Kim Colegrove is a veteran meditator and speaker with over 40 years of experience. She is the creator of PAUSE15 Meditation℠ and Learn to Pause℠ Mindfulness Training, and the founder of The PauseFirst Project: Mindfulness for First Responders.
Colegrove’s expertise in meditation has benefited individuals and corporations across the country, including Garmin International, The National Court Reporters Association, Department of Veterans Affairs, United Way, and others.
In 2014, Kim lost her husband David to suicide, less than three months after he retired from a 30-year law enforcement career. She created The PauseFirst Project to honor David’s memory, and to help other first responders cope with stress and trauma.
She partnered with Major Darren Ivey of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department in 2017 and began offering a 4-hour block of mindfulness training to law enforcement professionals and other first responders. The course has been very well-received and Colegrove now speaks at conferences and offers her course to first responder organizations nationwide.
Kim is a contributing writer for In Public Safety, an American Military University (AMU) sponsored website. In August, her In Public Safety article, My Husband’s Suicide: Recognizing Predictors of Police Suicide, was published on PoliceOne online, which boasts over 600,000 subscribers and over 2 million monthly visitors. Previously, Colegrove was a regular contributing writer for Kansas City Health and Wellness magazine.
Colegrove has combined many years of meditation experience with her background in corporate mindfulness and her own personal story of tragedy and loss to create an informative and inspirational book that is a must-read for first responders and their families.
Learn more about Kim's work at www.kimcolegrove.com.
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Battling first responder stress, trauma and suicide with meditation and mindfulness.
Less than three months after retiring from a 30-year law enforcement career, my husband chose suicide. This book is intended to inspire first responders to make a different choice.
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It was Thanksgiving weekend and I had just finished hanging Christmas lights. Dinner was on the stove. Someone knocked, and as I walked toward the front door, I could see a uniformed officer standing on my porch.
It's impossible to explain the shock and emotion that engulfed me in the next few moments. My husband had been found in his truck, in the back of our neighborhood, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. He was gone.
The PauseFirst Project and this book are dedicated to former police officer and Retired Special Agent, David Colegrove. The distance, time and space between me and that life-altering day in 2014, gave rise to a realization about the people who responded to the incident.
I realized it must have been awful for the officer who came to my house, and the detective who accompanied him, and the off-duty firefighter who found my husband and called 911.
I realized this because my husband did that work. Prior to becoming a federal investigator, he was a police officer for eight years. He went on horrific calls, he processed crime scenes, and he witnessed things so heinous he wouldn't speak of them. They all do. And it takes a toll.
Did the job kill my husband? No. Was it a contributor? Absolutely. So, if there's something I can do to help other first responders manage their stress and find a bit of relief from this taxing and traumatic way of life, I want to do it. I have to do it. As a tribute to my husband and a thank you to these great people, I want to help.
Throughout their careers, first responders are bombarded with stress and trauma, but their training does not prepare them for what they will inevitably see, hear and endure.
Since my husband’s death, I’ve learned a lot about first responder stress, trauma, post-traumatic stress, secondary trauma, and hyper-vigilance, and I've discovered that suicide is prevalent in first responder professions. This is simply unacceptable.
From Widow to Warrior is a personal memoir combined with an uncomplicated how-to manual, in which I:
PART ONE – Special Agent David Colegrove, Ret. (1963-2014)
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PART TWO – First Responder Stress, Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Secondary Trauma. And what they can do about it.
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PART THREE – Meditation and Mindfulness: Evidence-Based Practices for Stress Management, Emotional Regulation and Better Overall Health.
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This book is written for first responders and their families, because first responders run toward danger while the rest of us run away, and that takes a toll.
First Responder professions include: Law Enforcement • Fire Service • EMS • Corrections • Dispatch • Social Workers • *This is not a complete list. There are many other professions that serve as emergency responders.
First responder stress has reached critical mass. First responders are very well trained, but their training does not prepare them for the mental and emotional impact of the job.
