sutton Moore built her career from the inside out. Twenty-five years in mental health. Over twenty devoted exclusively to law enforcement, firefighters, corrections officers, and 911 operators. Named Psychologist of the Year by the Fire Service Psychology Association in 2024. Vice-Chair of the IACP Police Psychological Services Section. Recipient of the City of Atlanta's 2025 Woman of Impact Award. And one of the most respected voices in public safety behavioral health working today. In this episode, Dr. Moore pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to build wellness programs that change lives — not because a flyer went up in the break room, but because someone did the slow, patient, relationship-driven work of making it real. We get into how clinicians embed with agencies. How programs are developed from the inside of a major city government. How to earn trust in a culture built to keep outsiders out — and what it costs agencies and the workforce when culturally relevant care doesn't exist. If you work in public safety, lead a department, provide mental health services to first responders, or are trying to build something that actually lasts — this conversation is for you. **Resources for Responder Wellness:** • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4Q • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) http://joinfightcamp.com/rr Contact Moore to Life Counseling and Consulting:  Website: www.mooretolifecc.com Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    47 min

  2. Jun 10

    S6 E23 Your Brain Is Stuck. He Knows How To Free It with Guest Daniel Sundahl

    Daniel Sundahl ran calls for twenty years. As a career firefighter and advanced care paramedic in Alberta, Canada, he saw what the job builds in you — and what it quietly destroys. He didn't leave the profession when it got hard. He went deeper into it, earning credentials as a Registered Counselling Therapist and Trauma Specialist, and then wrote a book about what he learned. UnStuck — now a bestseller — is a roadmap built specifically for people who've been trained to suppress, push through, and move on. In this episode, DanSun breaks down the Emotional Diagnostic Tool (EDT), explains why the Default Mode Network makes boredom dangerous for first responders, and lays out a clinical framework for moving from reaction to response. This is the conversation the academy never gave you. Topics covered: The neuroscience of trauma response · Why suppression isn't strength · The EDT framework · Boredom, the Default Mode Network, and harmful coping · Post-traumatic growth vs. post-traumatic stress · Building a lasting foundation of inner peace 🎙️ Responder Resilience is built for first responders, mental health professionals, and anyone committed to the long-term health of those who serve. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week. https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience 📩 Sign up for our newsletter: https://ResponderTV.com  ★ Resources for Responder Wellness ★ • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) http://joinfightcamp.com/rr • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4Q Contact Daniel Sundahl: Art/Main site: dansunphotos.com Linktree (aggregates all links): linktr.ee/DanSun UnStuck — amazon.com/dp/B0GX5NVXVL Instagram: @dansunphotoart  Facebook (art page): facebook.com/DansunPhotos LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dansunphotoart Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    53 min

  3. Jun 3

    S6 E22 FightCamp: The Science Of Training Under Pressure with Guest Khalil Zaha

    Most fitness products make you a promise. And most of the time, six weeks later, they're collecting dust in a corner. Khalil Zahar built something different. He was finishing his master's degree in Toronto when he walked into a boxing gym and fell completely in love — training four or five times a week, getting into the best shape of his life. Then he noticed something almost absurd: even elite-level boxers were still counting their punches with a clicker. An engineer saw a problem. FightCamp was born. What started as punch-tracking technology for Olympic and professional athletes became one of the most talked-about connected fitness platforms in the world. Today FightCamp has raised nearly $100 million in funding, backed by Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Georges St-Pierre, and Francis Ngannou. Two-thirds of its users had never boxed a day in their life. But that's not why we called him. We called him because of the first responders — the firefighters, cops, paramedics, and dispatchers who found something in FightCamp that a gym membership and a treadmill never could give them. Training that doesn't just build a body. Training that prepares the mind for chaos, processes stress instead of storing it, and builds the kind of composure that keeps you steady when everything around you isn't. In this episode, we hear directly from first responders who train with FightCamp — and we sit down with the man who built it to find out why it works, where it's going, and what it could do for you. If you know you should be training but haven't found the right thing yet — this one's for you. Responder Resilience is produced for first responders and mental health professionals. New episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Facebook, and LinkedIn. All past episodes at ResponderTV.com. ★ Resources for Responder Wellness ★ • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) http://joinfightcamp.com/rr • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4QFightCamp: Contact FightCamp: Website: https://joinfightcamp.com/shop Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joinfightcamp/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightcamp/ Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    51 min

