Echo Bravo Intensives PLLC

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* FIRST RESPONDERS *

Choose your team: 🚓 Police vs. Firefighters 🚒 ...or just come out for a fun time at the ballpark! ⚾

Local first responders will face off at the Corn Crib in a fun, high-energy matchup. It's not just a game; it's a tribute to the everyday heroes who protect and serve our community.

Proceeds will go toward local nonprofits that support causes important to both departments, so every cheer helps make a difference!

🗓 Friday, September 11, 2026
📍The Corn Crib in Normal
🕠 Gates open at 5:30pm
⚾ First pitch at 6:30pm
🎟 Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/420Z184?r

Stick around after the game for the game-worn jersey auction! 🩵

💙🇺🇸❤️ This flag stands outside my office at Echo Bravo Intensives. It’s essentially my street sign, since I otherwise keep a discreet location. It represents so many things to so many of my clients. It’s been a long week, I had minimal awareness that it was supposed to storm today, and had clients back to back. Thus, my poor flag endured a beating. After the storm, Jenna saw a gentleman and a kiddo out there taking down the flag and folding it properly. Whoever you are, THANK YOU!!!
🫡 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

*Veterans*
Join us for the 2026 Veterans in the Fire Service event! All you have to do is get yourself there - IFSI pays for and provides the rest. You do NOT have to be a firefighter - come have some fun and camaraderie with fellow veterans. You do NOT have to live in IL - many of our participants are from out of state. You've attended in the past? Great, come again! Many of our participants each year have attended in the past and have returned for more fun. Hope to see you there!

IFSI Events

*FIRST RESPONDERS*

First Responder Night at Eastview Christian Church

Thursday September 24th
6 pm to 8 pm

Join us as we hear from Stuart & Jackie Blade about what to do when life doesn’t go as expected.

(Fire, Police, EMS, Dispatch, Coroner’s office, ED/ICU Nurses)

Post #2 (because words matter)

The absence of one type of abuse doesn't minimize the experience of another type of abuse. Abuse is abuse. And it has lasting effects that not only impact the individual, but also seep into all aspects of their life - work, education and relationships. It looks differently for everyone, but can include: anxiety, confusion, insecurity, hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, indecisiveness, nightmares, insomnia, panic attacks, unhealthy coping (ie substances, affairs, excessive work), sleeping too much, withdrawn, checked out, isolation, chronic pain, confusing physical symptoms that providers cannot explain, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

When an individual is trying to assess whether or not they have suffered abuse, or are currently in an abusive relationship, they often compare their own experiences to other people's experiences. Too often, they conclude their abuse wasn't actually abuse because to them, it doesn't compare to "how bad" someone else's was. The truth is, those who have been through chronic abuse develop a level of tolerance to the abuse. This allows them to survive and endure, but it also distorts their view of how "bad" it was, because they were able to survive and endure. Whereas when they view someone else's abuse, it may seem way worse, because it is different than what they have survived, and they haven't developed a tolerance to it.

If you have been through abuse or you are still in an abusive relationship and you are suffering the effects (maybe even decades after escaping the abuse), there is hope! You do not have to continue to suffer. There are many effective therapies that help heal the effects of trauma:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Trauma Resilience Model (TRM)
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
HeartMath Biofeedback (HM)
Nature Therapy (NT) See less

There is always hope for healing!!

Post #1

The absence of one type of trauma doesn't minimize the experience of another type of trauma. Trauma is trauma. And it has lasting effects that not only impact the individual, but also seep into all aspects of their life - work, education and relationships. It looks differently for everyone, but can include: anxiety, hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, panic attacks, unhealthy coping (ie substances, affairs, excessive work), sleeping too much, withdrawn, checked out, isolation, chronic pain, confusing physical symptoms that providers cannot explain, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

When an individual is trying to assess whether or not they have been through trauma, they often compare their own experiences to other people's experiences. Too often, they conclude their trauma wasn't actually trauma because to them, it doesn't compare to "how bad" someone else's was. The truth is, those who have been through chronic trauma develop a level of tolerance to the trauma. This allows them to survive and endure, but it also distorts their view of how "bad" it was, because they were able to survive and endure. Whereas when they view someone else's trauma, it seems way worse, because it is different than what they have survived, and they haven't developed a tolerance to it.

If you have been through traumatic experiences and you are still suffering the effects, there is hope for healing! You do not have to continue to suffer. There are many effective therapies that help heal the effects of trauma:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Trauma Resilience Model (TRM)
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
HeartMath Biofeedback (HM)
Nature Therapy (NT)

There is always hope for healing!!

ICYMI
Registration is open for the 2026 Veterans in the Fire Service event.