A meditation expert shares tools for coping with the first responder way of life, and personal stories of overcoming trauma through mindfulness.
First responders have the difficult job of running toward danger and putting other people’s lives ahead of their own. Kim Colegrove knows from personal experience that what they endure on the job can be deeply traumatic. After thirty years in law enforcement, her husband took his own life. This agonizing experience inspired Kim to help first responders develop the tools they need to handle the profound stress they face.
In 2017, Kim founded The PauseFirst Project, Mindfulness for First Responders. Working with organizations across the country, she teaches techniques that help reduce stress, regulate emotion, and improve overall health and well-being. In Mindfulness for Warriors, she shares these techniques, as well as interviews with first responders and her own harrowing story of loss, recovery and fighting in her husband’s memory.