5 Powerful Trauma-Informed Questions to Fuel Self-Exploration
There are tons of trauma-informed tools out there to help you integrate trauma-informed practices into your everyday life, and today...
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The Art of Trauma-Informed
A Systems Transformation Blog
Shenandoah Chefalo
- Mar 28
- 4 min
Universal Precautions in Practice: 11 Tips for Trauma-Informed Leaders
Universal precaution is a useful trauma-informed tool that helps us live our values and create safety at work.
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Mar 7
- 6 min
Trauma-Informed Perspectives on Feminism
March is Women’s History Month, and this month we celebrate all women. For Women’s History Month, let’s take some time to reflect on and...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Feb 14
- 4 min
5 Examples of Institutionalized Racism Today
As trauma-informed leaders, we often confront individuals who misunderstand (or are completely unaware of) systemic and institutionalized...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Jan 30
- 6 min
10 Books for Cultural Humility: A Black History Month Inspired Reading List for TI Leaders
February is Black History Month, so this week, we’ve curated a reading list for trauma-informed leaders to increase their cultural...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Jan 10
- 3 min
What is Structural Violence?
This Monday, people across the US will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day to mark the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement, which...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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 9, 2022
- 6 min
The Complete Guide to Self-Awareness
“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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Oct 18, 2022
- 5 min
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 11, 2022
- 6 min
10 Things You Didn’t Know Were Trauma Responses
Recognizing trauma responses is an important skill for trauma-informed leaders to learn—and knowing these common trauma responses is a...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Oct 4, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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 20, 2022
- 8 min
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 6, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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 16, 2022
- 6 min
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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Shenandoah Chefalo
- Aug 2, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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