Echo of Connections
Dawn and Gabe Hansen
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Officer Conner O'Leary 1st K-9 Deployment to Save a Child's Life
Echo of Connections
10/21/22 • 76 min
Meet Conner O'Leary, the amazing story teller, who shares his journey from the Marines to Police Officer. He takes us on his journey as he finds his way into police work and eventually becomes a K-9 Handler. Conner’s first deployment with K-9 Kirby is a heroic tale told with cinematic appeal.
We hope you enjoy his fabulous storytelling. Bring on the questions and comments!
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Heroes at Work, Saved a Child from a Kidnapper
Echo of Connections
07/15/22 • 66 min
Heroes at Work
Gabe listens and asks questions as I take him back to 1998, where I was a four year call taker. The Thurston High School shooting was my first big event in law enforcement. Gabe was surprised by the technology and logistical issues, as was I looking back ;). After the worst call of my four year career, I didn’t know what to expect. I felt the emotional rollercoaster most of us experience but, I did not understand how much it affected me. It was years later I put it all together. Secondary trauma– having a name for it is so powerful.
Gabe puts in gaming terms, trauma is like d8 medium damage in D&D.
“There’s a pool of health and there is only so much you can take,” Gabe explains.
Gabe and I had shared our plans in case he ended up in a school shooting.
We go on to share our Miracle story of true heroes. Two angel citizens who saved a girl from a would-be kidnapper. They called 911 as they were in pursuit of the suspect who tried to snatch a child. I was privileged to take their call and provide the link between them and the officers burning down the roads to get to the suspect. Thanks to these amazing citizens they made sure he did not get away. The bad guy did not stand a chance as all agencies were ON IT. NOT ON OUR WATCH. I am eternally grateful for the citizens and officers' combined efforts to save this little girl.
Being the right person at the right time and acting without worry for oneself is a true hero. Blessed are the Good Samaritans.
Our Theme song:
https://pixabay.com/music/beats-jazzy-abstract-beat-11254/
LINKS:
Dr. Les Carter Surviving Narcissism
Walter Cronkite https://g.co/kgs/115ZCT
FRONTLINE on Kipland Kinkel, The Killer at Thurston High School
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kinkel/
President Clinton comes to Springfield, Oregon to pay respects to the families to Thurston High School shooting.
https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/06/13/clinton.radio/
Springfield Police:
Suspect in attempted child abduction killed self as officers closed in
24 Self-Soothing Techniques
https://positivepsychology.com/self-soothing/
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11/18/22 • 62 min
Welcome Shannon Seulement! She has 34 years as a police dispatcher and plenty of stories to share. I am thrilled to share my mentor and trainers experiences with all of you.
14 mins - longevity
15 min - team environment
16 min - importance of briefing together and then facing person
17 min - from teacher to dispatcher in 1989
19 min - shocking parts of being new dispatcher- callers with mental health
20 min - Thanksgiving murders
22 min - Halloween riots
24 mins- the story is different to dispatch vs when offices talk to people face to face
25 min - suicidal male with a shot gun in his mouth. Shannon works on getting the female past the male and outside to safety.
27 min- the truth comes out, the female was hiding a male in the closet upstairs.
29 mins -1st responders are dispatchers, CIT training
32 mins- how police and schools are similar.
33 min -how to talk to people and listening to the background noises.
34 min- voice of experience
40 min- the value of direct communications from dispatch to officer
42 mins - importance of confirming information
43 mins- Shannons Business : Dog Days Studio - creative outlet to work through trauma
49 mins- commit a crime to get mental health help
50 mins- mental health, covid crisis
51 mins-asking someone if they are suicidal does not make them commit suicide.
52 mins- staffing issues create stress on dispatchers. learning how to let it go.
53 mins- get people on their worst day
54 mins- grateful citizens :) we love them
55 mins-70,000 people we are still a small town that helps each other, our community
56 mins- Shannons words of wisdom for a new dispatcher or younger self–have the right personality, have to have a hard shell, careful the hard shell does not become who you are.
