The first person you need to centre is yourself

If you want to manage and lead in a person centred, trauma informed way then the first person you need to centre is yourself. Both physically and mentally.

In your care taking
In your body/posture
In your emotional state

So I encourage you to think of looking after yourself as a generous act of leadership.

Then you can be more curious and open to learning about other people's lived experiences and de-centre yourself and your own lived experience, narratively and systemically.

Here's a video where I go into more detail about how to think about this and some things you can do, both in the moment and in the bigger picture:

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Let me know how you get on with it.