When Power Needs to Keep Reminding You It Exists
One of the things I have become more aware of over the years is how some workplaces do not simply operate through leadership, they…
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Why We Shrink Ourselves To Feel Safe at Work
One of the hardest things to realise in leadership, and honestly in life generally, is that not everyone will celebrate your growth. Sometimes people…
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Why Systems Sometimes Feel Safer Than People
There’s a quiet shift that happens in organisations over time. We start building systems to protect people.Policies. Processes. Structures.All with the intention of making…
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Trauma-Informed Leadership Requires a Different Way of Working
There’s a kind of frustration that doesn’t always have a place to go. Not the loud kind.Not the kind you speak about easily. But…
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The Emotional Cost of Being the “Easy” Person at Work
I became easy to keep the peace but it came at a cost. There’s a version of strength that gets praised quietly. The one…
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The Protective Beliefs We Carry After Trauma
Learning to Trust What Feels Safe After everything we’ve carried,safety doesn’t always feel the way people expect it to. It’s not always calm.It’s not…
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How Trauma Shapes Workplace Behaviour and Emotional Safety
From Childhood Play to Quiet Companions When we were children, shadows were something playful. We chased them on pavements, stretched them long in the…
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The Quiet Signs of Emotional Exhaustion and Burnout
The quiet signals we Miss When People Are Struggling In most workplaces, people rarely say, “I’m not okay.” Not because they’re dishonest.Not because they…
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Why Trauma-Informed Workplaces Matter?
The Extraordinary Lives Behind Ordinary Jobs. I’ve chaired meetings while quietly trying to steady my breathing. From the outside it looked like leadership. Calm,…
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Trauma-Informed in Action
What It Looks Like Day to Day Previously, we explored what trauma-informed practice is — and what it is not.This week, I want to…
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