Resilient Career Academy
I write about how complex trauma and CPTSD show up at work, the patterns they can create, and how we can build careers we’re proud of instead of careers we’re just trying to survive.
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CPTSD at Work: When Being Capable Becomes Part of Your Armor | Newsletter #10 (opens the original)
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Do You Remember Darth Vader? From the moment Darth Vader appears in Star Wars , there is no question that he is someone to be reckoned with. He doesn’t have to announce his power. You can feel it. The black helmet. The cape. The mechanical breathing that lets you know he’s coming before he even enters the room. He is intimidating. Commanding. Driven. Powerful. He walks into a room and people respond. He doesn’t appear uncertain. He doesn’t appear overwhelmed. He certainly doesn’t look like someo
The Workplace Trigger Tracker Toolkit (opens the original)
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Workplace Triggers: Why Do I Get Triggered So Easily at Work? (opens the original)
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Sometimes the hardest part of the workday isn’t the work. It’s the deadline that suddenly gets moved up. The meeting where you’re expected to present without much notice. The manager who checks on your progress for the third time today. The project that changes direction after you’ve already spent hours getting it right. The performance review sitting on your calendar next week. The disagreement with a coworker you can’t stop thinking about. The vague announcement about “organizational changes”
Entrepreneurial Overwhelm: When Your Business Triggers Your Trauma (opens the original)
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CPTSD and Entrepreneurship: How Complex Trauma Can Show Up in the Businesses We Build| Newsletter #9 (opens the original)
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Have you ever thought, “Maybe I should just work for myself”? Maybe it came after another difficult interaction with your boss. Or after leaving a workplace that had become unbearable. Maybe you were exhausted from constantly managing triggers, personalities, expectations, office politics, and trying to hold yourself together while still doing your job. Maybe you lost a job and couldn’t imagine putting yourself through another workplace like the one you’d just left. And somewhere in all of that,
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