Resiliency Within

About 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.

Publisher

Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jan 2021

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

324 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026

   ENCORE: Finding Light in the Darkness

   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—insights on staying grounded, fostering compassion, and building resilience in the face of adversity. Elaine is dedicated to empowering listeners to cultivate inner strength and create ripples of change for themselves, their families and their communities. Join Resiliency Within as Elaine uncovers pathways to healing, unity, and action—because light can be found even in the darkest times. ___________________________________ About Elaine Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, is a social worker, trauma therapist, author, lecturer, consultant, VoiceAmerica  podcast host, Psychology Today blogger, and social entrepreneur. She has been called an "ambassador of hope" in the fields of trauma therapy and community resiliency. As a co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute, Elaine serves as the Director of Innovation.  She has led the development of the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models, which have left an indelible global footprint, impacting over 75 countries. Her book, "Building Resiliency to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Model, Second Edition (2023)," has been recognized by the United Nations and Taylor and Francis.  She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today. She has presented internationally at Oxford University's Skoll World Forum, the United Nations, Resiliency 2024, Medscape, Psychotherapy Networker, the Global Fund, the Carter Center, and the Centers for Disease Control. Elaine believes in a world where every person is treated with dignity and our differences are acknowledged and respected.

2. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Necessary Turbulence: Fifty Years of Courage, Resilience, and Women Who Changed History

   What does it take to challenge a system that was never designed to include you? How do courage, determination, and resilience transform resistance into lasting change? In this inspiring episode of Resiliency Within, host Elaine Miller-Karas welcomes Eileen Isola to explore Necessary Turbulence, the extraordinary story of the pioneering women who shattered barriers at the United States Air Force Academy and helped redefine what it means to lead. In 1976, 157 courageous young women marched beneath the words "Bring Me Men" as they entered an institution that had never welcomed women. They encountered fierce opposition, inadequate facilities, entrenched traditions, and predictions that they would never succeed. Yet they persevered, opening doors for generations of women who would follow.Drawing upon the voices of 108 contributors spanning five decades, Necessary Turbulence reveals powerful stories of sacrifice, sisterhood, determination, and hard-won belonging. From the challenges of Basic Cadet Training to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, these trailblazers challenged exclusionary policies, rose to positions of extraordinary leadership, and transformed the possibilities for women in military and civilian life. Together, Elaine and Eileen will explore the deeper meaning of resilience—not simply as the ability to endure adversity, but as the capacity to transform it into purpose, possibility, and meaningful change. Their conversation will illuminate the power of collective courage, the importance of belonging, and the extraordinary impact of women who refused to allow others to define their limitations. At its heart, Necessary Turbulence reminds us that progress rarely comes without disruption. Sometimes the turbulence we fear is precisely what makes transformation possible.Join us for a compelling conversation about courage in the face of resistance, the resilience of women across generations, and the enduring legacy of those who dared to walk through doors that had never been opened to them.Because the turbulence is not over—and neither is the courage of women determined to change the world.

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Resiliency Within with Elaine Miller-Karas - October 8th, 2026

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

3.5 / 5

4 ratings