HeyJaredThe Trauma-informed Leader
Olivia is a mental health expert, author, health services researcher, lecturer, mentor, and implementation scientist.
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How last night’s news drives today’s threat level at work (opens the original)
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Trigger warning: sexual violence.Can you feel the trauma in the air? I can. Outrage, disgust, fear, and exhaustion. That’s how I would summarise the response to the news in the last few days about the alleged seven-hour long sexual assault of a woman at Cornell University in 2024 by a group of seven Chi Phi fraternity members. But the outrage isn’t only directed towards the men who allegedly perpetrated the assault, nor the nearly 50 men in the group chat who allegedly did nothing. It
There has to be a better way (opens the original)
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Our systems are broken and we deserve better. Will you help me to create the evidence-base we need for reform? To support independent health and leadership research, and to keep The Trauma-informed Leader accessible to everyone, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.<div class="fa
Update for Paid Subscribers (opens the original)
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Dear Paid Subscribers (we need a better name),First of all thank you, as always, for being amazing supporters of trauma-informed leadership and research.Just a quick message today to let you know of a change in subscription options for The Trauma-informed Leader. I’ve recently been made aware of a huge international tax problem with Substack subscriptio… Read more
No, it’s not enough to just ask R U OK? (opens the original)
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Over the years R U OK? day has become a huge mental health awareness campaign. It was started by Gavin Larkin following the death by suicide of his father Barry Larkin. Gavin has spoken widely about the fact that he wished he has asked him one question that might have changed things – are you ok?The R U OK? day movement grew from Gavin’s mental health advocacy. The idea behind it makes sense – having conversations about mental health, and giving people the opportunity to say “no, I’m not ok,” ca
When they say all the right words but don’t believe them (opens the original)
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Recently one of my paid subscribers asked me to write about how authenticity relates to trauma-informed leadership. They told me about a leader they worked with who knew all the ‘right’ words, but either didn’t understand, didn’t believe, or didn’t care enough to act on them.I’ve been thinking about this for weeks, trying to work out what to say, and the thing is – I don’t know how to address this.I see it everywhere.There are plenty of mentally healthy workplace bandwagons to jump on. Some have
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