Dr. Shannon Cubria Farris
@drshannoncf.bsky.social
Mental Health First Responder for Law Enforcement | Show Up When the System Can’t | Media Voice for Ridiculously Real Healing
You feel the pressure long before you reach a holiday table. You hold tension so others stay comfortable, and your body pays for it.
If December drains you, here is one shift that keeps you steadier through the season.
www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#SundayWithDrShannon #HolidayStress
If December drains you, here is one shift that keeps you steadier through the season.
www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#SundayWithDrShannon #HolidayStress
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 12/7/2025
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 12/7/2025
www.kfvs12.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You feel the pressure long before you reach a holiday table. You hold tension so others stay comfortable, and your body pays for it.
If December drains you, here is one shift that keeps you steadier through the season.
www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#SundayWithDrShannon #HolidayStress
If December drains you, here is one shift that keeps you steadier through the season.
www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#SundayWithDrShannon #HolidayStress
Some people grow old without ever hearing “I’m proud of you.”
If you’ve carried that silence, this week’s segment explains why it stays with you and how to break the pattern.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
If you’ve carried that silence, this week’s segment explains why it stays with you and how to break the pattern.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 11/30
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 11/30
www.kfvs12.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Some people grow old without ever hearing “I’m proud of you.”
If you’ve carried that silence, this week’s segment explains why it stays with you and how to break the pattern.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
If you’ve carried that silence, this week’s segment explains why it stays with you and how to break the pattern.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
You walk in smiling, and your body tells the truth first. Holiday tables still expect the version of you you outgrew.
If this hits your chest, watch the full segment: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#HolidayLoneliness
#EmotionalHealth
#SundayWithDrShannon
If this hits your chest, watch the full segment: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#HolidayLoneliness
#EmotionalHealth
#SundayWithDrShannon
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 11/23
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 11/23
www.kfvs12.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You walk in smiling, and your body tells the truth first. Holiday tables still expect the version of you you outgrew.
If this hits your chest, watch the full segment: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#HolidayLoneliness
#EmotionalHealth
#SundayWithDrShannon
If this hits your chest, watch the full segment: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/1...
#HolidayLoneliness
#EmotionalHealth
#SundayWithDrShannon
Officer strain is rising faster than the systems around them. Most people are missing what is driving it. My new Police1 piece explains the gap.
www.police1.com/patrol-issue...
#StillCalled
#Police1
#DrShannon
www.police1.com/patrol-issue...
#StillCalled
#Police1
#DrShannon
Still called: Why officers stay even when the system moves on
A raw look at the weight officers carry, the silence that follows them home and the reasons many still feel called to serve
www.police1.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Officer strain is rising faster than the systems around them. Most people are missing what is driving it. My new Police1 piece explains the gap.
www.police1.com/patrol-issue...
#StillCalled
#Police1
#DrShannon
www.police1.com/patrol-issue...
#StillCalled
#Police1
#DrShannon
Some crisis calls repeat because the system sends people back into danger. My new Police1 article explains why this happens and what stops the cycle.
www.police1.com/mental-healt...
#Police1
#CrisisResponse
#CoResponder
www.police1.com/mental-healt...
#Police1
#CrisisResponse
#CoResponder
What most police leaders get wrong about co-responder programs
A look at why traditional co-responder models fall short and how embedding clinicians can strengthen crisis response, reduce repeat calls and improve community trust
www.police1.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some crisis calls repeat because the system sends people back into danger. My new Police1 article explains why this happens and what stops the cycle.
www.police1.com/mental-healt...
#Police1
#CrisisResponse
#CoResponder
www.police1.com/mental-healt...
#Police1
#CrisisResponse
#CoResponder
When games override the bathroom signal, parents face a fight no one prepared them for.
Watch Sunday with Dr. Shannon at 6 AM on KFVS12 or anytime at KFVS12.com.
Watch Sunday with Dr. Shannon at 6 AM on KFVS12 or anytime at KFVS12.com.
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When games override the bathroom signal, parents face a fight no one prepared them for.
Watch Sunday with Dr. Shannon at 6 AM on KFVS12 or anytime at KFVS12.com.
Watch Sunday with Dr. Shannon at 6 AM on KFVS12 or anytime at KFVS12.com.
Silence feels polite. Silence is dangerous.
