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SOME INTERESTING INSIGHTS, OBSERVATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT DR. FINNERAN MUST SHARE
Read below, and share with family and friends, some interesting topics that Dr. Michele Finneran has insight on.
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Exploring Therapy Options: A Guide To Finding the Right Mental Health Support
Therapy is a lot of work. It takes you through a journey of sincere self-reflection, which is not easy for many of us to do. However,...
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Jun 2, 20243 min read
Breaking the Stigma: How to Talk About Mental Health With Your Loved Ones
More than half the people with mental health illnesses do not receive the help that they need for their disorders. It is very common for...
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May 19, 20243 min read
Understanding Depression: Signs, Symptoms, and Seeking Support
At least 21 million Americans experience a major depressive episode, making it one of the most common mental health cases among...
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May 12, 20243 min read
Navigating Anxiety: Tips for Managing Stress
Navigating anxiety is pretty commonplace in everyone’s day-to-day lives. Anxiety lives in everyone, however little or big it may be....
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May 5, 20243 min read
What Can a First Responder Do to Take Action to Reduce Stress Symptoms?
Stress is inevitable for any profession, but especially for first responders and service providers. They often have to put their own...
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Apr 28, 20242 min read
How Can Municipalities Protect the Privacy of First Responders When Internal Affairs Gets Involved?
First responders play a huge role in the protection of the public. From being the first on the scene of an emergency to responding to...
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Apr 21, 20242 min read
What Can Cities Do to Lower First Responder's Suicide Risk?
The role of first responders is a heavy responsibility. They are first on the scene of an emergency or critical accident, and they deal...
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Apr 14, 20243 min read
Facts About First Responders and Suicidality
With the role of first responders being so high-intensity, it is no shock that some of the highest suicide rates of all professions are...
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Apr 7, 20243 min read
Happy Easter Sunday: How Do Healthy Interactions for First Responders and Service Providers Help Ward Off Stress?
Stress is an all-too-common experience for the average person. Between finances, family stress, and other obligations, it can be easy to...
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Mar 31, 20243 min read
As a First Responder and Service Provider How to Have Success with Stress: What is Eustress?
Most of us have experienced pressure and stress at various times in our lives, whether that be from finances, work, relationships, or all...
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Mar 24, 20242 min read
How Has The Pandemic Affected First Responders and Service Providers in Their Caring Professional Industry?
The Pandemic proved to be the most challenging time this generation has ever seen. Throughout COVID-19, first responders and service...
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Mar 21, 20243 min read
What is Compassion Fatigue? How to Learn More About It?
If you work in a professional setting that deals with trauma on a daily basis, you might have heard a little something about compassion...
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Mar 10, 20242 min read
What is the Difference Between Stress and Burnout?
In today’s world, stress and burnout surround us all. Both come from all angles; work, relationships, family, finances, physical health,...
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Mar 3, 20243 min read
How to Successfully Accept Success
You probably read the title and thought, “Accept success? What does that mean?”. Success is something we’re told to celebrate when we...
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Feb 25, 20243 min read
Why is it So Important to Assess and Evaluate How You Are Doing?
When we set a goal for ourselves, we typically like to create checkpoints for that goal. Or at least, that’s what you should be doing....
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Feb 18, 20242 min read
What is the Value of Having Mentors and Role Models?
You have probably been told you could benefit from a role model or a mentor. In fact, everyone can benefit from a role model, whether...
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Feb 11, 20243 min read
Why Do People Fear Success? Why Do People Fear Failure?
Have you ever felt like success eludes you? That no matter what you do or say, you find yourself falling short and not making the mark?...
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Feb 4, 20243 min read
What Are the Feelings & Emotions That Come From Successful Transformations?
Personal change and transformation seem like an easy mark but are quite difficult depending on what your goals are. Personal change and...
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Jan 28, 20243 min read
How to Negate Complacency and Stagnation in My Life?
Complacency and stagnation come in many forms. Some of us get complacent because we have reached a plateau, or maybe we’re scared to make...
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Jan 21, 20243 min read
What’s The Difference Between a Lifestyle Change and Short-Term Change in 2024?
The time has come once again when you feel you are ready to start making important changes to your everyday life. You feel motivated to...
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Jan 14, 20243 min read
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