Papa Tango Sierra Delta

Welcome to the first unedited, single-take recording into the depths of my mind. Hopefully you enjoy the journey... regardless, there will be no refunds. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Police operations dispatcher. Domestic abuse victim. National paraplegic athlete. Stacey Tetz has consistently found a way to break through each obstacle put in front of her. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Nathan Kapler, medically-retired Mountie and host of the Ten-Thirty Three podcast, shares his journey from joining the Force at a young age, recognising something was mentally wrong at only two years service, his requests for help, his battle to find sobriety, his twelve years of service, his retirement, and the story behind his podcast, which has been vocalising the realities of PTSD since 2021. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

At 18 years old, Evan Birch began his career with emergency services in Alberta. Twenty years later, after saving countless lives and not yet the ripe old age of 40, he has learned to not only accept his PTSD diagnosis, but how to "run" the gauntlets imposed by the injury. Evan joins the show to discuss a little about his pre-PTSD journey, with more focus about his work to mitigate the symptoms by facing them head on and engaging in ultra running. Learn also why he'll never again ask someone how they are feeling... ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Connect with Evan and follow his journey of ultra running, alongside his passion for mental health advocacy through his connection with Bigger Than The Trail. ***Documentary to be released in Spring 2024*** Instagram: @ultrabirch E-Mail: ultrabirch@shaw.ca YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ultrabirch Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Patty Smith joined the reg forces at a time there were not many other women in the Army. At 30 years service - experiencing misogyny and traumatic memories of driving amongst land mines in the fields of Bosnia - and just days away from retirement, she was ordered to be assessed for potential mental health injuries. Medically retired, hospitalised as a result of domestic violence, and in the process of distancing herself from her biological family, everything in her life rapidly about-faced. This Canadian Armed Forces veteran shares the ups and downs of her ongoing journey, as well as her advice for others who are struggling. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

At 13 years old, he used cocaine with his drug-addicted dad. In high school, he kicked ass on the football field. Then he joined the United States Marine Corps and later served in Desert Storm (Kuwait), where he witnessed the horrors of war. When he came home and struggled with operational stress injuries, he found God. Meet Greg Munck, a USMC combat-promoted veteran, diagnosed with PTSD, who founded The Guide Soldier Foundation to help fight the suicide epidemic of his brothers and sisters, became a pastor, and authored The Guide: Surviving, War-fighting, Peacemaking. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Shaun Taylor, retired Tier 1 special operations forces assaulter/sniper, retired high-performance race coach and current podcaster on "The Collective", joins the show to talk about the changes in physiology, lifestyle and mindset that are required to not only achieve post traumatic growth, but to also discover the best version of you. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners (but this particular episode is super tame and really doesn't have any graphic shit). Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

As a first responder, horrible scenes are often the only places you spend time with first responders of other services. The YXEFRFF committee of five have been changing that reality. Saskatoon police officer Ang McEwen and paramedic Nathan Rollack, both of YXE First Responders Fitness Festival, speak about their success last year, the money they have raised for mental health and the number of people it has helped, the work involved with bringing together teams of firefighters, police officers & paramedics to compete against each other, and the plans for this year's festival in October. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners (but this particular episode is super tame and really doesn't have any graphic shit). Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Brady Hoffman, a Staff Sergeant with the British Columbia Sheriff Service, shares his journey from mental health decline to suicidal ideations, and his eventual return to work with new found hope and appreciation. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

September Froggley’s personal journey has led her to the conclusion that any hope of curing mental health is not about pills, but rather human connection. Depression, drugs, disassociation, addiction, stints in rehab, addictions again, suicide, grief, and a culminating attempt to save others. This is how one amazing woman is fanning the flames of change. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Thanks to the show sponsors: Cracked Armour and Willowtree Farm. Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses! Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

They say that all good things must come to end. If that's the case, then by logic, all bad things must also come to an end, otherwise no other good things would happen. This episode will always be very, very special on account of my co-host... who I'll leave unnamed here. Just take the time to listen... it's a fairly relaxing, yet transitional journey. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

