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Ellen Kirschman

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I've been a police and public safety psychologist for thirty-plus years, before I had any gray hair. My work with first responders has taken me to four countries and twenty-two states.

I Love a Cop: What Police Families Need to Know was my first book and, to date, it has sold more than 100,000 copies. I Love a Fire Fighter: What the Family Needs to Know came next, followed by Counseling Cops: What Clinicians Need to Know with two psychology colleagues, both of whom are retired cops.

I also write a mystery series. My protagonist, Dr. Dot Meyerhoff, is a fifty-something year old psychologist who should be counseling cops, not solving crimes. Too dedicated for her own good, she won't give up until justice is served, even when it jeopardizes h
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Ellen Kirschman Actually, I have the opposite problem. I can't turn it off, ideas, storylines, interesting characters are constantly knocking on the inside of my head…moreActually, I have the opposite problem. I can't turn it off, ideas, storylines, interesting characters are constantly knocking on the inside of my head, disrupting my sleep, and compromising my ability to listen well to others. Ask my husband.

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Loneliness: How to Fight It During the Holidays and Every Day

Dr. Vivek Murthy, surgeon general of the United States, called loneliness a public health crisis and admitted that he had struggled with it himself.

Loneliness is different from solitude. Solitude restores whereas loneliness depletes. Loneliness is different from isolation. Isolation is the deliberate avoidance of people, places, and things that are uncomfortable. People choose solitude and isolati

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“It takes guts to be married to someone who, in times of crisis, may be more available to strangers than to his or her own family. It takes determination to stay home alone at night, fortitude to go to a party by yourself, persistence to be both mother and father, and spunk to say what you really think. It might even take courage for you to read this book.”
Ellen Kirschman, I Love a Fire Fighter: What the Family Needs to Know

“The only noise is the engine on the medic van. It runs steadily, the broken heart of a failed enterprise.”
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“Encourage your loved one to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, maintain a reasonable weight, stop smoking, and consume alcohol in moderation. If you can’t get your fire fighter to cooperate, model a healthy lifestyle yourself. A new study of 4,700 couples showed that there is a strong association between the health of husbands and the health of wives. Married people tend to follow the same kinds of diets, for better or worse, or to smoke if their spouse does.”
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“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But, it isn't my fault.
It still takes me a long time to get out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in. It's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault. I get out immediately.

walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

I walk down another street.”
Portia Nelson, There's a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery

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