Media: Podcast, Radio, and Publication
Every speaker has a story. Lita’s story includes serious challenges and the tools that helped her survive them.
Lita joins attorney Jackie Stebbins on her Brain Fever podcast. They discuss grit, resilience, vicarious trauma, vulnerability, and more. This media episode is titled ‘Lessons in Resilience‘.
She discusses obstacles and challenges she faced in media coverage during her 20-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department. She explains why she walked away to save her mental health.
Lita was a guest on Global Media Studios at the National Speakers Association Conference in Austin, TX. She shared a few steps from her six-step framework with host Rich Hart and why they matter for individuals and organizations in high-stress industries. Here is the full 13-minute podcast.
Lita was a guest on the What Could Be Bad podcast and discussed why she wrote her book, The ABELLA Model. The conversation covered the motivations for the book and the core ideas she wanted to share with readers. Listeners learned about the intentions behind the title and how the model aims to help people understand trauma.
She provides tools and resources for people who have experienced trauma and other mental health issues, as well as strategies for individuals and organizations to incorporate trauma-informed practices into their lives and organizations. These resources aim to support healing, resilience, and informed leadership in everyday settings.
How exciting! Lita’s presentation, The Active Attorney, conducted for the Beverly Hills Bar Association, is now a podcast. You can listen to it whenever you commute, exercise, or take your morning walk.
Check out the presentation.
Lita sat down with Terry “Earthwind” Nichols on his podcast for a 5-minute segment to share her journey openly and honestly. No sugarcoating, just real talk about what she faced and how she got through it.
In this short five-minute media interview with the New York Executive Podcast, Lita shares her personal and professional experiences. These experiences led her to become a keynote speaker, author, and trauma-informed leadership educator. These insights shape her approach to leadership education.
She discusses why high-stress organizations need practical tools to address burnout, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and psychological safety. She explains how her six-step ABELLA Model helps leaders build resilient, high-performing workplaces. Her work centers on practical, measurable outcomes for teams.
Watch Lita in Action!
Watch the recorded presentation on CEB.com: Flourishing Through Change: Trauma-Informed Practices for Legal Professionals.
Check out the podcast series, Help for Traumatized Workers & Workplaces | S03 | 2025 | Episode 31. As the guest speaker, Lita discussed her own trauma and ways to establish trauma-informed practices.
Explore Lita’s video podcasts on YouTube.com.
Here are a few of the episodes:
What’s Your Story in the New Normal? Gangsters, Narcotics, Homicide: Protecting the Thin Blue Line
What’s Your Story in the New Normal? An Update with Chief Mike Bertelsen, Azusa Police Department
What’s Your Story in the New Normal? Former LAPD Officer Turned Comedian, Kevin Jordan.
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Lita Abella, JD, BCC, ACC
Lita Abella Coaching, Consulting & Mediation Services
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Azusa, CA 91702
Lita@LitaAbella.com
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