Episodes
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We must not forget that the greatness of America has been shaped by the immigrants who have come for that hopeful opportunity of a better future.
People have immigrated to the United States from many places around the globe. They have often escaped the horrors of war and oppression to come to a country hoping for a future where their families could thrive in a Democratic Republic.
The host of Resiliency Within will share aspects of her first-generation view with her colleague, Martha Parra, LCSW, who came to the United States as a child with her family. The identities of Latinas and Latinos are shaped by geography, heritage, race, and gender. Latinas and Latinos embrace their heritage and contribute to the culture of the United States.
Martha's family came to California from Mexico, and Elaine's mother and grandmother came from El Salvador. They will share how their families taught them compassion, courage, strength, service, and hard work. They will share the values they learned from their families and how their rich heritage has inspired their personal and professional journeys as community leaders.
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Essential funds are being cut for important programs helping youth.
Where common sense laws are lacking to protect children, violence prevention professionals and credible messengers are working on the frontlines to mediate conflict, interrupt violence, and restore peace.
Jordan R. Murphy, PhD, RN, is a nurse scientist who specializes in behavioral health and trauma and resiliency-informed care.
In this encore episode, Dr. Murphy will share her work in Gun Violence Prevention, supporting professionals and survivors.
Gun violence is a major public health and social justice issue, and yet it is preventable. For the last three years, gun violence was the #1 cause of death for children and adolescents 1-17 years of age, surpassing motor vehicle accidents and cancer.
A greater understanding of the issues involved and the development of innovative programs are critical to the well-being of our Nation.
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On this episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas welcomes Heather Lilly,
co-founder and past Executive Director of Yoga Village in Wilmington, North Carolina,
for a thoughtful conversation about the integration of the Community Resiliency Model
(CRM) with Trauma-Informed Yoga. Together, Elaine and Heather explore how these
complementary, body-based approaches can help individuals and communities
strengthen resilience, regulate the nervous system, and support healing in the face of
stress, adversity, and trauma.
Drawing from years of experience serving diverse populations, Heather shares the vision
behind Yoga Village and its commitment to making trauma-informed practices
accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. Elaine and Heather discuss how CRM
skills naturally align with trauma-informed yoga practices that cultivate mindful
awareness, self-compassion, and a deeper connection to the body.
Their dialogue highlights the growing recognition that healing is not simply a cognitive
process but one that involves the whole personâmind, body, and spirit. Through stories,
insights, and practical wisdom, they explore how integrating CRM and trauma-informed
yoga can help create safer, more compassionate communities where individuals can
rediscover their strengths and capacity for well-being.
Join Elaine and Heather for an inspiring conversation about resilience, healing, and the
transformative power of bringing together evidence-informed practices that help people
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On this special episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas sits down with Michael Sapp, Executive Director of the Trauma Resource Institute, for a heartfelt conversation reflecting on the remarkable global journey of the Trauma Resource Institute. What began as a small idea rooted in compassion and neuroscience has grown into an international movement of healing, hope, and human connection, reaching communities across cultures, languages, and lived experiences worldwide.
They will share reflections on the profound lessons learned from decades of working alongside educators, therapists, healthcare workers, parents, community leaders, and young people who have brought the Community and Trauma Resiliency Models into their daily lives. Together, Elaine and Mike discuss the importance of understanding that reactions to stress and trauma are not signs of weakness, but part of our shared human biologyâand how practical wellness skills, compassionate relationships, and community connection can restore dignity, resilience, and hope. This dialogue also explores the realities of building an international nonprofit organization: the vision, perseverance, partnerships, and deep trust required to sustain a mission dedicated to human resilience.
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The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)Âź contains powerful skills for nervous system regulation that can be used anywhere and anytime.
CRM in Schools is a strengths-based, compassionate approach that is helping school staff and students re-connect to their bodies and understand new ways to support their well-being through nervous system regulation.
