H.O.P.E Beyond The Badge
by Hope Beyond the Badge
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Tommy Bolin - Fire Service / Advocate
Tommy Bolin - Fire Service / Advocate
About this podcast
A Podcast that brings Awareness, Inspiration, and Conversation together for First Responders, Families, and others interested in Mental Well-Being in First Response.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 169 episodes
- Tommy Bolin - Fire Service / Advocate · 1 h 36 min · Episode 169Tommy is a 30 year fire service veteran, lieutenant, and mental health advocate who has dedicated his life to changing the culture of public service. After battling depression…
- Chris Chute - FF / CISM / Peer Support · 1 h 12 min · Episode 168Chris joins us on the podcast and discusses his career in the fire service, he shares about the struggles he has had along the way, the struggles he has witnessed in others, the…
- Michael Morse - FF (Ret.) Speaker, Author, Advocate · 1 h 11 min · Episode 167Michael Morse joins us on the podcast - Michael worked as a firefighter assigned to a fire suppression unit in busy Providence, Rhode Island for the first dozen years of his…
- Seamus Shanley - Firefighter / USMC Veteran · 1 h 7 min · Episode 166Seamus Shanley is a prominent Firefighter in Worcester Ma, digital creator, and Marine Corps Veteran - He has dedicated 25 years to the Fire Service. Beyond his career as a first…
- Kelly Chiulli - LEO (Ret) / Veteran / Suicide Loss Survivor · 2 h 28 min · Episode 165Kelly Chiulli joins us on the podcast and discusses her years of service - Military service, service as a Law Enforcement Officer, and service to other first responders…
- Chris Fields - Firefighter Oklahoma City Bombing · 1 h 52 min · Episode 164Chris Fields joins Linda and Jay to discuss his long career in the fire service and the work he's doing now to educate the next generation of first responders that it okay to not…
- Jared Buchanan & Daniel Herzog - Suicide Loss · 46 min · Episode 163In this episode we interview Jared Buchanan and DanielHerzog. Jared is a suicide loss survivor, and Daniel is afilmmaker. Together they produced adocumentary that explores grief…
- Liz Bartholomew - First Responder Family Member & Advocate · 1 h 39 min · Episode 162Elizabeth Bartholomew joins us on the podcast. Liz worked as a police records clerk in Batavia Illinois where she met Joe Bartholomew, a paid on-call firefighter, they married in…
- Sean Carrol - LEO (Ret), Author, Leadership Consultant · 2 h 19 min · Episode 161Lieutenant Sean M. Carroll (Ret.) spent 23 years with the Providence Police Department, retiring as a Lieutenant and Commanding Officer, after serving in the United StatesMarine…
- Plymouth County Suicide Prevention Coalition. · 1 h 8 min · Episode 160In this episode, we interview Jennie Babcock & Paul Gabrial of the Plymouth County Suicide Prevention Coalition. Jennie & Paul share valuable information about suicide…
- Fire Chief David Rhodes (Ret) · 1 h 35 min · Episode 159Retired Fire Chief David Rhodes joins us on the podcast. David is a 39 year veteran of the fire service retired from the Atlanta Gorgia fire dept. He currently works for Clarion…
- Marchelle Farmer - Suicide Loss Survivor / FR Family Member · 1 h 4 min · Episode 158Our guest on todays podcast is Marchelle Farmer In September of 2023, at the age of 57, Marchelle met the love of her life, Scott Farmer. They both knew right away that what…
- Charlie Popp - FF (Ret.) First Responder Clinician · 2 h 1 min · Episode 157Charlie's work in Critical Incident Stress Management began around the time of its inception, he then started on the Boston fire metro team in 1998, he has provided CISM and peer…
- Liz Bartholomew - First Responder Family Member & Advocate · 1 h 39 min · Episode 156Elizabeth Bartholomew joins us on the podcast. Liz worked as a police records clerk in Batavia Illinois where she met Joe Bartholomew, a paid on-call firefighter, they married in…
- Mike Peterson - LEO / Mindfulness Expert / FR Wellness · 1 h 7 min · Episode 155Mike Peterson returns to the podcast - He is a Veteran, a federal LEO, and a mindfulness expert who also works in the First Responder Mental Health Field. Mike shares his story…
- Erin Lynch- Suicide Loss Survivor / First Responder Advocate · 1 h 36 min · Episode 154Erin Lynch is a Suicide Loss Survivor. She lost her father Eddie Lynch, a 35 year Boston Firefighter to Suicide in 2014. Erin shares what it was like being raised by a…
- Brianna McCarty LEO / First Responder Wellness Advocate · 1 h 48 min · Episode 153Brianna McCarty joins us on the podcast and shares how she was inspired by a family legacy in law enforcement, which led her to pursuing a career in policing where she gained…
- Chief Michael Assad - Rochester Ma Police Chief · 1 h 58 min · Episode 152Chief Michael Assad joins the podcast and shares with us about his career in law enforcement and some of the mental health challenges he has faced himself throughout that career…
- Scott & Lorena Bergan - FR Advocates & Suicide Loss Survivors · 1 h 38 min · Episode 151Scott & Lorena Bergan return to the podcast and join us for a follow up. They share a story about Compassion, Love, the Desire to Help others - Family and Loss. They describe…
- Mark Dibona - LEO (Ret) FR Mental Health Advocate · 1 h 25 min · Episode 150Mark DiBona is a retired police officer & current technical advisor & mental health liaison for "Protecting the Guardian" - An organization that aims to create, promote, and…







