Finding Rest: Healing the Spirit, Soul, and Body of First Responders

Guest: Virginia Dixon

Host: Conrad Weaver

Episode Title: Finding Rest: Healing the Spirit, Soul, and Body of First Responders

In this insightful episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, host Conrad Weaver welcomes Virginia Dixon, founder of The Place of Rest and creator of the REST Reconstitution Approach to Healing. Virginia shares how her integrative, data-informed, and spiritually grounded framework helps first responders address trauma and find true wholeness.

Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, and spiritual formation, Virginia explains why traditional “diagnose, treat, and cure” models often fail to reach the root causes of mental and emotional pain. She outlines her belief that healing requires understanding the full person—spirit, soul, and body—and that rest is an active, restorative process that sustains life and freedom.

Listeners will hear about:

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  The powerful connection between spiritual, emotional, and physical wellness.

  
  


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  How trauma and generational patterns influence health and resilience.

  
  


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  Why the current mental health system often leaves first responders misunderstood and unsupported.

  
  


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  Practical ways to restore balance, purpose, and inner peace through rest.

  
  

Resources & Links:

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  The Place of Rest

  
  

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