Since 2019, the Community Resiliency Model has been shared with thousands of educators and students, world-wide. Pro-active and preventative skills like resourcing, grounding, and the Help Now! strategies can be practiced daily as classroom routines, during class meetings and brain breaks, or at crucial moments like before a test or during conflict resolution.
Feedback from educators and students suggests that the CRM skills can improve students body literacy, self-compassion and sense of empathy towards others. Educators report feeling more resourced to manage the physical and emotional demands of their profession.
How can CRM be brought into schools in a way that supports teachers and students, rather than burdening them with "one more thing" to do.
How can CRM be integrated systemically so that the climate of school becomes a place that is welcoming to the educators and students "whole selves"?
Can schools truly become places where trauma-and-resiliency informed practices are understood and applied by everyone from the support staff, to the principal?
This episode with Lindy Settevendemie and Christa Tinari explores the use of CRM in school contexts and their insights about how CRM can support individuals and transform the learning environment.
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In this episode of Resiliency Within, Elaine Miller-Karas interviews Cathy Salser about a deceptively simple proposition: that time and connection â not paint or canvas â can be one of the most powerful art supplies we have.
Cathy is the founder of A Window Between Worlds (AWBW), a non-profit dedicated to nurturing art-based journeys of transforming trauma. Since 1991, AWBW has grown into a national circle of co-creation reaching nearly 150,000 participants annually across 44 states and 8 countries.
She shares the orgins of how she came to this work, and what it looks like when art becomes a circle of co-creation where every person is welcomed as an innovator and a founder of their own path forward. She draws on stories from across her 35 years of practice â from the personal level to the relational, organizational, and national.
She is also honest about what art is not: it doesn't replace therapists, hotlines, or economic justice. But it does something that nothing else does â it can help people create quick, but lasting, tangible tools to hold onto their strength, vision, and one another across time.
Cathy shares from a very personal place. Her home burned in the Palisades fire, along with her studio and 35 years of AWBW archives. The spirit of that work is not defeated â it is sprouting back up, even through this conversation.
This conversation welcomes us to rethink what art is and what it can do â not as a luxury or a talent, but as an accessible scaffold for change that anyone can build a life around.
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About Our Guest:
Cathy Salser is a social practice artist and the founder of A Window Between Worlds (AWBW), a non-profit dedicated to nurturing art-based journeys of transforming trauma. She holds time and connection as her primary art media â co-creating and mentoring site-specific works that welcome people to crystallize leadership in the face of challenge, sustain action over time, and replace isolation with community.
In this too-busy world, she loves the magic of art practices that are super quick yet super lasting â practices that disrupt and divest from legacies of trauma, and invite space for something new.
Since founding AWBW in 1991, Cathy has nurtured a circle of co-creators that today includes 600+ active community sites, reaching nearly 150,000 participants annually across 44 states and countries including Australia, Canada, Cameroon, Guam, Malawi, Mexico, South Korea, and Venezuela â engaging hundreds of thousands of adults and children who've experienced domestic violence, homelessness, incarceration, sexual assault, and intergenerational trauma.
She's been nationally recognized with the Women's Caucus for Art President's Award, the Bank of America Local Heroes Award, the LA Domestic Violence Council's Betty Fisher Award, and the CA Partnership to End Domestic Violence's Karen Cooper Lifetime Achievement Award.
Cathy is dedicated to living art as a brave and vulnerable practice â a catalyst for interactive journeys transforming trauma that lives in our bodies, relationships, communities, and systems.
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During Mental Health Awareness Month, join host Elaine Miller-Karas for a heartfelt and deeply personal hour-long conversation about why mental health must be viewed as a public health issue. Drawing from her Psychology Today article, "Why Mental Health Is a Public Health Issue," and her decades of work developing the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), Elaine speaks directly to listeners about the biological impact of stress, trauma, disasters, loss, and uncertainty on individuals, families, and communities. She explores how the nervous system responds to overwhelming experiences, why our reactions are rooted in biology rather than weakness, and how resilience can be strengthened through body-based wellness skills, compassion, connection, and community support. Elaine also offers hope-filled reflections on healing, neuroplasticity, the importance of natural leaders and helpers, and practical ways to restore balance during difficult times. This special episode is an invitation to move from shame to understanding, from isolation to connection, and toward a more resilient and compassionate world.
