Another One Bites The Dust

Late yesterday afternoon I finished work on a very long audio book. Over 21.5 hours of finished listening.

I recorded it over a two month period while nursing my wife after her shoulder replacement. Consequently, it was a bit tough do, with having to change ice packs every twenty pages!

But it turned out well. The authors are thrilled. I hope to be able to put up links to the book in the next week, as it is now undergoing review on ACX/Audible/Amazon for sale. 

Every book adds to the library. I’m getting into the upper double digits now, and have sold over 4,000 audio books in the last decade. Actually less time, but hey – who’s counting?

More to follow shortly.

 

Joe

The Best Offer EVER On This Blog #freetraining

As many of you know, I’ve been involved in Wellness training for first responders for the past year. It’s a great course, and I heartily endorse it.

But up until this moment, you had to work for one of the selected departments that we were servicing under a grant.

No longer.

If you are a professional employee of a Public Safety (Law Enforcement) Agency in California, there are a limited number of seats available for free training. Yes, free. This training is worth everything if you’re under stress. It is perfect for your cousin, husband, wife, kid, parent or good friend who works for a law enforcement agency in California. (But not federal employees due to grant restrictions.)

To make sure I don’t hose up the details, the press release is below. Just read through it and forward it on to people who fit that description in California. We do training nationwide, but this grant is specifically for California agencies.

Here’s the press release:

Free Whole Life Wellness Training for California Public Safety Professionals

 

Pathfinder Resilience, the creator of Navigating Adversity™, the nationally acclaimed Whole Life Wellness online training program for Public Safety Professionals and First Responders, is pleased to announce that the program will be free for a limited time to qualified professionals who work in the state of California. This course is certified by CA POST (The California Governor’s Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training) to the National Emergency Number Association, certification number 1464-49701-21.

 

Open enrollment is available from now until December 15 for any police officer, deputy sheriff, dispatcher and professional staff who work for a CA POST law enforcement agency.  Free online classes will begin throughout November and December.   Successful completion of the Navigating Adversity course will provide 16 hours of continuing education credit.

 

For more information or to enroll at no charge, please call 1 (866) 346-4353, or email Joe Courtemanche at joe@pathfinderresilience.com.

 

Navigating Adversity™ is a unique virtual training program that has been enthusiastically endorsed by leading First Responder and Public Safety Organizations and leaders across the United States. Thousands of First Responders have received training and have improved their health and wellbeing by learning to assess their own needs and gain the understanding and tools to create and sustain a healthy and fulfilling life. 

 

Navigating Adversity™ is different from any other Wellness Program available to the First Responder community and offers a number of unique features that have contributed to its rapid acceptance as the most innovative and effective wellness resource available today. Navigating Adversity™ is 100% virtual and is delivered in two-hour weekly lessons for eight weeks. Each trainee is assigned to a Certified Peer Mentor from the First Responder profession who provides regular guidance, encouragement and feedback.  Individual training results are 100% confidential and not shared with anyone other than the individual student.

 

Every participant is provided the self-care tools most effective at building wellness capital in each of the eight dimensions of personal resilience: Psychological, Physical, Social, Cognitive, Emotional, Professional, Financial, and Spiritual.  On average, first responders who complete Navigating Adversity™ experience a 13% decline in adverse symptoms and a 14% improvement in wellness capital.

 

Interested public safety professionals can enroll and get more information by calling 1 (866) 346-4353 or email joe@pathfinderresilience.com.                                                                           

Kexel Tramps It Up For Halloween

Kathy Kexel is our nicest writer. Paul Bennett is the classiest, but Kathy is the kindest and nicest. Except for her larcenous characters. She brings it home in our continuing short story barrage for Halloween with: 

The Hallowe’en that Wasn’t

(The clever ones in the crowd will get the joke…)

Come back Wednesday for another story! Now, here’s the link to The COVID Quarantine Cantina.

We hope you’ll visit the other authors who comprise this collection: Paul Bennett, Robert Cely,  Derek Elkins, Jamie D. Greening, Kathy Kexel, and Joe Shaw. As always, there’s no fee, we’re doing this to help you pass the time. We do ask that you buy our books/audio books to help pay the freight here. But that’s up to you! Mine are all on the right margin of the blog.

 

 

 

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That Was Close

Today, sadly, we step out of order and bring you a real writer with actual talent. Dr. Paul Bennett has long been an embarrassment in our group, as he’s never been known to drag his knuckles or cadge a free beer at a Wisconsin supper club. Nope. He’s just a darned fine author with a sense of good and evil that escapes the rest of us. 

I know you’ll love his story. Just click this link to go to his blog and read along. 

Come back Monday for another story! Now, here’s the link to The COVID Quarantine Cantina.

We hope you’ll visit the other authors who comprise this collection: Paul Bennett, Robert Cely,  Derek Elkins, Jamie D. Greening, Kathy Kexel, and Joe Shaw. As always, there’s no fee, we’re doing this to help you pass the time. We do ask that you buy our books/audio books to help pay the freight here. But that’s up to you! Mine are all on the right margin of the blog.

 

Blood Spice Latte

Some of my friends torment me with pumpkin-spice food items every fall. I like pumpkin pie, pumpkin donuts, and pumpkin bars. The rest is not fit for hogs.

But today’s story by Jamie Greening reminded me of my utter delight in sending pictures of pumpkin spice ravioli to those same friends. He pretty much does that with the story at this link. Now, go read it!

 

 

We hope you’ll visit the other authors who comprise this collection: Paul Bennett, Robert Cely,  Derek Elkins, Jamie D. Greening, Kathy Kexel, and Joe Shaw. As always, there’s no fee, we’re doing this to help you pass the time. We do ask that you buy our books/audio books to help pay the freight here. But that’s up to you! Mine are all on the right margin of the blog.