When Bearing Witness®: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller
Maria Bryan
48 episodes
1 week ago
Send us a text Content Warning: Michelle briefly talks about the death of a loved one. Be mindful of your emotional capacity as you listen in. Storytelling in the nonprofit world is a powerful act of witness, but it can also take a quiet toll. When we listen to story after story of grief, injustice, or survival, our bodies absorb more than we realize. This is vicarious trauma, the invisible weight that settles in when we hold space for other people’s pain without tending to our ow...
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Send us a text Content Warning: Michelle briefly talks about the death of a loved one. Be mindful of your emotional capacity as you listen in. Storytelling in the nonprofit world is a powerful act of witness, but it can also take a quiet toll. When we listen to story after story of grief, injustice, or survival, our bodies absorb more than we realize. This is vicarious trauma, the invisible weight that settles in when we hold space for other people’s pain without tending to our ow...
Directing with Care: The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking with Heidi Burkey
When Bearing Witness®: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller
28 minutes
2 months ago
Directing with Care: The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking with Heidi Burkey
Send us a text What does it look like to practice trauma-informed storytelling behind the camera? In this episode of When Bearing Witness, filmmaker Heidi Burkey shares how she approaches documentary work with care and a deep respect for those she films. With projects featured on Netflix, Hulu, PBS, and Disney+, Heidi brings powerful insights into ethical storytelling practices that nonprofit leaders and communicators can learn from. Together, we explore the parallels between documentar...
When Bearing Witness®: Becoming a Trauma-Informed Storyteller
Send us a text Content Warning: Michelle briefly talks about the death of a loved one. Be mindful of your emotional capacity as you listen in. Storytelling in the nonprofit world is a powerful act of witness, but it can also take a quiet toll. When we listen to story after story of grief, injustice, or survival, our bodies absorb more than we realize. This is vicarious trauma, the invisible weight that settles in when we hold space for other people’s pain without tending to our ow...