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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Resiliency Within is honored to spotlight the extraordinary work of Melissa Boley, who reflects on her remarkable career as a psychotherapist and leader in the field of trauma healing.
Melissa was recently awarded the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Idaho Counseling Association, in recognition of 36 years of dedicated service as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Idaho.
In this episode, she shares the wisdom and insights she has gained through decades of clinical work, as well as her international experiences and deep connection to the healing power of nature.
Her journey began in social services in 1978 while still an undergraduate, followed by earningher Master's in Counseling Psychology in 1986. Over the years, Melissa has worked across a wide range of mental health settingsâincluding wilderness therapy programs with incarcerated youth, domestic violence shelters, group homes, crisis residential centers, and community mental health clinics throughout the United States. Since 1990, she has maintained a private practice in Ketchum, Idaho.
Specializing in trauma, Melissa brings an integrative, body-based approach to her work. She holds advanced postgraduate certifications in Somatic Experiencing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and the Trauma Resiliency Model.
She also serves as a Teaching Assistant with the Somatic Experiencing Institute and as a Consultant, Facilitator, and Trainer with the Trauma Resource Institute, teaching both the Community Resiliency Model and the Trauma Resiliency Model, sharing trauma-informed resilience skills both nationally and internationallyâincluding in Nepal, the Philippines, and Serbia.
Join us as Melissa reflects on a lifetime of service, the evolution of trauma-informed care, and the vital role of somatic awareness in supporting healing and resilience.
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In this episode of Resiliency Within, Elaine Miller-Karas, interviews Dr. Adam Barsouk about a sobering reality: cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in many developed nations.
Yet there is hopeâup to half of cancer deaths may be preventable through lifestyle changes, environmental awareness, and thoughtful public policy.
Dr. Barsouk shares important information from his recently published book, Outsmarting Cancer, which reframes one of the most pressing medical challenges of our time: how to prevent cancer.
Dr. Barsouk presents a sweeping examination of cancer's true originsâbiological, environmental, dietary, infectious, industrial, occupational, and behavioralâand makes a compelling case for why cancer prevention must become a central priority in public and personal health.
His book explores a wide range of overlooked and misunderstood risk factors, as well as how inequities in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention disproportionately impact underserved populations.
This conversation invites us to rethink cancer not only as a medical diagnosis, but as a public health and societal challengeâone that calls for evidence-based prevention strategies, informed choices, and collective responsibility.
About Our Guest:
ADAM BARSOUK, MD is a resident-physician at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles about science, medicine, and policy have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Fox News, and Business Insider.
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In this powerful episode, we honor the legacy of Jane Stevens, founder of PACEs Connection, and explore how her vision is evolving into a bold national and global trauma recovery movementâone grounded in the belief that healing-centered care is a right, not a privilege.
Through an intentional collaboration of organizations guided by Alliance Practice | Strategic Consulting for the Trauma Sector, this conversation highlights a growing movement that weaves together grassroots to systems-level change. From trauma-informed advocacy and upstream prevention policy to cross-sector partnerships and global certifications, this work is building a socio-ecological approach to healing across the lifespan.
Join Carey Sipp, solutions journalist and leading voice in PACEs science, and Dana Brown, lifelong community organizer and statewide trauma-informed leader, as they share how science, lived experience, and community wisdom are coming together to prevent adversity and promote resilience.
Together, they illuminate how positive childhood experiences, maternal and relational health, and community-driven leadership can disrupt cycles of trauma and create pathways for every child, family, and community to thrive.
Be inspired by a movement that is not only growingâbut transforming systems, empowering communities, and redefining what healing looks like worldwide.
