Hosted by Keep the Promise · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 94 episodes
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Keep the Promise Podcast is built on lessons from the fire service. It’s for anyone who wants to get stronger, become more resilient, and be ready for real life. Host TJ shares practical advice on fitness, recovery, mindset, and performance. You’ll learn how to handle stress, build a body that holds up, and show up better at work, at home, and when it matters most. With nearly two decades in the fire service, TJ shares real experience, honest lessons, and practical insight. You’ll learn about: building strength and conditioning for real life preventing injury and recovering well improving nutrition, energy, and performance building mental toughness and handling stress staying disciplined, consistent, and ready applying fire service lessons to everyday life From solo episodes to guest interviews, each episode helps you get stronger, think clea
Keep the Promise hosts Keep the Promise Podcast - Fire Service Lessons for Strength, Resilience, and Real Life, a education show with 94 episodes published.
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Technical rescue will expose you fast. In part two with Captain PJ Halloran, we dig into the real work behind Rescue 1: rope rescue, hazmat, swiftwater, decision-making, and building crews that can perform under pressure
A rescue company is more than just a rig full of tools, it is a culture. In this episode, Captain Patrick “PJ” Halloran shares how a rough childhood, military service, and years of hard lessons shaped him into the leader
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Real resilience is not loud. Sometimes it looks like getting out of bed and taking one more step. Josh opens up about losing his daughter, Leni, what that grief did to his mindset, and how it stripped away his fear of fa
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Who are you when the job no longer defines you? Josh McGill gets honest about growing up in the volunteer fire service, chasing the dream of the career job, and then making the hard call to walk away from it. This episod
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You do not have to make the fire service your whole personality to be great at the job. In Part 2, Joff Fierro explores rookie culture, fitness standards, leadership, hobbies, and mental health. This one hits on a truth
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The job will take as much from you as you let it. In Part 1, Joff Fierro opens up about life: working at a busy station, chasing fitness, riding the highs of competition, and dealing with the burnout that came from tryin
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A lot of firefighters know how to work hard. Fewer know how to build a life outside the firehouse without losing their edge. In Part 2, Nick talks about how leatherworking turned from a hobby into a booming business, why
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What happens when the move you once questioned turns out to be exactly what you needed? In this episode, Nick Lindsay returns to the show to talk about life after the jump from Harrisburg to Upper Darby, what family life
Is telling your story self-centered… or is it service? Jim Burneka walks through the real process of writing Overcoming Tuesday: from trauma-dumping the truth to turning it into a resource that helps firefighters get sup
Retirement sounds like freedom… until the phone stops ringing. Jim Burneka breaks down what life really feels like after you hang up your gear for the last time: better sleep, sure, but also the ego hit, the identity shi
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Want to be the calm one when everything goes sideways? This is how you build that. Captain Brian Yonkin talks speaking up, handling imposter thoughts, and using systems to sharpen leadership instead of guessing. Then he
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If you’re the “fixer” at home and in your firehouse, this episode will punch you right in the gut. Captain Brian Yonkin breaks down what changed since 2024—promotion to captain, hard family stress, and realizing he was r
...to 2025 and hello to 2026! This year either made you better or it made you bitter. In this episode, we close out the year by pulling the real lessons from 2025 and turning them into a simple plan for 2026. We talk sta
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You're the fixer. But what happens when it’s you that needs fixing? In this hard-hitting follow-up, Brad Schriefer peels back the layers on substance abuse, trauma loops, and why we suck at taking our own advice. He offe
![082. The Boiling Frog Problem: How Trauma Creeps Up on Us in the Fire Service [Part 1] episode artwork](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/bgm1lkoh2etr4tgktv8zjb6xokle?.jpg)
You swore to protect others — but when was the last time you checked in on yourself? Brad Schriefer, a third-generation firefighter and mental health advocate, shares his raw journey through trauma, peer support, and pos
![081. Training In Turnout Gear Could Be Wrecking Your Health [Part 2] episode artwork](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/nco95fciy54h5rg53bmwouj08002?.jpg)
It’s one thing to call out the problem. It’s another to build the solution. In Part 2, Ryan takes us behind the curtain of Carna Bunker Gear — from late-night ideas to market-ready innovation. He shares what it really ta
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If you're training to be a better firefighter but wrecking your body in the process, you're not alone — and Ryan Conley’s had enough. In this powerful first episode, Ryan breaks down the hidden dangers of training in con
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The way through is simple, but not easy. In Part 2 of this firefighter suicide series, Sammy Freyta digs into the mask of dark humor, the silent war signs we miss, and how tiny 1% choices bring us back from “dead inside.
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I carved my name on a bullet... ...because a thousand paper cuts had me bleeding out: no sleep at a busy house, a crumbling relationship, financial troubles, a body and mind breaking down, and losing a brother. In this r
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Don’t wear your uniform home—your kids will thank you. Tara Cornett (FLAME Decon) returns with a family-first decon plan : keep gear out of living spaces, run smarter laundry, and make kid station visits safe. Volunteers
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