Episodes
May 12, 2025
HOPE: Mental Health in Poor & Traumatized Communities
During these challenging times as mental health funding is being cut in many parts of the world, hearing again from Chris Underhill in this encore show. Chris has been a champion for mental health globally. Chris Underhill MB...
May 4, 2025
The Legacy of Civil Rights Leaders, Medgar and Myrlie Evers
During these challenging times, it is imperative to raise up the true history of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. In this encore show, Reena Evers-Everette, their committed and passionate daughter, shares how the visi...
April 28, 2025
America: Shaped By Immigrants
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. ...
April 21, 2025
The Status of Trauma-Informed Care
This week on Resiliency Within , host Elaine Miller-Karas welcomes Jesse Kohler for a timely conversation on the evolving landscape of trauma-informed care. Drawing from his policy experience in Washington, D.C., Jesse offers...
April 14, 2025
Love Wins! A Lesbian Mother and Her Fierce Advocate Daughter
This show is being rebroadcast because of the importance of recognizing and respecting the LGBTQ+ community during these unprecedented times. The culture wars, with vitriolic rhetoric and attacks on LGBTQ+ individuals and fa...
April 7, 2025
Suicide Prevention
Resiliency Within is dedicated to remembering those affected by suicide. At a time in our country, where the mental health systems are being dismantled, it is imperative to remember those who are suffering. We want to bring t...
March 30, 2025
An International Vista: The Grace of Humanitarian Leaders
Mike Sapp, CEO of the Trauma Resource Institute, joins host Elaine Miller-Karas to continue their conversation about the challenges—and the remarkable acts of generosity—that have emerged within their global community over re...
March 24, 2025
Acts of Kindness During Times of Despair
Mike Sapp, CEO of the Trauma Resource Institute, joins host Elaine Miller-Karas for a compelling conversation about the challenges—and the remarkable acts of generosity—that have emerged within their global community over rec...
March 17, 2025
Honoring International Social Workers
March is Social Work Month. This encore episode highlights Drs. Beverly Buckles and Kimberly Freeman. They are leaders in social work internationally. They will share their international work, demonstrating the impact that so...
March 9, 2025
Nurturing Compassion & Relatedness During Sociopolitical Upheaval
Dr. Ravi Chandra returns to Resiliency Within to share his reflections and wisdom about amplifying compassion during the current sociopolitical climate. He will share his thoughts about the importance of compassion. Dr. Chand...
March 3, 2025
Reflections of Courage and Resiliency in Ukraine
Natalia Rudsynska, formerly Natalia Valevska, is the International Partnership Director of EdCamp Ukraine. Natalia was married in 2024. Our host, Elaine Miller-Karas, has been providing support to Ukrainian teachers, childre...
Feb. 24, 2025
Finding Light in the Darkness
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 exp...
Feb. 17, 2025
Healing Trauma and Building Stress Resilience
Dr. Ilene Naomi Rusk has a trauma-informed science-based approach to brain health and optimal longevity. She’s developed a user-friendly way of using a functional medicine approach to help prevent Alzheimer’s and improve cogn...
Feb. 10, 2025
Helping Survivors: Support & Lessons Learned from the Campfire Survivors
Erin Kennedy and Scott Dinits are deeply embedded in the communities affected by the wildfires in Northern California. With the recent firestorms on Maui and Southern California, learning how to support children and adults i...
Feb. 3, 2025
The Mental Health Effects of Climate Change: Advocacy and Healing
Since this show was first aired, climate events have become more frequent. Dr. Lise Van Susteren, a recognized authority in climate change's physiological and psychological impacts, enlightens us about her advocacy efforts. S...
Jan. 27, 2025
“Building Resilient Communities in the State of Oregon”
Shannon Biteng of the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is the Trauma Informed Organization Manager. She will share the development and implementation of the ODHS Trauma Aware Program. The program supports over 12,00...
Jan. 20, 2025
Systemic Trauma and Collective Healing (Encore)
Resiliency Within welcomes back John Kania and Laura Calderon de la Barca. Join this conversation with the Collective Change Lab team who are at the leading edge of shifting how organizations, movements, and collective system...
Jan. 13, 2025
The Prophetic Lens and the Racial Solidarity Project (Encore)
Dr. Phil Allen, Jr. returns to Resiliency Within to discuss his journey since the release of his documentary and his first book, Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma and Redemption. In this encore episode, he will e...
Jan. 6, 2025
The Life-Giving Resource of Friendship
Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward and host Elaine Miller-Karas will explore the meaning of friendships, the joys and sorrows that come from loving relationships, and reflect on their nearly two decades of friendship. Recent research indica...
Dec. 30, 2024
Healing without Borders: The Trauma Resource Institute
Resiliency Within’s host, Elaine Miller-Karas, co-founded the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI). She resigned as Executive Director in 2020 when she welcomed Dr. Michael Sapp as the CEO of TRI. They will discuss the internatio...
Dec. 23, 2024
Coping With Seasonal Sorrow
The holidays often come wrapped in ribbons of joy, but for many, they conceal threads of grief, suicide, and seasonal depression. In this episode, Elaine Karas-Miller invites Dr. Jamie Gamboa and Brian Stefan from Spotlight O...
Nov. 25, 2024
A Resilient Perspective by an African-American Pastor/Councilman
Clifford D. Barnett, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of Warner Temple A.M.E. Zion Church in Wilmington, NC, where he is a dedicated community organizer and team builder, passionate about connecting individuals in need with essential...
Nov. 18, 2024
A Memoir of Love and Suicide, Finding the Good in What Remains
RACHEL ZIMMERMAN, an award-winning journalist, is the author of Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide. Her book examines domestic devastation and resurgence, the struggle between public and private selves, life’s shifting p...
Nov. 11, 2024
Post Election Anxiety-Navagating the Emotional Landscape
Join an open-hearted conversation with Psychotherapist Elaine Miller-Karas, host of Resiliency Within with Kevin McLeod, Director of Community Development, and Psychologist Michael Sapp, CEO of the Trauma Resource Institute. ...