Keith Hanks - Firefighter / EMT (Ret.)
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Keith Hanks joins us on the podcast and shares openly about the purpose he found early on in his career in the fire service, the trauma(s) that shaped his life, & the impact that declining mental health had on his state of well-being.
Keith discusses duty trauma, trauma in his personal life, substance abuse, loss, grief, suicidality, a diagnosis of complex PTSD, & how through it all he was able to find hope & begin to heal.
Today, Keith advocates for first responder mental health, substance use recovery, and suicide awareness.
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