Evan Forster

Resiliency Reimagined

Health EN ↓ 12 episodes

A podcast in partnership with the Center for Strength, hosted by Evan Forster, centered around recovery after mass violence incidents and trauma recovery. Our hope is that listeners recognize that recovery after Mass Violence looks different for everyone, and to highlight different ways that helpers can help impacted communities. Guests include those impacted by Mass Violence and people working within these communities. We focus on the diverse methods of trauma recovery, sharing stories, celebrating victories within our community, and highlighting importance of peer connections.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: movingmountainscounselingcenter.org

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Evan Forster

Episodes

"If you are alive, you have emotions" The Cultural Impact of Trauma Recovery: an interview with Simi Basu 14.03.2024 44:36

Simi Basu, STEM School teacher and parent during the shooting in May of 2019, speaks about the impact of her Indian culture on trauma recovery. Simi highlights the importance of recognizing and acknowledging the impact of a traumatic event on herself and her family rather than the cultural norm of ignoring mental health. Simi elaborates on her development of a new reality, her acceptance of being...

Recovery is not one line; It's Scribbles. Interview with Heather Martin 01.04.2023 43:31

Heather Martin, one of the founders of the Rebel's Project and Columbine shooting survivor shares about her journey following the shooting, and things that have helped her to cultivate resiliency. Heather discusses how she came to discover what her "new normal" is, the importance that she has found in community of other survivors, what the Rebel's project is, normalizes the non-l...

Different Paths: Interview with Heather Dearman 01.03.2023 45:39

Heather Dearman, CEO of the 720 Foundation, describes the nuances in her, her family's, and her community's, journey in recovery from the 2012 shooting at Century 16 movie theater in Aurora Colorado.  She considers her definition of resiliency and things that have been impactful in her journey.   Heather highlights the power of community following tragedy.  How support systems, and...

Resiliency and Rubberbands: Conversation with MacClain Figueroa 01.02.2023 37:42

MacClain Figueroa is the guest on this episode.  MacClain is a parent of two children who were at STEM School in Highlands Ranch during the shooting in 2019.  MacClain discusses resiliency, factors that have helped him and his in cultivating resiliency, and ways that martial arts can be impactful for people both who have experienced trauma and in general.  MacClain provides insight...

Cultivating Resiliency, Community, and Flexibility: An Interview with Bethany Laurie 01.11.2022 41:45

Bethany Laurie is a facilitator at the Center for Strength, and is an impacted community member as her children were at school during a shooting in 2019.  Bethany shares how her views related to trauma recovery have evolved following 2019, and things that have helped both herself and her family in their recovery journey.   Bethany discusses how community decreases feelings of isolation a...

Soma means Body: Cultivating resiliency through finding balance, and increasing both emotional and physical insight. With Jordyn Russo, LCSW 04.10.2022 36:46

Jordyn Russo, LCSW is our guest on this month’s resiliency re-imagined. Jordyn is one of our clinicians at the Center for Strength and has a passion for working with this community. Within this podcast, Jordyn discusses factors which she has seen impacting her client’s resiliency, how she cultivates resiliency, and the importance of checking-in with yourself. She discusses means of creating compet...

Vulnerability and Resiliency in Leadership: Frank DeAngelis former Columbine Principal 01.09.2022 51:45

Frank DeAngelis, former principal of Columbine High School is our guest on this month's episode.   Frank has been a massive ally to the Center for Strength and an advocate for both school safety and community recovery following school shootings.   Frank discusses his own recovery following a shooting, as well as his community's recovery.  He details lessons learned both personally a...

Animal Assisted Resiliency: The Mane Mission featuring Kathy Hulley and Ryan Gosling 01.08.2022 34:52

In this episode, Kathy Hulley, founder of the Mane Mission, defines resiliency, discusses how animal assisted therapy and adventure experiences impact individuals, and discusses her partnership with the STEM Center for Strength. Kathy discusses her motivation to work with individuals impacted by mass violence, and the journey that led her to her current work. Kathy highlights how experiential the...

Moving With vs. Moving On; Interview with Beth Horowitz 24.06.2022 34:01

Beth Horowitz is a teacher, a yoga instructor, and a survivor of the shooting that occurred at STEM School in Highlands Ranch in 2019. In this interview, Beth discusses her take on resiliency and the importance of moving with and recognizing the impact of trauma on a person vs. trying to move on from the experience. Beth discusses things that have helped her in moving with, things that she has b...

Creating Community and Cultivating Resiliency 25.04.2022 33:17

An Interview with Tammy Horlacher, the STEM Center for Strength's Activities Coordinator.   Tammy elaborates on her journey related to recovery from trauma, how activities and community can be helpful in a recovery journey, and what the STEM Center for Strength is doing to support the Community surrounding the upcoming memorable date of May 7, the day the shooting occurred at STEM School in H...

Trauma, Grief, and the Importance of Community 28.03.2022 38:40

Episode two features one of the Center's Compassionate Clinicians, Jenny Robbins.   Jenny's work focuses on trauma, grief, and bereavement.   Listen as Jenny and I discuss stomping around outside, self-compassion, art, mindfulness, community, our shared admiration for Brené Brown, and how all of these relate to healing.  Jenny eloquently describes the relationship between trauma and...

What is the Center for Strength 27.02.2022 30:38

Listen to our determined leaders, Evan Forster, Clinical Lead, and Jess Monda, Administrator, discuss what the Center offers, why we are here, and who we serve.  