Shared Ground

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Along with the longer episodes, Allan and I will share shorter conversations with amazing people we encounter that are working to enable resilient communities around the world.

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I met Torend during DC's inagural climate week.   Her personal journey inspires me - but what caught my attention first was how she asked questions and listed to those around her.

Torned has spent a career focused directly on community resilience, whether in her native Louisville, KY or regionally in leadership positions at the US Departments of Energy and the Interior.

She reflects on how to maintain hope and energy in tough jobs operating across challenging environments.  

Importantly, she also shares a few ways that she, personally maintains her own energy on a daily basis.  We keep hearing in these conversations on resilience about the importance of one's own physical, mental and spiritual health.

Shared Ground is produced by Sean Knierim and Allan Marks. Thanks to Cory Grabow, Kara Poltor, Corey Walles (from The Recording Studio) for your support in launching this effort.

Shared Ground is produced by Sean Knierim and Allan Marks.  Thanks to Cory Grabow, Kara Poltor, Corey Walles (from The Recording Studio) for your support in launching this effort.

For more stories of resilience & rebuilding, kindness & generosity:  visit shared-ground.com and subscribe to Sean's substack.  We invite you to share your own stories of resilience at the Shared Ground website - whether in response to the January fires in LA or other situations.

Follow us at seanknierim.substack.com, Instagram, or wherever you listen to podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc).

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In this first episode of Shared Ground (www.shared-ground.com), Allan sits down with Sean and Nina to explore the roots of the project and the personal stories that brought it to life. 

Together, we talk through the fires that changed everything for Sean and Nina's family—what it felt like, what was lost, and why those experiences pushed Sean to co-create this podcast.

Stream the episode here, or follow on your favorite streaming service (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc).

This isn’t just a recounting of disaster. It’s a conversation about community,  resilience, and the urgency of making meaning from what we’ve lived through. It’s the foundation of where we’re headed, starting from an unprecedented event in LA and taking us through the kindness and generosity encountered in the months following the events.

In all these episodes we'll talk through how individuals can prepare to grapple with high pressure situations, ideally finding ways to support themselves and from their their communities.

Shared Ground is produced by Sean Knierim and Allan Marks.  Thanks to Cory Grabow, Kara Poltor, Corey Walles (from The Recording Studio) for your support in launching this effort.

For more stories of resilience & rebuilding, kindness & generosity:  visit shared-ground.com and subscribe to Sean's substack.  We invite you to share your own stories of resilience at the Shared Ground website - whether in response to the January fires in LA or other situations.

Follow us at seanknierim.substack.com, Instagram, or wherever you listen to podcasts (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc).