TraumaTies

Mar 04 2025 25 ep. 34 mins 4
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It may be invisible to some or ever present to others. But trauma entangles us all. Welcome to TraumaTies. Brought to you by Volare, TraumaTies is a podcast that creates space and conversations to untangle the societal knots that keep us from addressing trauma after crime. For you, we want this podcast to be an experience--one where you leave understanding how you can be a crossing point to minimize the deeply painful and costly consequences of trauma, no matter who you are. This podcast is just one of our many resources. Volare welcomes all survivors of crime and their supporters, so please visit us at https://www.volare-empowers.org/ to learn more about how to access our trauma education and how to partner with us to create empowering experiences for survivors

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Finding Hope: Storytelling as a Path to Healing and Connection

Mar 04 2025 23 mins  
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 resilience tool. They discuss key insights from conversations with guests including Sandy Hook teacher Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis, Columbine survivor Missy Mendo, and trauma-informed architect

Designing Healing through Trauma-Informed Spaces With Todd Medd

Feb 25 2025 29 mins  
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 with his work on a pediatric facility focused on trauma-informed design and neurodivergent challenges. As he explains, trauma-informed design leverages features like lighting, temperature

Community Resilience and Shared Healing After Mass Trauma With Missy Mendo

Feb 18 2025 56 mins  
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 and Lindsey Silverberg.At 14 years old, Missy was a freshman at Columbine High School School during the 1999 mass shooting. Since then, she has dedicated herself to supporting others

Resilience Rooted in Culture: Healing Through Heritage with Tanaya Winder

Feb 11 2025 25 mins  
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 earrings to represent each woman. They received 4,000. “There's so many metaphors, because sometimes people would send the earrings, and they would need repair. They got damaged in

Survivor Stories: Advocacy and Resilience in Action with Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis

Feb 04 2025 31 mins  
December 14, 2012, will always be part of Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis. But, in the years since that tragic day, she’s refused to let it define her. And she’s worked relentlessly to take back control. A teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Kaitlin saved her first-grade students from a mass shooter. She is now an advocate, author, and storyteller who shares her journey

Unseen Narratives: Navigating Trauma Storytelling in the Arts

Jan 28 2025 36 mins  
There is a moment in the Broadway musical “Water for Elephants” when a ghost version of the character Wade, played by Wade McCollum, is on stage. The character Wade is crying, and the scene comes across as tragic to the audience. To the actor Wade, it doesn’t feel tragic. “In that moment, I'm not just personally forgiving, I'm not just personally and character-wise inv

Ethics in Trauma Storytelling Across Media with Kathy Kleiner Rubin

Jan 21 2025 30 mins  
Serial killer Ted Bundy would abduct a victim from a parking lot. But who did he take? In the media, the victim would simply be named, followed by a comma… and another name.Kathy Kleiner Rubin has seen her name, followed by a comma, in many narratives about Bundy. He attacked her in her sorority house in 1978. She has a message for the media: “Understand that there were two par

Welcome to Season 3: Storytelling as Tool to Reshape Trauma Narratives

Jan 14 2025 24 mins  
Hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg welcome listeners to the third season of “TraumaTies” by introducing the sponsoring organization’s new name: Volare. The third season will focus on the power of storytelling to reshape trauma narratives. To help the hosts tell that story, they have a powerful roster of guests. These will include, among others, Kathy Kleiner R

The Power of Helpers: A Reflection on Season Two

Feb 20 2024 19 mins  
“In times of great need, look for the helpers.” Mr. Rogers’ words have never been truer than in Season Two of TraumaTies, where we spoke with some of the preeminent helpers navigating vicarious trauma in their fields.In the Season Two finale of TraumaTies, host and Executive Director of the Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC), Bridgette Stumpf, and co-host, Lindsey Silv

Food for Thought: Navigating Trauma's Impact on Nutrition

Feb 13 2024 32 mins  
“Food in and of itself can be a source of trauma or adversity. It can also be used as a response to this adversity and trauma.”In this episode of TraumaTies, host and Executive Director of the Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC), Bridgette Stumpf, and co-host, Lindsey Silverberg, Deputy Director at NVRDC, speak with a registered dietitian nutritionist and clinical trauma