DCT Audio

12/09/2023

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7450184-peter-kirkham-ex-met-police-officer-and-policing-commentator

Peter Kirkham was born & bred on a farm in Cheshire. He travelled to London and basically never went back!

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7437860-lt-col-will-meddings-leadership-in-the-british-army

Lieutenant Colonel Will Meddings is an infantry officer in the Royal Anglian Regiment. Throughout his career he has commanded soldiers on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in teams sizing from a 12 man patrol fighting alongside the Afghan Army in Helmand, to a 100-strong co...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7426331-tom-wheelhouse-the-impact-on-officers-leaving-the-police-service

Tom Wheelhouse spent several years in the Metropolitan police service and one of his career highlights was working on the 2012 London Olympics. However he soon came to realise that his dream job was becoming a nightmare and after careful thought handed in his resignation due t...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7322619-sarah-jane-lennie-the-impact-of-emotional-labour-on-police-officers

Sarah-Jane (SJ) Lennie served as a police officer for 18 years before struggling with her mental health and finally making a personally difficult decision to change her career. It was only at the point of finally speaking out about her own experiences of mental ill-health tha...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7265234-toni-white-men-s-mental-health-advocate

Tony White is a freelance mental health consultant with 20 years experience of high functioning depression, anxiety and complex PTSD specialising in men’s and workplace mental health.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7237693-ewen-sim-part-1-the-mindful-cop

Ewen Sim first discovered mindfulness whilst at university and it seemed a natural partner to his interest in Buddhism. Over the years he has taken additional training in yoga and hypnotherapy.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7176871-will-hogan-part-2-steps-to-recovery-and-a-brand-new-shed

In our last episode Detective Will Hogan describes his mental breakdown, his post traumatic stress diagnosis and the collapse of his shed.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7175512-will-hogan-part-1-a-journey-into-ptsd-and-the-collapse-of-a-shed

A mental health episode , in the police at least, is affectionately known as a shed collapse. Detective Will Hogan attended an incident at the back end of 2009 that would cause HIS shed to well and truly collapse three years later.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7148160-ian-whitehead-the-roles-and-pitfalls-of-the-middle-manager

Ian Whitehead is a career detective having spent the last 24 years in Lancashire Constabulary.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7134372-blackpool-tragedy-1983-police-officers-lost-at-sea

At 1.48pm on Wednesday the 5th January 1983 the police control room at Blackpool broadcast a radio message that was to change the lives of many and would result in the loss of four human beings.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7095255-armistice-lest-we-forget

This year marked the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, the end of the war. Join us at War Memorial 565 in Blackpool as we experience this years remembrance service and some of views of those who were there.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7040420-dave-thomas-my-own-adverse-childhood-experience

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. After doing a series of podcasts with ex offenders I promised that I would share my own childhood experiences.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/7015469-fiona-meechan-compassion-at-work

Compassion at Work Toolkit

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6975997-katie-hutchings-heart-transplant-survivor

There was nothing common about the cold Katie Hutchings caught over the Easter of 2015. Within day's she was taken to hospital and put on the urgent transplant list. The virus has attacked her heart and had damaged it beyond repair. She eventually received a new donor heart an...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6910640-ex-offender-describes-through-his-recovery-and-rehabilitation-he-learned-to-love-himself

My guest today comes from a large family of privilege and wealth. His own father was quite elderly when he was born and he was sent to boarding school at an early age where he was sexually abused.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6903827-graham-godden-from-armed-robber-to-charity-founder

In the third of my podcasts on adverse childhood experiences I talk to a man who committed a string of armed robberies in the south east of England at provincial building societies. Such became his notoriety he was dubbed the M25 bandit. He was eventually arrested by the Metro...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6899832-ex-offender-reflects-on-his-life-choices-when-addicted-to-co***ne-and-alcohol

In the second of my podcasts on adverse childhood experiences my guest has asked to remain anonymous for no other reason that to protect the identities of those people involved. He was responsible for an assault which resulted in a gaol sentence. Whilst inside and through the ...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6897584-jackie-malton-on-unpicking-adverse-childhood-experiences

In this what will be the first podcast in a series of four I will be looking at adverse childhood experiences, how they can lead to addiction and for some a pathway to prison. Jackie Malton is a retired police officer and detective and her own pathway to recovery from alcohol ...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6754623-sue-davies-a-bereaved-mother

Sue Davies is a typical hard working mum. In 2011 she suffered the unimaginable.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6609503-noreen-tehrani

In this episode Noreen describes the brain and how it works. Realising that trauma is a biological problem and not a mental one helps us understand why we experience these feelings and how we can overcome them. Noreen also discusses empathy and how using the head instead of th...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6556573-one-year-on

One year ago the very first Walk the Talk podcast was broadcast with its very first guest Andy Rhodes.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6553605-cognitive-hypnotherapist

Lynne Wilkins started her career in public relations but through a chance meeting she decided she really wanted to help people and became a cognitive hypnotherapist untangling the unconscious mind which determines our everyday behaviour and mindset.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6545460-ex-flying-squad-officer-who-beat-alcohol-and-stigma

Jackie Malton was openly gay from an early age. As a result her character was put to the test when she joined Leicestershire Police and subsequently the Metropolitan Police. She rose through the ranks and became a member of the renowned “Flying Squad.”

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6508585-change

In this episode I will be looking at change, why I think our lives are wholly dependant on it and how we deal with it when it happens. I will be also talking about my recent experience of change.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6466845-worry-and-addiction

In this podcast I share my experiences with worry. I have spent a life time worrying until one day I realised that everything I feared would happen hadn't. I will also be talking about addiction and how the person who became an addict can never be the person that stops.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6446359-as-season-one-draws-to-a-close

As season one draws to a close I have been amazed by the support and kind wishes everyone has shared with me. With nearly 3000 listens I never thought it would be as well received as it has.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6297819-the-role-as-a-family-liaison-officer

In this episode, I have decided to share a bit of myself with you and my role as a family liaison officer.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/6237334-womens-networking-and-the-menopause

Chief Inspector Jackie Hirst is a 27 year career police officer based at Blackpool in Lancashire.

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/5917414-social-media-and-ptsd-suffered-by-fi****ms-officers

Harry Tangye is a 27 year veteran with the Devon and Cornwall police. It was as much a surprise to himself that he won the best police twitter account in 2016 resulting in a trip to California . In this episode Harry shares his views on social media platforms, PTSD and his wor...

12/09/2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/5369578-senior-leader-and-national-wellbeing-lead-for-england-and-wales

Andy Rhodes is currently the Deputy Chief Constable of the Lancashire Constabulary and the national lead for wellbeing for the police services within England and Wales.

12/09/2023

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