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Struggling to support your peers after a tough call, or unsure how to even start a peer support team? You’re not alone. Surviving Your Shift is the podcast for first responders, healthcare workers, and frontline professionals who want to build effective peer support programs, learn peer counseling skills, and bring training to their organizations. I’m Dr. Bart Leger, a retired first responder and board-certified traumatic stress expert with 25+ years of experience training peer supporters. Whether you’re starting a peer support program from scratch or want to be a stronger peer supporter, you’ll learn how to build trust, navigate tough conversations, and bring training to your organization. This is your go-to podcast for peer support training, first responder wellness, and frontline mental health. Hit play, and let’s equip you for success.
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weekly
Average audio length:
25 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
United States
57 episodes
since April 15, 2024
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Peer supporters carry the weight of other people's worst days, and that caring comes at a cost. This episode walks through the warning signs of compassion fatigue and gives you a reset routine you can use after a draining conversation.
When's the last time someone checked in on you? Not the hallway…
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Substance use is real in first responder culture. Learn how to support a struggling peer, without enabling, judging, or ignoring the signs.
What do you do when someone you trust starts spiraling, and you suspect it’s more than just stress?
Substance use in first responder culture is more common tha…
Discover the invisible wounds of moral injury and learn how to support peers struggling with it. This episode of Surviving Your Shift explores the differences between moral injury and PTSD, common scenarios in public safety, and practical steps for listening, validating, and referring.
Are you sup…
Learn how to build a peer support team in a small department, with practical tips for rural first responders, fire, EMS, and police. Discover right-sized peer support looks like.
What do you say when you hear, “We’re too small for peer support”?
Many small departments struggle with the same questio…
How do you support a coworker coming back after mental health leave or a suicide attempt without making it weird? This episode will give you practical language and steps to reduce stigma and welcome them back well.
What do you say when a coworker returns after mental health leave or a suicide attem…
When a coworker attempts or dies by suicide, the whole agency feels it. Learn how to support your team, honor the person, and navigate grief and fallout without causing more harm.
You walk into work and hear the words you never wanted to hear: “One of our own attempted suicide,” or, “We lost someon…
Christmas can be beautiful and painful, especially on the front lines. This short Christmas special reflects on the birth of Christ, the reality of working through the holidays, and how to find hope and peace, whether or not you celebrate the season the same way.
You might be listening to this on y…
Not every crisis looks like a breakdown. Learn how to spot subtle signs someone’s struggling, and how to respond without overreacting or brushing it off.
You’re sitting in the car after a long shift when a coworker quietly says, “I don’t know how much longer I can do this. Sometimes I wonder if eve…
Not every crisis looks like a breakdown. Learn how to spot subtle signs someone’s struggling, and how to respond without overreacting or brushing it off.
Ever look at a coworker and just know something’s off, even if they say they’re fine?
It’s one of the hardest parts of peer support: knowing when…
Sometimes the best help isn’t a solution, it’s a safe space. Learn how active listening can help peers feel seen, heard, and ready to open up after a critical incident.
Ever been in a conversation where you could tell someone was struggling… but they weren’t saying much?
You don’t want to push, and…
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