Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health
Discover practical resilience strategies that transform lives. Join Steve Bisson, licensed mental health counselor, as he guides first responders, leaders, and trauma survivors through actionable insights for mental wellness and professional growth.
Each week, dive deep into real conversations about grief processing, trauma recovery, and leadership development. Whether you're a first responder facing daily challenges, a leader navigating high-pressure situations, or someone on their healing journey, this podcast delivers the tools and strategies you need to build lasting resilience.
With over 20 years of mental health counseling experience, Steve brings authentic, professional expertise to every episode, making complex mental health concepts accessible and applicable to real-world situations.
Featured topics include:
• Practical resilience building strategies
• First responder mental wellness
• Trauma recovery and healing
• Leadership development
• Grief processing
• Professional growth
• Mental health insights
• Help you on your healing journey
Each week, join our community towards better mental health and turn your challenges into opportunities for growth with Resilience Development in Action.
Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health
Latest Episodes
I Turned 190 Hours Of Conversations Into A Book
190 hours of conversations can change you, but only if you can actually find the part you need when you need it. That’s the problem we’re solving here. With the book release one week away and our 300th episode right around the corner, we pull b...
What If Healing Starts With One Honest Check-In
Most in the first responder world are trained to scan for risk and take ownership fast. That’s a strength on the job, but it can become a quiet trap off the job: when something goes wrong, we blame ourselves before we admit the situation was ch...
Daily Resilience Tools For First Responders
Your toughest calls do not end when the radio goes quiet. They follow you home, into your sleep, and sometimes into the choices you make to cope. I sit down with Kevin Lewis, a Navy veteran, martial arts Hall of Famer, and longtime executive pr...
A First Responder Mental Health Podcast Hits 300 Episodes
300 episodes doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because you keep showing up for the work and because a community of police officers, firefighters, EMS professionals, dispatchers, and paramedics decides that mental health matters enough to p...
Healing After Trauma
Trauma doesn’t end just because we’ve learned how to function. Susan Snow knows that firsthand, and she shares the moment a “normal day” cracked open years of buried pain when live coverage of the Columbine shootings triggered flashbacks to the...