57 mins highs and lows
58 mins-lower our expectations, if I am disappointed in anyway, I did not have low enough expectations.
60 mins- catching people doing something wrong, instead of training to an expectations.
61 mins- dangers of lower our expectations.
61 mins- is 99% good enough?
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Guardians Don & Jenny Lawson Stopped a Serial Killer in the Making
Echo of Connections
12/02/22 • 50 min
After 28 years, I had the privilege to meet the Lawsons in persons and thank them with tears from the deep knowing of their amazing act of heroism. I was honored to have been a part of the process to stop this evil man's plan. My co-worker Shelly and the officers, sergeants, detectives, and all the law enforcement community came together to stop the plans of Tanner Hoover. We hope you find the story interesting.
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10/07/22 • 75 min
Join us as we talk to Alex and Leah Blankenship, two of Gabe's friends as we get a younger prospective from trying out for the police force and a brief look into the world of studying the brain.
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Stephanie Conn, PhD on Strengthening Your Mental Armor
Echo of Connections
09/23/22 • 36 min
Strengthening Your Mental Armor
Join us as we talk to Stephanie Conn, PhD, author of Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengthening Your Mental Armor, and founder of First Responder Psychology. Stephanie shares her experiences as a daughter of a police officer, her path as a dispatcher/call-taker, her years as a police officer in Fort Worth, on her way to becoming a clinician and researcher specializing in police stress, trauma, and finding resilience.
I had the distinct pleasure of attending a lecture Stephanie gave at a wellness symposium for emergency service unions and management. Her real-world examples, along with her dynamic presentation brought her book to life. I purchased Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengthening Your Mental Armor and was honored to have Stephanie sign it :). I couldn’t wait to share her material about police family members with Gabe.
When I got back to work, I had a chance to read Stephanie's explanation of burnout to my co-worker Tracey, (found on pages 114-120). Tracey and I were so moved by her lists, we cried, we laughed, and we decided to make the changes Stephanie suggested. You can hear about our journey on Episode 2 (link down below). Further chapters on relations and recovery, secondary traumatic stress, catching the sneaky resilience thief, building mental armor, and help to be resilient all build a complete picture of the struggles in emergency services and the ways to combat the drains.
Interviewing Stephanie Conn was a true honor and inspiration moment for me. She has done so much and continues to find ways to improve services in her private practice to allow first responders to find help from their own homes. I look forward to having her continue the research, assistance, and education she brings to the emergency services professions, which is in deep need of true compassion and understanding.
Links:
https://firstresponderpsychology.com/
You can purchase Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengthening Your Mental Armor.
Read Stephanie Conn’s bio
Find HELP
https://open.spotify.com/show/7xFkTxXgfss9AGg8j2e8bg?si=3pcQBvAiQOWAeb1m-tL5nQ&utm_source=copy-link
Episode 2 Tracey Komisar on Burnout
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Introductions
Echo of Connections
05/25/22 • 16 min
Gabe and Dawn Hansen team up to discuss trauma and building resilience in emergency services. Dawn has worked as a police dispatcher for 28 years. Gabe was born into a life of crazy shiftwork, stressful work, and being in the center of true crime as it unfolds. Gabe has observed the effects of trauma on Dawn and as a result on him as well. We team up to find out why we have survived and how we can help others survive to thrive.
Why Episode Zero? 0? Have you ever talked about doing something for a few days, months, or maybe years? Then when it comes time to do the action the talk was all about, you're all over the place? Gabe and I were so excited to record Episode 1 "Origin" that we were all over the place. After Gabe had edited the content, he came to me and gently mentioned the need for a prequel. Here is our focused introduction to us and our hopes for future episodes with special guest stars.
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Improving Our Lives ft. Tony Biglan, PhD
Echo of Connections
08/12/22 • 69 min
Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org/.
Join Gabe and Dawn as we learn from a leading figure in the development of prevention science, Tony Biglan. He has over thirty years of research to identify effective family, school, and community interventions to prevent the most common and costly problems of childhood and adolescence. He acknowledges the need to move social issues to social services and away from police interventions. As police agencies become more taxed with social problems Tony has scientifically proven approaches for schools and parents. Join us as we learn about Tony’s Values to Action
Tony is the author of Rebooting Capitalism: How We Can Forge a Society That Works for Everyone, and The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World.
