Trauma-Informed Isn’t What People Think
When people hear trauma-informed, they often imagine something big. Something clinical.Something serious.Something that only happens in therapy rooms or specialist services. But in reality,…
Read more →When people hear trauma-informed, they often imagine something big. Something clinical.Something serious.Something that only happens in therapy rooms or specialist services. But in reality,…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →From Childhood Play to Quiet Companions When we were children, shadows were something playful. We chased them on pavements, stretched them long in the…
Read more →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…
Read more →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,…
Read more →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…
Read more →When trauma teaches us to survive by pleasing For a long time, I thought I was just kind.Accommodating.Reliable.The one who would stay late.The one…
Read more →Grieving the People We’ve Lost — Including the Ones We Used to BePeople often think grief happens in one moment — when someone dies.…
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