Creating Culture Change With Smiles and Laughter
Smiles and laughter. When we are hosting a virtual workshop, these are two of our favorite things. When people come back from a breakout room and we c…
Category: Resilience Champion
Trauma-Informed Principles Rebooted
One of the biggest questions that Andi and I get whenever we talk about a trauma-informed approach is something along the lines of “Ok I get ACEs an…
Some things change, some things stay the same
Since 2017, Origins has been a leader in the trauma-informed movement, working to support champions who are implementing this work across a range of o…
Throwback Thursday: It’s been a heck of a journey!
It was on a chilly Fall day after a long, hot summer in Arizona that I boarded the plane to San Francisco attend the 2016 ACESCONNECTION conference. I…
Root Your Culture in Values and Watch it Grow
“Change culture and you change lives. You can also change the course of history. Many well-meaning social activists overlook this essential fact. Th…
Graduations, non-linear paths, & the importance of getting started
My oldest graduated elementary school yesterday and I will admit that I shed more than a few tears at his end-of-year ceremony as the entire school co…
Real Life Resilience Champions 2.0
The recent appointment of Nadine Burke Harris as California’s first Surgeon General represents exciting opportunities for increased leadership and m…
We start with the “why” in making New Years Resolutions
As one year comes to an end, the tradition of creating resolutions for ourselves in the next begins. How do you decide on what goal to work towards?…
Real life Resilience Champions
As she describes in her TED Talk from 2015, when Nadine Burke Harris stumbled into the world of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), it made her ret…