Episodes

The internet and social media are often perceived as the bad guys as they have unfortunately been abused by perpetrators to target children, teens, and adults for bullying, sexual harassment, predatory grooming and sex-trafficking. But what if this same technologies could be used in a positive way to provide individuals, organizations, and communities with the knowledge and tools they need to address and prevent sexual violence? Today’s guests bring a combined 50 years of experience in the field...

During a two-year period in Santa Maria, California -a city of 103,000- there were 23 murders within 17 months. This epidemic had many contributing factors, including gun violence. As the community reeled and came together, one factor that arose was the need for accessible mental health services. Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) was asked during this time to develop a violence reduction program in the schools. The mission created by FBSMV was to partner with all members of the community ...

Preventing Child Abuse in Residential Facilities is the passionate commitment of our guests who are two of the founders of Breaking Code Silence, a newly formed nonprofit. Vanessa Hughes and Kathryn McNamara, both survivors of residential facilities, will share their lived experiences and discuss the Troubled Teen Industry, a multi-billion-dollar industry profiting off vulnerable children. They will discuss the abuse that happens, how prevalent these facilities are today, and how you can get inv...

Clive Corry will discuss the mission and purpose of Action Trauma, the nonprofit he started in 2016 in the memory of his wife, after discovering that trauma, anxiety and stress may have contributed to her death from cancer. He will share the wisdom of his journey beautifully expressed, when he states, “my greatest personal achievements have been to discover, nurture, and practice, love, kindness, understanding, and compassion. Firstly, in myself and then to encourage and share them with others. ...

In honor of Mother’s Day and Mental Health Awareness Month, the mother-daughter team of Jesssica Karas Waterson, LMFT and Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW will share how their shared interests led them to work together as trauma therapists with the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), a biological approach representing a paradigm shift in the treatment of trauma. Symptoms are treated as common biological responses rather than pathological or mental weaknesses. TRM helps those who suffer an opportunity to rep...

From civil rights, to violence against women, to disability and LGBTQ rights, to the current Black Lives Matter & MeToo, movements shape what is important and impact policy and culture. Patti Giggans is the Executive Director/CEO at Peace over Violence(POV) and has been an advocate, author and movement leader. Peace Over Violence came into existence out of the feminist violence against women movement in the late sixties/early seventies. This year POV celebrates its 50th year. POV operates the lo...

Bob Doppelt has organized and currently coordinates the Transformational Resiliency Coalition (ITRC). Bob’s work has helped organizations develop externally-focused climate adaptation plans. The ITRC is now led by a national steering committee composed of 20-plus leaders representing major resiliency, health, faith, and other organizations, as well as local steering committees in different parts of the U.S. The ITRC now has partners in the mental health, resilience, climate, disaster response, f...

Michael Karlin, one of the creators of Compassionate Integrity Training(CIT), will illuminate our listeners about this innovative program that has been adopted by UNESCO MGIEP. The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) is UNESCO's category 1 Research Institute that focuses on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies across the world.

New Hanover County faces many natural crises due to their location on the coast of North Carolina and the numerous hurricanes that have occurred over the last few years. New Hanover County adopted biologically-based resilience practices from the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) with the goal to create a trauma-informed and resiliency-focused practice toward each person in public service, sharing a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system. The implemen...

In light of the recent shootings in Georgia, this show will look at hate crimes in the Asian-American community and honoring the diversity of lived experiences within the vast group labeled as “Asian-American”. Reena Patel and Kimberly Wong will be speaking from their respective lens as Indian-American and Chinese-American individuals whose experiences both overlap and greatly differ in response to events in the last several years, and most recently with the uprise in violent crimes for Asian-Am...

Focused on personal empowerment and promoting strategies to enhance resiliency, Joy Erlichman Miller will share her ideas and wisdom regarding the forum she has helped create: Resiliency 2021. She will share how the forum brings together inspirational speakers, empowering clinicians, talented artists, life-changing authors, and noted professionals, all dedicated to enhancing our ability to thrive. Her goal is to share creative and innovative strategies for dealing with the unexpected earth-shatt...

