Leading With Care: Real Support For First Responders

Resilience Development in Action: First Responder Mental Health

Steve Bisson

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

5.0 • 21 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Stigma keeps too many first responders silent, and silence can cost careers, health, and lives. We sit down with a former deputy sheriff and burnout expert AK Dozanti to map clear, practical ways leaders and peers can replace fear with trust—without waiting for a crisis to force the issue. From the first honest check-in to a policy that actually protects time for care, we unpack what real support looks like on and off shift. We talk about the gap between leadership and...

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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.
0:34.6	Okay. their teams. Let's get started. GetFree.
0:36.6	You heard me talk about it.
0:38.9	I'm going to keep on talking about it because I love it.
0:41.2	I've had about a year and a half, 18 months practice with it, and I still enjoy it.
0:47.4	And it saves me time and it saves me energy.
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1:55.2	Well, A.k. Desanti with a Z. How are you? I know we're doing second part here. I know you introduced yourself
2:03.0	already, but this has been a great conversation. I really enjoyed it. And I like to shift gears
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