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Good Morning,

On my way to work I listened to this Ted Talk by Suezette Robotham on how and why to bring your authentic self to work. Having researched The Sanctuary Model of trauma-informed care the past 8 years I've learned that self-awareness, understanding of others, personal accountability, social accountability and transparency are important foundations for creating a trauma-informed culture. While Suezette doesn't directly link her theory to trauma-informed work I heard parallels between the steps she outlines for how to be authentic at work and tools like the 5 Directions in Trauma Stewardship (a helpful resource). 

My question for the community is:

What has been your experience with implementing trauma-informed care in the workplace and how has personal authenticity been part of that process?

For example; in unhealthy or unsafe families we may have learned to cover parts of ourselves for protection or survival. As such, our healing work is about uncovering those hidden parts and unifying the dark and light to become whole. In our workplace, depending on how healthy we perceive it to be, we may adopt the same practices as part of surviving; reveal or conceal parts of ourselves or our identity based on how safe we feel in our work environment because as Suezette says "we need to pay the rent". And then finally how we operate in society, also having to make choices about how we show up to contribute to our communities as it relates to how safe, accepted or valued we feel, how much earned or unearned privilege we may have or not have and how our sense of self in connection to our neighbors impacts our choices. 

I'm inclined to believe that trauma-informed care is an accessible practice for healing ourselves, our families, workplaces and communities. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and experiences. Thanks.

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