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James Blumhauer
Critical Care Transport Specialist-Paramedic and Lead Peer Support Director at Boston MedFlight; founder of the first-responder mental health platform Stay Fit 4 Duty.
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Sep 2, 2026
The Weight We Carry: Trauma, Resiliency and Mental Health part 1 | Ep 76
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7:58James BlumhauerGUEST
What prompted my foray into mental health was not necessarily the loss of that partner and that close friend and that crewmate.
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8:09James BlumhauerGUEST
It was the very well-intentioned, very traditional kind of critical incident stress management approach from the agency, and then a very negative experience with the mandated mental health care that I received after.
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8:25James BlumhauerGUEST
The timeline here is, is counter-morphic and I want to be vague enough to not, you know, distrust, destroy anyone's trust.
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8:31James BlumhauerGUEST
But there was an individual who'd come to our region and said, I'm the person, right? Like if you need a culturally informed mental health professional, you call me.
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8:43James BlumhauerGUEST
And unfortunately, shortly thereafter, there's a tragedy and I have to put your money where your mouth is.
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Mike FadaleHOST
And Boomer, if you don't mind to kind of like talk about like when you think about mental wellness, what are the components that are involved within that? And how does that define like what your picture is?
