There are still spots available in this upcoming workshop in Boston: TIMBo for Compassionate Organizations Translating Trauma-Informed Values into ACTION Led by Suzanne Jones, creator of the TIMBo Method and innovator in building stress-responsive social networks . March 28, 2019 | 10am - 3pm The Non-Profit Center, 89 South Street, Boston MA Register Now $300 per person ** $250 Early Bird extended! Must register by 3/15/19 ** 4 CEUs for eligible professionals ($35 fee payable at event) The...

"A GROWING NUMBER OF CLINICIANS AND CAREGIVERS ARE SUFFERING BURNOUT AND COMPASSION FATIGUE AS THEY STRUGGLE TO FEEL EFFICACIOUS IN THEIR JOBS. BOTH OUR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR SERVICE USERS ARE IN NEED OF ACTIONABLE TOOLS AND PRACTICES THAT TRANSCEND PATHOLOGY, THAT CAN BE SHARED AND STRENGTHENED THROUGH ORGANIC SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND INCREASE OVERALL WELL-BEING FOR ALL PARTIES IN THE SYSTEM. SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO OFFER EMPOWERED SOLUTIONS THEY KNOW WILL WORK". --Sue Jones

To pave the way for a truly strengths-based approach to full healing and recovery for both service users and burned out staff, we must educate them on (1) the central role of primal body responses to trauma (past and present), and (2) the early development of adaptive thoughts and behaviors in response to traumatic experience.

This most recent blog from Sue Jones is a vivid reminder of the many pieces in the healing-from-trauma puzzle. Including having a trauma-informed person to be in it with you, reminding you cognitively that you are safe and also co-regulating your system, reminding you that the sensations in our bodies may feel real, but they are not true. "When the traumatic memories that have lived in our bodies for years or decades present themselves to us, the experience can be so frightening, so...

Sue Jones, founder of yogaHOPE, shares insights into the ways in which we can address the consequences of trauma and ACES in folks, even those who may never come forward seeking help for a specific kind of trauma.