E. 229 Grief, Growth, And The Uniform (Part 1 of 2)

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

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Send us a text What if the hardest grief in your life isn’t about death, but about change—leaving a team, dropping a title, or stepping away from a community that once defined you? That’s where our conversation with coach and educator Stephanie Simpson begins, and it’s where many first responders secretly live: in the space between who we were and who we’re becoming. Stephanie shares how her evolution from dancer and teacher to professional coach reshaped her understanding of loss. We dig in...

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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.
0:35.6	Okay. their teams. Let's get started. GetFree. AI. You heard me talk about it. I'm going to keep on talking about it because I love it. I've had about a year and a half, 18 months practice with it, and I still enjoy it. And it saves me time and it saves me energy. Freed.. A.I takes your note, makes a trans, what you're talking with a client, just press
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1:54.8	Well, hi, everyone. And welcome to episode 229. You have been listening episode 228. And the
2:00.3	supplemental from that is Lisa
2:01.7	Truces, who is a dispatcher. She talked about her coaching her own life experience with substance
2:06.1	use in her family and I hope you listen to that. But episode 229, I got to tell you that this is
2:12.3	like almost an annual thing, but truly me and Steph were privately talking about beforehand that we need to do this
2:19.6	more often, just privately me and her.
2:22.9	But Stephanie Simpson has been on my podcast probably every season I've ever had.
2:28.0	And Stephanie is probably someone that, for those who are new to resilience, development
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