The episode starts with Shaun Taylor, a paramedic in Ontario and one of the founding members of I've Got Your Back 911, at the 2023 World Police & Fire Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It finishes as a collaboration episode with the 911 Strong Podcast. Aram Choe and Kristen Jauregui of the El Monte Police Department in California interview Larry, who also interviews them, for a release on both podcasts. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Eric Tung, a Washington State police officer and the host of Blue Grit Radio, breathes & bleeds blue. On this collaboration episode, which is being simultaneously released on Blue Grit Radio and the Papa Tango Sierra Delta podcast, Eric discusses the realities of policing as a career of high stress and high trauma, the difficulties of talking about our experiences, the current state of affairs in Washington regarding the availability of therapists, the need for new recruits to be trained about mental health and wellbeing, policing since the death of George Floyd, and more. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Andrea & Lawrence Christensen. Husband & wife on the same episode... you get to experience life when one spouse has PTS(D). Lawrence speaks about his time in the Canadian Armed Forces and the scars it left. Andrea speaks about falling in love with a man who bore scars, how she has worked to support him, and what it's like for her trying to do this all on her own without any recognition of her needed support system. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Tired of death notifications, fatal motor vehicle collisions, and arresting criminals who were released quicker than paperwork could be completed, Chris Whittemore left his gig as a Texas State Trooper in 2004 and returned to the United States Marine Corps. 2005. Ramadi, Iraq. Sniper. 2007: Fallujah, Iraq. Weapons Tech. 2010: Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Crew Chief / Door Gunner. During the episode, S/Sgt. (ret) Whittemore discusses the realities of coping with the horrors of war, the fight against the stigmas of PTS(D), and trying to find a way to transition back into the civilian world. As Chris states in his book Terror to Triumph, "The most unnerving reality that would surface after returning home for all of us is that no matter how many issues you have, and no matter how many times you hear information about seeking help... no one wants to be that guy." ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

2009. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. On day one of work, the unit's first (and still only) female firefighter is pulled aside by her most senior Captain. He said, "There's something you need to know. If you get yourself in any trouble, we're not coming to save you. You're on your own." 14 years later, with 4 shifts remaining until retirement, A/Capt. Lynette Fritshaw decided it was time to stop hiding their secret and start sharing her story. Harassment. Bullying. Misogyny. And that doesn't include the other traumas of the job. This episode is the first time she has stepped out to speak about her journey. You can find Lynette at https://www.firewithincrisisservices.com/. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

While planning to commit suicide, Chad Kennedy dove into a bottle of Captain Morgan rum. Intoxication spilled into social media when he posted a promise to walk the country for post traumatic stress awareness. Rather than abandon the idea when sober, he instead embraced it... and in doing so, Sea to Sea for PTSD was born. Recorded live and on location at Ol' Biddy's Brewhouse (Sackville, Nova Scotia), teammates Lisa Ellsworth and Rick Chorney join Chad to share their personal journeys, as well as the adventures, close-calls and impacts of walking coast to coast while they rely on each other to manage the struggles of their diagnoses. You can find them at https://www.seatoseaforptsd.ca/. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Derrick May summarizes his journey as a lifelong project. It unarguably has been a bumpy ride on a treacherous road through storm after storm. Despite that, he keeps pushing through until he falls... then he picks himself up and pushes through again. Sexually molested as a child, Derrick chose a life in the Canadian Armed Forces to get away from his hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick. Though he never deployed to a combat zone, he survived trauma in the military when he was once again sexually assaulted by his brothers in arms. During the episode, Derrick talks about his struggles with alcohol, violence, gambling, weight gain, intimate relationships, social dissociation and the military police, as well as what he has done to pull himself through all the fires before him. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Forensic psychologist. Clinical psychologist. Subject-matter Expert in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Author of PTSD Unplugged. Meet Dr. Pamela Hall. During the episode, "Dr. Pam" speaks in understandable language about trauma and how it affects the brain, including intrusive memories, dissociation, nightmares, hyper vigilance, and her insight about misuse of the term "triggers". If you want to better understand your diagnosis and all that goes with it, then clear your schedule, buckle up and tune in. (Dr. Hall has worked in private practice, VA hospital, rehabilitation facilities, and long term care facilities. In the greater Los Angeles area, she has provided direct psychotherapeutic treatment, supervised mental health providers, evaluated workers for fitness for duty and safety, conducted workplace seminars, and managed a batterer’s intervention program. You can find out more about her at https://ptsdunplugged.com/.) ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!

Daniel Sundahl is well experienced with operational stress injuries. After all, his many years of work as a registered advanced care paramedic led to a plethora of traumatic experiences that eventually cost him his memory, his marriage and his will to live. A team of mental health professionals helped Daniel embark on a journey towards recovery. During the episode, Daniel also speaks about purging trauma through art, the hidden meanings and images in some of his pieces, and how he managed to achieve post traumatic growth. ***WARNING: this podcast contains graphic content that may be disturbing or triggering to some listeners. Discretion is advised.*** Support the show The Papa Tango Sierra Delta online store: https://papatangosierradelta.square.site/ Featuring the song "Don't Go Away" by Streets of Hastings. Please take a moment to rate and/or review the show! You can find more about Larry and the show at: Instagram: @ptsd_podcast FaceBook: ptsdpodcast YouTube: papatangosierradelta Linktree: @ptsdpodcast Email: papatangosierradeltapodcast@gmail.com Struggling with PTSD? Want to join me for an episode? Want to share your thoughts about the show? Reach out to me at one of the above media addresses!