Resilient Butterfly
Resilient Butterfly is a heartfelt podcast dedicated to celebrating the strength of survivors and the extraordinary power of transformation, healing, and growth. Hosted by Pam Feinberg-Rivkin—a seasoned nurse, founder of Feinberg Consulting, and compassionate advocate with decades of experience—this podcast dives deep into life's messiest challenges: relationships, family dynamics, mental health, addiction, and more.
Each episode features inspiring stories of resilience, expert insights, and meaningful conversations that remind us we are not perfect—nor are we meant to be. Pam invites you to explore the journeys of those who have faced life's darkest moments and emerged with newfound hope, dignity, and purpose.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration, validation, or tools to navigate your own path, Resilient Butterfly offers a space for connection and empowerment. Together, let’s embrace the mess, honor the struggle, and celebrate the breakthroughs.
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform, and join a community that believes in grace, hope, and the indomitable human spirit.
Episodes
42 episodes
Ep. 42 - Why Families in Crisis Feel So Lost
When a family is in crisis, having more information does not always mean knowing what to do next.Pam Feinberg-Rivkin begins a new series exploring the path from crisis to healing with Steve Feldman, CEO of Feinberg Consulting. Together, ...
Ep. 41 - Why Families Stay Stuck—and What Professionals Can Do About It
What do you do when someone you love refuses help and every option feels impossible?Families living with addiction often reach a point where fear, guilt, and exhaustion make it difficult to know what comes next. Craig Robinson shares how...
Ep. 40 - How Do We Raise Emotionally Healthy Kids
What if the most important part of your child's health isn't something you can see?When children struggle with anxiety, attention, behavioral health, or substance use, families often feel overwhelmed long before they know where to turn. ...
Ep. 39 - What Happens When You Tell Someone They Matter
What if the moment you finally decide to give up turns out to be the moment everything begins?Helice Bridges, who everyone now calls Grandma Sparky, talks with host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin about the years before that question found her: a th...
Ep. 38 - How Do You Find Hope After a Cancer Diagnosis
Sometimes the people who help us heal become part of our story forever.When stage three colorectal cancer returned as stage four with liver metastasis, Pam Feinberg-Rivkin found herself facing a very different journey than the one she ha...
Ep. 37 - Turning 90 and Still Saying Yes to Life
What does it look like to build a full, meaningful life when no one handed you a blueprint for it?Dr. Sonya Friedman grew up in Brooklyn with little money and a father who wasn't present, and she turned every open door into something rem...
Ep. 36 - When the Voice in Your Head Is the Loudest Thing in the Room
Dr. Steven Klein came to addiction medicine through an unusual convergence of paths. A physician and scientist triple board certified in addiction medicine, pediatrics, and medical genetics, he also carries lived experience in recovery that sha...
Ep. 35 - What Is Missing In Life Being a Functional Alcoholic
What does it look like when someone spends decades performing function while quietly falling apart on the inside?Brad Walsh grew up in a small Illinois town where drinking was woven into every family occasion, and by sixth grade he was a...
Ep. 34 - From Stage Four to Cancer Free: One Woman's Path Through Fear, Faith, and Healing
What does it take to face stage four cancer twice and come out the other side not just surviving, but fully alive?Pam Feinberg-Rivkin was re-diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2020, this time with a spot on her liver, and just a year af...
Ep. 33 - Exposing the Florida Shuffle: Accountability in Addiction Treatment with Dave Aronberg
In this episode of Resilient Butterfly, Pam Feinberg speaks with Dave Aronberg about the “Florida Shuffle”—a term used to describe fraudulent and predatory practices within the addiction treatment industry. This conversation explores a...
Ep. 32 - What It Really Takes To Break Free From Addiction
What happens when the thing that once felt like relief slowly becomes the thing that takes everything from you?Brad Lamm shares the long arc of his story, from growing up in a Quaker household in Oregon to discovering alcohol at 15 and f...
