Wait 'til Daylight
Research shows that employees who haven't received training in the past year are 140% more likely to feel job insecure. Why? Because training signals investment. It says "we believe in your future her... ...more
Trauma
October 02, 2025•1 min read
Healing Doesn’t Mean Rehashing Everything
We get told to tell our stories every time we turn around. It’s therapists and counselors, social media, and your next door neighbor filming you in the yard, “me too” and others saying “Tell your stor... ...more
Trauma
September 24, 2025•3 min read
What Does Self-Regulation Really Look Like? It's Not What You Think
Here's what most people think self-regulation looks like: staying calm, speaking softly, never getting upset, always being "professional." That's not self-regulation. That's performance. ...more
Trauma
September 17, 2025•3 min read
Therapy Didn’t Work for Me. Now What?
Most traditional therapy focuses on what's wrong with you, makes you relive painful experiences, and expects you to get "fixed" by talking about problems. If that didn't work, you're not broken. ...more
Trauma
August 20, 2025•2 min read
Why do I keep reacting this way?
when you practice positive experiences, install good memories, and strengthen feelings like peace, contentment, or protection, you give your brain more responses from which you can choose. ...more
Trauma
August 13, 2025•2 min read
A Framework for Political Resilience
TR-EQ (Trauma-Responsive Emotional Intelligence) is a model that helps people develop the skills they missed when they were overwhelmed—often as children. ...more
Trauma
June 25, 2025•1 min read
TR-EQ and the Politics of Emotional Maturity
If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s this: the emotional maturity of a society directly shapes its political landscape. ...more
Trauma
June 18, 2025•1 min read
Brains in Alarm Can’t Learn—Why TR-EQ Is the Antidote to a Reactive World
When we are overwhelmed—whether by headlines, hostility, or our own histories—our nervous systems shift into survival mode. This “alarm state” shuts down the part of the brain responsible for learning... ...more
Trauma
June 11, 2025•2 min read
Relationship as Medicine?
Here’s the truth we need to remember: People care for and heal people. Not policies, prescriptions, acronyms, perfectly written care plans. ...more
Trauma
June 04, 2025•2 min read
The Missing Link in Trauma-Informed Care
Let’s be honest: most long-term care facilities are trying to do the right thing. They want to protect their residents. They want to comply with regulations. They want to be “trauma-informed.” ...more
Trauma
May 28, 2025•2 min read
The Courage to Change: F-699’s gift
New Blog PostIt takes courage to shift from compliance to culture change. But the reward is extraordinary: a long-term care setting where healing is mutual, where dignity is restored in both giving an... ...more
Trauma
May 21, 2025•1 min read
Don’t ask staff to pour from empty cups…
If we ask frontline staff to be trauma-informed without giving them the tools to manage their own histories, we are setting them up to fail—and asking them to pour from empty cups. ...more
Trauma
May 14, 2025•1 min read
Loneliness: Epidemic and Enemy of F-699 (and everything else!)
While being alone is something almost all of us seek at some time in our lives, there’s a difference between “alone” and “lonely.” I think there might be a difference between “lonely” and “lonesome,” ... ...more
Trauma
April 30, 2025•2 min read
Word scrubbing: Unintended consequences
About a month ago, a list of words began to circulate. Words, that if found in a grant application, resulted in revocation or rejection. One of those words is “trauma.” ...more
Trauma
April 16, 2025•2 min read
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