A Trauma-Informed Future

About A Trauma-Informed Future

As AI, workplace stress, and moral injury reshape our lives, we need a cohesive solution that will restore trust. Trauma-informed care can't just live in theory or trainings anymore. It needs to be practical, actionable, and woven into everything we do—at work, at home, in our communities. This podcast is for people who value trust and safety, who lead with humanity, and who want real strategies they can use in everyday life. We're not here for more theory. We're here for real tools, honest conversations, and the kind of shifts that actually change how we show up. When we show up, when we practice caring as the powerful skill it is, we don't just change individual interactions. We shift culture. We build the sustainable, equitable, and humane future we all deserve. Because a trauma-informed future isn't just possible—it's already being built by people like you. For more information visit: Katie-Kurtz.com

Publisher

Katie Kurtz

Category

business · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Jun 2023

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 74 episodes have a transcript.

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   28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Trauma-Informed Care As A Global Movement With Amy Smith

   Host Katie Kurtz interviews Amy Smith, founder of Kindred Consulting with Purpose, about trauma-informed care as a global movement and its Indigenous roots.

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   1 Sept 2026

   Trauma-Informed Education with Alex Shevrin Venet

   What if trauma-informed education isn’t about managing students but transforming the systems they learn in? In this episode, host of A Trauma-Informed Future podcast, Katie Kurtz sits down with educator, author, and trauma-informed education expert Alex Shevrin Venet to explore what it really means to make education trauma-informed. They unpack why equity and justice must be central, how schools can unintentionally create harm, the limits of “resilience” as a feel-good solution, and why traum...

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   8 Apr 2026

   5 Everyday Trauma-Informed Strategies

   In this solo episode of A Trauma-Informed Future, Katie opens by naming what so many of us are carrying right now : the cumulative stress and collective trauma of a world that feels like it's moving too fast, too hard, and with too much at stake. She gets honest about her own nervous system responses over the past 24 hours, and uses those personal moments to ground listeners in real nervous system education. Trauma-informed is not an adjective, it's a verb. Katie walks through five trauma-inf...

Inside a recent episode

Trauma-Informed Care As A Global Movement With Amy Smith

Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so, yeah, so, and so such an essential part of burnout and the stress I always talk about like the stress resilience continuum is it includes burnout and moral injury and trauma and it's like it's all trauma-informed covers all of that it's not just the extremes and so yeah yeah yeah I was gonna like on that I feel like it's like trauma-informed practice asks us to hold both like yes the nervous system matters and understanding and befriending our nervous system and is kind of like taking our power back a little bit. But we also need to recognise the systems that impact on people's nervous systems and how that structure will change and that matters as well. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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63

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YouTube

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Engagement

82

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