Above & Beyond with Nathan Kapler, Retired RCMP

Show Notes:

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We're BACK!!!

It has felt like a long but genuinely refreshing break and I am SO excited and grateful to be back in your inbox once again to share about a new season of the Behind the Line podcast, highlighting wellness strategies for hardworking helping professionals. I hope that you have been able to find pockets of calm, joy, silliness and connection over the course of your summertime, and that you and yours are settling into the new rhythms that seem to come with the early fall months. I have been grateful to hear from some of you during our summer break, and know that life never quits, so know that I also see you in your efforts to keep showing up even as life keeps handing you more and harder and heavier.
I will admit that while my summer offered some much needed refreshing, it also afforded me some new perspective that I have mixed feelings about sharing with you. Back in the spring, I was presented with the opportunity to make a big move for my clinical practice. I, alongside my family, decided to purchase a new office space for the clinic I own. It was an intense decision making process that depleted me quite a bit and resulted in the decision to take the summer off from podcasting in an effort to restore and rebuild capacity. It was also with the knowing that while the decision was made, the real rubber-hit-road of the decision would be coming in full force in the fall. We close on the deal in the coming month or so, and will begin a complete build out of the interior space...meaning that I will be continuing care for my full-time caseload of clients, managing our clinic, continuing projects like the podcast and supporting coaching my students inside the Beating the Breaking Point resilience training program, and overseeing the construction of our new expanded office space. Looking ahead to the additional demands on time and energy, I have made the hard but necessary decision to reduce the podcast frequency to bi-weekly. You will still be hearing from me with new episodes every other week, and I want to encourage you to use the alternating "off" weeks to catch up on episodes you may have missed from our last 3 seasons. I am hoping that this pace will allow me to continue bringing you valuable support while allowing me to balance work and life and all the other things!

And that brings us to our very first episode of season 4! For October, we are kicking off a series called "Above and Beyond", spotlighting the efforts of 3 amazing helping professionals who have taken their experiences and sought out ways to use their stories to support others in First Response and Front Line work. Today, I am joined by Nathan Kapler, retired RCMP member and host of the Ten Thirty Three podcast. We do a deep dive into Nate's experience of posttraumatic stress, addiction, recovery, and choosing to use his story to make change and inspire a different roadmap for others in law enforcement. Nate brings insightful, meaningful thoughts that apply to anyone in helping work.Listen in to our conversation and share it with those you know.

Episode Challenge:

· Reflect on your story within the work you do. What parts stand out to you? How would you tell it to others, like someone considering entering the work? What has shaped you/changed you? How do you intentionally manage/mitigate how the work impacts you?· Consider whether Beating the Breaking Point might be a fit to support you in filling the gaps in your training and enhancing your capacity for resilience in the face of persistent stress (choose the enhanced support experience – it’s worth it!). Learn more at the link above, including what the program includes, our no-risk guarantee, and the high rated feedback from our past students.

Additional Resources:

Learn more about Nathan Kapler and the Ten Thirty Three podcast at the podcast website, the Instagram page, or listen now on apple podcast or on youtube.

Register for Beating the Breaking Point, our top-rated self-paced resilience training program tailor made for First Responders and Front Line Workers to protect against (and recover from) Burnout and related concerns (eg. Organizational Stress, Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma).

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