RISEUP: Voices From the Frontlines

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Titles, money, followers—these are often mistaken as the currencies of leadership. But beneath them all lies the only currency that truly matters: trust. In Episode 16, we dive into the anatomy of trust—what builds it, what breaks it, and why without it, every system becomes brittle. Using the metaphor of the lighthouse, we’ll explore how trust must be steady, not condi...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Every leader carries scars. Some are visible. Others are hidden deep within. In Episode 15, we explore the way personal scars shape leadership—not as liabilities, but as sources of wisdom, empathy, and resilience. Drawing from my own journey as the throwaway daughter of a victim of human trafficking, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and a victim of domestic violenc...

Neural Command™: Trauma-Informed Leadership Under Pressure RISEUP Voices From the Frontlines | RISEUP PRO Edition Host: Krista Fee, M.A. High-stress helping professionals are not failing. They are being asked to operate in environments that ignore how the human brain actually works under pressure. Neural Command™ is an applied neuroscience certification designed for leaders, educators, medical pro...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Every flame casts a shadow. Episode 14 confronts the dark side of leadership fire—when ambition, ego, or unchecked rage consume leaders, organizations, and movements. From historical atrocities to modern scandals, we’ll examine what happens when fire is no longer fuel but destruction. This episode doesn’t shy away from the darkness. It takes us into the wreckage left wh...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Fire is one of the most powerful forces in nature—and in leadership. It can ignite movements, warm communities, and light the way forward. But if left unchecked, it can also consume everything in its path. In Episode 13, we explore the paradox of fire as fuel and fire as destruction. What does it mean for a leader to burn brightly without burning out? How can passion be...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement How do we hold nuance without losing fairness? How do we honor complexity without abandoning responsibility? In Episode 12, we wrestle with one of the hardest questions in leadership: when leaders make discretionary decisions that cause harm, how should they be held accountable? We’ll explore the balance between empathy and justice, the importance of separating intent f...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement What do organizations and human beings have in common? Both can carry trauma. Both can repeat harmful patterns. Both can heal. Episode 11 explores how the principles of trauma-informed care apply not only to individuals but also to organizations and systems. We look at how toxic workplace behaviors mirror addictive behaviors, how burnout spreads like contagion, and how...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Every leader follows a compass—but not every compass leads to truth. In Episode 10, we dig into the idea of false north stars—the values, metrics, or ambitions that can look like guidance but actually lead us astray. Whether it’s the lure of profit over people, popularity over integrity, or ideology over humanity, leaders who follow false stars often take their communit...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Every leader has a compass. But for many of us, that compass isn’t abstract—it’s etched into our very scars. In Episode 9, I open up more personally than ever before. As the throwaway daughter of a victim of human trafficking, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and someone who has lived through domestic violence, my compass was forged in fire. Those scars don’t defin...

Not Everyone’s a Narcissist: Episode 1 of the RISEUP Narcissism Series These days, it feels like everybody’s ex is suddenly a narcissist. Social media turned the word into the new “toxic,” and while it can feel good to slap that label on someone who hurt you… 👉 Labels don’t heal you. Accountability does. In this first episode of the new Narcissism Series inside RISEUP Relationship Reset™, I’m div...

New Episode Announcement Fire can warm. Fire can illuminate. But fire can also consume everything in its path. In Episode 8, we face the shadow side of leadership—when passion turns destructive, when charisma becomes manipulation, when movements burn too hot and leave nothing but ashes. We’ll walk through examples of leaders in history and today whose unchecked intensity fueled destruction instead...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement What happens when two leaders, two communities, or even two people you love hold values that seem completely opposed? A Muslim and a Christian. A Democrat and a Republican. A parent and a child. In Episode 7, we step into one of the hardest realities of leadership: navigating diametrically opposed viewpoints without losing fairness, dignity, or integrity. You’ll hear ho...

