Beneath The Helmet Show - Firefighter Wellness & Mental Health (mind-body-spirit)

Arjuna George

Welcome to Beneath the Helmet, a podcast about firefighter well-being and everything beneath the helmet. Join our host, retired Fire Chief Arjuna George, as he interviews firefighters, leaders, and experts on the topics of mental health, physical health, and spiritual health, always with a lens of leadership and self-development. Our goal is to take a holistic approach to understand what it takes for firefighters not just to survive, but to thrive in their careers.

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Beneath The Helmet Show - Firefighter Wellness & Mental Health (mind-body-spirit)

Episodes (105)

Feb 26th Unlocking the Vagus Nerve: Engineering Self-Healing for Trauma and Stress
Feb 11th Psychedelics and First Responder Mental Health: A Fire Chief’s Journey
Jan 28th From Fireground to Research: Annette Zapp on Translating Science into Firefighter Wellness

Beneath The Helmet Show - Firefighter Wellness & Mental Health (mind-body-spirit)

Feb 26, 2026
1 hours
68 MB

Unlocking the Vagus Nerve: Engineering Self-Healing for Trauma and Stress In Episode 103 of Beneath the Helmet, Arjuna sits down with Chris Duquemin — mechanical engineer turned bodyworker, founder of New Vision Therapy (NVT), and author of The Body Engineer. After suffering 10 years of chronic shoulder pain that conventional medicine could not diagnose, Chris began exploring the mechanics of the central nervous system. What he discovered changed his life — and now informs his work with first responders, veterans, and individuals living with post-traumatic stress, chronic anxiety, and unresolved trauma. This conversation explores how a compromised nerv...

Beneath The Helmet Show - Firefighter Wellness & Mental Health (mind-body-spirit)

Unlocking the Vagus Nerve: Engineering Self-Healing for Trauma and Stress

Arjuna George

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