Talking Beyond Trauma

Finding balance can feel like an uphill battle. Natalie and Mordecai discuss how we can create work-life integration and introduce the concept of finding your 'genius space'. They also offer advice to school leaders that organizational change starts with modeling it at an individual level. Who we are is how we lead.

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Mindfulness requires self-compassion. In order to take good care of others, we need to be willing to first recognize what we need to take care of ourselves. Mordecai and Natalie reflect on what it means to be self-aware and how that ties into self-compassion. They also reflect on our common humanity.

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Dr. Natalie Fikac unpacks mindfulness and offers resources for educators through her upcoming training. Mordecai and Natalie also discuss how professionals (in schools and beyond) can use mindfulness tools to foster a compassionate, empathetic work environment.

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In this episode, Dr. Ham discusses ways to approach recovery and regulation as well as the impact of recovery on well-being. Misconceptions about regulation are discussed in addition to the challenge of embracing trauma-based suffering and pain to achieve wellness. Recovery is considered as a lifetime and an intergenerational journey toward wellness. Finally, we talk about implications for the workplace leader working on their own recovery while also interacting with employees who have a recovery journey of their own.

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Dr. Jacob Ham explains benefits and challenges for leaders employing trauma -based principles in their daily work. Creating a practice for trauma -based leadership requires honesty and a level of vulnerability not traditionally associated with leaders.

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Dr. Jacob Ham explores the challenges of trauma-informed practice in large and small organizations. We discuss the emerging role of leaders in organizations desiring to provide trauma based, recovery-oriented, person-centered services.

Dr. Jacob Ham discusses the reality of trauma in our life experience. This episode explores factors associated with traumatic experiences and trauma’s impact on human behavior and well-being. Building safe and trusting relationships is at the core of trauma informed work.