Welcome to our Podcast! We are 3 great friends who raised our families in the LEO lifestyle for over 20 years. Without realizing it, we ended up creating our own support system because the struggles of police families haven’t changed. We hope to bring those challenges to light by allowing our confidential guests to share what didn’t exist for us, a safe space to feel supported instead of alone. Our guests will openly share their journeys without identifying themselves, their first responder ...
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Cynthia's Veterans Mission (Part 1)
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Join us for Part 1 of this Special Episode with Cynthia, a combat veteran and business professional who works in the behavioral health field. Cynthia will share her personal mental health journey and the challenges she faced seeking treatment through the VA. She will also explain how her experience fueled her focus to help active service members an…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Paying It Forward with Jenny
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On today's special episode we meet Jenny, a licensed mental health professional, who explained what it was like working with first responders in the field and inside behavioral health facilities. Jenny shared how she got into this career and fell in love with helping individuals dealing with mental health struggles. She explained how her profession…
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Rearview Mirror Reflections with Lisa (Part 2)
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Join us for Part 2 of this two-part reflection episode. It's been two years since we launched our podcast! To honor this momentous occasion, we brought back our first guest, Lisa from Episode #2, Getting "THAT" Call, to share with us. We look back at Lisa's story about her experience with her first responder's officer involved shooting incident, mu…
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Rearview Mirror Reflections with Lisa (Part 1)
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It's been two years since we launched our podcast! Join us as we honor this momentous occasion by going back to where it all started and reflect on lessons learned, how we have grown, and what we have achieved these last two years. We brought back our first guest, Lisa from Episode #2, Getting "THAT" Call, to join us in this two-part reflection epi…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Rainee & The 100Club (Part 2)
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Join us for Part 2 of our Special Episode with Rainee as she continues her personal story as a first responder spouse and how she incorporated her experiences in this lifestyle in her newfound position as a Programs Manager at the 100 Club of Arizona. In this Part 2 episode, Rainee specifically shares how she helps first responders and their famili…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Rainee & The 100Club (Part 1)
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On today's two-part Special Episode, Rainee from the 100 Club of Arizona shares her story as a longtime first responder spouse AND how helping first responders and their families in her newfound position there became her greatest, unexpected privilege. In this Part 1 episode, Rainee shares her personal journey living in the first responder lifestyl…
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Honoring Our Two-Year Anniversary
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On today's episode, we wanted to honor the anniversary of our podcast! Two years ago this month Vicki, Tina and I launched Ride Along Chronicles. It has been a whirlwind two years filled with highs, lows and lots of lessons in between. We have so much gratitude and respect for our guests who have shared such deep and personal stories. We have had s…
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On today's episode Sarah shares a very unique perspective regarding a type of culture shock that she experienced while dating a first responder. She will tell us how she navigated their personal relationship and what family life was like as she adapted to this lifestyle. So, come ride along with us!Von Ride Along Chronicles
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Today’s guest, Renee, shares her story and experiences as a public safety dispatcher and being the primary breadwinner in her marriage. She and her husband faced challenges when he became the stay-at-home Dad receiving negative judgements from family, friends and society in general. Her perspective on not following the traditional role is fresh, in…
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LEO Daughter to Dispatcher
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On today's episode we meet Duke, a law enforcement officer, who shared her journey working in various agencies from Municipal, Federal and State levels, and finding the courage to change her career paths. She shared her experiences at each level and how she made these decisions. Being a female in a male dominated field, meeting and exceeding certai…
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2023 Year in Review: Advice from Our Guests
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SPOTLIGHT MONDAY: Going Beyond F.I.N.E.
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Scale of 1 to 10: How to Beat the Holiday Blues
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For our last episode of the year we decided to highlight a previous guest who shared some insightful tips on how to address all the holiday disappointments and issues that affect first responder families. Our interview with Robin addressed so many common communication issues and disagreements that we have all faced at some point in our relationship…
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First Responder Holiday Self Care
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‘Tis the season for good times and laughter, but it can also bring sadness and overwhelming stress for many. This time of year the one thing that most of us have in common is that self-care becomes secondary or altogether non-existent. For first responders and their families this can be especially true.In this episode we focus on self-care to remin…
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An Attitude of Gratitude
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This is the time of year to stop and think about all the things that we could be grateful for. It has been a tough few years for many and lately we have been seeing on many different platforms people focusing on gratitude to offset their dark times. We decided to focus on gratitude and one of the things we found was an online article from GradSchoo…
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Turning Traumas Into Triumphs (Part 2)
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In Part 2 of Carmen's episode, she continues to share her personal journey of strength, resilience, courage, and post-traumatic growth. Carmen dives deeper into her path of healing, the challenges of navigating a healthy first responder relationship, and how serving her community of military veterans and first responder families became her biggest …
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Turning Traumas Into Triumphs (Part 1)
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Today we had the opportunity to meet a first responder spouse, Carmen, who knows what it's like on both sides of living as a first responder family. Carmen had so much insight and personal experience to share that we made it a two-part episode. Carmen shares how her positivity, serving heart, and determination to continually stay on the path of hea…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Jennifer's Therapeutic Approach
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On today's special episode, we meet Jennifer, a licensed mental health professional who primarily work with the first responder population. Jennifer shared her expertise working with first responders and highlight the various therapeutic methods she utilizes to help them deal with the trauma exposure they experience in their career as well from the…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Craig - Guardian Garage
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On today’s episode, we meet Craig, one of the owners of Guardian Garage. Craig is a retired police officer, who along with his brother, created a safe place where first responders and veterans suffering from service-related trauma can feel connected and supported. Realizing his own unresolved trauma and PTSD from his 25+ years in law enforcement, C…
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SPECIAL EPISODE: RILEY'S SERVANT'S HEART
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In honor of the 22nd Memorial Anniversary of 9/11, today's Special Episode highlights an event that commemorates those who made the ultimate sacrifice that day, the Salt River Fire Fighter's 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb being held on Saturday, September 9th in Arizona. We meet Riley, a firefighter and the coordinator for this amazing cause. Riley expl…
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