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Exploring the emotional cost of trauma to our emergency services and those that love them. Hosted by Gareth Davies, an ex-police sergeant certified in the groundbreaking research of Dr Brene Brown into topics including vulnerability, shame, courage and resilience, each episode hears from front line responders about how their unique experience of trauma has affected their mental health and driven disconnection in their personal lives. This podcast is a window beyond the public perception of strength and uniformity, into the personal struggles and complexities that a life of service on the front line creates. Guests are from across the globe and represent the full range of emergency services, demonstrating that whilst our geography may change, the impact of trauma is universal. Common themes arising include depression, PTSD, anxiety and suicide. For more information, visit www.behindbluelines.co.uk
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
25 minutes
English
United Kingdom
11 episodes
since April 13, 2020
episodic
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James Jefferson was in the early stages of his police career when he and his partner found themselves cornered by an armed suspect. With no other option, they opened fire in self-defence, wounding and ultimately killing the suspect. In the following months and years, the trauma from that night took…
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Tom Staples was an ex-Marine and police officer with 20 years service. When you picture a police officer, Tom would be the type of person you think of - strong, dependable, steady. Yet on Thursday 2nd May 2019, with his two young sons playing downstairs, Tom went up to his bedroom and took his own …
Rachel Hearn has spent her working life with the Ambulance Service. She has witnessed and dealt with countless potentially trauma-inducing incidents. And yet when she made the call to her employee assistance programme to ask for help, it wasn't because of a harrowing ordeal, but rather that th…
To Gamal Turawa, policing represented a chance to belong. Sadly he was subjected to an alarming racial assault within weeks of joining. The racism, discrimination and stereotypes that undermined his confidence and self-worth as a young boy growing up in 1970's Britain, were only compounded by …
To what extent does the judgement of others impact your life? How much of your decision making is actually driven by what you assume others will think?The fear of judgement, of being seen as weak or imperfect in some way is a very real barrier to many emergency service personnel speaking out and as…
“More officers die by their own hands than in the line of duty.”
In May 2011 Law Enforcement Officer David Mcilwraith stepped outside his house onto the front porch, and took his own life. Tragically witnessed by his wife Wendy, and forever changing hers, she courageously and openly shares hi…
On Christmas Eve 2003, John Millard was called to devastating incident that forever changed him and his paramedic colleague that attended.
In this episode, we hear John share how even following the most heartbreaking events, it is possible to rise stronger and experience positive person…
The cumulative trauma Brent Vine experienced pushed his marriage to breaking point and took him to a place where he began planning his own death.
In this episode, we talk about the identity we may assume when we put on the uniform, the masks and armour we wear to survive, and how this can imp…
Anne Boland was always a highly engaged and motivated officer in An Garda, but over time she experienced a succession of traumatic and difficult events that lead to a decline in both her physical and mental health.
In this episode, we talk about the challenges of connecting with those …
An introduction to Behind Blue Lines - a podcast exploring the emotional cost of trauma to our emergency services and those that love them. Gareth Davies, an ex-sergeant from London's Metropolitan Police, shares his own experience of trauma and the resulting impact on both himself and those closest…
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