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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.
When Bearing Witness®: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller
Latest Episodes
How Ethical Storytelling Becomes a Movement With Diana Farias Heinrich
Diana, CEO of Habrá Marketing and creator of the Equastory framework, joins us for a conversation about what it takes for trauma-informed storytelling to become more than an individual practice. It becomes a movement when people begin challengi...
Bringing Nonprofit Storytelling Back to the Campfire with Michael Kass
What if storytelling returned back toward its oldest purpose: connection?In this episode, I’m joined by Michael Kass, founder of Story & Spirit, to imagine what it would look like to flip the way we tell nonprofit stories, not as con...
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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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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...
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...
