Responder Resilience
Responder Resilience

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. 

Recent Episodes

S6 E13 Deep Brain Reorienting: The Next Frontier with Guest Dr. Joanna Rosen
APR 1, 2026
S6 E13 Deep Brain Reorienting: The Next Frontier with Guest Dr. Joanna Rosen
Your nervous system doesn't know the call is over. That's the reality for first responders — and the problem most conventional therapy wasn't built to solve. Dr. Joanna Rosen, psychologist and founder of Between Two Ears Trauma Consultancy, goes deeper than the story, deeper than the memory — all the way down to where trauma actually lives. In this installment of our Clinician's Guide Masterclass series, Dr. Rosen breaks down Deep Brain Reorienting — DBR — a cutting-edge modality that's chan...
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46 MIN
S6 E12 Dump The Bucket: Healing Trauma In Police With EMDR with Guest Dr. Stacy Raymond
MAR 25, 2026
S6 E12 Dump The Bucket: Healing Trauma In Police With EMDR with Guest Dr. Stacy Raymond
Cops don't break on the job. They break slowly, quietly, in the space between calls — carrying everything they've ever seen, heard, and survived until the bucket finally overflows. Dr. Stacy Raymond knows what's in that bucket. She's sat across from officers who've held it together for decades — on the street, in the squad room, at home — until they couldn't anymore. Her book, Dump the Bucket: Healing Trauma in Police with EMDR, doesn't deal in platitudes. It deals in truth: that the trauma d...
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54 MIN
S6 E11 Turning Pain Into Promotion with Guest Jim Van Wattum
MAR 18, 2026
S6 E11 Turning Pain Into Promotion with Guest Jim Van Wattum
Jimmy Van Wattum knows what it’s like to carry the weight of the job long after the shift ends. In this episode, we get inside Jimmy’s story—the pain he couldn’t shake, the breaking point that sent him searching for help, and how he turned raw trauma into a hard-fought promotion. Jimmy doesn’t pull punches. He talks straight about the moment he realized therapy wasn’t a last resort, but a lifeline, and how EMDR became the tool that helped him process what the job throws at you. This is post-t...
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43 MIN
S6 E10 Sirens, Scars, And The Road To Recovery with Guest Carmine Fiore
MAR 11, 2026
S6 E10 Sirens, Scars, And The Road To Recovery with Guest Carmine Fiore
There’s no playbook for what happens after the sirens fade. In this episode, retired FDNY EMT Carmine Fiore lays it all bare—addiction, painkillers, the battle to hold it together at home, and the brutal truth of what first responders carry long after the shift ends. No sugarcoating, no clichés—just raw honesty, grit, and the kind of redemption story that cuts through the noise. This is what it means to fight for your own life after spending years saving everyone else’s. Carmine takes us insi...
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37 MIN
S6 E9 Healing The Human Behind The Shield with Guest Lynette Shaw
MAR 4, 2026
S6 E9 Healing The Human Behind The Shield with Guest Lynette Shaw
In this episode, Lynette Shaw Butler—retired LEO with a psychology degree, advocate, and educator—pulls back the curtain on the unseen toll of growing up in the shadow of childhood trauma and responding on some of America’s toughest streets. On the job, the trauma she’d buried for so long erupted, and suddenly survival meant facing herself as much as any threat outside. Lynette’s story is one of grit, vulnerability, and the fierce drive to transform pain into power. In this raw, unflinch...
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45 MIN