About Our Guests:
Carey Sipp is a solutions journalist, community builder, and subject matter expert on positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) who has spent nearly two decades researching, writing, and speaking on the science linking childhood adversity to lifelong health outcomes â and championing the upstream prevention strategies and positive experiences that heal and protect. Carey has held a leadership role at PACEs Connection. She serves on the Board of the STAR Network Foundation, the Steering Committee of Prevent First, NC, and the Advisory Board of Trauma Resilient Educational Communities.Carey is the author of The TurnAround Mom
Dana Brown is the PACEs Science Statewide Facilitator and Interim Executive Director of PACEs Connection. She is a powerful social entrepreneur who has served the youth of her community in numerous ways. Some of the highlights of her dedication to her community include her efforts as an inner-city community organizer in City Heights for 29 years. She was a Commissioner on the City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention & Intervention and Chaired the Youth Committee. She is the co-chair of the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team and on the Advisory Council of the University of San Diego's Character Development Center, and the leadership team of the Warrior Spirit Family with Indigenous communities. Dana is a HeartMath National Certified Coherence Advantage trainer and the author, of Hidden Treasures,
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In this powerful episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas is joined by Louise Godbold, Executive Director of ECHO, to explore the critical role of survivor agency in trauma recovery. Together, they discuss why healing must be guided by the survivor's voice, choices, and lived experienceâespecially within systems that often overlook or override individual
needs.Louise shares insights from her work with survivors of high-profile abuse, highlighting the added layers of complexity that come with public disclosure, including media exposure and the risk of retraumatization. The conversation also brings attention to Hague Mothersâwomen who flee domestic violence across borders to protect their children, only to face legal systems that may return their children without fully considering the context of abuse.
In light of recent public conversationsâincluding the courage of Dolores Huerta and her allegations against CĂ©sar ChĂĄvezâthis episode also reflects on the immense courage it takes for survivors to come forward, particularly when speaking about powerful and widely respected figures. Survivors who have disclosed experiences involving individuals such as Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, and Harvey Weinstein have helped bring greater awareness to the complexities of trauma, power, and accountability. These disclosures often come with significant personal risk, including public scrutiny, disbelief, and retraumatization.
This episode explores the importance of helping survivors create a coherent narrative of their experiences as part of the healing process, and the responsibility of journalists, professionals, and communities to adopt trauma-informed practices that reduce harm and promote resilience.
With compassion and clarity, this conversation offers a call to action: to center survivor agency, uphold dignity, and create systems that truly support healing.
About Our Guest:
Louise Godbold is the Executive Director of ECHO, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing training and educational resources on trauma and resilience for survivors and professionals across multiple sectors.
Following her decision to come forward about her own experience with Harvey Weinstein in 2017, Louise became a trusted advocate for survivors of high-profile perpetrators, supporting them as they navigate the complex and often retraumatizing
terrain of public disclosure.
Her work centers on survivor agency, ethical storytelling, and trauma-informed systems change. Louise has written extensively on trauma and survivorship for publications including Pacific Standard, Slate, Smithsonian Magazine, Vox, and The Wrap. She is widely recognized for her leadership in advancing survivor-centered approaches that honor dignity, choice, and voice in the healing process. -
In this episode of Resiliency Within, I am joined by Jenn Turner of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment for a thoughtful and energizing conversation about what it means to be women leaders in the fields of mind-body health and trauma healing.
Together, we explore the evolving landscape of therapeutic relationshipsâmoving away from traditional hierarchies toward models of shared power, collaboration, and mutual respect. Jenn brings deep insight into embodied trauma healing, helping us understand how the body holds our lived experiences and how healing must includeânot bypassâour physical sensations and inner awareness.
We also dive into the role of interoceptionâthe ability to notice and make meaning of sensations inside the bodyâand how this skill supports emotional regulation, resilience, and a deeper connection to self. Grounded in neurobiology, we discuss how the nervous system shapes our responses to stress, trauma, and healing, reinforcing the idea that our reactions are rooted in biology, not personal weakness.