There is a massive audience of first responders and their loved ones, who are searching for relief from this highly stressful and traumatic way of living. This book provides valuable information and insight, and presents leading-edge, evidence-based practices to help first responders and their families cope with the stress and trauma of first responder life.
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I love a Cop, Third Edition: What Police Families Need to Know. Ellen Kirchmann, Ph.D., The Guilford Press 2018.
This book is written for police officers and their families. It's great because it offers. It's great because it offers practical ways for cops and their loved ones to deal with stress - from a clinical perspective.
From Widow to Warrior speaks to a wider audience of first responders and offers a more personal, first-hand perspective. It also draws from the author's many years of experience using meditation and mindfulness for stress reduction.
Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responder's Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart. Dan Willis, New World Library 2014.
This is a wonderful book for first responders and their families. It is written by an ex-police officer, but speaks to all first responders. It includes important lifelines such as Peer Support and spirituality.
From Widow to Warrior stands apart due to emphasis on the burgeoning science behind mindfulness and meditation as coping skills for stress.
First Responder Resilience: Caring for Public Servants. Tania Glenn, Progressive Rising Phoenix Press, LLC 2017.
This book addresses first responder trauma from a Clinical/Peer Support perspective that is relevant and valuable. Most importantly, it offers solutions.
From Widow to Warrior is written from the perspective of a first responder widow who also happens to be an expert in meditation and mindfulness. It offers an intimate, insider look at first responder trauma and offers solutions in the form meditation and mindfulness education and instruction.
Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement: A guide for officers and their families. Kevin M. Gilmartin, Ph.D., E-S Press 2002.
A ground-breaking book in 2002, this guidebook serves as an important tool for law enforcement professionals and their families struggling with the emotional stress and pressure of law enforcement life.
From Widow to Warrior addresses much of the same emotional turmoil, but also offers first-hand stories of first responders who have used meditation and mindfulness to overcome struggles.
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Hi Kim, Thank you for your work! Love, Barbara
So excited for you! Great setup!
Looking forward to diving into this. Thanks for collaborating with us to help teach meditation to our communities!
Good luck, I can’t wait to read your book and look forward to training. Thank you for what you do for the men and women in blue.
This is incredible Kim! I am so excited about the work you do as well as the good you do in this world. Thank you for being you and using your voice!
So much love to you and thank you for courageously sharing your story...you are a true Warrior. Keep Going!!
So incredibly happy for you friend! You continue to amaze me!
So excited for you Kim! Can't wait to get and and have one to give. :-)
Thanks for all you do. God Bless
Good Luck and I will post this on our CIT facebook page.
Looking forward to reading the book!
Good Luck! Thanks for all your work on this
Well done writing about a subject most Coppers ignore because we simply don't want to admit is is very much alive.
Your work is personal to me and I wish you nothing but success on this venture. I am so sorry for your loss. Please know I am very thankful to you for taking the time to embark on this effort. I look forward to reading your book!
Will
Clay County, MO Sheriff's Office
Awesome job Kim!!! Keep fighting the good fight my friend - we need you!! :)
I can’t wait, im so excited for you
Love the way you keep expanding your mission, SiStar! Hugs and right on! Terri and Chuck
Thanks! I am so excited for you and the new book!! Hope to see you again soon. I truly enjoyed your seminar in KC at CIT conference.
I am SO proud of you. You truly are a warrior!!!! Much Love <3
Thank you Kim! You have touched so many lives. Keep up the great work!
Congrats, Kim!! Sending you loving vibes to get your amazing story out into the world.
Kim, wishing you all the best.
Good Luck Kim what a great project!
Great idea Kim! Looking forward to reading this.
So excited to read this!! I admire your bravery to share your story and community to help the first responder community.
I'm so proud of you, and the mission you are on!
looking forward to reading your book !
We look forward to sharing your book and lunch and learn with our veteran caregivers!
Blue_Wives_Matter has got your back! I wish you the very best in all your endeavors! Much Love!
Bless you and your family.
Thank you for caring
on Nov. 15, 2018, 2:26 p.m.
I cannot wait to read this!!