
Trauma, Inheritance, and Healing, with Reesie Sims
The word “inheritance” brings to mind images of a financial legacy, but Reesie Sims suggests another meaning: an inheritance of trauma that ancestors may have left behind. The director of therapeutic ...
17 Feb 26min

Trauma in Systems: Designing Digital Care for Youth, with Ila Kumar
Healing from trauma doesn’t happen only in clinical spaces. Digital spaces can also be a lifeline, as Ila Kumar explains in this visit with hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg. A PhD candida...
10 Feb 25min

Trauma in the Body: Nervous System Healing with Dr. Jaz Robbins
For Dr. Jaz Robbins, the nervous system is “the soapbox that I live, die on, breathe in.” In this conversation with hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg, Dr. Jaz explains why. “In the work th...
3 Feb 31min

Season Four Preview: Taking Old Pain and Creating Something New
As “TraumaTies” launches its fourth season, hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg reflect on Volare’s expansion over the past year and preview what listeners can look forward to in the year ah...
27 Jan 21min

Finding Hope: Storytelling as a Path to Healing and Connection
In this season finale, hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg are joined by Executive Assistant Christina Hadad to reflect on Season Three's exploration of trauma-informed storytelling as a res...
4 Mars 202523min

Designing Healing through Trauma-Informed Spaces With Todd Medd
Hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg welcome Todd Medd, an expert in healthcare and mental health architecture. Todd shares his journey into the field of trauma-informed design, beginning wit...
25 Feb 202529min

Community Resilience and Shared Healing After Mass Trauma With Missy Mendo
Missy Mendo uses these two Latin words to describe herself: ama odi. “It means I love what I do to help other people, but I hate what I do because it exists,” she explains to hosts Bridgette Stumpf an...
18 Feb 202556min

Resilience Rooted in Culture: Healing Through Heritage with Tanaya Winder
Tanaya Winder and her friends in the indigenous community wanted to raise awareness about the estimated 1,181 missing and murdered indigenous women. They asked for donations of 1,181 single-sided earr...
11 Feb 202525min


















