Episodes
Feb. 27, 2023
Addressing Child Wellbeing and Trauma in Massachusetts
The Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma (CCWT) is a partnership between Massachusetts’ Office of the Child Advocate and ForHealth Consulting™ at UMass Chan Medical School. CCWT supports child-serving organizations and system...
Feb. 20, 2023
One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism
As a Deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of the world around her. While she cann...
Feb. 13, 2023
Well-Being of College Students: Hawaii's Experience
Brooke Conway is a mental health and wellness counselor at Kapi‘olani Community College in Honolulu, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. In this episode we will discuss Brooke’s experiences implementing the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) on he...
Feb. 6, 2023
Wellness Skills for those who Suffer: Suicidal Ideation Toolbox
Nearly everyone will experience thoughts of suicide at some point in their lives. The problem isn’t that we sometimes feel this way. The problem is that we suffer in silence when what we need most is to connect with non-judgm...
Jan. 30, 2023
Building Resilience through Functional Compassion
J’vanete (Jay-vuh-nay) Skiba will share her perspectives from her role as the Assistant Director for Equity, Education, and Engagement for the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force in Wilmington, North Carolina. The vision...
Jan. 23, 2023
Weaving Resilient Activism with Personal Well-being
Sami Aaron, the founder of the nonprofit, The Resilient Activist, will discuss how people everywhere are experiencing severe emotional distress caused by climate change and environmental devastation. And what makes it even mo...
Jan. 16, 2023
Healing Unhoused Youth, Covenant House, Georgia
Todd Wilcher, MA, CTRS, will share his work with Covenant House, Georgia. Covenant House provides services to unhoused youth. Their Crisis Shelter, the P.J. Garcia Youth Shelter, serves as a home for up to 60 youths ages 18-2...
Jan. 9, 2023
Build Resilience & Transform Your Life Through Astrology
Carmen Turner-Schott will share her book, Sun Signs, Houses & Healing: Build Resilience & Transform Your Life Through Astrology. Carmen will share the themes in her book that can help you transform your life in 2023 through t...
Dec. 19, 2022
Mental Health is a Public Health Emergency
Dr. Michael Sapp will discuss the importance of looking at mental health as a public health emergency with our host, Elaine Miller-Karas, a world-reknown trauma therapist. The impact of traumatic experiences on individual and...
Dec. 5, 2022
Reflections of Courage and Resiliency in Ukraine
Natalia Valevska will share her insights from living within their beloved country, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of February 2022. She will discuss her experiences and work with EdCamp Ukraine, an association of over 4...
Nov. 28, 2022
Curious Minds: The Power of Connection
Curious about something? Google it. But is curiosity simply information seeking? According to Perry Zurn and Dani S. Bassett, what gets left out in the conventional understanding of curiosity are the relations between ideas a...
Nov. 21, 2022
Emergency Medicine:” The Emotional and Moral Contact Sport”
What do you say to the parents of a recent high school graduate who was just killed when the car she was riding in collided with a truck? Or to a son who asks you to do everything possible to save his cancer-ridden mother eve...
Nov. 14, 2022
Long Days, Short Years—Honest Talk About Parenting
Even before Covid, parenting was hard. According to physician, writer, and father of three young children, Andrew Bomback, “From day one, parenting can feel like a version of ‘we are flying the plane as we build it.’” Bomback...
Nov. 7, 2022
Soul Medicine: Nature’s Wisdom for Healing
With a practical approach that weaves together Eastern medicine, western psychology, and African ancestral principles of spirituality, author Lindsay Fauntleroy teaches you how to use the elements to improve physical, mental,...
Oct. 31, 2022
Transform Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork
Many of us suffer from nightmares, and those generated by trauma are among the most insidious and frightening. Whether it is Big T trauma such as abuse, violence, or oppression, or a small trauma such as microaggression, a fe...
Oct. 24, 2022
Community Mental Wellness and Resiliency Act
Bob Doppelt, the coordinator of the International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC) will discuss why community-based initiatives that use a public health approach to build population-level mental wellness and trans...
Oct. 17, 2022
Conquering of Dieting, Weight, & Body Image Issues
A $702 billion global diet/nutrition and weight loss industry shows that people worldwide are devoted to achieving maximum health and their desired bodies. Yet mainstream approaches are failing these individuals, and sadly, s...
Oct. 10, 2022
Granddaughter Crow-Belief, Being and Beyond
We are more similar than we are different! There is more beyond our own beliefs, we all have blind spots. Presenting a groundbreaking new paradigm for understanding a variety of perspectives, Granddaughter Crow will share wit...
Sept. 26, 2022
International Healing: The Community and Trauma Resiliency Models
“I think this is what Nelson Mandela meant by the ‘rainbow nation’. Learning about how to stabilize the nervous system is equality and is beyond nations, culture, religion, and ethnicity.” Community Resiliency Model Teacher, ...
Sept. 19, 2022
GROWING HEALTHIER, MORE COMPASSIONATE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Carey Sipp, leader of strategic partnerships with PACEs Connection and Kelly Purcell, Well-Being Consultant and CRM teacher with Ground. Connect. Empower. LLC will share how strategic partnerships and involvement with local r...
Sept. 12, 2022
Mirror Meditation The Power of Neuroscience and Self-Reflection
Dr. Tara Well will share the elements of Mirror Meditation which she describes as an in-depth exploration into the power of reflections. She will share the benefits of Mirror Meditation reported by practitioners and students,...
Aug. 29, 2022
PEACEBUILDING PRACTITIONERS - Supporting the Supporters
Sara Cook will share her extensive experience working with people affected by conflict internationally and in Northern Ireland. She is the United Kingdom representative to Women Mediators Across the Commonwealth. Those workin...
Aug. 22, 2022
Recovering from Adverse Childhood Experiences
Dr. Glenn Schiraldi will share his latest book: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook: Heal the Hidden Wounds from Childhood Affecting Your Adult Mental and Physical Health. He will explore the links between adv...
Aug. 15, 2022
Domestic Violence: Finding the Strength to Leave
These are the facts: 1 in 4 women globally experience domestic violence. On average, it takes 7 times for most survivors to successfully leave an abusive relationship. But behind the statistics are human beings. One Saturday ...