The first 72 hours after a suicide attempt are the most dangerous. If you’ve worried about someone you love, this is for you.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #StopTheSilence #988Lifeline
The first 72 hours after a suicide attempt are the most dangerous. If you’ve worried about someone you love, this is for you.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #StopTheSilence #988Lifeline
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 9/7
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 9/7
www.kfvs12.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Silence feels polite. Silence is dangerous.
The first 72 hours after a suicide attempt are the most dangerous. If you’ve worried about someone you love, this is for you.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #StopTheSilence #988Lifeline
The first 72 hours after a suicide attempt are the most dangerous. If you’ve worried about someone you love, this is for you.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #StopTheSilence #988Lifeline
Labor Day is supposed to be about rest. But most of us don’t even know how to rest anymore.
If you only feel valuable when you are exhausted, you were lied to about what makes you worthy.
The real labor this weekend is believing you are worth resting for.
#SundayWithDrShannon #LaborDay
If you only feel valuable when you are exhausted, you were lied to about what makes you worthy.
The real labor this weekend is believing you are worth resting for.
#SundayWithDrShannon #LaborDay
August 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Labor Day is supposed to be about rest. But most of us don’t even know how to rest anymore.
If you only feel valuable when you are exhausted, you were lied to about what makes you worthy.
The real labor this weekend is believing you are worth resting for.
#SundayWithDrShannon #LaborDay
If you only feel valuable when you are exhausted, you were lied to about what makes you worthy.
The real labor this weekend is believing you are worth resting for.
#SundayWithDrShannon #LaborDay
Our mental health system is not broken. It is being dismantled in plain sight.
My op-ed in the Kansas City Star:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
#MentalHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders
My op-ed in the Kansas City Star:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
#MentalHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders
I take mental health calls no one sees. Missouri’s system is already breaking | Opinion
The safety net isn’t fraying. It’s vanishing. One program. One family. One call at a time. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our mental health system is not broken. It is being dismantled in plain sight.
My op-ed in the Kansas City Star:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
#MentalHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders
My op-ed in the Kansas City Star:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
#MentalHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders
The day he realized the system had erased him was the day he began to fight for his place in it.
Have you ever felt like you had to fight just to be seen?
Watch Sundays at 6 am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #ErasedNoMore #KFVS12 #RidiculouslyReal
Have you ever felt like you had to fight just to be seen?
Watch Sundays at 6 am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #ErasedNoMore #KFVS12 #RidiculouslyReal
August 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The day he realized the system had erased him was the day he began to fight for his place in it.
Have you ever felt like you had to fight just to be seen?
Watch Sundays at 6 am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #ErasedNoMore #KFVS12 #RidiculouslyReal
Have you ever felt like you had to fight just to be seen?
Watch Sundays at 6 am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #ErasedNoMore #KFVS12 #RidiculouslyReal
We’re finalists in America’s Favorite Couple, married 19 years and ready to adopt. One free vote every 24 hrs gets us closer to our family dream: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dynamic-duo-2 Voting closes Aug 7 ❤️ #AdoptionJourney #VoteDaily #LoveIsLove
Vote for The Dynamic Duo as America's Favorite Couple!
One couple will appear in an advertorial in Variety and take home $20,000.
americasfavcouple.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We’re finalists in America’s Favorite Couple, married 19 years and ready to adopt. One free vote every 24 hrs gets us closer to our family dream: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dynamic-duo-2 Voting closes Aug 7 ❤️ #AdoptionJourney #VoteDaily #LoveIsLove
This all started with one question: What if we got brutally real about the conversations people avoid?
Now First Response with Dr. Shannon is Second Place Best Podcast in Missouri for 2025.
Grateful. First place next year.
#PodcastAwards #FirstResponseWithDrShannon #MentalHealthPodcast #KFVS12
Now First Response with Dr. Shannon is Second Place Best Podcast in Missouri for 2025.
Grateful. First place next year.
#PodcastAwards #FirstResponseWithDrShannon #MentalHealthPodcast #KFVS12
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This all started with one question: What if we got brutally real about the conversations people avoid?
Now First Response with Dr. Shannon is Second Place Best Podcast in Missouri for 2025.
Grateful. First place next year.
