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Podcast: The Squad Room: Police Health | Development | Leadership
Episode: Dealing with Death: Navigating Grief and Guilt to Find Joy After the Death of a LEO Spouse with Whitney Allen
Description: Ryan Allen, a successful K9 handler for his department, didn’t think much about the bee sting he got on the way home from the gym. What happened next turned this small thing into a nightmare of panic, grief, guilt and difficult decisions. Six months later, Ryan’s wife Whitney buried her young husband and was left to figure out how to parent two young boys by herself. In the aftermath of Ryan’s death, Whitney pursued her own healing and eventually decided to become a grief counselor, helping other widows deal with the massive loss. <...