Importantly, this conversation also examines how patriarchal structures have influenced healing modalitiesâoften prioritizing authority, control, and "fixing" over listening, collaboration, and empowerment. As women in leadership, we reflect on how we are helping to reshape these systems into ones that honor voice, agency, and the wisdom of the body.
This episode invites listeners to consider a new vision of healingâone that is relational, embodied, and rooted in both science and compassion. Whether you are a practitioner, educator, or someone on your own healing journey, this conversation offers meaningful insights into how we can create more equitable, attuned, and human-centered approaches to well-being.
About Our Guest:
Jenn has had the honor of working with survivors of trauma for all of her career. Along with working in private practice as a trauma-informed therapist, Jenn is the Executive Director of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment where she works to oversee training and supports the development of body-first interventions for healing from trauma.
Jenn also leads trainings in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) throughout the U.S. and provides consultation to organizations on how to become more trauma-informed at all levels. Jenn co-founded the Center for Trauma and Embodiment in 2018.
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In this episode of Resiliency Within, our host, Elaine Miller-Karas, will interview Bo Dean about his reflections of how the first 2,000 days of lifeâfrom pregnancy through early childhoodâlay the foundation for resilience across the lifespan. Together, we discuss how these early experiences shape the developing brain, nervous system, and sense of self.
Our conversation explores how love and stress can coexist within families, and how unspoken trauma can quietly influence a child's development. Drawing from neuroscience and research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), we examine how early environments shape long-term health and well-beingâand, importantly, how resilience can still be cultivated.
The hopeful message is clear: resilience is not something a child builds alone. Even one stable, caring relationship can change the trajectory of a life. Bo and Elaine will explore how families, educators, faith leaders, and communities can create supportive environments that foster healing and help children truly thrive.
Join us for this meaningful and insightful conversation on shaping resilience from the very beginning.
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About Our Guest
L.S. "Bo" Dean Jr. is a Senior HR Analyst for Learning & Development at New Hanover County Government and a certified Community Resiliency ModelÂź Teacher/Educator through the Trauma Resource Institute. He designs and delivers Learning and Development for approximately 2,000 public employees across 30 departments â always through a trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware lens.
Learn more: https://bodean.substack.com/
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After disaster strikes, recovery is often measured in dollarsâinsurance claims, rebuilding costs, financial losses.But what about the human side of recovery?
In this episode, Elaine Miller-Karas sits down with Joy Chen, Executive Director of the Every Fire Survivor's Network, to explore how thousands of Los Angeles fire survivors are navigating not only financial hardship, but also the emotional toll of loss and displacement.
Through a growing community of over 10,000 survivors and allies, Joy and her network have helped unlock more than $100 million in delayed insurance payouts. Yet what's equally transformative is what happens when survivors come togetherâmoving from isolation to connection, from overwhelm to empowerment.
Together, we explore how people directly impacted by disaster are stepping into leadership, advocating for change, and reshaping the systems meant to support them.
This is a conversation about more than rebuilding homes.
It's about restoring agency, dignity, and hopeâand discovering the strength that emerges when communities rise together.
About Our Guest:
Joy Chen is the Executive Director of the Eaton Fire Survivor's Network, the largest survivor-led recovery community in the nation, representing over 10,000 fire survivors and allies across Los Angeles. Through her leadership, the network has helped unlock more than $100 million in delayed insurance payouts and built a recovery hub recognized by the Los Angeles Times as a lifeline for thousands.
A former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, Joy led economic and workforce development initiatives focused on expanding opportunity in historically underserved communities. She has also worked globally in executive leadership at Heidrick & Struggles, advising Fortune 500 CEOs, and trained thousands through the Multicultural Leadership Institute. An internationally recognized author and thought leader, Joy's work has reached millions, challenging traditional narratives of success and empowering individualsâespecially womenâto lead with agency and purpose.
