Battalion Chief Dena Ali: ‘You can’t leave your baggage at the door’
The Raleigh firefighter and peer support advocate explains her perspective on healthy boundaries, therapy and why connection is life-sustaining
On this episode of the Better Every Shift podcast, Raleigh Battalion Chief Dena Ali joins the crew for a candid conversation about firefighter behavioral health, its connection to physical health, and her belief that the fire service needs its leaders to go beyond simply referring members to actually connecting with their members. We dig into that, plus all this:
The sleep stat that shocked us
The power of replacing the term “selfish” with “self-care”…
The skinny
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