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A Trauma-Informed FutureExploring Psychological Safety with Debra CadyPsychological safety is paramount in any environment, especially in the workplace, as it fosters a culture where individuals feel safe to express their thoughts, ideas, and concerns without fear of embarrassment, rejection, or retribution. This sense of security encourages collaboration, innovation, and learning, as team members are more likely to share creative solutions and admit mistakes that can lead to improvements. In today’s episode of A Trauma-Informed Future Podcast, host Katie Kurtz is in conversation with the CEO of Silver Linings International, Debra Cady. Debra helps us explore the importance of psychological safety and understand how when it is...2024-09-2445 min
Course Lab: Lessons from Successful Online Course CreatorsGoing the Extra Mile (Debra Cady)Debra Cady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CEO/Founder of Silver Linings International. SLI offers facilitation, coaching, consulting, and training on how to achieve strength-based, positive change for individuals and organizations.Danny and Abe talk with Debra about her pivot from being a mental-health professional to becoming a course creator and entrepreneur.This episode covers:Debra’s experience before course creation and how she pivoted into itStarting with her pilot coursePricing her course properly Working out the educational design aspects of her courseHer evaluation toolsHow her course changed her workDanny and Abe’...2023-07-1728 min
Stuff You Missed in History ClassLucy StoneLucy Stone is sometimes written about as the person who should be mentioned alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony. She lived an incredibly unique life for a woman of her time and station. Research: Michals, Debra “Lucy Stone.” National Women’s History Museum. 2017. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lucy-stone Million, Joelle. “Woman’s Voice, Woman's Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement.” Praeger. 2003. Kerr, Andrea Moore. “Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality.” Rutgers University Press. 1992. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780813518602/page/n323/mode/2up Blackwell, Henry B...2023-06-0535 min
The Nerd Expansion49. Steven Silverstein & BewitchedWelcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only Steven Silverstein and his nerd love is Bewitched. It's awesome.Steven Silverstein has music directed and accompanied the famous and near famous on Broadway (Blood Brothers, Swinging on a Star, & the revival of Promises Promises); Off-Broadway, (When Pigs Fly, The Green Heart, & Annie Warbucks); Regional Theatre (Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, & Westport County Playhouse); and Specialty (54 Below & Noel Coward: The Women of His World at Lincoln Center with Dava Ivey, Dee Hoty & Cady Huffman). He has coached and played piano for Debra Messing, S...2023-03-2157 min
Murdered and Missing News True CrimeThe Victims of Serial Killers Alton Coleman and Debra BrownSend us a textAlton Coleman and Debra Brown were a young couple from Illinois who together went on a murderous rampage across the midwest in 1984. The duo's 53 day reign of terror spanned 6 states, and resulted in a trail of murders, rapes, and robberies. This violent spree resulted in the deaths of eight people, and left many traumatized and badly injured survivors in its wake. In July of 1984, the pair were arrested in Evanston, IL after the police were tipped off by a concerned citizen. Writing and research by Aurora Cady....2022-07-0849 min