Finding Strength Podcast

Matt Quackenbush, Brindy Quackenbush

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Booking Overview

Finding Strength connects listeners to recovery and healing through candid conversations with practitioners and people with lived experience—especially around trauma, loss, and addiction. It’s a strong fit for PR teams seeking human-centered, mission-driven guests who can speak credibly about behavioral health, coping, and support systems.

Metrics

Episodes: 103

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 595 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Matt Quackenbush - Matt Quackenbush is a physiotherapist and co-host of Finding Strength. The show explores topics including trauma, loss, and addiction through introspective questions and courageous conversations, e...

Brindy Quackenbush - Brindy Quackenbush is a life coach and co-host of Finding Strength. The podcast focuses on guests’ raw experiences with trauma, loss, and addiction, using fearless conversations to help listeners u...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Licensed clinicians (e.g., LPC, PsyD) and/or senior behavioral-health-connected professionals and first responders with credible, lived recovery experience (e.g., leadership roles in fire service behavioral health).
Required Achievements:  
Licensure/clinical practice in trauma therapy (e.g., LPC, PsyD), Public-facing leadership or committee work related to first-responder behavioral health, Documented lived experience with recovery from addiction/alcoholism, Advocacy for treatment-seeking and support for first responders

Recent Guest Discussions

Dave Allsup - Courage, Vulnerability, Seeking Treatment, Support For First Responders (firefighter Context)

Jennifer Koch - Healing As A Clinician, Working With Trauma (including First Responders), Therapy Approaches (e.g., Emdr), Emotional Exhaustion, Coping To Connection

Deana Charter - Healing As A Clinician, Working With Trauma (including First Responders), Therapy Approaches (e.g., Emdr), Clinician And Client Transformation

John Gallup - Battling Alcoholism, Recovery, Peer Support, Resilience And Community For First Responders, Behavioral Health Committee Work

Recent Topics

Behavioral Health, Addiction, Trauma, Recovery, Therapy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Finding Strength Podcast
:

107: Bravery, Brotherhood, and the Courage to Heal - Dave Allsup

May 08, 2026

In this episode, Matt and Brindy sit down with firefighter Dave Allsup to talk about courage, vulnerability, and the life-changing decision to seek treatment. Dave shares how his wife helped him take the step toward getting support through Deer Hollow and how that choice changed the direction of his life. Today, Dave uses his own story to encourage other first responders to get the support they need and deserve. His honesty, strength, and willingness to be vulnerable are a powerful reminder t...

106: The Therapist’s Mirror: Healing Ourselves While Helping Others

October 22, 2025

In this deeply human episode, Matt and Brindy sit down with therapists Deana Charter, LPC (AZ), and Jennifer Koch, PsyD (WA), to explore the inner world of the healer. Each shares their own story of becoming who they are today—and the personal transformations that shaped their path. Together they dive into what it’s really like to work with trauma, especially among first responders, and how therapy changes both the client and the clinician. From EMDR to emotional exhaustion, from coping to co...

105: Forged in Resilience: Behavioral Health, Peer Support, and Recovery - John Gallup

August 25, 2025

In this powerful and emotional episode, Battalion Chief John Gallup shares his deeply personal story of battling alcoholism and finding recovery. With honesty and vulnerability, he takes us inside the struggles many first responders face but rarely talk about, showing how resilience, peer support, and community can spark real healing. Beyond his personal journey, John reflects on his work as co-chair of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters Behavioral Health Committee and his mission ...

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