Grablives is a mental health podcast designed to bring a greater awareness to first responders struggling with injury, depression, suicidal ideation, and burn out.
Jonathan Vargas is a firefighter/paramedic in Los Angeles determined to find solution for the epidemic of mental health crisis. Grablives ideologies are rooted in unlearning patterns, finding spirituality, and discovering higher consciousness in an effort to create a more sustainable career for first responders, cops, firefighters, and military personnel.
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Grablives is a mental health podcast designed to bring a greater awareness to first responders struggling with injury, depression, suicidal ideation, and burn out.
Jonathan Vargas is a firefighter/paramedic in Los Angeles determined to find solution for the epidemic of mental health crisis. Grablives ideologies are rooted in unlearning patterns, finding spirituality, and discovering higher consciousness in an effort to create a more sustainable career for first responders, cops, firefighters, and military personnel.
76 Crossing the Line: Police–Fire Collaboration for Real Mental Health Change
Grablives
1 hour 22 minutes 40 seconds
4 weeks ago
76 Crossing the Line: Police–Fire Collaboration for Real Mental Health Change
In this powerful cross-collab conversation, police commander Eric Tung joins the GrabLives Podcast to bridge the world of law enforcement and firefighting — two professions united by courage, trauma, and an often silent battle with mental health.
Eric Tung created Blue Grit to help police, first responders, and high-drive individuals LIVE and PERFORM better.
Eric is an active police commander in Washington State who oversees patrol operations and his department’s wellness and peer support programs. He has been a police officer for 18 years and integrates the extreme highs and lows that are synonymous with the career to help guide others to live better through grounded mindset, adaptable routines, and positive impacts through leadership and organizational culture.
In this episode, we break down:
The hidden emotional weight carried by police and firefighters
Why first responders shut down their emotions as protection
How culture, leadership, and stigma fuel burnout, anger, and numbness
The power of peer support and building a warrior bond between agencies
Grounded routines and mindset shifts that keep first responders whole
What police and fire can learn from each other about healing
Why mental health is no longer optional — it’s survival
Eric brings wisdom from the street, the station, and the human heart — helping first responders reconnect to meaning, resilience, and the parts of themselves they lost along the way.
This is a conversation about unity.About the evolution of the warrior.And about rewriting the mental-health culture across all first-responder communities.
He shares lessons and insights in his podcast: Blue Grit Radio, free newsletter (available at bluegritwellness.com) and can be found on LinkedIn, at bluegritwellness@gmail.com and @bluegritwellness on Instagram
Grablives
Grablives is a mental health podcast designed to bring a greater awareness to first responders struggling with injury, depression, suicidal ideation, and burn out.
Jonathan Vargas is a firefighter/paramedic in Los Angeles determined to find solution for the epidemic of mental health crisis. Grablives ideologies are rooted in unlearning patterns, finding spirituality, and discovering higher consciousness in an effort to create a more sustainable career for first responders, cops, firefighters, and military personnel.