Today, she is a leading voice in disaster recovery and insurance accountability, working to transform broken systems so families can rebuild their homesâand their livesâwith dignity and hope.
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In times of global upheaval and community suffering, many of us feel shakenâmentally, emotionally, and physically. The brutality and uncertainty we witness can disrupt our sense of well-being, leaving us confused, anxious, or overwhelmed. Yet even in the midst of collective stress, it is possible to cultivate inner harmony.
Inner harmony is the quiet meeting place of our thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations. It is a living balance that emerges when we understand the rhythms of our nervous system and gently guide it back toward regulation and well-being.
On this episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas shares heartfelt reflections and practical, biologically based insights drawn from the Community Resiliency Model. She explores how we can restore balance, strengthen our resilience circuits, and reconnect with a sense of embodied well-beingâeven when the world around us feels unsteady. Join us for a thoughtful and empowering conversation on how to nurture inner harmony during stressful times.
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Crisis Recovery for Kids, Parents, and Teachers
Children worldwide are living during very difficult times within the United States and globally. Current policies are impacting our schools - our children, teachers, and school staff.
Inez Tiger and Elaine Miller-Karas will discuss how educational systems worldwide are increasingly confronted with the impact of natural and human-made crises - war, genocide, wildfires, ICE raids, and community violence.
These events disrupt the stability of whole communities with profound implications to children and those who care for them.
Join our host, Elaine Miller-Karas, and Educator Inez Tiger for this encore show on implementing the Community Resiliency Model in a systematic, phased approach to support resilience for children, educators, and school staff.
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About Our Guest:
Inez Tiger, LMFT, brings over 30 years of experience as an educator, school leader, and mental health professional. She has served as an elementary and middle school teacher, counselor, principal, and most recently as Director of Wellness at The Pressman Academy.
Inez is a certified teacher of the Community Resiliency ModelÂź (CRM), a practitioner of the Trauma Resiliency ModelÂź (TRM), and a longtime facilitator and trainer in the practice of Council.
Specializing in self-regulation, trauma healing, and the power of storytelling, Inez recently transitioned from her role as a school-based educator to focus more deeply on healing and wellness.
A collector of stories, she finds meaning in listening to the resilience of students, parents, and teachers as they navigate their school journeys.
Originally from South Africa, Inez lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their two children. She finds joy in art-making, meaningful collaboration, and long walks with their dog, Chase.
One of her guiding mottos comes from Maya Angelou: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
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On this episode of Resiliency Within, Elaine Miller-Karas welcomes Bev Weise, MBA,
ACCâleadership coach, social entrepreneur, and co-founder of Refugee Jumpstart Coaching.
Bev shares the inspiring story behind the organization she co-founded in 2021 with Syrian
refugee Hussein Alzribi to help educated and highly skilled refugees rebuild their professional
lives.
Refugee Jumpstart Coaching connects refugees around the world with a global network of pro
bono leadership, wellness, and career coaches, as well as job search, entrepreneurship, and
industry mentors. Their innovative work empowering displaced professionals earned the
organization the International Coaching Federation's Global Social Impact Award in 2024.That same year, Refugee Jumpstart Coaching became a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization in California, expanding its ability to support refugees seeking opportunity,
dignity, and meaningful work.
Bev brings more than 35 years of experience in corporate and nonprofit leadership development.
She is an ICF-certified Leadership Coach and the founder of Leadership Talent Solutions, a
consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations identify, develop, and retain leadership talent.
Her career has included roles such as Executive Director of Interlaw Ltd., an international
association of law firms, and Corporate Director of Executive Planning and Development
at Northrop Grumman Corporation.
A turning point in Bev's life came in 2016 when she volunteered in a refugee camp in Chios,
Greece. The experience deeply moved her and inspired her commitment to helping refugees
recognize their strengths and rebuild their futures.
