Season 4, Episode 4: Holistic Healing with Lauren Roberts from the Thriving Initiative

Abstract

Lauren Roberts is the executive director and founder of the Thriving Initiative, an organization focused on holistic healing for survivors of interpersonal violence. In this episode we discuss how the Thriving Initiative began as a college project and then became its own non-profit organization, actively working to increase the accessibility of community-led, long-term healing programs for survivors. We also discuss how to support survivors or to access resources as a survivor. Resources: RAINN (http://Rainn.org, phone: 1-800-656-4673); The Thriving Initiative (https://www.thethrivinginitiative.org); 24/7 lifeline, not just for emergencies also available National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org, phone: 1-800-273-8255); National Domestic Violence Hotline (http://thehotline.org/, phone: 1-800-799-7233, or text "START" to 88788)