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Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Cyndi Bennett

34 episodes

2 days ago

If you're exhausted just thinking about the holidays while everyone else seems to be celebrating... this one's for you. In this episode of Your Trauma Wise Career Guide, I'm giving you explicit permission to take a career break during the holidays - not because you're failing, but because it might be the most strategic career move you can make right now. What We Cover: 🎯 Why career breaks feel forbidden for trauma survivors (and why your nervous system makes rest feel dangerous) 🎯 What a "c...

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If you're exhausted just thinking about the holidays while everyone else seems to be celebrating... this one's for you. In this episode of Your Trauma Wise Career Guide, I'm giving you explicit permission to take a career break during the holidays - not because you're failing, but because it might be the most strategic career move you can make right now. What We Cover: 🎯 Why career breaks feel forbidden for trauma survivors (and why your nervous system makes rest feel dangerous) 🎯 What a "c...

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Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness,

Episodes (20/34)

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Taking a Career Break for the Holidays Permission Granted | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 34

If you're exhausted just thinking about the holidays while everyone else seems to be celebrating... this one's for you. In this episode of Your Trauma Wise Career Guide, I'm giving you explicit permission to take a career break during the holidays - not because you're failing, but because it might be the most strategic career move you can make right now. What We Cover: 🎯 Why career breaks feel forbidden for trauma survivors (and why your nervous system makes rest feel dangerous) 🎯 What a "c...

2 days ago

16 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Redefining Success: A Trauma-Informed Approach | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 33

What if the success you're chasing was never designed for someone like you? During one of my recent open houses, someone asked me: "How do you define success?" It's such a simple question, but the answer is anything but simple—especially for those of us who've been through trauma. Most success metrics we see in the professional world weren't created with trauma survivors in mind. They measure achievement without accounting for the energy it takes just to show up. They celebrate advancement ...

1 week ago

13 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Leading Through Change: A Trauma-Informed Approach | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 29

What if the very experience of surviving trauma has given you exactly what you need to lead others through organizational change? In this episode, we're exploring trauma-informed change management – and why trauma survivors often make the most effective change leaders. If you've ever felt like your heightened awareness of how change impacts people makes you "too sensitive" for leadership, this conversation will completely shift your perspective. We'll talk about: * Why your trauma-developed...

1 week ago

20 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

How to Verify LinkedIn Connections Safely | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 30

If you've ever stared at a LinkedIn connection request for 20 minutes trying to decide if it's real or a scam, you're not overthinking it—you're being smart. Your distrust of LinkedIn isn't paranoia; it's intelligence. In this episode, I'm sharing a systematic approach to verifying LinkedIn connections and job opportunities that honors both your need for safety AND your need for professional connections. 🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: • How your two assessment systems (intuitive and analytical) work ...

1 week ago

12 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Career Building: What Does Being Trauma Wise Mean? | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 28

What if your healing journey has already given you some of the most valuable professional skills most people spend years trying to develop? Welcome to Your Trauma Wise Career Guide, where we explore how trauma survivors can build authentic, sustainable careers that honor both their ambitions and their healing needs. In this episode, we're breaking down what it really means to be trauma-wise in your career building—and why it's completely different from traditional career advice. 🎯 WHAT YOU...

1 week ago

11 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

When Workplace Relationships Break Rupture & Repair | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 32

It took you six months to believe your coworker was safe. It took six seconds for your nervous system to decide they weren't. Building professional trust when you carry trauma isn't casual—it's architecture. The patient, anxious work of constructing something you desperately want but have every reason to believe will eventually collapse. And when that carefully built relationship experiences a rupture? The trust doesn't just crack—it shatters. In this episode, I'm breaking down why workplac...

1 week ago

21 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

The Hidden Cost of Unprocessed Trauma | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 31

If you're working twice as hard as your colleagues but getting half the recognition, your trauma responses might be costing you more than you realize. In this episode, we're diving deep into the hidden career costs of unprocessed trauma and what it really takes to move from survival mode to sustainable success. 🎯 IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER: * The three main ways unprocessed trauma shows up in your career (and why they're so hard to see) * Why hypervigilance, people-pleasing, and perfe...

1 week ago

17 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Entrepreneurship As A Trauma Survivor Pt 2 | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 27

Entrepreneurship As A Trauma Survivor Pt 2 | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 27 What does it really take to build a business while healing from trauma? In this vulnerable follow-up episode, I'm getting real about the messy middle of trauma-informed entrepreneurship. After our first attempt at recording this episode where a protective part showed up and wouldn't let me be vulnerable, I came back to try again - this time with full transparency about what it's actually like to run a trauma-in...

1 month ago

20 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

3 Signs Your Trauma is Sabotaging Your Career | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 26

Are you talented and hardworking but still struggling to achieve the career success you deserve? If you're a trauma survivor, the barriers to your professional growth might be more invisible than you think. In this episode of Your Trauma Wise Career Guide, I break down three common ways trauma can sabotage your career - and more importantly, how to transform these responses into professional superpowers. What You'll Learn: ✨ Why trauma survivors often struggle with workplace visibility (and...

1 month ago

12 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Stop Doing It Alone | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 25

Stop Struggling Alone: Why Trauma Survivors Won't Get Help for Career-Blocking Symptoms Are you battling anxiety, perfectionism, or triggers at work in isolation? Staying up until 2 AM researching solutions instead of getting professional support? This episode reveals why trauma survivors refuse help for the very symptoms keeping their careers stuck. In this episode, you'll discover: * Why trauma survivors isolate when career symptoms flare up * How attachment wounds prevent you from seeki...

