Building a Culture of Care: Compassion, Community & Law with River Shannon
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 po...
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The Trauma-Informed Lawyer hosted by Myrna McCallum
This podcast will serve as your educational resource on trauma-informed lawyering. Through inspiring interviews and thoughtful commentary, Myrna will shine a light on a critical competency y...
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20 of 75 episodesCuriosity as Resistance: Nonviolent Communication with Leonie Smith
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...
Emotional Justice, Racial Healing and the Work We Must Do with Esther A. Armah
Esther Armah is a Ghanaian-British journalist, playwright, radio host, and creator of the Emotional Justice framework. She is the author of...
Revolutionary Love: My Conversation with Dr. Samah Jabr
This episode explores the following subject matter: Understanding genocide and its impacts on mental health, Colonial trauma and its interge...
Debriefing Justice as Trauma with Ally & Mariana
In this episode, I’m joined by my team—Ally and Mariana—for a candid debrief after our recent conference. We take you behind the scenes of w...
There Is No Healing or Justice Without the Liberation of Children
In this deeply honest, vulnerable, courageous and inter-generational conversation, I am joined by Leslie Priscilla of Latinx Parenting, my d...
Love and Healing Through Art and Storytelling with Shain Jackson
In this intimate and wide-ranging conversation, Myrna sits down with her best friend Shain Jackson for a soulful exploration of love, art, h...
Rest, Repair & Nervous System Regulation with James of Soma Body Health Toronto
In this powerful episode of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer Podcast , Myrna welcomes James , the somatic practitioner behind Soma Reset Toronto a...
Leveling Up: Moving Beyond Trauma-Informed Practice
Season 4 of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer Podcast launches with an invitation — and a challenge — to everyone working in law and leadership. In...
Unbroken: Angela Sterritt on Survival, Storytelling, and Holding onto Hope
Angela Sterritt is an award-winning Gitxsan woman and former journalist who has been recognized for her groundbreaking reporting on Indigeno...
Reflections from Justice as Trauma 2025: If Not You, Then Who?
In this episode, I bring listeners back to the Justice as Trauma Conference held last week in Vancouver, by sharing a compilation of feedbac...
The Willingness to Adapt: Jordan Assaraf and the Ukraine Airlines Case
In this episode, I sit down with personal injury lawyer Jordan Assaraf to discuss his role as co-counsel for the plaintiffs in the Ukraine A...
Resilience, Compassionate Communication & Healing with Nkem Ndefo
In this powerful episode, we welcome the brilliant Nkem Ndefo, founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit. Nkem is a...
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with Heather Hart
Heather Hart, host of the I'm Human Too podcast and Spokane area therapist stops in to chat with me about psychedelic assisted therapy. For...
You Are the Medicine: a Conversation with Asha Frost
Today's conversation is with Asha Frost, published author, speaker, spiritual mentor and modern day medicine woman. To learn more about Asha...
Racial Trauma and the Rush to Innocence: a Conversation with Robert S. Wright
Exploring Racial Trauma and Transforming Justice with Robert Seymour Wright. Join Myrna McCallum, a Métis Cree lawyer and passionate advocat...
Once Were Warriors: In Memory of Ty (aka Clovis) Iron
This episode is emotional, raw, real and it isn't my regular content and deals with heavy subject matter including addiction, death, overdos...
Service Without Sacrifice with Dimple Dhabalia
Dimple Dhabalia began her career as a lawyer but after a stint at the Attorney General's office in Denver, she found her calling as an asylu...
Healing Sexual Harm Through Restorative Justice: a Conversation with Marlee Liss
In 2019, Marlee Liss's sexual assault case became the first in North America to get resolved in a restorative justice process instead of end...
[From Indictment: the Criminal Justice System on Trial] Courtroom to Campfire: Harold Johnson's Final Public Lecture for Indigenous Justice
Today's episode is a special one. I am sharing an episode of Ben Perrin's podcast, Indictment: the Criminal Justice System on Trial which ca...