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When Bearing Witness®: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller
The When Bearing Witness® podcast is an invitation to explore trauma-informed storytelling, a safe and healthy process of gathering and telling painful stories. Join my conversations with trauma-informed experts and fellow social-good storytellers as we help shape the intersection of trauma-informed care and the storytelling process.
Stories are sacred, and we can create a safe space to tell and share them.
Podcasting since 2023 • 52 episodes
When Bearing Witness®: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller
Latest Episodes
Joy As A Liberatory Practice with Frank Velásquez Jr.
Content warning: This episode includes discussion of trauma, systemic harm, and experiences of marginalization, shared with care and intention.This conversation begins with a truth many of us feel but don’t always name, that while...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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Five Ways to Build a Trauma-Informed Storytelling Practice In 2026
As we step into a new year of storytelling, this episode invites you to slow down, take a breath, and ground your practice in deeper care. Trauma-informed storytelling is not just about avoiding harm. It’s about building systems, rhythms, and h...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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Repairing Storytelling Harm with Rachel D'Souza
In today’s episode of When Bearing Witness, we step into a conversation that sits at the heart of trauma-informed storytelling: what happens when a story intended to inspire instead causes harm, and how we move toward repair. Storytell...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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34:19
Leading Ethical Storytelling from the Outside with Kristi Scott
Nonprofit storytellers are tasked with sharing stories that move people to act, yet we also carry the responsibility of protecting the dignity and agency of those whose stories we tell. And when we are working on the outside of an organization,...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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25:12
Tending to Storyteller Vicarious Trauma with Michelle Vande Hay
Content Warning: Michelle briefly talks about the death of a loved one. Be mindful of your emotional capacity as you listen in. Storytelling in the nonprofit world is a powerful act of witness, but it can also take a quiet to...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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