12/10/2025
Why Wellness Matters Now More Than Ever
The demands on public safety professionals are only increasing. From community tensions to natural disasters, the weight is heavier than ever. Ignoring wellness leaves both responders and their departments vulnerable.
When these first responders answer a 911, many times our lives our in their hands. Their ability to be “on point” during a crisis situation and make critical decisions under tremendous pressure can mean the difference of life or death for a member of the public. We as a society owe it to these brave men and women to make sure their health and well being is looked after when they are “answering the call.” It’s the least we can do…
Many of these first responders look forward to a couple of weeks per year in the summer to take a vacation to “unwind.” While they find their nervous systems under incredible stress for the other 50 weeks a year and their body is just beginning to come down from all that stress when the vacation is over. This cycle is both unsustainable and unacceptable. We as a society can do better, we just need to start inserting simple easy to implement “stress hacks” that allows for a first responder to have more capacity to regulate their nervous system multiple times per day.
Supporting wellness means creating resilient individuals and resilient departments—ready to serve at their best while protecting their long-term health.
