How many times have you heard a friend or colleague say that some action was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” or “the last straw”? That straw can take a lot of different shapes in our lives. The last straw could be one more difference of opinion and prompt walking out of a job or a marriage. One more minor disagreement could signal the end of a friendship, the start of an intervention, or prompt some other life-changing event....More

For those in public-safety leadership, it is important we start to talk even more openly about the emotional health of responders. Let’s not let one more person become a victim of the job....More