TraumaWise Change Agent Path Library

This is a free shelf of podcast episodes, articles, and guides for people who shape the systems around them. Start anywhere. Take what fits your week, and leave the rest for later.

New here? The Activator Field Guide is a good place to begin.

Seeing the system

For noticing the patterns, cultures, and structures that shape how people feel.

Podcast: What Culture of Success Are You Creating? (with Carly Jo Bell)
Podcast: Triumph in the Trenches: Dismantling Mentally Violent Spaces in the Classroom (with Rev. Dr. Xenia Barnes)
Podcast: Creating Felt Safety: The Foundation of a Thriving Workplace (with Wendy McMahan)
Article: What is Trauma-Informed Care and Why Does It Matter?
Free guide: Change Agent Starter Guide

Building together

For leading change with others, across teams, congregations, and communities.

Podcast: Mastering Resilience: Trauma-Informed Leadership, Lived Wisdom, and Legacy Work (with Dr. Lorry Leigh Belhumeur)
Podcast: Setting Volunteers Up for Success: Trauma-Informed Leadership in Practice (with Wendy McMahan)
Podcast: Trauma-Informed Ministry Starts With You: Alignment, Repair, and the Gospel (with Aminah Vargas-Harris)
Podcast: Repairing Sacred Spaces: A Ministry Summit Panel on Trauma, Grace, and Human Connection (Ministry Summit panel)
Article: Resilience Starts with Connection: How to Nurture Your Support Network
Free guide: Your Guide to Nurturing Supportive Networks

The cost of carrying

For caring for yourself through the long work of change.

Podcast: Out of Gas, Not Out of Worth: Decoding the Three Dimensions of Burnout (with Renae M. Dupuis)
Podcast: Rooting in Your Preciousness: Self-Worth, Systems, and Sustainable Care (with Scott Watters)
Podcast: No is a Complete Sentence: Trauma, Caregiving, and the Sacred Practice of Saying Less (with Lindy Green-Johnson)
Article: Bandaids, Peroxide, and Bearing One Another’s Burdens (by Aminah Vargas-Harris)

When you’re ready for more

There’s no rush. When you’d like a next step, the TraumaWise Activator Certification and TraumaWise Equip are there whenever you are.

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