Speaking & Training

Robin is a well-versed national public speaker, educator, workshop facilitator, executive coach and published author featured in University, corporate, non-profit, government, and online forums.  Her voice is an eclectic expression of her expertise in Mind-Body Psychology, Holistic Wellness, Trauma-Informed Care, Resilience, Victim Advocacy, and Conscious and Authentic leadership.

Robin is known for her ability to reach diverse audiences on a deeply personal and professional level. She is dynamic, authentic, insightful, and has a gift for connecting to people even with the most difficult subject matter.

Her content is invaluable, her delivery is intriguing, and her heart-centered approach helps motivate individuals to reflect and grow. She weaves humor, honesty, and her own lived experiences into inspiring storytelling that captures the essence of healing, fortitude, and resilience. She is passionate about motivating her audiences to have the courage, confidence and skills to be an active agent of change. 

To learn about her training, executive coaching and speaking, please visit:

Discover Trauma-Forward

“Robin is one of the most dynamic, inclusive and interactive speakers you will find.”   Kim Tempe High School

Robin Afinowich understands the need for resilience and trauma-informed care at such a deeply personal level, she is enabled to present the idea of professional resilience at the macrosociological level, while maintaining such an intimate connection with her audience one if left wondering if she is speaking directly to them. I lead a team of park rangers who not only encounter a prevalence of trauma in their daily interactions with park users but must learn to balance what they encounter on the fulcrum of their own unique experiences. Robin has made two presentations on professional resilience to my ranger team. Interpersonally engaging, she uses therapeutic perspective, experience, humor, vulnerability, and just a little mysticism to show how to ask permission, offer control, and find support, not just in the lives they encounter, but the lives they lead. We will have her back for a third session. Robin has my heartfelt respect and strongest recommendation.  Michael S. City of Tempe

“Robin hosted a Rooted in Resilience workshop with Fresh Start Women’s Foundation for a Mother’s Day event. The serenity and wisdom she brought to the group left an air of hope in the room. It takes a certain kind of demeanor, articulation, and grace to not only captivate an audience but to also leave them wanting to take the next steps towards betterment – and Robin possesses those qualities innately.” – Adisa Podrug, Community Engagement Coordinator, Fresh Start Women’s Foundation.

Robin customizes training and programs to meet the unique needs of each organization.  

Past lectures/Publications

  • Cultivating Community Wellbeing: Guiding Principles for Research and Practice.  International Journal of Community Wellbeing.
  • TheDonorGroup.com The Medicine Wheel/Holistic Approach to Personal Developmental
  • Healing the Healers: Integrative Therapeutic Interventions for Open Hearts Family Trauma Care
  • Psycho-Education Somatic Interventions for Trauma Resolution, Care 7 Crisis and Victim Advocacy, AZ
  • Curriculum Development on the psychology of cancer for YMEDICA
  • Curriculum Development on the psychology of aging for YMEDICA
  • Arizona State University, Local to Global Justice Race: Yoga and Meditation to Unite Humanity/ Empowerment through Body Language
  • Somatic Psychology and Holistic practices at Sci-Ranch retreat forum for Arizona State University scientists and engineers
  • Somatic Psychology and embodiment movement Arizona State University Dance/Theater
  • Benefits of mindfulness, meditation, and restorative yoga to Marine Veterans and Therapists (Phoenix, VA)
  • Flow:  Energy Awareness and Mindfulness promoting sustainable practices (Arizona State University, Local to Global Justice Water Conservation)
  • Eco-Therapy and Feminism (Arizona State University, Local to Global Justice, Sustainability)
  • Strengths-Based Approach to Overcoming Trauma (Take Back the Night)
  • Mind-Body Health (ASU School of Education)
  • Mindfulness and Nature (ASU School of Education)

Published work:

Robin’s writing is not only educational in her field, but inspirational across the spectrum focusing on existential contemplation, meaning-making, and sharing in the lost art of story-telling and wisdom keeping.  Robin conveys the beauty of the mysteriously unseen and the beauty held within life’s grace as well as the darker edges of the sphere.  Here are a few pieces that have sparked a dedicated listening ear.

Featured in:

Trauma-Informed Care Support YouTube

Yoga Wisdom: Tales from a Traveling Yogi 

Shout Out Arizona

Rewind Yoga:  Aging, illness, death and mental health

Truce Talks with Diann Peart, Ph.D

Trauma-Informed Care Support YouTube

Contact: 480-861-4424 or robinafinowich@gmail.com