Trauma-Informed Leadership and Workplace Culture Insights

The foster care system in the United States is broken. More often than not, the system actively harms those it seeks to protect. There...

The foster care system is meant to provide temporary care for children whose families are unable to care for them. While it can be a...

We need to work to live, but is work negatively impacting our well-being? For most of us, work allows us to meet some of our basic needs:...

Start here:  Want the full set of trauma-informed tools for leaders? Visit our Trauma-Informed Leadership Toolkit  for scripts, boundary phrases, regulation tools, and practical next steps. There are tons of trauma-informed tools out there to help you integrate trauma-informed practices into your everyday life, and today we’re going to focus on powerful questions. Trauma-Informed Tools: Powerful Questions & TIC Coaching Powerful questions are a core component of trauma-inform

Nine simple emotional regulation techniques that feel a little silly, but work. Practical options you can use in the moment, at work or at home, to reset and respond skillfully.

Universal precautions at work means leading as if anyone may be carrying trauma or chronic stress. Learn why it matters for communication, psychological safety, and follow-through plus 11 trauma-informed leadership habits you can use immediately.

Also referred to as compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma is a major contributor to chronic stress, especially for those who work with...

Learn the trauma triangle and how workplace reenactments show up in teams under chronic stress. Identify the common roles, spot early signs, and use practical interruption strategies that protect trust and accountability.

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...

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

Understand the four pillars of emotional intelligence and how they show up in real workplace behavior. Includes practical examples for leaders, supervision conversations, and team communication under pressure.

“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...

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 great place to start. When we view the world with a trauma-informed lens, we can identify two distinct states of mind or headspaces. Of course, this is an overly simplified model that helps us understand the neurobiology of trauma —but it can help us easily identify when someone (including ourselves) is experiencing a trauma response. These t

Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections As the end of summer approached, many of us prepared for the incoming...

When we discuss implementing trauma-informed change, the conversation largely surrounds how we live trauma-informed values. How does our...

In most circles, safety plans are discussed as a tool for suicide prevention. While they are certainly a great resource for people who...

When we experience a traumatic event, shame and guilt are common survival skills we rely on. Like the flight, fight, freeze and appease...

Trigger Warning: Please note that this blog contains a discussion of suicide, self-injurious behavior, depression and/or references of...