CODE 3 FAMILIES
Dr. Rachelle is married to a firefighter and Dr. Alma is married to a police officer, they are both child and family psychologists, and here to discuss relatable and important information relevant to navigating your first responder marriage, parenting, and wellness. This is a podcast for first responder spouses by first responder spouses, and they discuss the research and realities related to the first responder family life while also sharing their own stories of navigating this lifestyle.
CODE 3 FAMILIES
The Overwhelming Responsibilities Of A First Responder Spouse- E19
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Rachelle Zemlok & Alma Garcia
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Episode 19
In this episode you get an insider view of the harsh realities of being a first responder spouse and what a first responder can do to better understand and support their spouse. As a first responder family, you have that unique experience of odd hours, forced overtime, and unexpected call outs and deployments... Though these are assigned to the first responder, each one of them significantly increases the load of home responsibilities that the first responder spouse has to manage, often times without warning. Listen in as Dr. Rachelle (Fire Spouse) and Dr. Alma (Police Spouse) discuss Rachelle's exhausting week as her husband returns to work after paternity leave and immediately gets deployed leaving her to manage it ALL.