After The Tones Drop
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About This Podcast
Embark on a journey that goes beyond sirens and flashing lights After The Tones Drop Podcast provides a safe haven to explore, demystify, and destigmatize mental health and wellness for first responders.
Join Cinnamon and her guests as they pull back the curtain, sharing powerful stories and expert insights that resonate with the heartbeat of those who run towards danger when others step back. It's more than just a podcast; it's a lifeline for the ones who dedicate their lives to saving others.
In each episode, stories get unraveled and struggles behind the badges are shared, showcasing the human side of heroism. Discover the strength in vulnerability and the power in sharing. It's more than a conversation; it's a revolution—a revolution in mental health care for our first responders.
So, tune in for candid conversations, practical strategies, and a sprinkle of humor—because healing begins with understanding, and understanding starts here.
Let's break down the barriers, one episode at a time. Because after the tones drop, the real conversation begins, and we're here to make sure it's heard loud and clear.
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S3E147 Finding Magic in the Mayhem: A Fire Wife's Story of Death, Addiction and Finding her way to peace.
Send a textWhat does it take to find peace after chaos?In Episode 147 of After the Tones Drop, Cinnamon sits down with Kelly Cheatham for a deeply honest conversation about marriage, addiction,…
S3E146 START Where You Stand: Commitment, Forgiveness, and the Courage to Rebuild
Send a textThis episode is not a highlight reel. It’s a reckoning.I sit down with retired firefighter and transformational speaker Rick Cheatham and his wife Kelly for a raw, two-hour conversation…
S3E145 The Cost of A False Narrative: Separating Fact from Fiction of the Breonna Taylor Case
Send a textIn this episode, Cinnamon sits down with former Louisville Metro Police Sergeant John Mattingly to talk about what really happened the night of March 13, 2020, and what it cost him to…
S3E144 The Responder Reset: 99 Ways to Regulate in Real Time with AK Dozanti
Send a textIn this episode of After the Tones Drop, Cinnamon sits down with AK Dozanti, former deputy sheriff, victim advocate, wellness coach, and author of The Responder Reset: 99 Real-Time Tactics…
S3E143 Healing Language That Hurts: How Good Intentions and Bad Metaphors Undermine Recovery
Send a textEpisode 143: Healing Language That HurtsSome of the most damaging things we say about healing are said with the best intentions.In this short solocast, Cinnamon takes a hard look at the…
S3E142 Frontline Strong and the Power of Peer-Led Mental Health Support
Send a textEpisode 142: Frontline Strong Together – When Support Actually Shows UpIn this episode, I sit down with Mike Mattern and Scott Taylor from Frontline Strong Together, a Michigan-based…
S3E141 What Did I Say? Internal Accountability in High-Risk Roles with Justin Atherton
Send a textIn this episode, I’m joined by Justin Atherton for a conversation every first responder and leader needs to hear.Justin spent twenty years in law enforcement as a SWAT breacher, detective,…
S3E140 It Takes 15 Years to Get 15 Years: Cinnamon's Sobriety Anniversary Episode
Send a textEpisode 140: It Takes 15 Years to Get 15 Years – Cinnamon’s Sobriety Anniversary SolocastFifteen years ago, my life split into a before and an after.In this deeply personal solocast, I’m…
S3E139 Accountability, Leadership, and the Cost of Avoidance
Send a textEpisode 139 | Doug White on Accountability, Leadership, and the Cost of AvoidanceIn this episode of After the Tones Drop, I sit down with Doug White for a conversation that isn’t…
S3E138 New Year, Same You – And Why That’s Not a Bad Thing
Send a textJanuary tells us to reinvent ourselves.Your body tells a different story.In this New Year’s solocast, Cinnamon pushes back on the pressure to start strong, fix everything, and become…
S3E137 When the Magic Feels Missing – Navigating Numbness and Disconnection During the Holidays
Send a textChristmas Eve is supposed to feel magical. For a lot of first responders, it just feels flat.In this solocast, I’m talking about the numbness that so many of you experience during the…
When the Crisis Is Inside of You With Brad Shepherd
Send a textEpisode 136: From Crisis to Connection with Brad ShepardWhat happens when the crisis isn’t on the call sheet, but inside you?In this episode of After the Tones Drop, I sit down with…
S3E135 Backpacks, Badges, and Burnout: Finding Freedom on the Trail
Send a textEpisode 135: After the Tones Drop with Michael Slocum of Frontline FreedomIn this inspiring episode, Cinnamon welcomes Michael Slocum—active Lieutenant with the Painesville Police…
S3E134 Kenny Schroeder When Someone You Care About Doesn’t Survive: A Conversation About Loss, Humanity, and the Work We Do
Send a textIn this deeply personal episode, host Cinnamon is joined by her friend and colleague, Lieutenant Kenny Schroeder, to explore the profound impact of losing someone to suicide within the…
S3E133 Radical Openness: Healing Over-Control with RO-DBT
Send a textWhat if the very traits that helped you survive your childhood, your career, and your trauma are now the same traits keeping you lonely, exhausted, or shut down?In Episode 133, I sit down…
S3E132 The Other Side of Suicide: Generational Suicidal Ideation and the Price Everyone Pays
Send a textThis week I sit down with Chicago Police Officer Carrie Matthews for one of the most honest and needed conversations we have ever had on this show. Carrie talks about living on both sides…
S3E131 Responder Resilience : Tools for Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth with David Dachinger
Send a textIn this powerful episode, Cinnamon sits down with David Dachinger, a retired fire lieutenant, Grammy-nominated music producer, cancer survivor, and mental wellness advocate to explore the…
S3E130 Out of the Warzone and Into the Water — Gage Hall on Stoke Therapy, Joy, and Healing in Motion
Send a textEpisode 130: Out of the Warzone and Into the Water — Gage Hall on Stoke Therapy, Joy, and Healing in MotionWhat happens when the battlefield follows you home? In this powerful…
S3E129 Rick Markley on CRACKYL Magazine, Wellness, and Why Every Firefighter Should Register for the NIOSH Cancer Registry
Send a textEpisode 129: Rick Markley on CRACKYL Magazine, Wellness, and Why Every Firefighter Should Register for the NIOSH Cancer RegistryRick Markley doesn't just talk about firefighter…
S3E128 Kory Pearn-The Man with a Method: Kory Pearn on Pulling Back to Create Balance.
Send a textEpisode 128: From Burnout to Breakthrough — How Kory Pearn Built CRACKYL Magazine and a New Model for Firefighter WellnessWhen passion becomes overdrive, the crash can be devastating. In…
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After The Tones Drop has published 149 episodes since March 2023, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.
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