Trauma Resource Institute

12/09/2025

Looking for an affordable training that teaches you how to help your clients who are experiencing traumatic stress reactions... and that gives you 18.5 ?

Our 2026 Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® trainings are now up on our website!

View our training schedule and details:
https://bit.ly/2026_Trainings

💻Resister ASAP for early bird pricing.

TRM takes a mind-body approach to dealing with trauma — at an affordable price point.

is both a model for trauma reprocessing as well as a model promoting client self-care.

This model focuses on the 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 and the 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 that the human body uses when faced with perceived threat.

The clinician learns the basic concepts of TRM and how to introduce the concepts and the skills to clients.

Survivors often report 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 as the activities of daily living become easier to manage as 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 as a wellness practice.

🔸Share this post with colleagues who are looking to enhance their practice and the wellbeing of their patients/clients.

🔸The Trauma Resource Institute is pleased to offer individual scholarships. For more information please contact us at hello@communitytri.com.

12/09/2025

"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of two dear friends of TRI, Jane Stevens and Dr. Joy Miller.

Jane Stevens, the pioneering journalist who helped bring ACEs and PACEs awareness into public understanding, reshaped the global conversation about trauma and healing.

With courage and clarity, she illuminated what many had lived but few had named. Jane gave voice to survivors, guided professionals toward compassion, and built bridges between science and humanity.

Her work ignited movements, shifted systems, and helped create a path forward for resilience to take root where pain once lived. Her legacy will continue to ripple across generations.

Dr. Joy Erlichman Miller was a radiant force of healing, empowerment, and hope.

As the leader of the Resiliency broadcasts I was privileged to join for the past five years, she brought people together with warmth, humor, insight, and a profound belief in the human spirit.

Joy wrote powerfully about women who survived the Holocaust and the resilience they carried forward, honoring their stories and their strength.

She was deeply connected to Dr. Edith Eger, a beloved Holocaust survivor, author, and friend, and was devoted to the Holocaust Museum in Chicago—ensuring that memory, humanity, and courage would never be forgotten. Joy understood that connection itself is medicine.

She lifted people through her presence, taught through laughter and story, and lived with a generosity of heart that inspired all who knew her. She embodied the resiliency she devoted her life to sharing.

To lose both Jane and Joy in the same week is a deep sorrow.

They were women who changed me, changed our field, and changed the world. Their impact lives in the communities they served, the wisdom they shared, and the healing they helped make possible.

I will miss them dearly—and I will continue to carry forward the light they shone so brightly.

May we honor their memory by continuing the work they believed in: building resilience, lifting voices, and choosing compassion again and again."

Chasing the Resilience,
Elaine Miller-Karas
Co-Founder & Executive Director Emerita

Resiliency Within

12/08/2025

🫶Join us In-Person Wednesday December 10th for a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 1-Day Wildfire Recovery Wellness Workshop:

"𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲" is designed to support fire-affected individuals and LA residents.

💛 Learn simple practices for wellbeing and connection.
💛 Learn neuroscience-based skills for regulating your nervous system, even in stressful situations.

Register here - its FREE:
https://bit.ly/4iKfXHD

👉Can't make it?

🗓️ View our full schedule of upcoming workshops:
https://bit.ly/DRMCRM

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧–𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 (𝐃𝐑𝐌-𝐂𝐑𝐌) 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩?

The workshop teaches simple, science-based skills to help communities recover after natural disasters. It gives survivors, families, and responders practical tools to calm the nervous system, lower stress, and support healing together.

By focusing on self-care, positive conversations, and community strength, DRM-CRM encourages recovery, helps prevent burnout, and builds long-lasting well-being for people of all ages and backgrounds.

The program empowers both survivors and responders to heal, reconnect, and rebuild—one skill, one conversation, and one community at a time.

Palisades Recovery Coalition Resiliency Within

12/08/2025

🫶🏼 Join us Wednesday @ 6PM PT for Healing Through the Holidays: A Wellness Gathering.

This event offers a compassionate space for fire-affected individuals, families, and community members to come together, connect, and learn practical skills that support healing, self-care, and emotional balance.

🗓️ Wednesday, December 10th
⏰ 6:00pm-7:30pm Pacific
📍Online - Zoom

👉🏽 Register: https://bit.ly/3M1qba4

12/05/2025

Dr. Peggy Ward and Sister Peace join Resiliency Within to share the wisdom and poems of Dr. Larry Ward.

📖 His book, Morning Night, was his first published collection of poems, where he explored race, nature , and spirit, woven with messages of hope, justice, and belonging.

Sister Peace will lend her voice to his eloquent poetry.

