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Podcast weblog: A career in law enforcement is one of the most rewarding, challenging, and selfless professions out there. The Guns and Yoga podcast explores the intersection between the impact a first responder career can have on those on the job, their families, and the importance of adopting and maintaining a holistic lifestyle. Wendy Hummell is a seasoned law enforcement officer in the Midwest with close to 25 years experience. She is a LEO spouse, mother, and wellness enthusiast. She knows first-hand the difficulties this line of work can bring. For the past decade, Wendy has been exploring various ways to improve her emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical well – being. She continues to learn and has a passion for sharing these tools to improve the quality of life not only for herself and her family, but for all first responders. Wendy is a certified yoga and meditation instructor. She teaches yoga, mindfulness, and resiliency to first responders at her current agency where she works as the Health and Wellness Coordinator. She also teaches throughout the state of Kansas and other national platforms. Wendy retired from the Wichita Police Department in 2019 at the rank of Detective where she spent a majority of her career working persons crimes. The intention of this podcast is to add value, provide support, and share resources by providing a platform for honest conversations with first responders, family members, retirees, and wellness experts. Whether you are a law enforcement officer, work in corrections, dispatch, Fire, EMS, The Prosecutors Office, the Coroners Officer, are a member of the military, family member or anyone who supports front line workers, please subscribe today and hear hear the stories of these brave men and women, the challenges and difficulties they have faced; the wonderful programs, people, and resources available to support first responders.
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Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Welcome to the Guns and Yoga Podcast
Today my guest is Dr. Renee Thornton. Dr. Thornton is an organizational and crisis intervention psychologist, author, entrepreneur, military veteran, mom, and founder of Pathfinder Resilience.
She is passionate about building high performing cultures within the first responder professions, whether it be with her Navigating Adversity program, a self-paced, one of a kind, wellness program with a whole person approach geared towards public safety professionals or her newest endeavor that focuses on leaders.
Dr. Thornton is the epitome of resilience; she shares her personal adversity while growing up and experiencing homelessness and how her experience in the military taught her about leadership.
Dr. Thornton is focused on building high performing cultures and has launched a new initiative geared towards forward thinking agency leaders which she discusses in our conversation. She gives us a little info about the playbook she’s developed and upcoming retreat and summit for this initiative which you can learn more about on her website, link included in the show notes.
Finally, we talk about a topic that’s been near and dear to my heart lately, Women; specifically, women at work operating within the organizational culture. Dr. Thornton is writing a book that highlights women’s unique skills and role as agency influencers. She has noticed in her work that women are typically the ones speaking about self-care. She believes Women have referential influence within organizations that drive key performance indicators and change within organizations.
Her book is a celebration of what women are naturally good at and what women need to work on; how to best deal with confrontation, boundary setting, and how to have difficult conversations. Something she says that all women could use some coaching around.
Links:
Website: https://www.pathfinderresilience.com/
If you find value in the show, please share and give us a review. As always, if you have questions, feedback, or an idea for a future episode topic, email me at wendy@bluelineyoga.com
And remember, we are better together!
Wendy
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