Being in Possibility

Trauma doesn’t discriminate. 

Trauma could be affecting your son, your mother, your best friend, or your spouse. It’s important that we increase our awareness around the issues of trauma so we can become a safe place for the folks in our life who are suffering. 

In today’s episode, I dive into how you can practically integrate more of a trauma-informed perspective into your daily life. I share the different tiers of the trauma-informed approach, a breakdown of the 5 guiding principles of being trauma-informed, and the impact trauma-informed living can have on reducing trauma impact and increasing resilience in the folks around us. 

I’m exploring:

• A breakdown of the FIVE basic principles of being trauma-informed
• The 3 tiers of the trauma-informed approach
• A simple shift you can make TODAY to begin approaching others with a more trauma-informed lens
• Resilience & post-traumatic growth (and vicarious resilience & post-traumatic growth!)
• And so much more

Trauma Resources: 

https://integratedlistening.com/what-is-trauma/

Trauma-Informed Organization Change Manual: socialwork.buffalo.edu/ittic

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Showing up for the children in our community is vitally important. But often, not knowing where to start or how to help becomes a barrier to getting involved. My guest this week, health coach and proud foster mama, Diane McMahan, is here to assure us that there is something we all can do to support these children (even if it isn’t in the ways we expect)! 

In today’s episode, we dive into the journey of foster care - Diane’s personal experiences as a foster mother, trauma-informed parenting, and how to get involved in the opportunity to break barriers and foster hope for the children in your community. 

We’re exploring:

• Diane’s experience as a foster parent & how she started this journey
• The various ways you can get involved in the foster care system (and how to support the cause without fostering)
• The resources & training available to foster parents
• Trauma-informed parenting & some powerful insights on the role trauma could be playing around you
• And more

Connect with Diane: 

Website: www.keepmovingwa.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/diane.makaeli

Email: [email protected]

Private foster care agencies in Skagit County: Youthnet and Secret Harbor

Wishlist: Diapers and wipes

Foster Closet (take donations, the whole store is free to foster parents) - Amazon wish list

https://foster-hearts.com/foster-closet/

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If you’ve been working towards a goal and you’re almost there (or if you’ve just realized what your goal is and you’re not sure where to begin) - you’re standing at the edge of something. And the edge can get super messy. 

But that’s part of the process! The process of stepping into new possibility.

In today’s episode, I’m inviting you to explore your next evolution and giving you some ways to identify and take the aligned actions needed to step into the next phase of your life. 

What are you calling in? Let’s go to the show.

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How can we take our leadership work and create more sustainable and healthy communities? In today’s episode, I invite 25 year professor at Skagit Valley College, Dr. Laura Flores Cailloux, to share her wisdom on this subject, and more! We discuss the power of stories, creating safety & space in the classroom for vulnerability, and the ways we can incorporate deep cultural change work to have a broader impact on the world and create real shifts for marginalized groups.

We’re exploring:

• Local storytelling as the primary way of understanding our own communities
• Creating space, vulnerability & safety in the classroom
• Acknowledging the invisible layer of labor and responsibility that marginalized groups carry
• The shift Dr. Laura is making in her leadership programs - from finite to a broader impact
• Creating deep cultural change through injustice and antiracism work
• And more

Connect with Laura:

Skagit Valley College: [email protected]

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Access. Resources. Support. 

We all need them. And in today’s episode, we’re exploring what we can do as coaches and mentors to ensure more people have access to the things they need.

My guest this week, life and leadership coach Erica Wray, joins me to talk about being of service in the coaching industry. We discuss slowing down to allow for alignment and how to create a business that generates more possibility and more of a positive impact on the world. 

We’re exploring:

• Structures that allow for more access & alignment in coaching
• The beliefs and stories we hold around money and its connection to virtue
• How to be in a partnership with the things that scare you so you can take action toward your big dreams
• Erica’s series of thoughtful children’s books
• And more

Connect with Erica here: https://www.ericajwray.com/

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How can we create change within ourselves and within our community? In a world where things are going wrong and feel as if they’re falling apart, how can we take steps towards hope and healing? 

