The Art of Trauma-Informed Care

In February, we will celebrate Black History Month–but celebrating shouldn’t be the only thing we do, and February shouldn’t be the only...

Most of the time when we talk about trauma, our minds go to individual trauma: the trauma that we or someone we know has personally...

This Monday, people across the US will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day to mark the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement, which...

Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections For many, December is a month full of festive holiday activities and...

Trauma-informed leaders know that healthy boundaries are essential for healthy relationships—in and out of work. But setting and...

The basic concept surrounding trauma-informed care is this: We all have trauma. Some of us are at a higher risk of experiencing trauma....

We’ve all heard it: “our team is a family.” Organizations across every industry use this language. From non-profits to corporate teams,...

Committing to trauma-informed work can be a real challenge. Most trauma-informed practices involve cultural changes and large-scale...

Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections November is over, and there is a lot to be grateful for. There were also...

All human beings are born with a capacity for empathy, but ultimately, empathy is a learned behavior—much like language. Just as language...

If you read last week’s blog, you might remember that we touched on social-emotional learning, which is closely tied to emotional...

Trauma-informed care is like an umbrella that encompasses the social determinants of health, social-emotional learning, and actionable...

“Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to...

In the trauma-informed care space, we often reference trauma-informed values. While we can refer to values within the TIC space broadly,...

Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections As October ends and Halloween marks the transition into November, we may...

Organizational restructuring is often on the table when companies decide they need transformational change. And when organizations take...

Last week, we discussed how to recognize trauma states at work. The classic fight, flight, freeze, and appease trauma responses can...

Recognizing trauma responses is an important skill for trauma-informed leaders to learn—and knowing these common trauma responses is a...

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...

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...