E.224 High-Functioning Doesn't Mean You Don't Need Help

Resilience Development in Action

Steve Bisson

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

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Send us a text How do we treat our physical health versus our mental health? Former London Metropolitan Police officer Jonathan Kemp spent 12 years in law enforcement while battling undiagnosed bipolar disorder, depression, and dyslexia—yet refused to seek professional help until his late 30s. "I was determined to fix myself on my own," Kemp reveals in this powerful conversation. "I saw it as an insult to go and see a doctor. It was a weakness or admission of defeat." This mindset, particula...

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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.
0:44.8	Well, hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 224.
0:47.1	I have to listen to episode 223.
0:52.4	Go back and listen to Aaron Sheridan, a great colleague from behind the badge and beyond.
0:54.9	Great interview, so I hope you go back and listen.
0:59.9	But episode 224 is with Jonathan Kemp. He's a mental health advocate, entrepreneur and creator of smart wisdom, a scientifically validated, no taking technique. So I hope you go get to check
1:05.5	that out. But he built his career in law enforcement and entrepreneurship and even went into studying, but
1:12.6	was unaware of his bipolar disorder, depression, and dyslexia and how it was shaping his life.
1:17.6	We'll talk about neurodiversity, I'm pretty sure too.
1:20.6	His mental health illnesses were diagnosed at age 39 when he finally sought help, and John
1:26.5	won the British Dyslexia Association
1:28.8	Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011. So very interesting interview, I'm sure, and here it is.
1:41.6	GetFree.aI. You heard me talk about it.
1:44.8	I'm going to keep on talking about it because I love it.
1:47.2	I've had about a year and a half, 18 months practice with it, and I still enjoy it.
1:53.3	And it saves me time and it saves me energy.
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