Today, I’m joined by Kelly Childress. She’s a Board certified chaplain, ordained minister, healthcare mediator, life-long activist, and certified professional life coach. Kelly works with leaders, creatives, and professionals looking to make and create change. She sits with people in the most painful moments of their life, but she has hope. Whether it’s recovering from the impact of COVID-19 and the years of isolation, the pain of loss, or the trauma of many people’s lived experiences, we can still find joy, light, and possibility.

We’re exploring: 

• Turning the gaze inward, ending the war within ourselves, and changing the world 
• Practical ways we can practice self-care and why it’s so important
• Kelly’s activism: what she’s passionate about and working for
• Creating positive energy in the midst of oppression and trauma
• Emotional work: how acupuncture and mediation work to relieve stuck emotions
• Where negative thoughts stem from and how to deal with them
• Questions to ask about what you consume and the thoughts you let ruminate within you 
• And more

For those looking to make and create change with Kelly, click here: https://kellychildress.com/

Check out the Revolutionary Love Project at: https://valariekaur.com/revolutionary-love-project/

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My guest this week, Dr. Terri Wattawa, entrepreneur and former principal, comes on the show to share her 25+ years of experience in education. In this episode, we examine what being educated really means and how we can begin to think about education differently to help inspire students and make a bigger, more inclusive, and equitable impact.

We’re exploring:

• How we can do education differently (and get more students engaged!)
• Equity & inclusion within education
• Terri’s passion for getting better at the art and science of learning - and the impact this could have on the future of education
• And more

You can learn more about Consult Create Inspire LLC at www.consultcreateinspire.com

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You are worthy of the things that you want. Exactly the way you are, right now. 

But, trust me - I know that sometimes this can be easy to forget. So, it’s important that we have safe environments to break down the stories of our pasts that are keeping us stuck in unworthiness and avoidance. 

In today’s episode, I dive into the topic of therapy - why it’s a great place to start shifting some of the current patterns & beliefs that are keeping you stuck, and how it can help us all in our journey to more possibility in our lives. 

I’m exploring:

• Therapy - and some reasons why you might want to consider it
• How dissecting a childhood story in therapy helped me understand THIS about myself
• Worthiness & avoidance - and how therapy can help
• Why I believe therapy made me a better parent (and a look at manipulation in parenting)
• And more

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What if none of us are bad with money? 

What if all we need is to learn some basic concepts, explore our goals, and start taking aligned actions toward them?

In today’s episode, I’m exploring some of my long-held beliefs around money, how they’ve held me back (and how they could be holding you back too!), and how a greater vision around money can help us reach our future financial goals. Join me as I dive into the practical steps to create an aligned financial plan so you can create the money breakthrough you need to live with more flexibility, freedom & possibility in your life.

I’m exploring:

• Exploring your financial vision (and how to work towards it)
• Some disempowering beliefs around money - and how to release them
• How to create structures around money that work for you!
• The steps to creating a financial plan that actually moves you forward toward your big money vision
• My own financial plan for the near future (and an invitation to learn & grow with me further!)
• And more

Reach out to Erin if you are interested in joining her Money Conversations Group: [email protected]

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Have you ever been made to feel wrong during the grieving process? Maybe you grieved “too long” for a pet, or maybe some of the physical reactions you had to your grief made others uncomfortable? My guest this week, podcast host, hospice social worker & army veteran, Halley Harris, is here to talk all about normalizing talk around death and dying and reducing the stigma around grief. In this episode, we dive into her passion for justice, some of the different ways grief can manifest, and the power you have to change your circumstances - even if it doesn’t always seem like it! 

We’re exploring:

• Normalizing conversations around death, dying, grief & loss - this includes our loved family pets!
• Being okay with NOT being right all the time (apologize, but not for your own presence!)
• Some examples of the physical reactions/symptoms of grief
• The values of social work & how to shift your mindset around people who display toxic or abusive behaviors
• And more

Connect with Halley:

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hospicehalley

Twitter: https://twitter.com/somedaydeadpc

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