Our story
Your guides on
the journey to resilience.
Origins began with a simple conviction: that the hardest challenges in our organizations and communities have origins worth understanding — and that understanding them is how real change begins.
We help teams and leaders build resilience into how they lead, work, and collaborate, so they can build more resilient organizations and communities where people innovate and thrive. Our approach is personal–pairing science-based approaches with practical, sustainable techniques and strategy, and a good amount of warmth and humor.
Whether you’re just starting your resilience journey or are ready to embed trauma-informed practice and resilience-building approaches across your organization, we meet you where you are and walk the path with you.
THE FOUNDERS
Meet the people behind Origins.
Andi Fetzner
LPC · PsyD · Therapist
A clinical psychologist with a rare gift for making trauma science feel human, hopeful, and usable.
Andi has led trauma-informed trainings across the country, building networks and partnerships that advance the field. Participants consistently point to her depth of knowledge and her genuine compassion for others — the kind of presence that makes a hard topic feel safe to engage with.
What’s her why?
Understanding toxic tress and its impact gave me the framework to crawl out of paralyzing beliefs about myself that couldn’t be explained otherwise. I have seen this work open the door to compassion for self, connection with others, and change the trajectory of many lives, including my own.
Lori Chelius
MBA · MPH · Public Health
A public-health and business strategist who turns big, daunting concepts into bite-sized, sustainable change.
Lori brings the systems thinking that helps trauma-informed practice actually take root inside real organizations — mapping it to policy, operations, and budgets. Leaders who once feared the effort required leave with a clear, manageable path they can sustain on their own.
What’s her why?
Lori is driven by creating places where people feel a sense of belonging. She believes laughter and humor are often the best way to connect with people.
What guides us
The principles behind every engagement.
Grounded in evidence
Clinical depth meets real-world results.
25+ yrs
of ACEs & resilience research behind our work
2 fields
clinical psychology & public-health strategy, together
100s
of health care & leadership
teams trained nationwide
