Healing is possible. Growth is real.
We're hosting a free virtual panel on Post-Traumatic Growth — bringing together first responders, educators, therapists, and healers to talk honestly about what healing can look like.
WHEN: May 11, 2026
WHEN: 11 AM EST - 12:30 PM EST
WHERE: Zoom - REGISTER HERE
Featuring voices from policing, paramedicine education, therapy, and equine-assisted work.
This is a conversation for anyone connected to the first responder world, or anyone who believes in the power of healing.
Panelists
Kris Arnold
Inspector with Peel Regional Police
Inspector Kris Arnold is a 26-year veteran of Peel Regional Police, with extensive experience in high-risk units including Homicide, Street Crime, and Human Trafficking. Living with PTSI, she has pursued a wide range of healing approaches, demonstrating resilience and a continued commitment to service and personal growth.
Laura Klootserman
Executive Director of Badge of Life Canada
A retired Ontario Provincial Police member with 32 years of service. She supports public safety personnel and families navigating operational stress injuries,advancing peer support, education, and systemic change to foster recovery, well-being, and post-traumatic growth.
Wendy Lund
CEO Wellth Management Inc. and Good Grief Academy
CEO and Founder of Wellth Management Inc. and Good Grief Academy™, delivering sector-specific, system-level frameworks across corrections, emergency services, and high-exposure sectors. Her work disrupts the narrative that trauma is the whole story; embedding occupational wellbeing literacy, emotional intelligence, and grief literacy into culture and leadership strategies that actually move the needle, without putting the weight on the person least resourced to carry it.
Jesse Osborn
A public speaker, and published author who will energize and inspire your audience with his law enforcement experience as an Alaska State Trooper, father of 2, Sailing Captain and Renaissance man. Jesse teaches resilience through self examination, facing fear and forgiveness.