What to say

So it’s been a while since my last blog post, other than a connecting walk post in January. Now I’ve pondered why I haven’t posted and it’s mainly because I’ve not had so much to say now I’m not working in the same world I once was!! It’s been 6 months since retiring from the

Hollywood Wives (husbands,partners)

This blog post is a follow on from “The one you don’t forget” so you may wish to read that one first but it’s not necessary. Following that blog my wife and I were discussing the incidents I have attended over the years and how I sometimes come home and talk about them. As the

The one you don’t forget.

(For all my blue light colleagues) I’m sorry it didn’t turn out how you may have wanted, I’m sorry you can’t carry on living how you thought. We tried our best to save you and at times things got a bit fraught. I know it’s the life I’ve chosen to work, the risk, the joy,

The Stoic Firefighter

Apologies for the long post but this post is an introduction to a process that I will cover in future blogs. Firefighters and their traumatic response to incidents is something I have studied and tried to influence for around 20 years . Over a number of years I have delivered trauma debriefing sessions following traumatic

A sense of belonging!

As its Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 I thought I would start again with my blog and hopefully get to achieving a regular blog over the coming months. Mental health is something we should all take seriously and should appreciate that mental health can come in many forms and many guises. My personal experience of

Kindness, Futility, Bravery and Normality

Its been a strange week since last Friday and has got me thinking and reflecting on the four words in the title. Kindness, Futility, Bravery and Normality. This has been a week where the realities of working for an Emergency Service have been highlighted and how we sometimes experience things beyond the normal range of

Is the bottom of your bucket ok?

“Every day the bucket a-go a well, one the day the bottom a-go drop out”  Bob Marley The quote above is on my screensaver at work to remind me that it’s important not to keep dipping into the well without regularly ensuring your bucket is ok. We appear in work life at the moment, particularly

Got to start somewhere

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