by Carolyn Ross | Jan 17, 2024 | Blog, Carolyn Ross MD, DEI Consultant, intergenerational trauma, Mental health in the workplace, Trauma-informed leadership
In today’s workplace, leaders are beginning to increasingly recognize the transformative power of acknowledging childhood struggles and understanding how they remain with us through adulthood. Almost everyone holds onto past trauma at some level, and the negative...
by Carolyn Ross | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Carolyn Ross MD, effects of trauma, intergenerational trauma, Mental health in the workplace, mental health keynote speaker
For leaders, understanding and healing childhood trauma begins by exploring the effects of Intergenerational Trauma (IGT) and recognizing how they cast shadows on mental health in the workplace. Childhood trauma has a lasting impact, reaching into the lives of the...
by Carolyn Ross | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Carolyn Ross MD, Mental health in the workplace, mental health keynote speaker, stress, Trauma
Compassion fatigue in healthcare leads to emotional exhaustion and a reduced capacity to empathize with patients. Healthcare professionals are often exposed to intense emotional and traumatic situations, increasing the risk of depleting their seemingly unlimited...
by Carolyn Ross | Jul 21, 2023 | ancestral trauma, Blog, mental health awareness in the workplace, mental health keynote speaker
The experiences from one’s childhood and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods build on each other to create their unique perspective. With that many lifetimes of moments, there are bound to be many that are significantly traumatic. Even though an individual...
by Carolyn Ross | Jun 13, 2023 | Blog, DEI efforts, DEI in the workplace, self-sabotage, stress, Trauma-informed leadership
It is disturbingly common for individuals to let self-sabotaging thoughts run rampant while still being fully aware that they will inevitably lead to deeply harmful and incredibly hard-to-break self-sabotaging habits. Sadly, good intentions are rarely enough to...