The Joe Brummer Podcast

Ken Craig is the principal at Samuel Webb Elementary School in Wethersfield, CT. With 20 years in the field of education, Ken went from a music teacher to a principal. His school is a model for what trauma-informed...

Tony Lynch is the founder of Memories of Us, a nonprofit offering grief support for men, and the Global Grief Network. He hosts the podcast Grief: Let's Talk About It and serves as editor-in-chief of Grief Talk Magazine...

Katie McDonald is an educator, consultant, and therapist with over 22 years of experience in trauma-responsive schools, neuro-informed teaching/parenting, and emotional well-being. Katie has dedicated her career to...

Meagan Baldwin is a dedicated educator with 28 years of experience in both general and special education. As a Student Support Specialist at a K-6 elementary school, she leads the Reset & Return room, providing...

Silence has a cost. Perry Power knows that better than most. A survivor of child sexual abuse, Perry spent years keeping his story hidden — pushing through depression and suicidal thoughts — while the weight of the...

My really good friend, Stacy Nation, joins me on the podcast to talk trauma, finding a therapist, healing, and what that means, Brainspotting, and EMDR. Her new book, What Really Happens in Therapy: Behind Closed Doors...

This was such a fun episode to record. About Janyne (Pronounce as Janine) Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., award winning author and trauma-informed advocate, lived with the effects of childhood sexual abuse from the time she...

Dr. Lori Desautels is an Assistant Professor at Butler University in Indianapolis, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. She founded the Applied Educational Neuroscience...

This special live episode, which aired on May 26th, features Julie Beem as she steps down from her position as executive director of the Attachment and Trauma Network. We talk about her journey from volunteer to leader...

Some guests you invite onto your show. Some guests helped shape who you are. Margaret Thorsborne is one of the world's foremost experts on restorative practice. For decades she has helped schools, workplaces, and...

This week's guest, Latoya Fernandez, is a restorative justice leader. Her work in Sankofa Circles, teaching RJ, and youth diversion is groundbreaking. In this Episode, we'll talk about restorative justice in a variety...

Every year, children are restrained and secluded in schools across America. Many of them are neurodivergent. Many of them are already carrying trauma. And most people have no idea it's happening. Guy Stephens did. And...

What happens when the very system meant to save you becomes the source of your deepest wound? What does it take to dismantle a lie you've lived for decades — especially when that lie was built in the name of faith? And...

In this episode, we sit down with Jesse Kohler, founder and president of The Change Campaign, a national nonprofit based in Washington DC. Jesse shares the remarkable journey of building an organization that began as a...

What does it actually take to help a child heal? Not in theory — in real life, in real classrooms, in real homes. Ginger Healy, LCSW has spent over 25 years answering that question. She began her career as a child abuse...