Ep. 73 Living Blue with Authors Ofc. Jason Palamara (ret) & Trauma Expert Barbara Rubel

Hosts and PTSI Resilience Trainers John Salerno and Samantha Horwitz talk with Police Officer Jason Palamara (ret) and Trauma Specialist Barbara Rubel, authors of Living Blue: Helping law enforcement officers and their families survive and thrive from recruitment to retirement on @A Badge of Honor Podcast.

Three weeks prior to giving birth to triplets, Barbara's father, a retired NYC police officer, died by suicide. Her story was featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary, Fatal Mistakes: Families Shattered by Suicide.
Barbara is a leading authority on secondary traumatic stress, moral injury, and vicarious trauma. Barbara motivates trauma-informed professionals to manage trauma-related employment stress and build their resilience. “One of my greatest joys is to inspire first responders and community service providers to handle compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, moral injury, and vicarious trauma.” For more please visit https://www.griefworkcenter.com/

Jason is a U.S. Navy Veteran having served in US “Operation Noble Anvil” [NATO “Operation Allied Force”] aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. He is a retired New York City Police Department Cold Case Homicide Detective with twenty- years of experience in forensic and criminal investigations.
Jason has served as a peer support counselor with the NYPD and currently serves as a volunteer crisis intervention counselor with the Long Island Crisis Center. He is also the director of Veteran & First Responder engagement for Forge VFR. “I find there to be no greater mission than one of giving your fellow human being the hope that tomorrow is a worthwhile destination.”
For more visit https://jasonpalamara.org/

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