Unlocking Resilience | Self Care Advocate Vance Row

About this episode

Vance Row discusses the challenges of mental health and substance abuse recovery, particularly for first responders, and the importance of self-awareness and breath-work in trauma recovery.

Elevator no. 245: Vance Row is a retired Public Safety professional from Ocean City, Maryland, and a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist. After finding his own recovery from mental health and substance abuse challenges, he became a Registered Yoga Teacher to help active and retired first responders process their trauma In this podcast: Vance opens up about the heavy toll of working in law enforcement and why seeking help is still heavily stigmatized within the police force. We discuss the benefits of breath-work, the mechanics of trauma recovery and how prioritizing self-awareness can completely transform your mindset.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Panitch, Parker Yablon

Guest: Vance Row

Topics covered

• resilience
• self-care
• mental health
• substance abuse
• trauma recovery
• first responders

Keywords

• resilience
• self-care
• mental health
• substance abuse
• trauma recovery
• first responders
• breath-work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Public Safety, police force

Places: Ocean City, Maryland

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