Ep.20 Mindfulness for Warriors with Kim Colgrove

Founder of Pause First Academy, author of Mindfulness for Warriors, and the creator of Pause First - Mindfulness for First Responders, Kim Colgrove shares the story of her husband as a career law enforcement officer who died by suicide due to anxiety and depression and discussed her mindfulness-based and resilience building work with first responders through Pause First Academy.

Mindfulness is a tool to prevent us from operating on auto-pilot just to be able to function in life.

The risks and impacts of depression, anxiety, and how it affects your loved ones.

The importance of emotional, health, and mental well-being after retirement.

KIM COLEGROVE Kim Colegrove, author of Mindfulness for Warriors, is a 45-year veteran of meditation, the creator of Pause First: Mindfulness for First Responders and the founder of Pause First Academy – Resilience Training for First Responders. Colegrove is the widow of a first responder who died by suicide. She previously taught mindfulness in corporate settings such as Garmin International, United Way, Department of Veterans Affairs, and The National Court Reporters Association. After her husband’s death, Kim turned her full attention to helping first responders cope with stress and trauma through mindfulness and other resilience training. By pulling from her own life experience and applying her relatable, mainstream style, Kim developed curriculum first responders could trust. She now leads a team of instructors who offer resilience training, holistic wellness, and work-life balance courses in-person and through her online platform: Pause First Academy.

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