Why We Created the Resilience Learning Community
We created the Resilience Learning Community to offer a supportive, learning-focused space for resilience champions like you. Our goal is to foster:
- A sense of community and belonging
- Practical learning opportunities that combine both knowledge and real-world application
- A path from hopelessness to empowerment—supporting people to move from feeling stuck to taking meaningful action
We believe in an abundance mindset—there’s no shortage of opportunities to share resilience-building knowledge and strategies. What’s needed is a space to bring it all together.
That’s why we create the Resilience Learning Community–a dynamic virtual space where you can pause, connect, and explore tools and practices that strengthen resilience in yourself, your organization, and your community.
Our Team
Andi Fetzner LPC, PsyD
Andi lives by the mantra, “you don’t have to be a therapist to be therapeutic.”
Lori is driven by a desire to create sustainable change.
Working in social service for 15 years prior to founding Origins with Lori, Andi frequently was frustrated with the lack of coordination between clients and the various systems serving them. It seemed that the focus was on symptoms and not the underlying cause of the problems. When she learned about the ACEs framework and trauma-informed approach, a lightbulb went off. This was how she could support people through the process of resolving those pain points in helping support clients and their families heal.
She then shifted her focus and began training across sectors to amplify this approach to care. She draws from her personal experience and her professional education to encourage empowerment and equity. Andi has served a variety of populations including children with special needs, at-hope youth, adults with special vocational training needs, and youth and families. During her time California, she has served both youth in schools all over LA County as well as victims of the Malibu fires while supporting a community health clinic in integrating a trauma-informed approach organizationally. She currently lives her mission through her work in The Resilience Learning Community powered by Origins Training where she supports the integration of a trauma-informed approach with people and organizations. At Integrative Counseling, she provides 1:1 trauma-informed therapy through telehealth to people in Arizona. You can also contact her outside of Arizona if you are interested in 1:1 stress management coaching.
Outside of her work, Andi lives in Arizona and enjoys volunteering, doing yoga, and mountaineering.
Lori Chelius MBA/MPH
Prior to founding Origins with Andi, she spent 15 years pursuing this desire in a number of roles in healthcare and public health, including strategic planning, business development, project management, market research, and needs assessment.
During that time, Lori saw opportunity after opportunity to address issues upstream and understand the root causes, not just the symptoms. When Lori met Andi, a fellow champion of a trauma-informed approach, she realized they could team up to help organizations build strong foundations based on solid values, build resilience, and provide even better care for the people they serve. And so, Origins was born.
Lori has a BA in psychology (with a concentration in neuroscience) from Williams College and an MBA and MPH from UC Berkeley. She lives in California with her wife, three kids, and their dog, Benji. She also coaches youth soccer (and still attempts to play it).