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Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

E. 232 How Culture, Communication, And Mentorship Protect Mental Health In Policing (Part 2)

Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

Steve Bisson

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

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Send us a text A culture that actually protects first responders doesn’t happen by accident—it’s built on day-one expectations, family inclusion, and leaders who tell the truth even when the news is hard. We sit down with Doug Wyman to map what real organizational wellness looks like and why “Inside the Box” has become a powerful framework for shifting identity, policy, and practice in policing. We start where most programs fail: leaving wellness to HR or EAP and forgetting families. Doug ex...

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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.

0:40.6

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1:12.5

Well, hi, and welcome to episode 232, part two with Doug Wyman.

1:16.0

You know, like one of the things that we've been talking about, we talked about the unfortunate suicide of your wife, talked about your family, we talked about rural New Hampshire

1:22.0

and how that works.

1:23.9

But one of the things that's fascinating to me, right before this interview, you showed us a video,

1:28.7

I didn't get to listen to the whole thing, but can't wait to link it in the show notes.

1:34.0

We're talking about the process of supporting individuals when they start going into the

1:40.5

first responder world, particularly law enforcement.

1:43.7

Because that's where I think we fail sometimes with these wellness stuff and everything else.

1:48.0

But I'd like you to talk about it because I think you can make a better story than I can.

1:52.1

I think one of the things we do when departments say we're going to have a wellness program

1:56.2

is that it's not usually all-encompassing.

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