As a trauma-informed leader, do you assume safety? Or check for it? Some questions to reflect on this Monday: ☀️Do people feel seen and respected around me, or just managed? ☀️Am I reacting to behaviour, or responding to unmet needs? How do you achieve #PsychologicalSafety?

Thank you to our workshop facilitators over the past two days who have shared their methods of putting all the information we have learned into practice! 🧬 Day one 🧡 ‘Connectere’ with Alex O’Donnell & Dr Dawn Harris, Epione Trauma Training & Consultancy 🧡 ‘Aid & Abet Workshop’ with Kevin

It’s #FriYay, and we’re slowing down to notice ✨the glimmers✨! Those small, sometimes easily overlooked, moments that bring you a sense of calm in the storm, help you feel connected or even joyful. You may be used to noticing what hurts, but have you noticed what heals?

👏 Huge congratulations to the incredible team at WithYou Wigan for successfully completing our Rachael Moss led Train the Trainer programme! 🎉 🥳 Your authentic dedication, passion, and commitment to trauma-informed practice are amazing 👏🏽 Excited to see the ripple effect

Save the date! Join Dr Oonagh Duffy for a deep dive into Compassionate Focused Therapy on 17th June. In a world where self-criticism often comes easier than self-kindness, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) helps us rewrite the script. Rooted in neuroscience, psychology, and

Recovery isn't linear, you've heard that one before. It's hard, slow, messy... and yet, entirely possible. ❤️‍🩹 Bringing you "The Installation of Hope" by Maeve O'Boyle, our Trauma Trainer, for some Monday motivation: short-link.me/InstallationOf…

With #Eurovision still on the tip of everyone’s tongue and notes still faintly echoing, it can be easy to get swept up in all of the fanfare. 🎤 But you don’t need a stage to be brave. Bits of Bravery can look like: 💪Guiltless rest 💪Saying “no” 💪Reaching out 💪Trying again

With the busy week wrapping up, take a moment to notice yourself. 🫂 Maybe you feel exhausted, or even wired and on-edge. Whatever it is… it’s okay! Your nervous system might just be catching up. This weekend, give yourself permission to do less and rest. #RestIsProductive

Some memories return with pain, others with clarity. Both take courage but none deserve shame. 💭 "It takes enormous trust and courage to allow yourself to remember." - Bessel van der Kolk, 'The Body Keeps the Score' 💭

Starting this week by challenging shame! Patterns repeat until safety is restored. That’s not sabotage, it’s survival. 💔 Criticism screams: “I always mess things up!” ❤️‍🩹 Compassion wonders: “What did I need in this situation to feel safe?”

Think of being ‘trauma-informed’ as a lens rather than a label. 🔍 It changes how we see people, interpret behaviour, and how we choose to respond - all from the lens that trauma is possible even when it’s invisible! 💡 How do you see being trauma-informed?

Science suggests that humour can help us heal 😁 What’s something that made you laugh this week? Memes, mishaps, pet photos, anecdotes - all welcome!

Safe connection after abuse can feel difficult to achieve with others but also yourself. ❤️‍🩹 Trauma can alter our brain's perception and processing. But if it tells you today that you're alone in your experience, let us prove to you that you're not: short-link.me/Disconnected

💡Did you know Vicarious Trauma (VT) and Burnout aren’t the same thing? These can co-occur or show up similarly, and they often do in helping professions. So, staying informed and recognising the differences helps us meet the needs appropriately. 📝- doi.org/10.1037/trm000…

Whether it’s a culture reshaped, a practice reformed or a renewed sense of purpose instilled; we aim for our trauma-informed training to be a catalyst for tangible transformation. But don’t just take our word for it, read what our learners say☺️ short-link.me/EpioneTestimon…

Maybe the journey of healing while living with trauma isn’t one of ‘going back’ or ‘fixing’, maybe it’s about ‘coming home’ and ‘listening’... to your own love, your own truth, to yourself. Does that resonate with you? Let us know! 👇 💭 🔗 short-link.me/Reconnection

In trauma-informed spaces, language matters a lot. The words we choose can shape how safety is felt, but they can also unknowingly trigger shame. Let’s start a thread on what language you like to use to empower rather than silence, we can all learn a lot from each other! ❤️‍🩹

Shame can make us: 🙈 Withdraw 🫥 Avoid 🤕 Attack ourselves 🤜 Attack others Our fantastic trainer Gregor Johnstone introduces the Compass of Shame, a tool to understand how we may react when we feel shame and the antidote to it: 📽️: youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3tVl…

Do you use the phrase "I hear you" in your practice? 👀 More than it being a polite acknowledgement, it can carry many layers: ✅- validating someone's story/experience 👂- witnessing without judgement ❤️‍🩹- readiness to reflect thoughtfully What does your "I hear you" carry?

Yes, trauma can leave us broken or fractured, but sometimes it can leave us transformed too❤️‍🩹 In trauma-informed spaces, we hold space for strengths to emerge, not just for ‘symptoms’ to reduce. epione-training.com/trauma-training #PostTraumaticGrowth #TraumaInformed #Trauma