The Art of Trauma-Informed Care

Talking about money is taboo, but we need to have difficult conversations if we want to improve our relationships with our wallets....

Adoption is a common family planning tool, and foster care is often overlooked in favor of adoption. However, foster care is a viable...

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

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...

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...

If you’re familiar with the trauma-informed space, you know that we often talk about the experience of feeling seen, heard, and valued....

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

If you need access to a crisis helpline right now, call 800-273-8255, the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Trigger Warning:...

Last week, we talked about building resilience through positive and stable adult relationships. Today, we’ll explore how a deep...

Resilience is built in three core ways: positive and stable adult relationships, a strong connection to faith and cultural traditions,...

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Chefalo family has taken a lot of trips over the past few years for...

Six years ago, our family gave up Christmas! That's right, we gave it all up: no tress, no decorations, no fancy ham dinner and...

Last year at this time, I received a private Facebook message from an individual who was struggling. She was a professional who was...

I was working on this month's blog and then realized that I had to set it aside. Someone shared a Time Magazine article with me that...

Lying is a topic that I have been meaning to cover on this blog for sometime, but frankly every time I sit down to write it, I get...

It's almost impossible to help a child or a parent in need and not be affected by what we are seeing. This is true for any professional...

Most people are only one or two personal connections from a foster child but don't know it. Statistically, there is one foster child for