Ep. 31 - A Story of Survival That Still Speaks Today
Some stories stay with you long after you hear them. This is one of those conversations. Pam sits with Jenni Frumer and Holocaust survivor Rose Rosenkrantz, whose life began in a Siberian labor camp during World War II. What unfolds is not just...
Ep. 30 - How Do You Survive and Still Choose Gratitude
What does survival really look like when the world you knew is gone?Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits with Dr. Jenny Frumer and Carol Weinstein to honor the life of Carol’s father, Joe Rubenfeld, who survived eight concentration camps, including ...
Ep. 29 - What Is EMDR And How Does It Actually Help Heal Trauma
Trauma does not always come from one clear moment. Sometimes it lives in layers, in patterns that repeat, in reactions that feel bigger than the present moment. Host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with therapist Brian Gong to talk through what E...
Ep. 28 - How Interventions Really Work Behind the Scenes
Candy Finnigan joins host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin for a deeply honest conversation about recovery, intervention, and the moments that quietly change everything. Candy shares the personal turning point that led her into sobriety, long before her lif...
Ep. 27 - How a Shared Vision Turned Recovery Into Purpose and Partnership
This conversation opens up the story behind a long-standing partnership built on advocacy, recovery, and a belief that healing is never one size fits all. Host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with her business partner and friend, Steve Feldman, t...
Ep. 26 - Healing Trauma With Grace - Dr. Lori Leyden on Resilience, Compassion, and Global Healing
In this powerful episode of Resilient Butterfly, host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with Dr. Lori Leyden, PhD, to explore a deeply personal and transformative journey of healing trauma through compassion, presence, and grace. Dr. Leyden shares ...
Ep. 25 - Exploring Trauma Healing Through Psychedelic Assisted Therapy With Dr. Chantel Thomas
In this episode of Resilient Butterfly, we explore resilience, healing, and the many pathways available for trauma recovery. We believe there is more than one way to heal, and this conversation is about expanding possibility rather than endorsi...
Ep. 24 - How Trauma Shapes Us and How We Heal with Ryan Soave
In this episode of Resilient Butterfly, we sit down with trauma therapist Ryan Soave to explore how trauma shows up in our lives, even when we do not recognize it. We talk about the difference between stress and trauma, why childhood patterns f...
Ep. 23 - Tricia Youngs on Healing Trauma and Reclaiming a Shattered Heart
Join Resilient Butterfly host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin as she sits down with licensed mental health counselor and author Tricia Youngs to explore what it truly takes to heal from complex trauma. Tricia shares the story behind her book Rescued
Ep. 22 - From Foster Care to Faculty: Empowering Champions for Student Success
In this inspiring episode of Resilient Butterfly, host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with Dr. Kimberly Dunn, Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University and Executive Director of Champions Empowering Champions. Dr. Dunn shares h...
Ep. 21 - Turning Misfortune into Opportunity with Erica Coulston
In this deeply moving episode of Resilient Butterfly, host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin welcomes Erica Coulston, co-founder of Walk The Line Spinal Cord Injury Recovery. Erica shares her extraordinary 24-year journey following a life-changing a...
Ep. 20 - Finding Peace of Mind
In this episode of Resilient Butterfly, host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with Jonathan Kemp, an author and mental health advocate from the U.K. whose remarkable story redefines resilience. Born into privilege and tradition as the fut...
Ep. 19 - Finding Strength Through Caregiving, Loss and Renewal with Julie Barth
In this heartfelt conversation, host Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with author and advocate Julie Barth to talk about resilience through life’s most difficult seasons. Julie shares her journey as a young caregiver to her daughter born with spec...
Ep. 18 - Imaging Hope and Healing with Dr. Barbara Krantz
Pam Feinberg-Rivkin sits down with Dr. Barbara Krantz, a family medicine and addiction medicine physician, to share a powerful story of resilience that began with migraine treatment in the 1980s and led to iatrogenic opioid dependence, detox, a...