E.222 Sweating It Out: Fire Boots to Therapy Couch

Resilience Development in Action

Steve Bisson

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

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Send us a text When a fellow firefighter confessed suicidal thoughts to Adam Neff one night at the firehouse, it changed everything. Despite his decades of experience handling emergencies, Adam found himself unprepared for this particular crisis. That moment became the catalyst for his remarkable transition from assistant chief of operations to licensed professional counselor specializing in first responder mental health. During our conversation, Adam reveals the profound disconnect between ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Resilience Development and Action, where strength meets strategy and courage to help you move forward.
0:07.3	Each week, your host, Steve Bisson, a therapist with over two decades of experience in the first responder community,
0:13.0	brings you powerful conversations about resilience, growth, and healing through trauma and grief.
0:19.0	Through authentic interviews, expert discussions, and real-world
0:22.2	experiences, we dive deep into the heart of human resilience. We explore crucial topics like
0:28.4	trauma recovery, grief processing, stress management, and emotional well-being. This is
0:34.4	Resilience Development and Action with Steve Bisson.
0:43.6	Hi, and welcome to episode 222.
0:49.0	If you haven't listened, episode 21, go back and listen to my buddy and my business partner, Bill Dwanals.
0:49.5	It was a great interview, so I please go back and listen to it.
0:53.0	But episode 22 will be with Adam Neff.
0:56.4	Adam Neff is someone who is in the fire service for about 38 years and is currently working
1:01.5	as an LPC and a consultant as well as a trainer. He's focused on emergency responders as a whole.
1:08.4	I'm sure that he'll talk about that. And he was referred to me through a group
1:12.8	that I prolonged to. So hopefully you'll, you guys will get a great interview. I like a guy with
1:18.6	service and mental halt combined, because I think that's a unique perspective. So here's the
1:23.4	interview.
1:30.6	Get free.
1:31.4	You heard me talk about it.
1:33.8	I'm going to keep on talking about it because I love it.
1:36.0	I've had about a year and a half,
1:38.3	18 months practice with it,
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