#PodcastAwards #FirstResponseWithDrShannon #MentalHealthPodcast #KFVS12
Now First Response with Dr. Shannon is Second Place Best Podcast in Missouri for 2025.
Grateful. First place next year.
#PodcastAwards #FirstResponseWithDrShannon #MentalHealthPodcast #KFVS12
Joseph and I have been married 19 years, lead the Love is Love campaign for marriage equality in Florida, and now in the op 4 in America’s Favorite Couple. We want grow our family through adoption.
You can vote free daily.
🗳️ Vote here: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dyn...
📅 Ends July 10
You can vote free daily.
🗳️ Vote here: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dyn...
📅 Ends July 10
July 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Joseph and I have been married 19 years, lead the Love is Love campaign for marriage equality in Florida, and now in the op 4 in America’s Favorite Couple. We want grow our family through adoption.
You can vote free daily.
🗳️ Vote here: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dyn...
📅 Ends July 10
You can vote free daily.
🗳️ Vote here: americasfavcouple.org/2025/the-dyn...
📅 Ends July 10
This week we’re talking about the kind of pressure that doesn’t get named.
Silence isn’t strength. It’s just the weight too many people are still carrying.
📺 Sundays at 6am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #StrongDoesntMeanSilent #RealHealing
Silence isn’t strength. It’s just the weight too many people are still carrying.
📺 Sundays at 6am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #StrongDoesntMeanSilent #RealHealing
July 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week we’re talking about the kind of pressure that doesn’t get named.
Silence isn’t strength. It’s just the weight too many people are still carrying.
📺 Sundays at 6am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #StrongDoesntMeanSilent #RealHealing
Silence isn’t strength. It’s just the weight too many people are still carrying.
📺 Sundays at 6am or anytime at kfvs12.com
#SundayWithDrShannon #YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #StrongDoesntMeanSilent #RealHealing
We were just finishing the move.
I dumped out two old planters to dry, came back…and found this.
Duct-tape faces. Tipped over. Total plant drama.
Whoever did this, you’re brilliant.
We laughed way too hard. Needed that.
#PlantDrama #MovingDayLaughs #FoundFunny #BlueskyStories
I dumped out two old planters to dry, came back…and found this.
Duct-tape faces. Tipped over. Total plant drama.
Whoever did this, you’re brilliant.
We laughed way too hard. Needed that.
#PlantDrama #MovingDayLaughs #FoundFunny #BlueskyStories
July 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We were just finishing the move.
I dumped out two old planters to dry, came back…and found this.
Duct-tape faces. Tipped over. Total plant drama.
Whoever did this, you’re brilliant.
We laughed way too hard. Needed that.
#PlantDrama #MovingDayLaughs #FoundFunny #BlueskyStories
I dumped out two old planters to dry, came back…and found this.
Duct-tape faces. Tipped over. Total plant drama.
Whoever did this, you’re brilliant.
We laughed way too hard. Needed that.
#PlantDrama #MovingDayLaughs #FoundFunny #BlueskyStories
In farming culture, silence is still treated like strength.
But silence doesn’t make you stronger.
It makes you lonelier.
This Sunday, we talk about what pressure really looks like and how to start building something better.
#YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #RuralTruth #SundayWithDrShannon
But silence doesn’t make you stronger.
It makes you lonelier.
This Sunday, we talk about what pressure really looks like and how to start building something better.
#YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #RuralTruth #SundayWithDrShannon
July 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In farming culture, silence is still treated like strength.
But silence doesn’t make you stronger.
It makes you lonelier.
This Sunday, we talk about what pressure really looks like and how to start building something better.
#YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #RuralTruth #SundayWithDrShannon
But silence doesn’t make you stronger.
It makes you lonelier.
This Sunday, we talk about what pressure really looks like and how to start building something better.
#YouStillMatter #FarmStrong #RuralTruth #SundayWithDrShannon
Some people are lighting fireworks today. Others are just trying to hold it together.
I sat down with Kirby Ray to talk about what real mental health looks like when you’re stretched thin and still expected to smile.
Airs today at 2 PM on Real Rock 99.3 or realrock993.com/listen-live/
I sat down with Kirby Ray to talk about what real mental health looks like when you’re stretched thin and still expected to smile.
Airs today at 2 PM on Real Rock 99.3 or realrock993.com/listen-live/
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Some people are lighting fireworks today. Others are just trying to hold it together.