🔊 Listen on…

Libsyn: https://bit.ly/RW12-5-25
Spotify: https://bit.ly/RW-Spotify
Apple: https://apple.co/41eOR3G

Dr. Larry Ward transitioned from this life in August 2025. His grounded presence and deep insight helped many people worldwide through challenging moments with compassion and clarity, planting seeds of understanding.

Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward, Larry’s wife, was in partnership in love and work—two luminous teachers whose shared vision blossomed through their work at the Lotus Institute. Having also trained at the Trauma Resource Institute, Larry’s understanding of both trauma healing and mindfulness made him a bridge between worlds—the spiritual and the scientific, the personal and the collective.

His life was a testament to compassion in action, and his teachings continue to ripple outward, touching countless hearts with the deep sound of love and wisdom. His poems reflect his deep connection to the wonder within all of us.

🪷 You can learn more about his work under the leadership of Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward. https://www.thelotusinstitute.org.

📖 'Morning Night' can be purchased on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Mj1AxT

💛 We are blessed to have Dr. Peggy Ward and Sister Peace on Resiliency Within

VoiceAmerica Media VoiceAmerica Empowerment The Lotus Institute

12/02/2025

Erica Coates, L.C.S.W. shares how CRM is making lasting impact at their campus, all because a donor made TRI trainings possible.

Erica is a TRI donor, CRM Coordinator & Embedded Clinician at the Cook Counseling Center of Virginia Tech and certified CRM Teacher.

With the support of a generous alumni donor passionate about preventing mental health crises, Virginia Tech identified 20 staff from across the population wellness department, the counseling center, and the residential well-being department to become the campus’ first CRM Teachers in October 2022.

Since that time, Virginia Tech has trained 8 more CRM teachers in other departments, and reached 10,000+ members of VT’s campus from over 50 departments with CRM programs.

With school enrollment at 36,000 students, the teachers began systematic plans for teaching CRM Zones and skills within the residence halls, first year experience courses, student organizations, faculty/staff departments, and conferences focused on topics of equity.

12/02/2025

From the very beginning, TRI's co-founder Elaine Miller-Karas has always prioritized making TRI's trainings accessible and affordable to all who seek the skills.

Annually, TRI provides discounts and scholarships for 10-20% of our training participants.

Our fundraising efforts contribute to our ability to sustain these scholarships.

To meet the needs of these times, we have set an ambitious goal to raise $20,000 by the end of the year.

🫶🏼Our community has generously contributed $6,813 so far.

We are working to raise $3845 more in Giving Tuesday donations.

Would you please consider joining us in our efforts?

💛Any amount helps.

12/01/2025

🫶These FREE, virtual support gatherings are designed to bring together 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞-𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, and those who support them.

We invite you to join us as we share, reflect, and practice skills that cultivate wellbeing, connection, and recovery.

💛 Join us Wednesday December 3rd @ 12:00pm PT

👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/CCFall2025

11/30/2025

🫶Join us In-Person Friday December 5th for a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 1-Hour Wildfire Recovery Wellness Workshop:

"𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲" is designed to support fire-affected individuals and LA residents.

💛 Learn simple practices for wellbeing and connection.
💛 Learn neuroscience-based skills for regulating your nervous system, even in stressful situations.

Register here - its FREE:
https://bit.ly/486r8qs

👉Can't make it?

🗓️ View our full schedule of upcoming workshops:
https://bit.ly/DRMCRM

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧–𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 (𝐃𝐑𝐌-𝐂𝐑𝐌) 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩?

The workshop teaches simple, science-based skills to help communities recover after natural disasters. It gives survivors, families, and responders practical tools to calm the nervous system, lower stress, and support healing together.

By focusing on self-care, positive conversations, and community strength, DRM-CRM encourages recovery, helps prevent burnout, and builds long-lasting well-being for people of all ages and backgrounds.

The program empowers both survivors and responders to heal, reconnect, and rebuild—one skill, one conversation, and one community at a time.

Palisades Recovery Coalition Resiliency Within

11/25/2025

🖼️The fires may have taken homes, but they didn’t take our stories.

We’re inviting seniors, their families, and local teens to join The Legacy Project, a heartfelt community program where generations come together to rebuild memories through storytelling, art, and creative journaling.

Each participant will be paired with a youth or family member to help create a personal memory book, celebrating resilience, laughter, wisdom, and hope for future generations.

Signup here: https://bit.ly/TheLegacyProject2025

📖What’s Included
• Memory book & journal materials provided
• Intergenerational support and conversation

🗓️When:
Sunday, Dec 7 • 1–3 PM

📍Where: Altadena Community Center (409 E. Woodbury Rd, Altadena)

Cost: FREE

Who: Seniors affected by the fires, their families, and youth volunteers

Hosted by The Trauma Resource Institute, The Altadena Coalition, & 409 Woodbury — Creative Space

11/22/2025

11/22/2025

Acts of generosity witnessed!