Rachel Hearn has spent her working life with the Ambulance Service. She has witnessed and dealt with countless potentially trauma-inducing incidents. And yet when she made the call to her employee assistance programme to ask for help, it wasn't because of a harrowing ordeal, but rather that the build up of stress in her private life had brought her to breaking point. In this episode we will: Explore why first responders find it so difficult to ask for help Hear how the job can be a distraction from difficulties in your private life and provide a feeling of control Understand how much the fear of what others will think and the need to "earn acceptance" can influence the way we show up, both at work and in our private lives.