When Bearing Witness: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller

About When Bearing Witness: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller

The When Bearing Witness® podcast is an invitation to explore trauma-informed storytelling, a safe and healthy process of gathering and telling painful stories. Join my conversations with trauma-informed experts and fellow social-good storytellers as we help shape the intersection of trauma-informed care and the storytelling process. Stories are sacred, and we can create a safe space to tell and share them.

Publisher

Maria Bryan

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Nov 2023

Latest episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Aug 2026

   Trauma-Informed Storytelling on the Fundraising Stage with Jenna Watanabe

   Send us Fan Mail Fundraising events are often where nonprofit storytelling faces its highest stakes. The room is full, the energy is high, and there is real pressure to move people toward giving. In this episode, Maria sits down with Jenna Watanabe, Creative Director at The Fundraising Event Company, to talk about what it takes to build events that are moving without becoming extractive. Jenna shares the personal experience that shaped her approach to this work, and the two dig into what happ...

2. 

   7 Jul 2026

   Centering Safety in Human Trafficking Storytelling with Preston Goff

   Send us Fan Mail Storytelling in the anti-trafficking space carries a particular weight, where the urgency to communicate impact can pull against the responsibility to protect the very people whose stories are being told. Many nonprofit communicators working in this space are asking how to tell stories that move people to action without exploiting pain or compromising survivor safety. In this conversation, Preston Goff, Vice President of Global Communications at The Exodus Road, helps us expl...

3. 

   9 Jun 2026

   Building a Nonprofit Story Bank With Consent and Care with Natalie Monroe

   Send us Fan Mail In This Episode Nonprofit storytelling is changing. Organizations are being asked to think more carefully about how stories are gathered, who holds power in the storytelling process, and what it means to share stories with dignity, transparency, and ongoing consent. As more nonprofits move away from transactional testimonials and toward community-centered storytelling, many teams are still navigating how to do this work ethically while continuing to communicate impact. In thi...

Who has been a guest on When Bearing Witness: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lindsey Fuller
• Stephanie Bilinsky
• Catherine Alonzo

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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