In conversation with Lana Boland.

About this episode

Lana Boland shares her journey as a Canadian police officer dealing with ADHD and PTSD, highlighting her resilience and recovery through writing.

Canadian Police Officer and ADHD and PTSD sufferer. Lana is a Canadian police officer who has been diagnosed with both ADHD and PTSD. As part of her recovery she started to write down her thoughts which turned into a book. We talk about her experiences of her diagnosis and how she was treated by her employer. Ultimately this is a story of resilience and pure bloody mindedness. A woman who refused to be beaten by the job or her demons.

People in this episode

Host: Dave Thomas

Guest: Lana Boland

Topics covered

• ADHD
• PTSD
• resilience
• mental health
• police experiences

Keywords

• ADHD
• PTSD
• Canadian police officer
• mental health
• resilience
• recovery
• writing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian Police

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