Podcast Interview with Mynda Ohs, PhD, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and Author

“The first and foremost thing is that there are a lot of layers that happen for our retirees. You instantly lose your identity – my husband was a Chief for 11 years – nobody ever called him by his first name – he was 'Chief' for 11 years – now he’s just 'Jeff.' What is your purpose? Why do I need to get up? What am I going to do today?... And the other thing that’s different from active is active duty may have one or two calls that they have spinning in their head but because they’re so busy – they’re still doing work brain – it’s only like one or two at a time – it’s constantly being pushed out by the next one. Retirees don’t have that now so it’s all piling up – all those calls… just keep coming and they start coming from way back when you started."

NEP Media's Jim Aleski talks with Mynda Ohs, PhD, a Las Vegas based Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and author who specializes in critical incident debriefings, counseling services, crisis intervention, suicide prevention and more. She works extensively with retired emergency services personnel, a rapidly growing and often under served and under supported segment of first responders.

Dr. Ohs is also the author of two books, Fully Involved: A Guide For Being In A Relationship With A Firefighter and When The Calls Stop: Retiring As A First Responder. Both are available on Amazon for Kindle or in paperback.

Dr. Ohs can be found on the web at https://fullyinvolvedlife.com/

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Jim Aleski is a more than 25-year fire service veteran and career engine company Lieutenant in the Philadelphia metro area. Jim serves as a Branding and Content Specialist at NEP Services and formerly served as the Communications/Social Media Director for the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey (PFANJ), the state affiliate of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). Prior tobecoming a career firefighter, Jim responded as a volunteer while working for more than a decade as a media producer. Jim was involved in the production ofhundreds of national TV commercials, network branding campaigns, music videos,and corporate communication projects. Jim holds a BS in Mass Communications from Emerson College and earned a MS in Fire and Emergency Management Administration from Oklahoma State University.