In this heartfelt conversation, Bev shares how compassion, leadership, and global collaboration
can help transform adversity into opportunityâreminding us that resilience often grows when
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Resiliency Within welcomes back Dr. Phillip Allen. Dr. Allen is a theologian and ethicist whose research and writings include the intersections of social structure, race, culture, and theology and ethics of justice.
He has authored two books: Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption and The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency From MLK to Darnella Frazier. He is an affiliate assistant professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he completed his PhD in Theology. He is also a poet and documentary filmmaker.
Dr. Allen founded the nonprofit Racial Solidarity Project based in Pasadena, CA. As a former Division 1 college basketball player at North Carolina A&T State University, he has enjoyed opportunities as a guest chaplain for college and pro sports teams.
Dr. Allen will talk about the nonprofit he started, the Racial Solidarity Project and his book, the Prophetic Lens. The Prophetic Lens takes an important look at the use of the video camera as an indispensable prophetic tool for the security of Black lives and greater possibility for racial justice.
He will share how the camera can be a catalyst for cultural change, using Walter Brueggemann's Prophetic Imagination as a framework for understanding the concept of "prophetic." Chronicling the use of the camera, particularly in film from J.D. Griffiths' Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Allen's historical approach reveals how effective this technology has been in achieving the goals of its respective storytellers.
Dr. Allen's work is an example of the importance of chronicling the richness of black history.
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In a time of deep division, uncertainty, and crisis, Finding Light in the Darkness will explore how we can maintain our well-being, integrity, and hope.
Hosted by Elaine Miller-Karas, an internationally recognized trauma expert and resiliency advocate, she will illuminate practical strategies for navigating today's complex social and political landscape.
Elaine hopes this episode will provide a beacon of lightâinsights on staying grounded, fostering compassion, and building resilience in the face of adversity.
Elaine is dedicated to empowering listeners to cultivate inner strength and create ripples of change for themselves, their families and their communities.
Join Resiliency Within as Elaine uncovers pathways to healing, unity, and actionâbecause light can be found even in the darkest times.
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About Elaine
Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, is a social worker, trauma therapist, author, lecturer, consultant, VoiceAmerica podcast host, Psychology Today blogger, and social entrepreneur.
She has been called an "ambassador of hope" in the fields of trauma therapy and community resiliency.
As a co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute, Elaine serves as the Director of Innovation. She has led the development of the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models, which have left an indelible global footprint, impacting over 75 countries.
Her book, "Building Resiliency to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Model, Second Edition (2023)," has been recognized by the United Nations and Taylor and Francis. She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today.
She has presented internationally at Oxford University's Skoll World Forum, the United Nations, Resiliency 2024, Medscape, Psychotherapy Networker, the Global Fund, the Carter Center, and the Centers for Disease Control.
Elaine believes in a world where every person is treated with dignity and our differences are acknowledged and respected.
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In this encore episode, Elaine Miller-Karas, host of Resiliency Within, welcomes back Kevin McLeod, Director of Business & Community Development at the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), for a powerful conversation about teens, healing, and hope.
In this episode, Kevin addresses the Trauma Resource Institute's inspiring work bringing the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP) to teens in Georgia's Juvenile Justice Systemâand how this innovative program can be brought to schools, teen centers, and community clubs everywhere. YAP has recently been applied to the Disaster Relief Mobilization-Community Resiliency Model Program.
YAP empowers teens with simple, science-based wellness skills from the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)âtools that help calm the nervous system and restore well-being after stress or trauma. Through hands-on, experiential training, youth become CRM Teen Ambassadors (CRM-TAs) and learn six easy-to-use skills they can apply for self-care and peer support.
What's more, these young leaders go on to share the skills with their friends and classmates through short, engaging "share-backs" that bring the skills to life in everyday settingsâfrom classrooms to living rooms.
YAP is more than a programâit's a movement to build resilience, foster connection, and inspire hopeâone teen at a time.
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