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Resilience Development in Action

E. 226 First Responder Burnout: See, Notice, and Stop Strategies

Resilience Development in Action

Steve Bisson

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

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Send us a text In this continued collaboration with Milford TV, we explore how burnout rarely makes a scene—it slips in as irritability, isolation, and the quiet urge to shut out the world. This episode is the conclusion of episode 225 and we open the door on how those whispers grow louder inside the fire service and EMS, why “just call this number” isn’t care, and what it really takes to protect crews before a bad day becomes a disaster. Our guest, Renea Mansfield, shares honest, lived exper...

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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,

0:13.4

brings you powerful conversations about resilience, growth, and healing through trauma and grief.

0:18.9

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 trauma

0:28.7

recovery, grief processing, stress management, and emotional well-being. This is Resilience

0:34.9

Development and Action with Steve Bisson.

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1:20.1

Hi, and welcome to episode 226.

1:22.1

If you haven't listened to episode 225 is what the famous Renee Mansfield is who's still sitting

1:27.0

next to me.

1:27.8

And we're going to continue our conversation because we were, we left off a little bit on the mentorship and the

1:32.1

leadership and impressible e-board, but I think that we have a different conversation to really

1:36.3

have about how that happens. And because of the lack of experience, I think that we don't see

1:41.6

the signs of burnout because we don't see these little things.

1:45.0

And I know that part, I know it's a little bit of a shift from our last conversation.

1:49.0

We talked a lot about leadership.

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