Susie Hess, Associate Professor of Practicum Education at USC Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work and Co-Founder of Trauma Informed LA, and Dr. Miri Bar-Halpern, Director of the Intensive Outpatient Program at The Boston Child Study Center and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, reflect on the circumstances surrounding their introduction to each other. Sharing intimate and vulnerable stories describing how they navigated holding space for their loved ones while also prioritizing their own healing during a time of war, Susie and Miri highlight the central theme of the podcast: post-traumatic growth. In addition, Susie and Miri speak to the polarizing paradigms on college campuses and ways we can dismantle these narratives. Ultimately, Susie and Miri ask us, how do we give meaning to what happened and how can we bring healing and compassion to everyone?