I sat down with Kirby Ray to talk about what real mental health looks like when you’re stretched thin and still expected to smile.
Airs today at 2 PM on Real Rock 99.3 or realrock993.com/listen-live/
I sat down with Kirby Ray to talk about what real mental health looks like when you’re stretched thin and still expected to smile.
Airs today at 2 PM on Real Rock 99.3 or realrock993.com/listen-live/
This isn’t just about meth.
It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #RemissionNotRelapse #YouAreNotAlone #AddictionCrisis
It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #RemissionNotRelapse #YouAreNotAlone #AddictionCrisis
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/22
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/22
www.kfvs12.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This isn’t just about meth.
It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #RemissionNotRelapse #YouAreNotAlone #AddictionCrisis
It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
Full episode: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon #RemissionNotRelapse #YouAreNotAlone #AddictionCrisis
If no one will talk about it, I will.
This isn’t just about meth. It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
New video up now. Real talk, real tools.
#SubstanceUse #CommunityCare #RemissionNotRelapse #SundayWithDrShannon
This isn’t just about meth. It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
New video up now. Real talk, real tools.
#SubstanceUse #CommunityCare #RemissionNotRelapse #SundayWithDrShannon
June 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If no one will talk about it, I will.
This isn’t just about meth. It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
New video up now. Real talk, real tools.
#SubstanceUse #CommunityCare #RemissionNotRelapse #SundayWithDrShannon
This isn’t just about meth. It’s about watching someone disappear while the system shrugs.
New video up now. Real talk, real tools.
#SubstanceUse #CommunityCare #RemissionNotRelapse #SundayWithDrShannon
A father drove hours to get his daughter help.
One look at the place.
They turned around.
This is what families face.
It’s not just about meth.
It’s about broken systems.
Sunday with Dr. Shannon
Sundays at 6AM or anytime at KFVS12
One look at the place.
They turned around.
This is what families face.
It’s not just about meth.
It’s about broken systems.
Sunday with Dr. Shannon
Sundays at 6AM or anytime at KFVS12
June 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A father drove hours to get his daughter help.
One look at the place.
They turned around.
This is what families face.
It’s not just about meth.
It’s about broken systems.
Sunday with Dr. Shannon
Sundays at 6AM or anytime at KFVS12
One look at the place.
They turned around.
This is what families face.
It’s not just about meth.
It’s about broken systems.
Sunday with Dr. Shannon
Sundays at 6AM or anytime at KFVS12
Not every father shows up. And not every Father’s Day feels like a celebration.
This week, I shared a story that started with silence and ended with a jumbo pack of toilet paper.
It healed something I didn’t know was still hurting.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon
This week, I shared a story that started with silence and ended with a jumbo pack of toilet paper.
It healed something I didn’t know was still hurting.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/15
Sunday with Dr. Shannon 6/15
www.kfvs12.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Not every father shows up. And not every Father’s Day feels like a celebration.
This week, I shared a story that started with silence and ended with a jumbo pack of toilet paper.
It healed something I didn’t know was still hurting.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon
This week, I shared a story that started with silence and ended with a jumbo pack of toilet paper.
It healed something I didn’t know was still hurting.
Watch here: www.kfvs12.com/video/2025/0...
#SundayWithDrShannon
CJ Dickinson just named the grief that comes from showing up to the job while slowly disappearing from your own life. The moments you’re physically there but mentally gone.
Read the full post here:
www.b1cfirstresponders.com/post/mental-...
#FireService #MentalHealth #AmbiguousLoss
Read the full post here:
www.b1cfirstresponders.com/post/mental-...
#FireService #MentalHealth #AmbiguousLoss
Mental Maydays - Responding to a Loss that Doesn't Make Headlines
We owe it to our families, friends, and each other to do better. To shift our culture and take proactive actions to make the fire service and each other better than we found them.
www.b1cfirstresponders.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
CJ Dickinson just named the grief that comes from showing up to the job while slowly disappearing from your own life. The moments you’re physically there but mentally gone.
Read the full post here:
www.b1cfirstresponders.com/post/mental-...
#FireService #MentalHealth #AmbiguousLoss
Read the full post here:
www.b1cfirstresponders.com/post/mental-...
#FireService #MentalHealth #AmbiguousLoss