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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...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 16, 20226 min read
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Paradigm Shifts to Change Toxic Workplaces: How Shifting Perspectives Impacts Company Culture
There is a common trend where organizations acknowledge that we need change. They see the value in DEI work, and they genuinely want to...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 8, 20224 min read
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How to Create Lasting Change at Work: The Technical vs The Cultural
Creating lasting change is no small task. Still, it’s frustrating when most organizations fail to create the sort of lasting change that...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 2, 20228 min read
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July 2022 Trauma-Informed Newsletter
Download this newsletter as a printable PDF: Monthly Reflections July brought challenges for many as we collectively processed the trauma...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 30, 20225 min read
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ACEs: Everything You Need to Know About Adverse Childhood Experiences
Most people acknowledge the close link between childhood trauma and social-emotional problems later in life. Studies have also shown that...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 26, 20223 min read
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9 Signs of a Toxic Workplace (and How to Fix It with Trauma-Informed Care)
A safe and healthy workplace is the goal—but there is a concerning number of toxic workplaces out there. Is yours one of them? There’s a...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 19, 20227 min read
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Trauma-Informed Leadership in the Law: And Why It Matters
Although trauma-informed leadership is gaining traction in the education and healthcare sectors, it is not a topic reserved for these...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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How Trauma-Informed Employers Can Foster a Sense of Safety at Work
There’s a common belief that some workplaces are trauma-free. While it’s true that some vocations—such as healthcare workers and first...

Shenandoah Chefalo
May 31, 20224 min read
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5 Ways to Cope with Leadership Trauma and Organizational Chronic Stress
Most people will say that work stresses them out—but it’s possible that your job as a leader is causing chronic traumatic stress. If you...

Shenandoah Chefalo
May 17, 20222 min read
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Organizational Chronic Stress and Leadership Trauma
We often think of trauma as something that’s happened to us in the past, but trauma can also impact how we think of the present and the...

Shenandoah Chefalo
May 10, 20222 min read
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Trauma Brain: How Our Survival Instincts Keep Us Stuck
Connecting Fight Flight Freeze to Trauma Brain and what is happening in the world.

Shenandoah Chefalo
Mar 14, 20224 min read
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Why You Should Focus on Improving Trauma-Informed Leadership
Recently, I've noticed a plethora of articles written about vulnerability in leadership, empathetic leadership, coaching leadership and...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Feb 28, 20224 min read
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