It's A Wrap - Season 2 Finale

Ready to light the fire of wellness in your life? As we wrap up Season Two of All Clear Firefighter Wellness, take a moment to reflect on the journey we've undertaken together. From welcoming vibrant voices like Dr. Jill Joyce and Ryan McKay to gaining insights from seasoned fire chief Ray Allen, our episodes have been packed with valuable information and inspiration. We've explored the nuances of mental and gut health, shared exercise insights with Aaron Zamzow, and received wisdom from Roger Sutherland down under in Australia. Each conversation has enriched our understanding of holistic wellness, ensuring firefighters not only survive but thrive in their demanding roles.

As we stand on the cusp of a new year, our mission remains steadfast: to enhance firefighter well-being by focusing on mental health, nutrition, exercise, and rest. We've revamped our website and launched a YouTube channel, offering more ways to engage and grow. Now, we invite you to be an active part of our community. Whether it's catching up on past episodes, sharing your feedback, or even leaving us a voicemail, your involvement is crucial. As we continue this journey, let's support each other and stoke the flames of wellness together.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:09

this is all clear firefighter wellness, where we help you light your fire. Hey, welcome to all clear. Guess what? We're at the end of season two. Yes, it's the end of 2024. We're all getting ready to take a nice well-deserved vacation for a couple of weeks. We'll be back, don't worry, but let's talk about 2024 for a minute.

Speaker 1: 0:36

This year we have added video. Get to see my beautiful face. We've added a YouTube channel. Wow, that was a big one. We're still figuring out what we're doing with that and, guys, trust me, it ain't easy. The other things that we've done we have totally revamped allclearpodcastcom, our website. We've even made coffee available. Yes, all Clear Coffee is there, and boy, it's a dang good cup of coffee too.

Speaker 1: 1:03

Who have we talked to this year? We've talked to folks like Dr Jill Joyce, ryan McKay, the super chef, chief to chef, that is. We've talked to Ray Allen, one of our own, who is a very well-seasoned fire chief that has shared his experiences from a band of brothers and what we can apply to that when we work with our companies and those that are with us Also. We've had the opportunity to discuss mental health. We've talked about gut health. We've talked about exercise with Aaron Zamzow, also had a personal friend of mine, roger Sutherland, on from Australia. Guess what? You're going to see him again real soon.

Speaker 1: 1:42

Just so many people have contributed to make this such a wonderful podcast and so educational. Our goal has always been to improve the wellness of firefighters. Now, the North Carolina Firefighter Cancer Alliance we've always worked at we realize that it's a much broader throw than that. We have to think about our mental health. We have to think about what we're eating, how much we sleep. We have to focus on all of these things if we're truly going to be the best we can be.

Speaker 1: 2:14

Now, how can you help us? I don't like to ask for money. I don't like to ask for support. It's not in my wiring, but you know what To do this. It takes fuel to make it happen. So let's talk about a few simple things you can do. First thing you can do you can go to your podcasting platform of choice Apple, google, whatever, spotify, heck, even go to YouTube, to our channel, leave a rating. I hope we deserve five stars, because we're really trying hard over here, guys, but tell us what you think. The second thing you can do, and that's absolutely free. It doesn't cost any money to do that. The other thing you can do is go to allclearpodcastcom. This is our website, boy, we've got everything over there. If you want to buy some of that all-clear coffee, just hit the banner at the top. Boom, you will have it delivered right to your front door.

Speaker 1: 3:11

Now what if you want to learn about some past episodes? Maybe you just discovered us this season. We've got all of our past episodes over there so that you can go listen catch up. Maybe there's something you want to listen to a second time. Maybe there's a dad joke hidden in there somewhere that you want to be able to tell your kids. Guess what. You can go back, you can listen. But also, while you're there, at allclearpodcastcom, there is a little microphone button down at the bottom. If you click that, guess what? You can leave us a voicemail, and we really want to hear from you. In fact, we might even play you on the air you never know.

Speaker 1: 3:46

But ultimately, guys, we need to hear from you. Did you know that only 5% or less of our listeners are actually subscribers? We need to change that and we really need your help in doing that, guys. We really want to keep doing what we're doing and we understand that money's tight for everybody. Times are hard. It's expensive to put gas in your truck. It's not cheap to put food on the table for the family. You got to buy clothes for the kids. We totally understand, because we do the same thing here at All Clear.

Speaker 1: 4:22

But ultimately, if you can help us out, go to our Patreon. It's linked right there at our website, allclearpodcastcom. Even a small one-time donation, even a reoccurring $5 a month donation, will do wonders for us. We do this for our community and, ultimately, for our first responders. We do this because it's important and each and every one of us need to improve individually, whether it be our health, our mental health, it might even be our leadership skills. We're here to help as best we can and coming up in 2025, we've got some new folks that will be with us. We'll be talking more about mental health, leadership, all of those things, but we're trying to make it a little bit more exciting.

Speaker 1: 5:12

I know sometimes just listening to me drone can be pretty rough, but guess what? We're going to try to have some new voices on here, new people to talk to. That will make it more of a two-sided conversation at times. Talk to that will make it more of a two-sided conversation at times, but you know what, guys? We really appreciate you taking time to listen to All Clear. Ultimately, this doesn't exist if you don't listen, and we appreciate it. We have the privilege of being able to come to you through your headphones, through your car audio system, whatever. We have a privilege to do that and you choose to let us do that, and we never want to betray that trust. We thank you for letting us do it.

Speaker 1: 5:51

We're going to take a few weeks off here so that we can rest, recoup, recharge and be ready to go all new for season three. This year, we've laid down 50 episodes we have gone through, we've released coffee, we've updated our website, we've got a YouTube channel. There's a lot of exciting things we've already done, but guess what? We're going to do more of it and we're going to do great things in 2025. We look forward to seeing you then and, as we always say, light your fire within, but we're going to take a few days to reignite our own. You have been listening to All Clear Firefighter Wellness. All Clear is presented by the North Carolina Firefighter Cancer Alliance. You can find out more about us at allclearpodcastcom. Leave us a message. We'd love to hear from you. If you like what you hear, tell someone. All opinions expressed on the podcast do not always reflect the opinions of the podcast. As always, light your fire within.