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"Through The Eyes of Trauma", An Inner Ear Agency Production, is a podcast dedicated to engaging and empowering educators, families, and other community leaders with trauma-informed and resilience focused tools and strategies to develop the whole child by Healing First and Educating Always!

Dr. Salena Smith


    • Jan 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 98 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Through The Eyes of Trauma

    Building Bridges: Teacher Wellness and Boundaries for a Better 2025 (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 32:35


    Join us for part 2 of our informative conversation with Danyelle Bridges, the founder Ingenuity Consultants (The Classroom Connector), as she empowers us with more strategies and insights!

    Building Bridges: Teacher Wellness and Boundaries for a Better 2025 (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 30:19


    Essential Question: How can setting boundaries enhance teacher wellness and improve classroom effectiveness while maintaining personal and professional balance?

    Healing & Hustle: Finding Balance in 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 34:23


    Essential Question: How can you pursue your goals and responsibilities in 2025 while prioritizing healing and well-being?

    Thriving Through Intentions: Healing Into the New Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 34:05


    Essential Question: How can we set realistic, trauma-informed intentions for the new year that prioritize healing and self-compassion?

    Clearing the Path: Declutter, Detach, and Delete for a Peaceful 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 29:52


    Essential Question: How can we identify and let go of the people, situations, and habits that disrupt our peace and hinder our growth?

    Heal Before You Holiday

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 49:34


    Essential Question: What can we do to prepare for the potential emotional roller coaster of emotions around being with family for the holidays?

    The Power of Gratitude: Shifting Perspective for Emotional Wellness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 21:25


    Essential Question How can cultivating gratitude improve mental health and transform the way we approach challenges in life?

    Strength in Struggle: How Resilience Transforms Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 54:28


    Essential Question: How can resilience reshape our approach to personal and professional challenges, turning struggles into strengths?

    Beyond the Buzz: Managing Anxiety in Daily Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 29:18


    Essential Question: How can we recognize and manage anxiety effectively so it doesn't interfere with our ability to live fulfilling lives?

    Healing in the Classroom: Trauma-Informed Education and Its Role in Mental Health Awareness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 37:23


    Essential Question: How can trauma-informed education create safer, more supportive learning environments that promote mental health and well-being for students?

    Breaking the Silence: Mental Health in the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 35:05


    Essential Question is: How can schools and educators address the stigma of mental illness in students?

    Navigating Parent-Teacher Relationships: Building Partnerships for Student Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 29:32


    Essential Question:How can educators build effective partnerships with parents to support student success and well-being?

    The Power of Silence: Creating Space for Reflection and Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 38:25


    Essential Question: How can creating moments of silence and reflection in the classroom support emotional growth and learning for students dealing with trauma?

    Listening to Understand: The Sponge vs. The Brick

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 25:34


    Essential Question: How can educators shift from listening to respond to listening to understand, in order to build stronger relationships with students and create a more supportive learning environment?

    Navigating The Color Zones: Understanding Emotional States in Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 35:00


    Essential Question: How can educators and parents recognize and respond to the emotional "color zones" students operate in, ensuring they return to a balanced state where healing and learning can thrive?

    Taming the Tiger: Disrupting the Figment of Fear in the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 37:13


    Essential Question: How can educators recognize and respond to the "Meerkat", "Owl", and "Tiger" within students to create a balanced, trauma-informed learning environment?

    Broken Crayons Still Color

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 27:27


    Essential Question: How can educators recognize and respond to the impact of trauma on students, ensuring they are supported to achieve academic, social, and emotional success?

    Handle With Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 39:14


    Essential Question: How can teachers build strong, trusting relationships with students from day one, and respond to behaviors with curiosity instead of judgment?

    Balancing Acts: The Life of a Teacher Mom (with special guest LaKayla Walker)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 47:34


    Essential Question: How does the role of being a "teacher mom" enhance both teaching and parenting, and what struggles can be shared to support others in similar roles?

    Building Resilience and Safety for Summer Break

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 29:06


    Essential Question: How can we use social and emotional learning (SEL) skills to stay safe, healthy, and resilient during summer break?

    Unbreakable #7: Stories of Survival Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 44:03


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    Unbreakable #6: Stories of Survival with special guest Dana Fergins

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 40:16


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest John Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 49:08


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Titus Glenn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 47:38


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Shonedra Redd

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 43:35


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Sophia Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 62:22


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    Unbreakable: Stories of Survival with special guest Kelly Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 34:20


    Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

    **REPLAY** Resilient Returns: Navigating Back To School After A Break

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 35:04


    Essential Question: How can we create trauma-informed classrooms and campuses that minimize triggers for our students?

    Embodied Trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 26:25


    Essential question: How do the physiological manifestations of trauma in the body, including intergenerational influences and somatic sensations, impact our understanding of trauma and inform pathways to healing?

