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PART 2 - Talking with my wonderful husband yet about what it’s like to be a firefighter, what he thinks is the most unexpected part of the role is, what he does on his days off, the perks (and cons) of annual leave as a firefighter and what he finds to be the hardest part of the job, mental health, career progression and the job and how we handle things as a couple. Matt’s biggest tips if you’re considering doing the brigade and our advice!

* don’t mind the dog sleeping in the background and the people who decided to garden!!

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PART 1 - Talking with my wonderful husband yet about what it’s like to be a firefighter, what he thinks is the most unexpected part of the role is, what he does on his days off, the perks (and cons) of annual leave as a firefighter and what he finds to be the hardest part of the job, mental health, career progression and the job and how we handle things as a couple. Matt’s biggest tips if you’re considering doing the brigade and our advice!

* don’t mind the dog sleeping in the background and the people who decided to garden!!

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I'm sharing my birth story, the impacts of a job that allows barely any paternal leave and how I've gotten through my 4th, first year!

3rd Birth Photos - https://www.veronikasandersonphoto.com/baby-pippa

** Language warning **

And apologies for the background noise!!

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On this episode I chat with Crystal Atkins who's husband is a Paramedic in Victoria.

We chat all about:

• Working our lives around being 'Married to the Job'
• Limited nights together, sleeping alone and the impact that has on your relationship
• Nights alone
• The challenge of empathy with sleep and the work
• Solo parenting a lot of the time
• Misconceptions
• Spending extra time together when your partner is on leave
• Meal times alone and then adjusting to them home
• Children not understanding the job and shifts
• Routines and how challenging they are
• Feeling isolated as a Mum
• Calendars are life when you're 'Married to the Job'

Plus so much more.. this is part 2 of 3 with Crystal

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On this episode I chat with Crystal Atkins who's husband is a Paramedic in Victoria. We chat all about:

• Recruitment process for Paramedics in Victoria
• The possibility of moving for the job
• Shiftwork sleep... with kids
• Feeling different from your Mums Group
• Wanting connection with other women who get it!
• Christmas married to the job

Plus so much more.. this is part 1 of 3 with Crystal

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In this very short episode you'll learn what 'Married to the Job' is all about!

Hosted by Erin Bourke; firey's wife for the last 7+ years, Mum of 4, charity founder + director... woman just trying to work her life around her husband's crazy shifts!

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