Resiliency Within
Elaine Miller-Karas will amplify the message of hope, healing and resiliency she has learned from our world community as she has traversed the globe after human made and natural disasters. Hope often springs forth in response to suffering and trauma. Our beliefs and our wellbeing are being challenged during these unprecedented times. The program Resiliency Within is about cultivating individual and community resiliency. Resiliency is the capacity to lean into our strengths with compassion during the most challenging of times and to remember what else is true? about our lived experience. Her guests are inspiring global leaders actively promoting healing and resiliency from a variety of backgrounds. The goal is to spread wellbeing and give individual and community examples to inspire how wellness skills, including ones based upon neuroscience and the biology of the human nervous system, can be integrated into one's life, family and community during challenging times.
Episodes
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. They have often escaped the horrors of war and oppression to come to a country hoping for a future where their families could thrive in a Democratic Republic.
The host of Resiliency Within will share asp...
Essential funds are being cut for important programs helping youth.
Where common sense laws are lacking to protect children, violence prevention professionals and credible messengers are working on the frontlines to mediate conflict, interrupt violence, and restore peace.
Jordan R. Murphy, PhD, RN, is a nurse scientist who specializes in behavioral health and trauma and resiliency-informed care.
In this encore episode, Dr. Murphy w...
On this episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas welcomes Heather Lilly,
co-founder and past Executive Director of Yoga Village in Wilmington, North Carolina,
for a thoughtful conversation about the integration of the Community Resiliency Model
(CRM) with Trauma-Informed Yoga. Together, Elaine and Heather explore how these
complementary, body-based approaches can help individuals and communities
st...
On this special episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas sits down with Michael Sapp, Executive Director of the Trauma Resource Institute, for a heartfelt conversation reflecting on the remarkable global journey of the Trauma Resource Institute. What began as a small idea rooted in compassion and neuroscience has grown into an international movement of healing, hope, and human connection, reaching communi...
The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® contains powerful skills for nervous system regulation that can be used anywhere and anytime.
CRM in Schools is a strengths-based, compassionate approach that is helping school staff and students re-connect to their bodies and understand new ways to support their well-being through nervous system regulation.
Since 2019, the Community Resiliency Model has been shared with thousands of educators ...
In this episode of Resiliency Within, Elaine Miller-Karas interviews Cathy Salser about a deceptively simple proposition: that time and connection — not paint or canvas — can be one of the most powerful art supplies we have.
Cathy is the founder of A Window Between Worlds (AWBW), a non-profit dedicated to nurturing art-based journeys of transforming trauma. Since 1991, AWBW has grown into a national ...
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Resiliency Within is honored to spotlight the extraordinary work of Melissa Boley, who reflects on her remarkable career as a psychotherapist and leader in the field of trauma healing.
Melissa was recently awarded the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Idaho Counseling Association, in recognition of 36 years of dedicated service as a Licensed Clinical Professional&...
In this episode of Resiliency Within, Elaine Miller-Karas, interviews Dr. Adam Barsouk about a sobering reality: cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in many developed nations.
Yet there is hope—up to half of cancer deaths may be preventable through lifestyle changes, environmental awareness, and thoughtf...
In this powerful episode, we honor the legacy of Jane Stevens, founder of PACEs Connection, and explore how her vision is evolving into a bold national and global trauma recovery movement—one grounded in the belief that healing-centered care is a right, not a privilege.
Through an intentional collaboration of organizations guided by Alliance Practice | Strategic Consulting for the Trauma Sector, this conversation highlights a...
In this powerful episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas is joined by Louise Godbold, Executive Director of ECHO, to explore the critical role of survivor agency in trauma recovery. Together, they discuss why healing must be guided by the survivor's voice, choices, and lived experience—especially within systems that often overlook or override individual
needs.
Louise shares insights from her work ...
In this episode of Resiliency Within, I am joined by Jenn Turner of the Center for Trauma and Embodiment for a thoughtful and energizing conversation about what it means to be women leaders in the fields of mind-body health and trauma healing.
Together, we explore the evolving landscape of therapeutic relationships—moving away from traditional hierarchies toward models of shared power, collaboration, and mutual respect. ...
In this episode of Resiliency Within, our host, Elaine Miller-Karas, will interview Bo Dean about his reflections of how the first 2,000 days of life—from pregnancy through early childhood—lay the foundation for resilience across the lifespan. Together, we discuss how these early experiences shape the developing brain, nervous system, and sense of self.
Our conversation explores how love and stress can coexist with...
After disaster strikes, recovery is often measured in dollars—insurance claims, rebuilding costs, financial losses.But what about the human side of recovery?
In this episode, Elaine Miller-Karas sits down with Joy Chen, Executive Director of the Every Fire Survivor's Network, to explore how thousands of Los Angeles fire survivors are navigating not only financial hardship, but also the emotional toll of loss and displacement.
...In times of global upheaval and community suffering, many of us feel shaken—mentally, emotionally, and physically. The brutality and uncertainty we witness can disrupt our sense of well-being, leaving us confused, anxious, or overwhelmed. Yet even in the midst of collective stress, it is possible to cultivate inner harmony.
Inner harmony is the quiet meeting place of our thoughts, emotion...
Crisis Recovery for Kids, Parents, and Teachers
Children worldwide are living during very difficult times within the United States and globally. Current policies are impacting our schools - our children, teachers, and school staff.
Inez Tiger and Elaine Miller-Karas will discuss how educational systems worldwide are increasingly confronted with the impact of natural and human-made crises - war, genocide, wild...
On this episode of Resiliency Within, Elaine Miller-Karas welcomes Bev Weise, MBA,
ACC—leadership coach, social entrepreneur, and co-founder of Refugee Jumpstart Coaching.
Bev shares the inspiring story behind the organization she co-founded in 2021 with Syrian
refugee Hussein Alzribi to help educated and highly skilled refugees rebuild their professional
lives.
Refugee Jumpstart Coaching connects refugee...
Resiliency Within welcomes back Dr. Phillip Allen. Dr. Allen is a theologian and ethicist whose research and writings include the intersections of social structure, race, culture, and theology and ethics of justice.
He has authored two books: Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption and The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency Fro...
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 expert and resiliency advocate, she will illuminate practical strategies for navigating today's complex social and political landscape.
Elaine hopes this episode will provide a beacon of light—insig...
In this encore episode, Elaine Miller-Karas, host of Resiliency Within, welcomes back Kevin McLeod, Director of Business & Community Development at the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), for a powerful conversation about teens, healing, and hope.
In this episode, Kevin addresses the Trauma Resource Institute's inspiring work bringing the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP) to teens in Georgia's Juvenile Justice System—and how th...
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