Cammie Wolf Rice, the founder of the Christopher Wolf Crusade, will share her journey as a mother who lost her beloved son, Christopher, to the Opioid Epidemic. She brings to light the lost promise of her kind, empathic son and how he tragically became addicted to opioids in the aftermath of countless surgical procedures and resulting prescriptions. She will share her passionate call to action to face this epidemic with the innovation of creating the Life Care Specialist Program, implementing a ...

This episode will highlight the relationships that Lesley Carroll has been cultivating for a lifetime in Northern Ireland and how as a natural leader, she has cultivated bringing resiliency practices to her beloved country. After learning about the Community Resiliency Model(CRM)®, she saw a way forward from the entanglement of past experiences, not just for herself but for the community of Northern Ireland. She believes passionately that the wellness skills of the Community Resiliency Model cou...

Jen Wallace is a leader bringing innovative trauma and resiliency informed ideas into law enforcement. She will discuss why resiliency matters to police and how resiliency wellness skills can be organically integrated into police trainings. She is a strong advocate for community policing. She will share the innovative work she is doing with a talented team at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission.

The Dalai Lama and Emory University established the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics. The center has a vision of a compassionate and ethical world for all, and its mission is to promote human flourishing by developing educational programs, facilitating dialogue, and engaging in research. Brendan Ozawa-de Silva and Timothy Harrison will speak on two programs developed at Emory to promote resilience and compassion: Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) for adults...

No person or organization is left untouched by the trauma of institutional racism, transgenerational trauma, historical trauma, discrimination and patriarchal power structures. We are all impacted by the inequities and injustices of our collective histories. Kevin McLeod and Michael Sapp will discuss how the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) is committed to creating a world where people of all religions, races, ages, abilities, sexual orientation and gender identification are equally respected and...

Civil Rights icon Medgar Evers, was assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi on June 12, 1963. His dynamic, committed and compassionate daughter, Reena Evers-Everette, will share how the vision of her father and mother continues through the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute in Jackson, Mississippi. She will share her personal experience of suffering and resiliency. She will detail living the mission of the institute: cultivating positive social change, intergenerational civic engagement, through res...

Phil Allen discusses the enduring impact of racial tragedy through the lens of the extreme injustice his family experienced in 1953 when his grandfather, Nathanial Allen, was murdered. He will discuss the themes in his documentary and book, entitled Open Wounds. His works illuminate a transformative experience of listening and learning as he looks, laments, and ultimately leads his family and society forward toward a just and reconciled future. It is an essential part of our national reckoning w...

How can we support and help our cherished healthcare workers battling the pandemic on the frontlines of their communities? In this episode, two distinguished healthcare leaders will share the anguish COVID has confronted to their professions. More importantly, they will share the resiliency practices that are helping their colleagues and themselves. Dr. Deborah Small, a board-certified Family Medicine Physician, is a founding member of the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), a non-profit organizati...

Jane Ellen Stevens, founder and publisher of ACES Connection will discuss Positive and Adverse Experiences of Childhood (PACES) and how these experiences have not only shaped our thinking but our biology. She states, “The path our lives take depends mostly on the positive and adverse childhood experiences we have between conception and about age 18.” She will help us understand how PACES are crucial to humans, because they are at the root of disease, violence, being a victim of violence, mental ...

Our guest, Jen Housholder, a veteran of the Iraq War and Army Reserve Pilot, suffered depression and suicidal ideation after her deployments. Listen to her compelling journey from despair to hope. She will introduce her new program the Science of Active Resilience (SOAR), a physiological based holistic resilience model. The National Institute of Mental Health states that suicide is a major public health concern. Suicide is often preventable. And although the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on suicide...

Elaine Miller-Karas, the host of Resiliency Within, launches her new show with Dr. Bryan Robinson. Dr. Robinson, a well-known author and psychotherapist, will be her first guest. He recently co-hosted an international conference, Resilience 2020, where thousands of individuals participated from a worldwide audience. Ms. Miller-Karas will explore with Dr. Robinson how cultivating individual and community resiliency is essential and possible during these unprecedented times. Ms. Miller-Karas will ...