Sit Around the Fire
By Ashlea Dillard
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🔥 Sit Around the Fire 🔥
For anyone seeking healing, growth, and connection — including first responders, military members, and their families.
Welcome to Sit Around the Fire — the space where stories ignite transformation. Hosted by a former first responder turned licensed professional counselor and certified hypnotherapist, this podcast blends real-life experiences, powerful teachings, and practical tools for mental and physical health.
Each episode invites you to slow down, reflect, and find your spark again. Together, we explore mindfulness, stress management, trauma recovery, and PTSD healing — all through the lens of someone who’s lived it. You’ll hear raw conversations with first responders, veterans, and mental health experts as well as other incredible human beings with amazing stories and missions who share their wisdom on how to move from burnout to balance, from survival mode to thriving.
If you’re ready to break free from old patterns and beliefs, reclaim your peace, and live your most abundant, limitless life, this is your community.
✨ What you’ll learn:
- How to manage stress and trauma while building emotional resilience.
- Practical mindfulness and mental well-being techniques that fit your lifestyle.
- Real stories of healing from first responders and military families.
Tools to strengthen both mental and physical health for lasting change.
Don’t suffer in silence.
Join our community — subscribe, follow, and connect.
👉 Subscribe to Sit Around the Fire wherever you listen to podcasts.
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👉 Visit our site to join the email list and start doing the inner work today.
It’s time to heal. It’s time to rise. It’s time to sit around the fire.
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#053 Be the Queen You Already Are
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May 28, 2026 |
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#052 The Power of Mindfulness in Trauma Recovery: Adrianne Lind's Journey
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May 26, 2026 |
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#051 The Real Reason Willpower Isn't Working
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May 19, 2026 |
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#050 Why Constant Fixing Keeps You Trapped—Shift from Doing to Being ft. Mitch Webb
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May 14, 2026 |
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#049 The Hidden History of Hypnosis They Don't Teach You
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May 05, 2026 |
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#048 From Combat to Civilian: Mental Health After the Military | Anthony Dyer
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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#047 Rewire Your Brain with Words: The Power of Self-Talk
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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#046 He Faced the Unsurvivable — Here's What He Found on the Other Side Ty Gipson
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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#045 Why You’re Tired All the Time (It’s Not Just Physical): Emotional Exhaustion & Burnout
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#044 The Truth About Intimacy: Self-worth, Trauma, and Communication with Pauline Ryeland
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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#043: The Hidden Cost of Always Being the Strong One: Emotional Exhaustion, Vulnerability & Healing
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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#042 First Responder Families: How to Heal, Communicate, and Thrive Under Pressure with TJ & Sarah
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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#041 Suicide Prevention Through Humor: Frank King on Depression, Vulnerability & Saving Lives
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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#040 Police Reform, Mental Health, and Accountability | A Conversation with Jeff Wenninger
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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#039 Jess Flores: When the Badge Becomes Your Identity
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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#038 How to Get the Most Out of Therapy: 5 Powerful Keys to Real Change
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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#037: Brian Sachetta: Chronic Stress vs Acute Stress: Which One's Killing You?
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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#036 Parts Work: Aspects of Our Mind That Get Into Conflict
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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#035 Chris Tiller: The Fire Service Is Changing: Generations, Call Volume, and the Cost
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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#034: The Power of Emotions: Understanding and Managing Your Feelings
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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#033 Breaking Free: Your Thoughts Become Your Reality
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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#032 Robert Tornabene: Breaking the Silence: Mental Health in Law Enforcement
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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#031 Grief & Loss from My Heart
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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#030 Mr. Whiskey: From Navy Vet to Podcast Pioneer
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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#029 The Weight of Joy: Navigating Holiday Emotions
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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#028 Monica Tanner: Stop Going To Bed Angry? Maybe Sleep On It
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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#027 Travis McGaha: Building Resilient First Responders Through Whole-Person Wellness
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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#026 William Person: Olympic Team USA Bobsled Athlete Healing CTE
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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#025 CELEBRATE! One Year Around The Fire...
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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#023 Margaux Aime: From Grief To Grit: A Producer Rebuilds Purpose Through Storytelling
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#023: The 5 Non-Negotiables
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#022: Jennifer Kaufman: Supporting Autism on the Front Lines: Tools, Tactics, and Trust for First Responders and Families
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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#021 Chef Calvin: From Texas BBQ to Plant-Powered: A Chef’s Journey to Fuel First Responders
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#020 You Don't Need to Wait Until You're Broken to Seek Help
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#019 Steve Orr: Warning Lights on the Dashboard: When Your Job Is Killing You
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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#018 Stop Saying "You" and Start Saving Your Relationship
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#017 What's Running Your Life? Hint: It's Not Your Conscious Thoughts
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#016 Egan de los Cobos: The Body Remembers, The Soul Responds: A Firefighter’s Journey Through PTSD, Transformation, & Healing
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#015 Beyond the Critical Factor: Can Ketamine Help You Access Hidden Healing?
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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#014: Melissa Alvarez: Behind the Flame: A Firefighter's Wife Speaks
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#013 The Costume Closet: False Identities
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May 08, 2025 |
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#012: Addicted to Suffering: Choosing the Hell We Know
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#011 Stress & Fear: Beyond the Job
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#010 Find Your Why, Change Your Life
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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#009 Pam Howes: Family, Flight, and Finding Balance
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#008 "Hi. My name is Ashlea, and I am a recovering 'fawner.'
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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#007 The Fainting Goat: Freeze Response
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#006 The Ditirro's: Enduring Partnership: Balancing Fire Service Life, Family, and New Beginnings with LeAnne and Danny
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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#005 Pete DePrez: Reframing Trauma, Mental Health, and Recovery
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#004 UFC Match: FIGHT: Attack before the threat attacks
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#003 Protective Output: FLIGHT "Can I Escape?"
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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#002 Mike Major: Embrace the Change: A Journey Through Stress, Healing, and Gratitude
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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#001 Unlock the Secrets of Your Nervous System
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Get Excited for What's to Come....
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Sit Around the Fire Launches!
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Nov 12, 2024 |