One of the pillars in trauma informed care is creating work environments that feel safe for employees as well as the clients they serve.  However, it is important to recognize the concept of safe is subjective. What one person considers safe may not be what another person considers safe.  If safety is only determined by […]

This handsome brass vase is stationed on a table in my office, filled with dried and naturally dyed corn husk flowers.  A seemingly subtle artifact at first glance but grows with meaning and depth as its true symbolism emerges in conversations regarding fortitude, creativity as therapeutic approach, and focused purpose as a mindful means of […]

“Between stimulus and response there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”  Victor Frankl Helping professionals are known as first responders, not first reactors for a good reason. Maintaining a regulated body and mind in the height of conflict or crisis is […]

Okay, so it might not look like this, or it might.  Either way….. Leaving our resilience practices for the beginning and end of the work day is not enough.  Most of us struggle with adding more ‘to-do’s’ (even if it’s good for us) to an already full plate of work and family, and self-care often […]

A Trauma-Informed Lense of this technique. A healthy body should be able to adjust from a state of stress to a state of calm within 20 minutes, or less, of being activated.  Learning how to shift from a stress response (sympathetic) to a healing response (parasympathetic) is perhaps one of the most powerful skills for […]