    Trigger Talk: Navigating Relationship Landmines with special guest Derrick "The Thought Engineer" from Man-Talk Mondays

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 50:05


    Essential Question: How can couples effectively communicate their triggers to cultivate understanding and support within their relationship?

    Who's Running Your Relationship? with special guest Dr. Salena Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 68:21


    In this episode, Dr. Smith switches roles from host to guest as she joins the men of Man-Talk Mondays for an informative/entertaining discussion about how unresolved trauma from you past affects you present relationships. Essential Question: Who is running your relationship?

    The Loudness of Silence: Unveiling the Struggles of Selective Mutism in Traumatized Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 21:40


    Essential Question: How does selective mutism manifest in traumatized children, and what tools can educators and parents employ to support their silent journey to healing?

    Rejection and It's Long Shadow: Navigating the Impact on Learning and Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 29:39


    Essential Question: How does high exposure to experiences of rejection in childhood affect the learning environment and shape adult behaviors and relationships?

    The Runners: Understanding the Flight Response to Childhood Trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 35:06


    Essential Question: Why do some individuals, particularly children exposed to trauma, adopt a "flight" response, and how does this manifest in their behavior and decision-making as adults?

    Snow Days and Unequal Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 16:15


    Essential Question: How do snow days exacerbate challenges for students dealing with trauma and toxic stress?

    Resilient Returns: Navigating Back to School After the Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 34:48


    Essential Question: How can we create trauma-informed classrooms and campuses that minimize triggers for our students?

    Breaking Point: Unraveling the Educator Exodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 58:02


    Essential Question: What drives educators to the breaking point, prompting drastic actions like walkouts, and how does this impact the educational system?

    Heal Before You Holiday: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma During the Holiday Season with special guest Derrick "The Thought Engineer" of Man-Talk Mondays

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 49:34


    Essential Question: How can individuals and families heal from intergenerational trauma, manage trauma triggers during the holidays, and find harmony in family gatherings?

    Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators with special guest Dr. Ashley Carroll-Brown (Psychologist)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 35:01


    Essential Question: How can educators effectively address and cope with secondary traumatic stress while supporting students exposed to trauma and toxic stress?

    Trauma-Informed Support for Special Education Students with special guest Cheri Butler (Special Education Specialist)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 43:45


    Essential Question: How can trauma-informed strategies be effectively applied to support students with disabilities, and what impact do traumatic experiences during developmental years have on academic development?

    Creating Safe Havens: Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in High-Stress Environments

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 16:12


    Essential Question: How can schools in high-stress, urban, or high-risk environments successfully implement trauma-informed practices to support students' well-being and academic success?

    Unearthing The Hidden Impact: Understanding Root Trauma with special guest Dr. Tara Perry (Clinical Hypnotherapist & Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 47:01


    Essential Question: What is root trauma and how does it shape our lives and experiences?

    Engaging Parents as Partners in Trauma-Informed Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 16:46


    Engaging Question: How can we engage parents as partners to support students exposed to trauma and toxic stress?

    Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Curriculum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 20:17


    Essential Question: How can educators cultivate a trauma-informed curriculum to better meet the needs of trauma-exposed students?

    Supporting Those With Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with special guest Derrick "The Thought Engineer" (Man-Talk Mondays Podcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 48:44


    Essential Question: How can we effectively support children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and minimize the long-term impact on their lives?

    Building Resilience in Students with special guest David Jones (Elementary School Counselor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 33:20


    Essential Question:  How can we identify resilience factors that mitigate the impact of trauma on our students?

    Teaching Self-Regulation and Emotional Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 24:48


    Essential Question: How can we effectively teach emotional regulation and self-awareness to students while fostering emotional intelligence both in the classroom and at home?

    Creating Safe and Nurturing Learning Environments with special guest educator Samuel Velazquez

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 31:19


    Essential Question: How can educators cultivate safe and nurturing learning environments through trauma-informed practices?

    Understanding Trauma-Informed Education with special guest Suzanna Bennett-Asfaw (Elementary School Principal)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 38:54


    Essential Question: How can trauma-informed education positively impact the lives of students and create a nurturing learning environment?

    Unleashing the Flame Within: Navigating Anger for Academic and Emotional Success

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 20:45


    Essential Question: How can educators and parents empower children to effectively manage anger, allowing them to thrive academically and emotionally? This episode aims to help listeners understand the nature of anger, recognize its barriers to success in school and personal life, explore healthy ways for students to express their anger, and provide practical strategies for supporting students with anger issues.

    Process Your Emotions Before You Share Them With The World

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 19:05


    Essential Question: How can we process our emotions effectively to ensure our response doesn't add to the negativity in the world? This episode aims to help our listeners develop the skills necessary to process their emotions in a healthy and constructive way.

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