Creative Resilience
This podcast is meant to create a space for conversation, education, and connection around creative approaches to promoting mental health and well-being among youth, families, communities, and society. Specifically, we will hold space to honor the real-life stories of those impacted by trauma, stress, and adversity and discuss what goes into the creative process of developing and implementing interventions that promote healing and resilience. The podcast will highlight lived experience, research, lessons learned, and inspirations from academics, artists, and community leaders leading efforts to improve mental health and well-being within their communities through creative approaches that center partnership and community strengths to lead to sustainable change. Through sharing real-life stories, recent research evidence, concrete resources, and tangible examples of specific efforts, we hope to inspire and support creative action in more communities and serve as a space that promotes mental health and well-being through sharing, connecting, and getting creative. About THRIVE Research Lab: The THRIVE Research Lab is dedicated to community-centered, participatory research and action that promotes healing and resilience among youth, families, and communities experiencing trauma and chronic stress. We aim to promote healing and resilience through an innovative research program designed to partner with communities to develop and implement strength-based solutions grounded in cultural humility.
Episodes
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana interviews Ibrahim Songne, who migrated from Burkina Faso to Italy and overcame cultural and language barriers to pursue his passion for food, connection, and community well-being. Ibrahim founded Ibris Pizza, now recognized among Italy’s top 50 pizzerias, and uses his culinary platform to foster community, social initiatives, and promote cultural exchange. His work includes social...
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana interviews Nicole Sessions, a writer, reproductive justice advocate, and full-spectrum doula who is currently serving as a peer provider on I-HOPE, a multisite comparative effectiveness trial examining culturally responsive Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) versus brief screening for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in reducing PTSD symptoms durin...
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana speaks with Dr. Jessie Borelli, a clinical psychologist and professor at UC Irvine, about relational savoring, a brief, strength-based intervention designed to foster emotional well-being and resilience by helping individuals focus on and immerse themselves in moments of secure, loving connection within close relationships. Dr. Borelli explains that relational savoring draws on the...
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana sits down with Dawn and Derrick “DT” Townsend, leaders of Hopeful Change, LLC and the Hopeful Change Project. They share how their personal experiences with childhood trauma and community violence have shaped their lifelong commitment to mental health, mentorship, and systemic change in underserved communities. Dawn and DT discuss the importance of culturally responsive, community-...
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana speaks with Dr. Ernestine Briggs King, a licensed psychologist and leading expert in child traumatic stress with more than 25 years of experience. Dr. Briggs King shares insights from her work in the Department of Family and Community Interventions at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, including her involvement with the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress and a therapeutic fos...
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana interviews Dr. Danielle Littman, an assistant professor at the University of Utah College of Social Work, whose research combines arts-based, participatory methods to promote healing, belonging, and community among marginalized youth. Dr. Littman discusses her journey from theater artist to scholar, her focus on “third places” like parks and libraries as vital spaces for youth resi...
In this episode of Creative Resilience, Dr. Briana interviews Christopher Moses, the Jenning Hertz Artistic Director at Atlanta’s Alliance Theater, about the theater’s mission to foster creative expression, youth development, and community resilience through the arts. Moses highlights the Alliance’s unique approach to producing professional theater for all ages —from infants to adults —and its commitment to community engagement bey...
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