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Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 13, 20226 min read
9 Reasons Why Your Work Team Shouldn’t Be a Family
We’ve all heard it: “our team is a family.” Organizations across every industry use this language. From non-profits to corporate teams,...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 6, 20225 min read
9 Tips for Staying Motivated on Your Trauma-Informed Journey
Committing to trauma-informed work can be a real challenge. Most trauma-informed practices involve cultural changes and large-scale...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 1, 20223 min read
November 2022 Trauma-Informed Newsletter
Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections November is over, and there is a lot to be grateful for. There were also...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 29, 20224 min read
Empathy is a Professional Superpower
All human beings are born with a capacity for empathy, but ultimately, empathy is a learned behavior—much like language. Just as language...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 22, 20224 min read
The Four Pillars of Emotional Intelligence
If you read last week’s blog, you might remember that we touched on social-emotional learning, which is closely tied to emotional...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 15, 20224 min read
The Intersection of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Trauma-Informed Care (TIC)
Trauma-informed care is like an umbrella that encompasses the social determinants of health, social-emotional learning, and actionable...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 1, 20225 min read
The Complete Guide to Trauma-Informed Values
In the trauma-informed care space, we often reference trauma-informed values. While we can refer to values within the TIC space broadly,...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Oct 31, 20223 min read
October 2022 Trauma-Informed Newsletter
Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections As October ends and Halloween marks the transition into November, we may...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Oct 26, 20225 min read
7 Types of Organizational Structures
Organizational restructuring is often on the table when companies decide they need transformational change. And when organizations take...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Oct 18, 20225 min read
7 Tips to Reach Someone During a Trauma Response
Last week, we discussed how to recognize trauma states at work. The classic fight, flight, freeze, and appease trauma responses can...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Oct 4, 20226 min read
9 Things That Happen When Employees Feel Safe at Work
If you asked me what the single most important aspect of trauma-informed implementation is, I’d say it’s much more complex than that. But...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 27, 20224 min read
September 2022 Trauma-Informed Newsletter
Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections In August, many of us prepared for or began the 22-23 school year as we...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 27, 20225 min read
7 Ways to Practice Active Listening and Become a Better Listener at Work
What's the difference between listening and hearing? We can’t control what we hear. Hearing is second nature. Listening requires focus....
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 20, 20228 min read
How to Apologize: Advice from a Trauma-Informed Expert
If you’re familiar with the trauma-informed space, you know that we often talk about the experience of feeling seen, heard, and valued....
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 13, 20225 min read
8 Simple Ways to Create Safety at Work
Establishing safety at work is one of the most important aspects of creating a trauma-informed workplace, but creating safety is easier...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 6, 20223 min read
What Does Trauma-Informed Leadership Look Like in Practice?
Trauma-informed leadership is crucial if you want to accomplish trauma-informed change in your organization. Here’s some expert advice on...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 31, 20226 min read
August 2022 Trauma-Informed Newsletter
Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections As the end of summer approached, many of us prepared for the incoming...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 30, 20225 min read
How to Use Ritualization as an Accountability Tool When Practicing TIC
When we discuss implementing trauma-informed change, the conversation largely surrounds how we live trauma-informed values. How does our...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 23, 20228 min read
9 Ways to Embody Trauma-Informed Values
Throughout our last several blogs, we’ve explored the broader themes of how to accomplish trauma-informed cultural change. We’ve also...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 16, 20226 min read
7 Tips to Create Cultural Change at Work through a Trauma-Informed Lens
If you take a look at history, it’s obvious that cultural change happens slowly. Many of the changes we experience hardly feel like...
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