  4. May 27

    S6 E21 Pups, Cups & The Quiet EMS Crisis

    They respond to the worst moments of people's lives — every single shift. Then they clear the call, restock the rig, and do it again. Nobody asks if they're okay. The system just keeps moving. In this episode of Responder Resilience, we sit down with two people who decided that wasn't good enough. Whitney Wilkerson (MDiv, BCC, NBC-HWC) is a board-certified chaplain, ordained interfaith minister, and trauma-informed wellness coach with 25+ years of experience supporting people through crisis — from pediatric hospitals to trauma centers to military burnout. Lucas Isola is a 15-year EMS veteran and Chief of the Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps in New York, who got tired of waiting for someone else to fix the problem. Together, they built Pups and Cups — a resilience initiative that brings therapy dogs, coffee, games, and stress-relief tools directly to EMS stations. No pressure. No clinical setting. Just real support, on the crew's terms. We get into why suburban EMS agencies are more psychologically vulnerable than most people assume, why spiritual care has nothing to do with religion, why the simplest interventions often land the hardest — and what happens to patient care, team culture, and retention when you actually invest in the people doing the job. This one hits different. 🎙️ Responder Resilience is built for first responders, mental health professionals, and anyone committed to the long-term health of those who serve. Contact Whitney Wilkerson and Lucas Isola: Website: https://www.irvingtonvac.org/ Website: http://pupsandcupsproject.com/ Website: https://reverendwhitney.com/ Website: https://whitneywilkerson.com/ Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/ ★ Resources for Responder Wellness ★ • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) http://joinfightcamp.com/rr • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4Q

    40 min

  5. May 20

    S6 E20 She Made History. Then She Got To work. Visionary Leaders with Guest Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz

    Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz made history the moment she took office — the first elected Sheriff of Miami-Dade County in nearly sixty years, the first woman to hold the role, and the first Latina sheriff in Florida history. But making history was never the point. What she did next was. In this episode of the Visionary Leaders series on Responder Resilience, we sit down with Sheriff Cordero-Stutz to talk about what it takes to lead the largest law enforcement agency in Florida — and how she's working to build a culture where asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. We cover: Her journey from patrol officer in 1996 to Sheriff of Miami-Dade CountyThe mental health and wellness infrastructure she's building for her deputiesHer role in the Florida Sheriffs Women's Leadership Academy alongside Sheriff Michelle CookWhat every first responder leader needs to understand about sustaining their people for the long haulWhether you lead a team of five or an agency of five thousand, this conversation is worth your time. 🎙️ Responder Resilience is built for first responders, mental health professionals, and anyone committed to the long-term health of those who serve. ★ Resources for Responder Wellness ★ • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) http://joinfightcamp.com/rr • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4Q Contact Sheriff Cordero-Stutz: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miamidadesheriffsoffice/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/miamidadeso/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosanna-cordero-stutz-6b7414151 Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    35 min

  6. May 13

    S6 E19 Checked Out In Uniform: The Burnout Episode with hosts Bonnie, Stacy and David

    Burnout in first responders doesn't announce itself. It doesn't look like a crisis. It looks like a paramedic who still shows up, still runs the calls, still does the job — and feels absolutely nothing while doing it. In this episode of Responder Resilience, Lt. David Dachinger (ret.), Dr. Stacy Raymond, and Bonnie Rumilly, LCSW, EMT have the conversation that first responder culture has spent decades making almost impossible to have. What burnout actually is — clinically, culturally, and personally. Why the stoicism and dark humor that help providers survive the job can quietly accelerate its damage. How moral injury, powerlessness, and the erosion of empathy compound over years of service. What untreated burnout does to families. And what it actually takes — beyond a hotline number and a mandatory training — to come back from it. This episode is for providers, for leaders, and for anyone who loves someone who wears a uniform. Because the quiet collapse is real. And it doesn't have to be the end of the story. Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    51 min

