A Diplomatic Security Agent On Trauma, Clearance Fear, And Getting Help

Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

Steve Bisson

Counseling, Honest, Health & Fitness, Education, Social Sciences, Psychology, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Science, Substance Use

5.0 • 21 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail The job can send you to the hardest places on earth, then expect you to come home and act like nothing followed you back. We talk with Kemmi Sadler, a retired supervisory special agent from the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, about what two decades of protective missions, investigations, and overseas tours can do to your inner life. From her early years in local law enforcement to contracting overseas after 9/11 and then serving across posts like Iraq, A...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Resilience Development in Action with Steve Bisson.
0:06.1	This is the podcast dedicated to first responder mental health, helping police, fire,
0:11.4	EMS, dispatchers, and paramedics create better growth environments for themselves and their teams.
0:17.5	Let's get started.
0:29.0	Okay. their teams. Let's get started. Well, hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 248. If you haven't listened to episode 247,
0:34.7	it is the returning mental men. We talked about a lot of good stuff in regards to
0:39.0	the stress of the work and environmental stressors at home that goes with that. But for
0:45.2	episode 428, I'm just excited because I, you know, you meet someone, you get someone's paperwork
0:51.4	or what have you through an email. I'm like, wow, this is the person
0:54.8	that's perfect for this podcast. So when I got Kimmy Sadler's one-pageer, as they call it in our
1:01.5	industry, I was like, oh my gosh, she's perfect for this show. So as you know, when you're listening
1:06.7	to my show, I don't pretend I know people I don't know, but I certainly was excited to have her on,
1:11.3	so I definitely believe in telling you that. But, Kemi, welcome to resilience development in action.
1:17.7	Thank you. Thanks so much for having me on. You know, like, I, nothing like a retired supervisory special
1:24.7	agent in the U.S. department's diplomatic security service.
1:28.9	That's a mouthful in itself.
1:30.7	But I got what it means.
1:32.1	You work for your diplomatic service security for people.
1:37.3	And I know that you're not in the same time zone as me.
1:40.2	So thank you for giving me half your afternoon.
1:43.1	I'm recording in the morning where I'm at.
1:45.5	But I guess, you know, maybe it would be good for you to introduce yourself a little bit to the
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