The Trauma-Informed Lawyer

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Myrna McCallum Visit website › Education · EN · 77 episodes · latest 2026-11-05

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What if the way we were trained to work with people is actually causing harm? Hosted by Myrna McCallum — Métis lawyer, trauma educator, and speaker — The Trauma-Informed Lawyer is for anyone who works with people: lawyers, social workers, educators, healthcare providers, first responders, advocates, and beyond. Through inspiring interviews, courageous conversations, and honest commentary, Myrna and her guests explore the human side of professional practice — and go deeper, into the collective wounds that shape us all. These conversations examine trauma, liberation, and healing not just as individual experiences, but as communal and cultural ones, informed by Indigenous and racialized ways of knowing and being. This is the education in trauma, resilience, compassion, vicarious trauma, boundaries, and collective healing that no training program ever gave you. Because doing good work in the world starts with understanding people — and that requires understanding trauma. Artwork titled, "Myrna at Moonrise" by Métis artist Leah Marie Dorion.

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What Does It Mean to Be a Traumatologist? A Conversation with Rosetta Sowkey

2026-11-05 · 39 min · Season 4, episode 11

What if understanding trauma could fundamentally change the way we see people, the way we practice in our professions, and the way our institutions respond to human suffering? In this episode of The Trauma-Informed…
The Road to Liberation with Resmaa Menakem E

2026-09-25 · 1 hr 3 min · Season 4, episode 10

What does it mean to walk the road to liberation when the structures we live within have been shaped by extraction, extermination, and extinction? In this episode, I chat with Dr. Resmaa Menakem and we have a powerful…
Building a Culture of Care: Compassion, Community & Law with River Shannon

2026-08-23 · 1 hr 0 min · Season 4, episode 9

In this episode, I’m joined by River Shannon, a lawyer with QMUNITY and a member of the trans community she serves. River’s work offers a powerful example of what it can look like when legal practice is rooted in…
Curiosity as Resistance: Nonviolent Communication with Leonie Smith

2026-07-30 · 59 min · Season 4, episode 8

We don't talk enough about how the systems we work inside shape whether we ever feel safe enough to be honest — with ourselves or with each other. In this conversation, Leonie Smith and I talk about what it actually…
Emotional Justice, Racial Healing and the Work We Must Do with Esther A. Armah

2026-05-22 · 1 hr 5 min · Season 4, episode 7

Esther Armah is a Ghanaian-British journalist, playwright, radio host, and creator of the Emotional Justice framework. She is the author of Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing. She joins this episode from…
Revolutionary Love: My Conversation with Dr. Samah Jabr

2026-04-29 · 1 hr 6 min · Season 4, episode 6

This episode explores the following subject matter: Understanding genocide and its impacts on mental health, Colonial trauma and its intergenerational effects, Torture, humiliation, and brutality as mechanisms of…
Debriefing Justice as Trauma with Ally & Mariana

2026-04-23 · 1 hr 16 min · Season 4, episode 5

In this episode, I sit down with my team—Ally and Mariana—for a real, unfiltered debrief following our recent conference. We reflect on the moments that moved us, the parts that challenged us, and everything in between.…
There Is No Healing or Justice Without the Liberation of Children: In Conversation with Leslie Priscilla

2026-03-19 · 1 hr 59 min · Season 4, episode 4

In this powerful inter-generational conversation, I am joined by Leslie Priscilla of Latinx Parenting, along with Ally Hrbacek, Mariana Trujillo-Lezama, and Claudia Lezama. Together, we explore parenting, power, and the…
Love and Healing Through Art and Storytelling with Shain Jackson E

2026-01-19 · 1 hr 13 min · Season 4, episode 3

In this heartfelt conversation, Myrna is joined by her best friend Shain Jackson to talk about love, life lessons, healing, art, and spirit. Together, they reflect on how relationships and lived experience shape who we…
Rest, Repair & Nervous System Regulation with James of Soma Body Health Toronto

2025-11-26 · 47 min · Season 4, episode 2

In this episode, Myrna sits down with James, the founder of Soma Reset Toronto and the creator behind the widely followed TikTok account Nervous System Care Toronto, where millions have discovered his grounded,…

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Oldest episode in feed: 05/2020 · over 6 years
Typical length: 50 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: humanity, client management, empathy, relationships, racism, resilience, restorative justice, compassion

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