  7. May 6

    S6 E18 Trauma, Loss, and What It Takes to Heal with Guest Christopher Littrell

    Every LEO has a version of the glory days. The calls that reminded you why you signed up. The moments where the job felt like exactly what it was supposed to be — meaningful, necessary, alive with purpose. Chris Littrell had those days. But the other calls came too. They always do. The ones that don't debrief cleanly. The ones that follow you home in the dark and take up residence somewhere behind your eyes. Twenty years of them. And somewhere in the accumulation — the weight of the badge, the silence of the locker room, the culture that confused suffering with strength — the bottle started making more sense than asking for help. Chris Littrell is a retired police sergeant, Air Force veteran, and the author of Echoes from the Street — a book that required him to walk back through everything he'd spent years trying to outrun. The trauma calls. The PTSD he didn't name until it had already taken things from him. And then — the loss that broke the framework entirely. The kind of grief that doesn't respond to willpower, rank, or any coping mechanism a twenty-year veteran thinks he has. In this episode, Chris talks about all of it — the good, the broken, and the long, uncertain road back to himself. Not because it's easy. Because silence has already cost this profession too much. This one stays with you.  ★ Resources for Responder Wellness ★ • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4Q • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) http://joinfightcamp.com/rr • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com Contact Christopher Littrell: Website: https://christopherlittrell.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/chris.littrell.5 Instagram: https://instagram.com/chris.littrell.5 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gravitychris Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    43 min

  8. Apr 29

    S6 E17 Charting The Future Of EMS with Guest Donnie Woodyard, Jr.

    Donnie Woodyard has spent his career believing EMS can be better — and working to prove it. If you've ever held multiple state licenses just to do your job, watched a talented medic leave because relicensing wasn't worth the hassle, or struggled to staff a mutual aid response with people you couldn't legally deploy across a state line — this conversation was made for you. And if you're a supervisor trying to keep the lights on while the conversation around you keeps shifting to innovation — you'll want to hear this too. As Executive Director of the U.S. EMS Compact, Donnie is working to remove the barriers that have quietly cost this profession some of its best people. Licensing walls that make relocation feel like starting over. A system built in 1966 that was never designed to carry the weight EMS carries today. In this episode, he breaks down what the Compact actually means for your staffing model, your retention strategy, and your people. Then we go further — into AI, cognitive load, and the clinical decision support tools that are already reshaping the landscape. Into why the providers and leaders who are most stretched right now may have the most to gain from what's coming. The future of EMS is here. The conversation starts now. Donnie Woodyard is ready. **Resources for Responder Wellness:** • Book: Helping the Helpers https://a.co/d/dm0VS4Q • Free App: CRACKYL http://crackyl.respondertv.com • Fitness: FightCamp (code RR10 for 10% off) https://joinfightcamp.com/shop/  Contact Donnie Woodyard, Jr: Website: http://www.emscompact.gov/ Website: http://www.ems-history.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donnie.woodyard LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donwoodyard/ Contact Responder Resilience: Phone: +1 844-344-6655 Email: info@respondertv.com Our website with past episodes and more: https://www.respondertv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ResponderResilience LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responder-resilience-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/responder.tv/

    47 min
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Step into the world of real-life rescuers with RESPONDER RESILIENCE, an insightful podcast that sheds light on the challenges and triumphs of firefighters, EMTs, police, 911 professionals and clinicians. Hear firsthand accounts from our community's finest as they discuss critical issues on the job and share their experiences with hosts Lt. David Dachinger (Ret.), Bonnie Rumilly LCSW/EMT and Dr. Stacy Raymond. You’ll hear powerful discussions on leadership and wellness brought to life by top experts and those behind the badge. 

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  • Creator
    Lt. David Dachinger (Ret.), Dr. Stacy Raymond, Bonnie Rumilly, LCSW/EMT
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    230
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Mind Health Media, LLC
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    Responder Resilience

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