Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing

Lisa Cooper Ellison

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast focused on resilience, trauma-informed healing, and writing, featuring authors of difficult personal stories, psychologists, and professionals in psychology, publishing, and creative practice. PR agencies could credibly pitch trauma specialists, memoirists, mental-health authors, writing coaches, and publishing experts with substantial expertise or a relevant book; booking difficulty is medium because guests are established professionals and published authors, but the show is not limited to major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 137

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 644 subscribers

Instagram: 4.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

lisa.cooper.ellison@gmail.com

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Host

Lisa Cooper Ellison - Author, speaker, trauma-informed writing coach, and trauma survivor diagnosed with complex PTSD. She has taught writers to use writing to process difficult experiences, build resilience, and develo...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, memoirists, essayists, licensed psychologists, trauma specialists, writing coaches, educators, and publishing professionals with relevant expertise, a substantial body of work, or a timely book or program.

Required Achievements:

Published books or acclaimed memoirs, Licensed or advanced professional qualifications in psychology or trauma, Writing, editing, coaching, or educational leadership, Recognition from established literary, publishing, or media organizations

Recent Guest Discussions

Ingrid Clayton - The Fawning Trauma Response, Codependency, Complex Trauma, Nervous-system Effects, Reclaiming Agency, And The Relationship Between Trauma And Writing.

Athena Dixon - Loneliness, Digital Isolation, Intimacy Between Reader And Writer, Honest Personal Writing, Defining Success, And Intentional Solitude.

Courtney Maum - Writer Mental Health, Author Branding, Defining Success, Publishing Paths, Protecting Creative Practice, And Navigating Health Challenges And Identity.

Recent Topics

Trauma, Resilience, Writing, Memoir, Psychology

Episodes

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Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing

Summer Rewind: When Agents Say No with Jessica Yen

August 20, 2026

Send us Fan MailAbout this episode: In this summer rewind episode, I revisit my conversation with Jessica Yen, an alumni of my Camp Structure program and now a coach about the challenges she faced while dealing with discouraging feedback from a literary agent. Join us as we explore how agents think, what the market may–or may not–be looking for, and how to regain your power when difficult feedback knocks you down. Episode Highlights 5:41: The Agent Mindset10:55: Are We Ready for COVID Stories...

Summer Rewind: Crafting Stories that Ignite the Soul with Sue William Silverman

August 13, 2026

Send us Fan MailAbout this episode: In this summer rewind episode, I revisit my conversation with the amazing Sue William Silverman about her craft book Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul. In it, we talk about the power of creative nonfiction, how to use metaphor, masks, and language to harness its power, and how this work can lead to personal growth.Episode Highlights4:00 Why We Write Creative Nonfiction 8:00 Metaphors in Creative Nonfiction Writing 24:00 Using Ma...

Summer Rewind: The Art of Intimacy Summer Rewind: Crafting Connection in Memoir and Essay with Lilly Dancyger

August 06, 2026

Send us Fan MailJoin me and editor extraordinaire Lilly Dancyger for this summer rewind episode where we discuss her latest book, First Love, an intimate, electric collection of essays on friendship, identity, and what it means to grow into yourself in community. During our conversation, Lilly shares her sharp insights on the craft of memoir, why she bristles at the idea of writing as catharsis, and how she pushes back against the dead girl trope by keeping her cousin Sabina fully alive on th...

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lisa.cooper.ellison@gmail.com

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