Upcoming Events

Vickie Choitz, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Episode 1: Understanding How Toxic Stress and Trauma Affect Us at Work

Toxic stress and trauma responses are normal automatic responses to the abnormal stressors many of us are feeling at home, work, economically, societally, as well as with the end-of-year business and holiday stressors coming up. This webinar will highlight the prevalence and impact of toxic stress and trauma. It will cover the basics of the brain science of how toxic stress and trauma affect us at work, whether they are brought in from our personal lives or caused at work.

Vickie Choitz, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Episode 2: Strengthening Regulation and Resilience for Ourselves and with Our Colleagues

This episode will share concrete self-regulation techniques and resilience-building tools that can be used personally to help mitigate toxic stress and trauma responses and behaviors. It also will review practices to support your colleagues and staff with co-regulation practices and collective care to create a healthier and more productive workplace culture for all.

Vickie Choitz, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Episode 3: Cultivating Workplace Cultures that are Trauma-Informed and Reduce Toxic Stress

The final episode in this series will review a framework any organization can use to cultivate a mentally healthier workplace culture that helps to mitigate toxic stress and grow as a trauma-informed organization.