Trauma-Informed Leadership and Workplace Culture Insights

Training plays a crucial role in nearly every change management strategy, especially when implementing trauma-informed practices. This...

Understanding the foundational concepts of microaggressions and microresistance helps us promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and...

The institutions that hope to repair the damage of structural violence are often the same ones that cause it. I began listening to the...

May is foster care awareness month, and this year, I'd like to increase awareness about the foster care system and how it ties into other social issues we hope to heal from. Foster Care Awareness Month is traditionally a time dedicated to highlighting the needs and challenges within the foster care system. This year at Chefalo Consulting, we're going to do something a little different. My goal is to broaden the conversation. In this article, we'll explore how the foster care

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting women who have made—and are making—history. Foster care is associated with many negative outcomes. Yet, there are so many resilient girls who not only survived foster care but grew into empowered women. Here are 12 of them. We know that experiences in foster care are associated with negative outcomes. Since the 90s, we’ve understood that trauma has a lasting effect on peoples’ lives, especially when that trauma happens at

Trauma-informed change is a revolutionary approach that acknowledges the far-reaching impact of trauma on individuals, communities,...

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

Trauma-informed leadership is crucial if you want to accomplish trauma-informed change in your organization. Here’s some expert advice on how you can become a trauma-informed leader. 1 Acknowledge that cultural change is just as important as technical change When we talk about organizational change, our problem-solving brains are often focused on technical change. We ask, “ What processes can we put in place to prevent this issue?” when we should be asking, “What cultural

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