Episode 1: The New Paradigm of School Safety 🔥 Safety has evolved. The question is — have we? The old model of school safety was built on fear, drills, and disconnect. The new model begins with humanity. In this opening episode, Krista Fee — bestselling author, award-winning keynote, and accredited trainer — challenges everything we thought we knew about crisis preparation. Discover how trauma-in...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Not every compass points to truth. Some leaders build entire movements around false North Stars—visions rooted in ego, greed, domination, or fear. And the results can be devastating. In Episode 6, we tackle this difficult but necessary topic. How do leaders discern between a true North Star that fuels integrity and healing, and a false one that leads to exploitation or...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Without a compass, even the strongest leader drifts. Without a North Star, even the most passionate movement loses its way. In Episode 5, we explore the essential practice of defining your North Star—the core values and guiding principles that shape every decision, every strategy, and every sacrifice. I’ll walk you through why this matters not just in theory, but in pra...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement What makes a movement last? It isn’t charisma alone. It isn’t money. It isn’t even strategy. It’s the kind of leadership that ignites conviction and multiplies courage. In Episode 4, we dive into what I call movement-based leadership—leadership that goes beyond transactions and titles to ignite something deeper. We’ll look at the difference between traditional leadershi...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Trauma isn’t just what happens in war zones or crisis situations—it’s in classrooms, workplaces, homes, and even organizations. It shapes how people think, how they respond under stress, and how they relate to leaders. In Episode 3, we dive deep into the human condition and the way trauma impacts individuals and communities. I’ll walk you through what neuroscience tells...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement “Leader.” We throw the word around every day—in offices, in politics, in nonprofits, even in families. But what does it actually mean? In Episode 2, we strip leadership back to its core. Titles don’t make you a leader. Positions don’t make you a leader. Leadership is about responsibility—carrying weight for others, setting direction when no one else will, and making cho...

🎙️ New Episode Announcement Picking up the bloody microphone Leadership today is not casual. It is not a title, or a stage, or a social media badge—it is a weight. In this very first episode of the Trauma-Informed Leadership Series, I share what it really means to pick up the bloody microphone: to speak when it costs you something, to stand when others sit, and to understand that leadership isn’t...

🚨BONUS EPISODE RELEASE! 🚨 Before we dive into the full Trauma-Informed Leadership Series, I want to invite you into the heart of what this is all about: 👉What is trauma-informed leadership? 👉Why does it matter to everyone—from government officials and organizational leaders to CEOs, school administrators, parents, partners, and even the way we lead ourselves? 👉And how can this framework trans...

Title: 🎙️ Unbroken Voices: In the Wake of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination This week’s episode is different. It’s heavier. It’s raw. And it’s necessary. On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking on stage at Utah Valley University. No matter where you stand politically, the fact remains: a man was killed for using his voice. For standing in conviction. For refusing to bow to t...

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 In this week’s RISEUP Voices From the Frontlines podcast, we’re announcing something BIG — the RISEUP: Hope for Heroes Gala happening November 22 at The Whale in Chicago. This is more than a gala. It’s a night of honor, resilience, remembrance, and impact. Proceeds fuel our RISEUP Responders mental wellness and life mastery programs, the Ferryman Memorial Project, and crit...

New Episode Just Dropped "Agree With Me or You Don’t Love Me: The Anxious Controller + Avoidant Shutdown Dynamic" Do you ever feel like you're constantly fighting to be heard, but never actually feel seen? Or maybe you’re on the other end—shutting down to survive because every conversation feels like emotional warfare. This episode gets brutally honest about one of the most common (and toxic) rela...

🎧 New Podcast Episode Toxic Positivity – When Light Becomes a Lie RISEUP Voices From the Frontlines What if your healing journey started off strong—but somewhere along the way, “good vibes only” became the rule and your real emotions got shoved to the side? In this episode, Krista Fee dives into the raw truth about toxic positivity, spiritual bypassing, and the performance pressure that sneaks in...

🎵🔥 New Song Release | Born from the Flood, Forged in the Fire 🔥🎵 We didn’t just write a song—we lived it. This one came from the mud under our boots, the heartbreak in our chests, and the hope that refused to die. It’s about the Texas Hill Country flood… and our boots-on-the-ground response in the aftermath. It’s a promise: To never forget the faces we searched for. To honor those we couldn’t...