UNBREAKABLE - The Podcast

UNBREAKABLE - The Podcast

Kwesi Millington is a former RCMP police officer, who has overcome struggles professionally as well as personally dealing with PTSD and Depression. He now teaches first responders, youth and high-stress organizations how to avoid burnout, build mental health and cultivate resilience in their lives. The UNBREAKABLE podcast is about helping you level up and live a better life! Let's go!!!!

Episodes

September 11, 2024 9 mins
Unlock surprising lessons in mental strength with insights from Kwesi Millington's days as a police officer. In this motivational video, Kwesi shares powerful lessons that shaped his resilience and can help you too. Discover how overcoming challenges can lead to greater happiness and why asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. Kwesi emphasizes the importance of removing toxic influences and staying true to oneself, whi...
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Kwesi Millington welcomes Mark Bouchard to the program. They discuss policing mental health and the psychology of the use of force. Policing Mental Health & the Psychology of Use of Force with Mark Bouchard Mark Bouchard is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who is assigned to the Williams Lake detachment in British Columbia. He also has a position on the Emergency Response Team, which is the SWAT team in Canada. ...
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September 9, 2022 41 mins

Thể Oanh - The Path to Inner Knowing & Personal Peace Thể Oanh, pronounced like Tey'One (Oanh 'ONE' for short), is a Multidimensional Transformation Coach & Oracle, guided by her Fierce Guardian Angel, she serves as a Spiritual Guide & Tarot Reader for her querents. She is a certified Life Coach, NLP Practitioner & Image Consultant with over a decade of experience as a highly skilled makeup artist & hair stylist, who specializes in...

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June 14, 2022 38 mins

Scott Medlin helps police officers and other first responders achieve wellness and security by providing practical and inspirational training, so they can be fulfilled and excel. 

WHO I WORK WITH: I partner with law enforcement and also: 

🚨Police Recruit Academies 

🚨Police and First Responder Training

 🚨Conferences/Seminars 🚨Government Training Programs 

🚨Podcasts and YouTube Channels 🚨News Channels 

🚨Community Outreach Programs 

W...

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Sri Mahabir refused to let her camera shyness get in the way of being able to share the stories of other entrepreneurs and her own story. In April of 2020, Sri created the IG live series Journey of an Entrepreneur” After interviewing 100 entrepreneurs, she realized her passion. Sri helps solo entrepreneurs be able to face their camera shyness and help build visibility to their brand and business. Sri has another show on Linked In w...

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Kwesi Millington welcomes Norm DeVarennes to Rise The Podcast. Norm DeVarennes was a police officer with the RCMP for 28 years. In both this podcast and his book, he dives deep into his emotion as he reflects on the effect a career in policing on his mental health. His goal is to have other first responders see themselves through the eyes of the author while it will help people from the general public on what generally happens ...
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Kwesi Millington welcomes Deon Joseph who discusses shifting perspectives and saving skid row. Deon Joseph is an LEO (Law Enforcement Officer), as well as a Law Enforcement Consultant and Trainer on Homelessness and Community Policing. From patrolling the streets to meeting with public figures and advocating for change, Deon is driven to influence an environment for the homeless that helps them to reclaim their lives from the gr...
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Shelly Elsliger is a ball of positivity....we talk about so much in this podcast, but here's a bit about her: WHO AM I? Not your typical LinkedIn Trainer that is for sure! I focus on Social Reciprocity as a way for you to WIN ON LINKEDIN! It is very important to have an optimized LinkedIn Story but it will be your belief in your story, how you pay it forward, and how you tap into a market who will want to read it – so much so that...
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Treena Reilkoff is a certified Resiliency trainer with experience in trauma informed practice and promoting strategies and optimizing resiliency. Her professional background is diverse and includes working in the fields of mental health, behavioural analysis, corrections, ADR and social work. She brings more than 25 years of experience providing service to persons and groups who have experienced trauma, in diverse, complex and high...

