Mike Taigman on EMS One-Stop With Rob Lawrence

Taigman discusses his 5-step wellness checkup, how to look after the welfare of others, as well as coping strategies, including his own journey into meditation

December 14, 2020 10:59 AM •

In this episode of EMS One-Stop, host Rob Lawrence welcomes First Watch Improvement guide Mike Taigman to talk about his recently published 5-step wellness checkup.

As the tumultuous year comes to an end, Mike Taigman, improvement guide for FirstWatch, is choosing to focus on the positive, rather than the things COVID-19 has limited. “I’m choosing to focus on the 9,000 things I can do,” Taigman writes. “For me, this includes writing and publishing a book, getting both my knees replaced, learning to play the guitar badly, getting a new puppy, making our 9-year-old son breakfast every morning, and reading him to sleep every night.

In this edition of EMS One-Stop, Mike narrates his article then chats to Rob about how to look after the welfare of others, as well as coping strategies, including Mike’s own journey into meditation.

Additionally, Rob highlights the story of Major Brian Shul USAF and his triumph over adversity.

Use Taigman’s 5-step wellness checkup to perform an end-of-year check up on your mental wellness and to focus on the positive steps you can take to find joy.

Inside EMS · Mike Taigman on a 5-step wellness checkup: EMS One-Stop With Rob Lawrence

Rob Lawrence

Rob Lawrence has been a leader in civilian and military EMS for over a quarter of a century. He is currently the director of strategic implementation for PRO EMS and its educational arm, Prodigy EMS, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and part-time executive director of the California Ambulance Association.

He previously served as the chief operating officer of the Richmond Ambulance Authority (Virginia), which won both state and national EMS Agency of the Year awards during his 10-year tenure. Additionally, he served as COO for Paramedics Plus in Alameda County, California.

Prior to emigrating to the U.S. in 2008, Rob served as the COO for the East of England Ambulance Service in Suffolk County, England, and as the executive director of operations and service development for the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust. Rob is a former Army officer and graduate of the UK’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and served worldwide in a 20-year military career encompassing many prehospital and evacuation leadership roles.

Rob is a board member of the Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration (AIMHI) as well as chair of the American Ambulance Association’s State Association Forum. He writes and podcasts for EMS1 and is a member of the EMS1 Editorial Advisory Board. Connect with him on Twitter.