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Finding Your Resilient Zone

Mon Sep 28, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Online, Zoom
Reserve Your Spot

Finding Your Resilient Zone

Mon Sep 28, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Online, Zoom
Reserve Your Spot

An Open Community Gathering

Finding Your Resilient Zone

A conversation on the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models

With Elaine Miller-Karas, MSW, LCSW
In conversation with our host Joe Saavedra

🖥️ Zoom link will be emailed 1 day before the gathering.
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About this gathering

Most of us in recovery have heard the word "nervous system" more times than we can count. But knowing about it and actually working with it are two different things. Elaine Miller-Karas has spent decades figuring out the second part.

In this 90-minute conversation, Elaine joins host Joe Saavedra to talk about the Trauma Resiliency Model and the Community Resiliency Model, two approaches she helped develop that have now reached over 75 countries. At the center of both is a simple but profound idea: that the body holds the key to healing, and that those skills are learnable by anyone, not just clinicians.

We'll explore what it means to find your "resilient zone," what happens in the body when trauma knocks you out of it, and why peer-to-peer transmission of these tools might be one of the most powerful things the recovery community has going for it.

Why your contribution matters
This gathering is offered on a donation basis, with a suggested contribution of $3. If that isn't possible for you, you're still very welcome to join.

If you can contribute, please do. Every contribution helps us continue offering these gatherings without a fee.
The recording of this session (without the Q&A) will be shared on our YouTube channel after the event.

Times by region

This 90 minute gathering begins at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time (PDT), that's:

Central US (CDT)12:30 p.m.
Eastern US (EDT)1:30 p.m.
UK & Ireland (BST)6:30 p.m.
Berlin (CEST)7:30 p.m.
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About Elaine and Joe

Elaine Miller-Karas, MSW, LCSW is a trauma therapist, author, and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute. She is the key developer of the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®, which have been introduced in over 75 countries. Her book Building Resiliency to Trauma was selected by the United Nations as one of the innovations helping meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

traumaresourceinstitute.com
Joe Saavedra, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Louisville, Colorado, with certifications in sex addiction, trauma, multiple addictions, and sexual addiction treatment. Through his practice, Emmaus Road Counseling Colorado, Joe works with individuals and couples navigating sexual integrity issues, relational trauma, and the lasting impact of addiction. He brings a grounded, compassionate presence to his work and a deep commitment to helping people move toward healing and restored connection.

emmausroadcounselingcolorado.com

Recovery Reimagined workshops and community gatherings are educational and recovery-supportive spaces. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, professional mental health care, therapy, treatment or an individual's existing recovery program. Personal reflection and questions are welcome, but participation does not create a therapeutic or clinical relationship with Recovery Reimagined or a guest presenter.