Links to Tony’s Books:
Nurture Effect YouTube
Tony’s full list of published works:
http://www.ori.org/scientists/anthony_biglan
Tony’s refers to :
Positive Parenting Programs https://www.lanekids.org/triplep/
https://www.paxis.org/school-based-programming/
https://youtu.be/dLJiQIqL2Us Yamill Co, Oregon - PAX Good Behavior Game in Action
Dennis Embry https://www.paxis.org/dr-pax/ Tucson, AZ
https://www.facebook.com/paxisinstitute
Values to Action - Action Circle $1 gets you $64 needed to help communities that pinpoint their Yamill Co has a community Action Circle going.
Psychological flexibility: How love turns pain into purpose | Steven Hayes | TEDxUniversityofNevada
https://nam.edu/ National Academy of Medicine, Nurturing Environments - minimize toxic social & biological impacts
Psychological flexibility - keeping distance from, how it feels in the body, YOU the observer self is different from defused, see the thoughts and notice them. Defuse is a skill, the focus of life is to not feeling anxious. If you don’t want it you got it.
ACT -Kelly Wilson https://youtu.be/VL0E7fBVTfg
Happiness Trap, Dr. Russ Harris - accepting feelings: http
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Tony Biglan, PhD Took On Big Tobacco & Destroyed Joe Camel
Echo of Connections
08/26/22 • 40 min
Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org/.
Join Gabe and Dawn as we learn from a leading figure in the development of prevention science, Tony Biglan. He has over thirty years of research to identify effective family, school, and community interventions to prevent the most common and costly problems of childhood and adolescence. He acknowledges the need to move social issues to social services and away from police interventions. As police agencies become more taxed with social problems Tony has scientifically proven approaches for schools and parents. Join us as we learn about Tony’s Values to Action
Tony is the author of Rebooting Capitalism: How We Can Forge a Society That Works for Everyone, and The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World.
Links to Tony’s Books:
Nurture Effect YouTube
Tony’s full list of published works:
http://www.ori.org/scientists/anthony_biglan
Tony’s refers to :
Positive Parenting Programs https://www.lanekids.org/triplep/
https://www.paxis.org/school-based-programming/
https://youtu.be/dLJiQIqL2Us Yamill Co, Oregon - PAX Good Behavior Game in Action
Dennis Embry https://www.paxis.org/dr-pax/ Tucson, AZ
https://www.facebook.com/paxisinstitute
Values to Action - Action Circle $1 gets you $64 needed to help communities that pinpoint their Yamill Co has a community Action Circle going.
Psychological flexibility: How love turns pain into purpose | Steven Hayes | TEDxUniversityofNevada
https://nam.edu/ National Academy of Medicine, Nurturing Environments - minimize toxic social & biological impacts
Psychological flexibility - keeping distance from, how it feels in the body, YOU the observer self is different from defused, see the thoughts and notice them. Defuse is a skill, the focus of life is to not feeling anxious. If you don’t want it you got it.
ACT -Kelly Wilson https://youtu.be/VL0E7fBVTfg
Happiness Trap, Dr. Russ Harris - accepting feelings: http
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FAQ
How many episodes does Echo of Connections have?
Echo of Connections currently has 16 episodes available.
What topics does Echo of Connections cover?
The podcast is about Stress, Society & Culture, True Crime, Resilience, Miracles, Family, Self Help, Podcasts, Connection, Support, Police, Trauma and Relationships.
What is the most popular episode on Echo of Connections?
The episode title 'Guardians Don & Jenny Lawson Stopped a Serial Killer in the Making' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Echo of Connections?
The average episode length on Echo of Connections is 54 minutes.
How often are episodes of Echo of Connections released?
Episodes of Echo of Connections are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Echo of Connections?
The first episode of Echo of Connections was released on May 25, 2022.
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