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After the Tones Drop After the Tones Drop isn’t just a mental-health podcast.

It’s a real-time reckoning with the realities of first response — the weight, the wit, the wounds, and the resilience woven into every call and every life touched.

Some of the best people I know are hose draggers. Or were. Or are helping them along with me and all the other clinician...
10/17/2026

Some of the best people I know are hose draggers. Or were. Or are helping them along with me and all the other clinicians who choose to do this work as collaborators rather than competitors. Next year, I’m hoping for an opportunity to play either Plinko or Cliffhanger!

Tickets are already available at www.exoticbeavercreek.com for October 2027!

10/17/2026

Thank you to Brothers Helping Brothers, Jim and Nick, and all the helping hands that made the 9th Annual Firefighter Health and Wellness Symposium another success!

I’m so grateful this conference makes space, not only for a conversation around plant medicines/psychedelic intervention...
10/16/2026

I’m so grateful this conference makes space, not only for a conversation around plant medicines/psychedelic interventions, but opens the stage to multiple speakers, discussing their experience with a variety of options.

I met David and Melissa (Griffin) when we both spoke at the same conference.
Two incredible, beautiful people simply yet generously being willing to share their journey to educate others, no holds barred.

You can find more information about these two at:
https://www.drdavidgriffin.com/about.html

Part 2 of 4 is out! “Same Brain, Different Mask: Masking, Gender, and Misdiagnosis” is out and our conversation continue...
10/15/2026

Part 2 of 4 is out! “Same Brain, Different Mask: Masking, Gender, and Misdiagnosis” is out and our conversation continues during month.

This week, we take on the traits many ADHDers don’t even know are ADHD behaviors or struggles, how we’ve learned to “hide the hyper,” and some of the different challenges created by the variabilities in presentation among men and women.

Whether you were diagnosed in 4th grade, or in adulthood, we unravel some mysteries in this episode!

https://www.afterthetonesdrop.co/same-brain-different-mask-masking-gender-and-misdiagnosis/

Day One of the Firefighter Health and Wellness Conference in the books! Thank you to today’s speakers, especially the B...
10/14/2026

Day One of the Firefighter Health and Wellness Conference in the books!

Thank you to today’s speakers, especially the Bellows, for sharing your wisdom, experience and hope!

Nick Magoteaux and Jim Burneka Jr., ya did it again! Amazing conference!

Here is the companion blog for Episode 164, our first of a four part series on the experience of ADHD in Public Safety. ...
10/12/2026

Here is the companion blog for Episode 164, our first of a four part series on the experience of ADHD in Public Safety.

The behavior gives us information. It doesn’t always give us the explanation.

You see someone getting distracted. You don’t necessarily see whether their attention is chasing stimulation, scanning for danger, or struggling through another shift on too little sleep. And when we decide we already know the reason, we can spend a lot of time trying to solve the wrong problem.

This week’s companion blog, “ADHD, Trauma, or the Job? When the Symptoms Look the Same but the Reasons Are Different,” takes a closer look at those overlapping patterns.

It also asks a question I think a lot of first responders have quietly carried: How can I be so capable at work and struggle this much at home?

Because in addition to how frustrating it can be, it can also be baffling.

Read here: https://www.afterthetonesdrop.co/blog/adhd-trauma-or-the-job-when-the-symptoms-look-the-same-but-the-reasons-are-different/

Listen to the episode here: https://www.afterthetonesdrop.co/when-everythings-on-fire-and-you-cant-find-your-keys-adhd-trauma-and-first-responders/

Get your free download here:https://whole-house.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ADHD_in_Public_Safety_Beyond_the_Checklist.pdf

As I’m finishing up editing this months episodes, just know, I’m in the ring with you! I have to be in Columbus tomorrow...
10/09/2026

As I’m finishing up editing this months episodes, just know, I’m in the ring with you! I have to be in Columbus tomorrow morning to pick up a friend at 11a.

This is my tool kit, along with having my clothes laid out, gas in the tank, and everything I need to take with me on the kitchen counter where I will see it all as I walk out the door.

ADHD is no joke. It requires a completely different skill set than what I would use if living alone on an island that doesn’t prioritize time or productivity!

Can you relate? Did you just set that thing down? Did you tell yourself for the millionth time that this will be the tim...
10/07/2026

Can you relate? Did you just set that thing down? Did you tell yourself for the millionth time that this will be the time you remember where you put that?

This summer, I was on the phone with a buddy and all the sudden I couldn't find my phone while talking on speaker. I kept yelling because I couldn't find it, and then I opened the fridge, and there it was. No lie. My friend was laughing hysterically. And this is just the tip of the iceberg of the daily challenges with ADHD. Now, slam up against that with some solid executive dysfunction caused my traumatic exposure? Sheer delight.

Listen now to Everything's on Fire and you Can't Find Your Keys here: https://www.afterthetonesdrop.co/when-everythings-on-fire-and-you-cant-find-your-keys-adhd-trauma-and-first-responders/

And make sure to grab your free resource download!https://whole-house.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ADHD_in_Public_Safety_Beyond_the_Checklist.pdf

It's finally happening! I have wanted to do this every year and I finally have done it! We are honoring our first respon...
10/07/2026

It's finally happening! I have wanted to do this every year and I finally have done it! We are honoring our first responders, their families, and the blessing/curse of ADHD all month with episodes focusing on ADHD and its intersection with trauma and first responders. Here's the lineup of our four part series:

Part 1: Recognition
“When Everything’s on Fire and You Can’t Find Your Keys”
Looking at ADHD, trauma, and the demands of the job, and asking what might be underneath the pattern.

Part 2: Beneath the Mask
“Same Brain, Different Mask”
Exploring masking, misdiagnosis, and what looking capable may be costing someone privately.

Part 3: Accountability
“Hear the Excuse. Find the Reason.”
Making room for explanations while keeping responsibility in the conversation.

Part 4: Repair
“I’m Sorry....and It Might Happen Again.”
Talking about what comes after the apology, including support, boundaries, and systems that help things change.

And don't forget to grab your free resource download here:https://whole-house.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ADHD_in_Public_Safety_Beyond_the_Checklist.pdf

What if we stopped measuring su***de prevention only by how close someone is to dying?The newest After the Tones Drop bl...
10/02/2026

What if we stopped measuring su***de prevention only by how close someone is to dying?

The newest After the Tones Drop blog asks a different question:

What does a life worth staying for actually look like?

“Alive Is Too Low a Bar” shifts the focus from crisis markers to quality-of-life markers: connection, purpose, belonging, safety, meaning, and the ability to experience something beyond simply surviving the day.

Because preventing death matters.

But helping people build lives they actually want to remain in matters, too.

Read the blog: Alive Is Too Low a Bar

https://www.afterthetonesdrop.co/blog/alive-is-too-low-a-bar-a-quality-of-life-checklist-for-measuring-more-than-crisis/

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