Standing Six

Standing Six Equine Support and Wellness Program for First Responders It wasn’t easy. But slowly my passion for policing diminished. I requested medical leave.

Standing Six: An Introduction
Equine Support for First Responders

In 2010, I resigned from a 14-year career as a police officer. I had excelled in my academy training, loved the challenges and the camaraderie of the work, and thrived on the opportunity to make a difference. After experiencing years of bullying and harassment from two colleagues, the daily risks and continued stress involved with police work took its toll. When the department failed to address my concerns—to take my complaints seriously—I felt I had no option but to leave permanently. Since resigning, I have learned much about myself. I have listened to the stories of others, researched the causes and effects of PTSD, and discovered that what happened to me is common among first responders. Although the reasons and experiences are varied, I understand how the accumulation of stress is slow and insidious. How it invades one’s personal life, physical health and self-esteem. Most importantly, however, I have learned how things can be different: how support does not have to be separate from service and how healing is not about toughing it out. When I felt the department offered no safe place to feel worthy, seen or understood, I found my own way to heal: I turned to my horses. After ten years of healing and growing, I feel ready to move forward with a dream I have had since first taking leave from the force. Together with my herd of equine facilitators, I offer Standing Six, a wellness program of hope, healing and respect.

The word is spreading.
11/18/2022

The word is spreading.

Horses help vets struggling with debilitating mental health issues when other methods have failed, says Meggan Hill-McQueeney, president of BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding Center in Illinois

Wonderful!
12/15/2021

Wonderful!

Labrador-golden retriever unique to police departments in B.C.

Wow...sounds like a solution...NOT
08/02/2021

Wow...sounds like a solution...NOT

A proposal to claw back benefits for hundreds of Ontario police officers too psychologically traumatized to work would force many of them to hide their illnesses to stay on the job, say unions and veteran law enforcement officers.

Welcome 2 new farmily members. Walter and Eugene !! Delightful mini donkeys.
04/03/2021

Welcome 2 new farmily members. Walter and Eugene !! Delightful mini donkeys.

Spending quality time with the old guy. His 28th birthday is just around the corner. ❤️💕Shady love.
03/16/2021

Spending quality time with the old guy. His 28th birthday is just around the corner. ❤️💕Shady love.

A favourite wellness break is finding a sunny sit spot and observing nature and the critters. ❤️
03/13/2021

A favourite wellness break is finding a sunny sit spot and observing nature and the critters. ❤️

03/09/2021

Celebrating Women in Public Safety. Happy International Women's Day.

We can do better...
03/05/2021

We can do better...

"I'm fairly certain 100 per cent of us have through about quitting or going another direction within the health service," the paramedic told Global News.

We are grateful to have him as part of our herd.
03/05/2021

We are grateful to have him as part of our herd.

Chase❤️ doing so well slowly integrating into our programs and our hearts. Our newest therapy horse

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