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Deadria Boyland: Intimate Relationships – What To Do When They Become Manipulative/Controlling/Abusive
Join Laura this week as she talks with an esteemed leader in the Anti-Violence and Domestic Violence fields, Deadria Boyland. Having done this work for over 30 years, Deadria brings her wealth of knowledge to the conversation and together they discuss how we can recognize manipulation, control, and abuse in our own relationships as well…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Kendall Titus: On Sympathetic Joy, Loss, & Overwhelm
This week Laura talks with Kendall Titus, a wise beyond her years entrepreneur and college student. Kendall shares her thoughts about navigating overwhelm, in college and beyond. They discuss loss and grieving, with Kendall offering concrete strategies that have been helping her over the past year. And they talk about sympathetic joy and all that…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast![Dr. Carl Erik Fisher: Addiction. All [or so much of what] You Need To Know.](https://traumastewardship.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/carl-erik-fisher.png)
Dr. Carl Erik Fisher: Addiction. All [or so much of what] You Need To Know.
This week, Laura is in conversation with psychiatrist, bioethicist, assistant professor at Columbia University, and author, Dr. Carl Erik Fisher. Dr. Fisher, through his long career, extensive research, and personal experience of being in recovery, shares the critical truth that addiction has spanned history, and is something that exists in all of us, with no…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Deepa Iyer: The Ecosystem of Social Justice Work – Finding Our Place on the Map
This week Laura talks with award-winning author, lawyer, and strategist Deepa Iyer. Deepa and the organization she works with, Building Movement Project, create building blocks for activist organizations to translate their desires to create change into concrete practices they can implement. These two activists connect on their belief that how we do the work is…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast![Maggie Cook: How One Person Changed [so much at] Facebook & the Critical Field of Trust and Safety](https://traumastewardship.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/maggie-cook.jpeg)
Maggie Cook: How One Person Changed [so much at] Facebook & the Critical Field of Trust and Safety
This week Laura dives into the world of tech and Trust & Safety. Trust and Safety refers to teams that work to prevent online harm. This can include anything from predatory behavior like child sexual abuse and violence to mental health crises such as suicidal ideation. As technology evolves, Trust and Safety teams are always evolving to combat…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Dr. Derik Smith: Race, Spirituality, Teaching Inside Prisons, & What We Have Yet to Learn from Hip Hop
This week Laura dives into a conversation about race, spirituality, teaching inside and outside of prisons, and what we have yet to learn from hip hop with Dr. Derik Smith. Professor Smith talks about his own self-identity leading to his quest for knowledge and studies in African American literary culture, and shares his deep belief…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Alex Soukakos: Long Term Grieving, Cumulative Loss, & Transitioning to College and Adulthood
Join Laura this week as she talks about long-term grieving, cumulative loss, and the transition to college and adulting with Alexander Soukakos, a graphic artist and design student. Alex lost his mother soon after his birth and generously shares with us insights about his years of experience navigating grief and loss. They also discuss the…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Beth Macy: The Award Winning and Emmy Nominated Dopesick & a Lifetime of Dedication to Outsiders and Underdogs
This week we are so grateful to be joined by New York Times best-selling author and Executive Producer and writer of the Hulu series – and Emmy nominated! – Dopesick. Beth Macy and Laura discuss the arc of Beth’s life and career and the enormous challenges of maintaining one’s own equilibrium when surrounded by extreme…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Adulting is Hard a-n-d We Can All Do Hard Things
Adulting. There’s really not a prescribed age when it starts or when it ends. In this week’s episode, Laura talks to critically acclaimed author, teacher, activist and parent, Julie Lythcott-Haims. They talk about Julie’s decades of experience with both young adults and their parents/guardians and how, often, less is more. Julie beautifully speaks to one of the…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast
Jilyne Jarvis: World Competitor to Mentor of Many
This week Laura connects with former U.S. Ski Team member, non-profit founder and girls’ advocate, Jilyne Jarvis. Together they explore the realm of self-confidence and Jilyne talks about her professional competitive years and the consequences of a culture with a hyper focus on performance, outcome and external validation. Determined to change things, Jilyne co-founded an…
Categorized: Future Tripping Podcast