E.229 How First Responders Can Process Trauma Without Burning Out (Part 2 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

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us a text The hardest part isn’t the call. It’s what your body and mind carry after the sirens fade. We go straight at the myth that strength means silence, and trade it for a practical blueprint to complete the stress cycle, name emotions without fancy language, and rebuild trust through honest conversation. Stephanie Simpson continues to share simple, fast tools first responders can use to process stress on and off scene. We break down why compartmentalizing is necessary in the moment...

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0:00.0	You're listening to Resilience Development in Action with Steve Bisson.
0:05.9	We're here to strengthen first responder mental health, supporting police, fire,
0:10.9	EMS, dispatchers, and paramedics as they build resilience and thrive in high-stress careers.
0:16.8	Let's dive in.
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1:56.4	the part two episode of episode 229. Stephanie Simpson, go listen to the one on Wednesday so you can get her name and everything else because we're in the middle of a great conversation here.
2:07.3	Because we really turned through stress and trauma and how to deal with it.
2:11.3	We talked about emotions, but we went into stress and trauma.
2:14.8	And you talk about your experience of teaching future first responders,
2:18.1	which I really, really appreciate. One of the things that, the first thing that comes to mind is
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