"What if instead of glorifying resilience, we truly valued healing?": Alli Ruttger

In episode 8 of Rise Resilient, I have a conversation with Allie Ruttger, an educator, a graduate student, a therapist in training, and the human behind the instagram profile @_themindseed . Through the intersection of mental health and social justice, Allie passionately advocates, for a trauma-sensitive world that adapts to the needs of survivors. In this thought provoking conversation, Allie uses her own experiences as a trauma survivor and educator to encourage us to see trauma and healing through a systemic lense, inviting us to reimagine resilience and vulnerability and their place in our classrooms.

“There could be resilience that is showing up in our students, but it could be showing up in ways that we aren’t comfortable with, that we don’t recognize as the conventional image of resilience.” Alli R.