Here's your eyes back - you rolled them a little too hard at the mention of 'trauma'. And I get it. I really do. It can seem as though everyone is "traumatised" and "triggered" these days, and, as a business leader, it can feel like something that's definitely not your problem. The thing is, you're going to be very lucky as a business if you encounter anyone who hasn't experienced at least one traumatising event - most of us don't make it to adulthood without encountering trauma at least in passing. A 'traumatising event'? What's that when it's at home?! One of the primary aspects of becoming trauma-informed is recognising the distinction between a traumatising event, and a traumatising stimulus. A traumatising event is what happened to you - it could be something as huge as being assaulted, or caught up in a terrorist attack or natural disaster, or as small as someone shouting at you at work, or not being able to buy
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