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Kwesi sits down with Toronto Police Officer Dale Swift, to discuss policing communities and bridging the gap. It is no secret that policing isn’t the most popular career choice these days. From being unfairly and broadly painted as bad apples, to being attacked and insulted, to officers opting for early retirement due to stress and mental health issues all over North America, it is no wonder that fewer people are choosing this as...
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Kwesi Millington welcomes widow support coach Petra Gordon who is on a mission to transform the expectations surrounding widowhood. You can move through times of adversity and find new purpose for living. I met Petra a few years ago, and invited her to speak on my StoryShare stage. Her passion and power immediately blew me away and I knew we would always stay connected. What brought her onto the RISE podcast however, was her pers...
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I'm pleased to welcome Eric Muldrow of @coderedconversations on the RISE podcast to discuss race and policing. He laid it out unapologetically and the full interview has truths that are unpopular and uncomfortable, but need to be said. About Eric: "Eric began his career in Law Enforcement after serving in the U.S. Army as a Combat Medic. After being honorably discharged, he began working as an Officer at Westville Correctional C...
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Special Guest: Singer, Author, Speaker & Coach Alana Dela Cruz Alana does it all. She is a speaker, author and survivor. I'll let her describe her journey in words before you listen to the podcast... "I'm pretty much an open book about my life mess being turned into a message for the masses. I didn't go through these life experiences and long healing journeys for nothing! ha! I've been married and divorced 3 times- engaged 5 times...
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Pauly Plewa and I first met when I coached him on his first TED talk. You can watch his TED talk at the link below, but here's what the CBC wrote about him for a feature interview... "Soon after his motocross accident, Pauly Plewa was given a brochure and asked to pick the colour of the wheelchair that he would soon get. With a devastating back injury that required his vertebrae to be fused together with metal rods, he was told th...
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Kwesi Millington welcomes licensed psychologist with over 30 years of experience Dr. Jay McGrory. Jay works extensively with first responders and in particular with police. He is the consulting psychologist to the Windsor Police Service and Lasalle Police Service Peer Support Teams. Dr. McGrory also has an interest in working with athletes and has worked with the NHL/NHLPA and OHL Windsor Spitfires Hockey Club. Jay has some ke...
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Kwesi Millington welcomes Founder / President Camp My Way Society Mental Health / Social Justice Advocate Terrance Kosikar. Terrance Kosikar, was a First Responder to a fatal accident during an event on opening day of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Although well trained in a myriad of life saving techniques, he was not prepared to deal with the emotional impact sustained when those techniques were not enough. As a result of...
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Kwesi Millington welcomes producer, speaker, coach MS Society of Canada Ambassador ♿ Diversity & Inclusion Advocate Gaby Mammone. About Gaby...I’m on a mission to change the world. What? Huh? (Is that what you are thinking?) We all have a story. Being vulnerable helps to heal others. As a keynote speaker, I focus on the importance of building resilience through kindness. I believe in diversity, inclusion and acceptance. I am pas...
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Thank you RENA ROMANO... Author | Activist | Speaker | Coach Veteran of the TEDx Stage and Guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” surTHRIVER® and Advocate for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault About: As a sur-THRIVER® of child sexual abuse and sexual assault, I have a unique approach to life, I say our past does define us. Yes, it does! We are looking at it all wrong!!! The problem: Most people, as I did, look at the...
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As much as I teach resilience, I'm more of a student than anything. I can't recommend Dr. Stephanie Conn's book Increasing Resilience in Police & Emergency Personnel enough. That being said, her skills in helping others build resilience extends to tools that anyone can use. As a Youth speaker, I owe it to the students I motivate to ensure that I am always learning about resilience to bring the best tools that I can to them. Dr. St...
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Based in Toronto, Canada, Jessica Santonato is an inspirational speaker who shares the message of forgiveness and finding the gift in painful experiences. In her latest memoir “Flip The Script”, she shares her journey of living a criminal lifestyle, assault, attempted suicide and domestic violence before the age of 30, to her rise in conscious leadership and humanitarian work by the age of 35. Recognized for her leadership abilitie...
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