2 months ago

14 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

When Your Business Triggers Trauma Entrepreneurial Overwhelm | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 24

Are you a trauma survivor entrepreneur feeling overwhelmed by business challenges? Discover why traditional business advice fails trauma survivors and learn trauma-informed strategies for sustainable entrepreneurial success. In this episode, we explore: ✨ Why entrepreneurship hits differently for trauma survivors ✨ The three hidden patterns sabotaging your business (hypervigilance trap, perfectionism paralysis, people-pleasing business model) ✨ Essential strategies to redefine success on you...

2 months ago

6 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Why Ratio - Based Jobs Burn Out Trauma Survivors | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 23

Why Ratio-Based Jobs Burn Out Trauma Survivors | Trauma-Informed Career Advice If you're a trauma survivor working in childcare, healthcare, social services, or other ratio-based roles, this episode is for you. Discover why these essential jobs can be especially challenging for trauma survivors and learn practical strategies to build a sustainable, fulfilling career. What You'll Learn: ✨ What ratio-based work is and why it affects trauma survivors differently ✨ How to transform your trauma ...

2 months ago

7 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Entrepreneurship As A Trauma Survivor | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 22

Think leaving your corporate job will solve your workplace trauma triggers? Think again. Your trauma doesn't stay behind when you become an entrepreneur – and that's exactly what we need to talk about. 🚨 REAL TALK ALERT: This episode didn't go as planned, and we're sharing it anyway. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, trauma-informed career coach Cyndi Bennett gets interviewed by Holly Dillon about the harsh realities of entrepreneurship as a trauma survivor. What was supposed to be a vu...

2 months ago

36 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Regulation Practices for Shift Workers: Before, During & After Your Shift | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 21

Are you a shift worker who feels stuck in fight-or-flight mode at work? If you're a nurse, CNA, healthcare worker, or anyone doing shift work where you can't just step away to regulate, this episode is for you. After getting feedback from a listener in childcare, I realized most career advice is tailored for office environments - but what about those of us who work in hospitals, emergency rooms, manufacturing, retail, or other shift-based roles where you're "tied there" and can't easily get ...

3 months ago

7 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

When Work Triggers Your Past: Surviving Trauma Time | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 20

Ever felt completely professional one moment, then found yourself crying in your car because a meeting triggered something deep inside you? You're not imagining things—you might be experiencing "trauma time." In this episode of Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide, I break down what happens when your nervous system gets stuck responding to current workplace situations as if they're past traumatic experiences, and most importantly, how to find your way back to the present moment where your actual po...

3 months ago

10 minutes

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Why Being Seen Feels Dangerous: The Cost of Staying Invisible | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 19

Why Being Seen Feels Dangerous: The Cost of Staying Invisible Do you have expertise that could change lives, but find yourself hiding when it comes to visibility? You're not alone. In this episode, Cyndi shares her personal struggle with visibility and reveals why being seen feels terrifying for trauma survivors - even when it's exactly what we need to grow. What You'll Learn ✨ Why trauma survivors struggle with visibility in unique ways ✨ The "stone face wound" and how it shapes our rel...

3 months ago

12 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Executive Presence: Why Authenticity Beats Performance | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 18

🎯 Stop performing your way through your career! If you're a trauma survivor who's mastered the art of "executive presence" but feel completely disconnected from your authentic self, this episode will change everything. What You'll Learn: ✅ Why traditional executive presence advice is retraumatizing for trauma survivors ✅ The 3 trauma-informed shifts that create authentic leadership presence ✅ How to leverage emotional intelligence as your professional superpower ✅ Strategic authenticity: bei...

3 months ago

11 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Why Work-Life Balance Fails Trauma Survivors (Try This Instead) | Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide Ep 17

Why Work-Life Balance Fails Trauma Survivors: Embrace Career-Life Harmony Instead If you're a trauma survivor struggling with traditional work-life balance, this episode is a must-watch. Host and trauma-informed career coach, Cyndi Bennett, shatters the myth of compartmentalizing work and personal life, presenting a revolutionary concept: career-life harmony. Tailored specifically for trauma survivors, learn why common productivity advice often fails and discover real, actionable steps to ma...

4 months ago

11 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Leading as a Trauma Survivor | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 16

Leading with Trauma: Empowering Leadership for Trauma Survivors In this insightful episode of 'Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide,' host Cyndi Bennett dives into the often overlooked intersection of trauma and leadership. Cyndi, a trauma survivor and informed career coach, alongside returning guest Holly Dillon, explores how trauma history can shape and influence leadership styles. They discuss the unique strengths and challenges trauma survivors bring to leadership roles, such as resilience and ...

4 months ago

56 minutes

Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide

Why Your Slow Progress is Actually Perfect Progress | Your Trauma Wise Career Guide Ep 15

Your Perfect Progress: Redefining Career Success for Trauma Survivors Do you feel like you're lagging behind at work while others are excelling? In this eye-opening episode, trauma-informed career coach Cyndi Bennett redefines what progress means for trauma survivors. Learn why your cautious approach is your secret weapon and how to embrace your authentic journey toward sustainable success. Cyndi explores the impact of trauma on career navigation, debunks harmful mindset blocks, and introduc...

4 months ago

9 minutes