
IER 046 - Breathing Techniques
Breathing Techniques for the fire service, for survival and wellness.

Hosted by Joshua Burchick · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 108 episodes
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Nature doesn’t adjust to your level of skill, so we must prepare accordingly. We are whole beings, not just singular firefighters. There is a massive physical, mental, and emotional component to what we do and how we are expected to perform. Occupational training, daily workouts, growth mindset leadership lessons, and learning through other people’s experiences, across a wide range of industries will make us more resilient, and harden ourselves to the gray area we operate in on the fireground. Through your support, we will also give back to the profession that has given us so much, through charitable donations and firefighting and fitness equipment. Be more resilient to what life throws at us, be harder to kill, be forged and unbroken.
Joshua Burchick hosts Forged & Unbroken, a education show with 108 episodes published.

Breathing Techniques for the fire service, for survival and wellness.

Verbal Grounding, what it is and techniques for survival.

Join me as I discuss the 3rd part of this series on behavioral, cognitive, psychological, and physiological attributes to developing grit for the fireground and in life.

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