The Conscious Fire Culture

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By: Thomas M. Wurm

The Conscious Fire Culture is about alternative mental health for wildland firefighters. Every episode we break the stigma about mental health with the intent of saving as many wildland firefighters from suicide as possible. We want to help you connect with alternative ways of healing by interviewing a network of practitioners that want to serve the wildland fire community.

Forgiveness Gratitude and Love with Kevin Conley jr
#20
11/10/2022

I interview Kevin Conley Jr., @backcountryninjas, the author of Above the Ashes. The book, the man, the legend, graces us with his presence, and we go deep into his journey across the southern tier on his bike with his dog rocky. Kevin shares wisdom from his voyage of forgiveness, gratitude, and love.⁠
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Kevin is an open book, and we talk in-depth about the night that he wanted to end it all and what changed his mind. Kevin shares the dark, the ugly, and the love he found on his journey. We discuss the synchronicities that followed him acro...


The Mystic Danny Verdad
#19
09/27/2022

I interview a true mystic!

This episode is so special because this may be Danny's one and only appearance. 

I interview our sacrament practitioner Danny Verdad. We talk about his upbringing in traditional ways on the mountain in a small village in central Mexico. The benefits of retreat for wildland firefighters and why you should or shouldn't come. Danny speaks about how the retreat is not about changing or losing your identity but helping your soul remember the truth about love.

We explore deep philosophical questions and different perspectives of humanity. And every t...


Entheogens, Sound, NLP and Alternative Healing
#18
07/01/2022

Join me, Lisset, and Coco as we talk about merging entheogen therapy, sound, NLP, and Huna. We dive deep into the sacred ancestral healing sacraments, and how they shut down the default mode network, so the only thing left in your brain is love.

When you have a strong intention and a container for healing, the entheogens help you relabel all of the limiting beliefs and negative emotions from a place of love. When you relabel an idea, you change the meaning, which means you have a new experience and new behavior. 

 

The NL...


Destiny DeHaven: The Pattern Breaker and BS Detector
#17
06/16/2022

Today we have Destiny DeHaven, a pattern breaker, professional bull shit detector, speaker and SRT (subconscious response therapy), and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) practitioner. 

We dive into what NLP is and how neurons fire. We discuss how you can rewire a neurological pattern and how it can benefit you. We talk about how to utilize emotions like anger and recognize how they can hurt or help you. Understand how your “bullshit” can hold trauma in your body and how the energy from emotions is held in your body after an event that may have been traumatic. Destiny runs Anne...


Weathering First Responder Relationships with Cheri Timko
#16
06/02/2022

Today, Thomas and Anne are joined by Cheri Timko, a Couples Coach, Couples Psychotherapist, and Gottman Certified Therapist. She provides 1:1 coaching as well as 1:2 coaching and psychotherapy for people located in West Virginia. She discusses using relationship habits to build relationships, transition rituals that de-escalate the comings and goings in the relationship, and communication tools that lead to problem-solving. Cheri also tells us how to safeguard your relationship while also having a great career.

Cheri drops the best information to build a relationship’s core techniques and concepts that you can use TODAY in your relationship to st...


Wildland Firefighter Mental Health with Close the Gap Wellness
#15
05/12/2022

Join Thomas, Anne, and Dani Shedden as we discuss what it takes to be healthy in wildland fire.

 

Dani explores the CISM, CBT therapy, and why mental health is physical too. We talk about gut health, PT, bodywork, acupuncture, and meditation. We discuss the grief process and why acceptance and surrender can create powerful healing. We go deep into why building your team of supporters is so important.

 

"Yeah, and you know there's no real answer or timeframe of how someone's gonna handle grief or how it's gonna impact them, and wh...


The Huna Experience
#14
04/15/2022

Anne Interviews Thomas about his recent Huna Level 2 experience. 

Thomas takes us straight to the weird magic of Huna and explains how intense the energy was during class. We take you on a ride through Hogwarts in Hawaii. We talk about why Ho'oku'u may be more powerful than Mental-Emotional Release because we are working with the spiritual, and mental, emotional bodies. 

We discuss the law of mentalism, quantum mechanics, and why everything is in your mind. We really go down a rabbit hole of what reality is.

Warning: if you don't have a st...


Remove Clutter, Gain Confidence, Learn Who You Are with Krista Lockwood
#93
03/25/2022

Krista Lockwood is a mom, a decluttering expert, a teacher and a supporter. Her expertise in keeping your life simplified will allow your new skills in having a cleaner house and mind move you forward in your goals. 

Join Thomas Wurm, Anne Martin, and Krista Lockwood as they dive deep into understanding how removing clutter and becoming more minimalistic can open new opportunities for you as an individual, reduce stress in relationships and in families, and keep a consistent routine that will allow you to feel confident. Krista explains how de-cluttering has given her more time with h...


Mental-Emotional Release with Alan Wade and Cindy Preston
#14
03/09/2022

Alan Wade and Cindy Preston are International Best-Selling Authors, Certified Master Practitioners of NLP, MERÂŽ, Hypnosis, and Reiki, with 30 years of combined experience, and they work with highly motivated individuals that seek the next level of performance.

They use the power of your unconscious mind to release limiting beliefs and past emotional baggage that has kept you from achieving your goals and reaching your ultimate lifestyle and full potential.

 

Join Thomas Wurm, Anne Martin, Alan Wade, and Cindy Preston as we go in-depth discussing how our qualifications and knowledge can help our clients an...


Ben Strahan and Jaguar Medicine
#13
03/03/2022

Ben Strahan shares his transformation into a Jaguar Warrior and the raw power of being of service from his entire being. Ben speaks about his experience from the entire retreat in Mexico and how he had a much deeper transformation than he was expecting. 

We discuss what a warrior is and why defending the truth is his purpose in life now. How the jaguar warrior has so much power but with that power comes real responsibility to not use it. 

Ben drops so many truth bombs during this episode you don't want to miss the wis...