Breaking the Silence: Mental Health and First Responders with Majet Reyes, LPC
<p>Majet Reyes, a trauma therapist and owner of Resilient Mind Works, spent 13 years as a paramedic before becoming a counselor. She shares her journey from immigrating from the Philippines at 16 to working in EMS, and what finally led her to her own healing and to this work.</p><p>Majet and Kira talk about why first responders are so good at helping others and so reluctant to ask for help themselves: the stigma, the constant compartmentalizing, and the drinking culture that numbs it all. She explains how she helps clients get comfortable with the "F word" (feelings), why self-care can start with a one-minute pause, and her hope of building an empathy bridge between first responders and the communities they serve. This episode includes discussion of suicide.</p><p>Find this episode, along with show notes and FAQs, on the <a href="https://healyourrootspodcast.com/episodes/breaking-silence-mental-health-first-responders-majet-reyes">Heal Your Roots Podcast website</a>.</p>
Majet Reyes, a trauma therapist and owner of Resilient Mind Works, spent 13 years as a paramedic before becoming a counselor. She shares her journey from immigrating from the Philippines at 16 to working in EMS, and what finally led her to her own healing and to this work.
Majet and Kira talk about why first responders are so good at helping others and so reluctant to ask for help themselves: the stigma, the constant compartmentalizing, and the drinking culture that numbs it all. She explains how she helps clients get comfortable with the "F word" (feelings), why self-care can start with a one-minute pause, and her hope of building an empathy bridge between first responders and the communities they serve. This episode includes discussion of suicide.
Find this episode, along with show notes and FAQs, on the Heal Your Roots Podcast website.