End of Year Expectations… And Some More Serious Info

19th December, 2009 - Posted by L. John Mason -

Now that we have solved all the Global Warming issues at the environmental summit in Denmark and our new health care program will not allow us to get reasonable and affordable health care ’cause the big insurance companies have bought and paid our Senators and Congress persons, we can get on with important end of year activities. For example, we can create a list of New Year’s resolutions that we resolve to do in the new year, and then promptly ignore… Actually, I have confronted this personal dilemma in years past when I resolved to never create any more temporary resolutions which after announcing and then breaking have lowered my self-esteem by making me feel like I was a weak and spine-less creature. You know the ones… Like promising to eat less and lose weight. Or, become successful in a new job or business. Or, learn a foreign language and travel to the far reaches of the globe. I am more content just surviving the New Year festivities and then the January depression.

It is a time of possible renewal, an opportunity to expand or to try something different. This year I am working to assist my partner, Rodger Ruge, launch and then further develop HeroTalk. My role will be to help train and certify professional coaches and therapists to assist our heroes with their stress, anxieties, and PTSD. These heroes, from present and the past, have been involved in serving our world through law enforcement, fire fighting, search and rescue, emergency services, and, of course, the military. These are the people who have seen things that would “freak out” the average citizen. Many have been asked to do things that would give us bad dreams if we had participated. These are people who do a job that we need to have done and they have been through long trainings to perform in professional ways, but who are not usually trained to cope with the mental and emotional dangers that accompany their acts of service. For example, our military are trained for months, even years, to perform as cohesive professional units in combat, but are given less a 1/2 day worth information regarding how to “switch off” from combat as they return to their families and their “states-side” jobs. How do you switch off your survival mechanisms in a 24/7 combat zone after 11 months “in country?” Or, how do you cope with being the first responder on the scene of motor vehicle accident where there are fatalities the age of your own children?

Yes, this is very serious stuff! It has needed to be done for a long time and now technology has caught up and is going to allow dedicated people like Rodger Ruge to build an organization that will address challenges that “outsiders” (civilians) can not hope to understand, let alone solve. The role out of the new website www.herotalk.com will happen in January of 2010, if things move as scheduled. We will build out the offering to assist our heroes to better survive their work/careers. Please help to get the word out, especially to the people and organizations that you know who participate in law enforcement, emergency services, fire departments, and organizations who serve present or past military personnel (and their families.)

If you wish to get involved with helping and supporting our Heroes, then contact me through my website www.dstress.com or through HeroTalk.com and we can discuss the training and certification process. Our network of certified professionals will be in line for referrals from the potential 18 million heroes that HeroTalk hopes to enlist and serve. We need over 100,000 professionals who are ready to serve our heroes as we role out this program. Thanks for your time and your consideration.