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Providing career coaching and support for trauma survivors to reclaim career brilliance.

07/11/2025

Exhausted from just getting through each workday?

You're not alone. And you're in good hands, friend.
It's time to move beyond survival mode and build sustainable career success that honors your healing journey.

FREE 3-Part Training: "Beyond Survival Mode"
Learn how to advance your career while continuing to heal—no more choosing between the two.

Register through the link https://resilientcareeracademy.myflodesk.com/training

05/11/2025

Working twice as hard for half the recognition?
You're showing up early. Staying late. Producing exceptional work.

But somehow you're still invisible when it comes to promotions and advancement.
It's not your fault. Here's what's really happening:
Unprocessed trauma creates invisible barriers between you and the recognition you deserve. Your nervous system is using enormous energy on hypervigilance, people-pleasing, and perfectionism—leaving you depleted before you even get to the visibility work that leads to advancement.

This is the recognition gap. And there's a way forward that doesn't require you to "get over" your trauma first.
NEW BLOG: "Working Twice as Hard for Half the Recognition? The Hidden Career Cost of Unprocessed Trauma"
https://blog.cyndibennettconsulting.com/working-twice-as-hard-for-half-the-recognition-the-hidden-career-cost-of-unprocessed-trauma-f5d4a691f98d

Plus—join my FREE 3-part training series: "Beyond Survival Mode: Build Sustainable Career Success"
Learn how to work WITH your trauma responses while building your career.
Link in comments 👇

03/11/2025

You're carrying an invisible backpack to work every single day 🎒

Inside it: → Hypervigilance constantly scanning for threats → People-pleasing saying yes when you mean no → Perfectionism working 3x harder to prove you're not broken

By the time you get to networking and visibility work that leads to advancement? You're already depleted.

FREE 3-Part Training: "Beyond Survival Mode: Build Sustainable Career Success"
📍 Part 1: Is Career Growth Possible After Trauma?
📍 Part 2: Can Career Growth and Healing Coexist?
📍 Part 3: Find Your Voice—Self-Advocacy for Trauma-Informed Professionals

Completely free. Starts THIS WEEK.
Sign up through the link in the comments 👇

30/10/2025

Everything checks out logically, but your gut still says no? 🚨

You don't have to logic yourself out of a safety response.
Sometimes your nervous system catches what your brain hasn't. Sometimes it's responding to past danger, not present threats.

Either way—your healing matters more than any networking opportunity.
🎧 From Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide podcast

FREE BONUS: Sign up through the link in the comments and get a LinkedIn Safety Checklist for Job Seekers 👇

29/10/2025

Is that LinkedIn recruiter message legit or a scam? 🤔

You've been staring at that connection request for 20 minutes. You've opened six browser tabs. You still can't tell if it's real.
So you close LinkedIn... again.

Here's the truth: Your distrust isn't paranoia—it's smart. But avoiding LinkedIn entirely means missing real opportunities.

I just published a complete guide to verifying LinkedIn connections and job opportunities WITHOUT the overwhelm.
You'll learn:
→ The 4-part profile verification system
→ How to spot fake recruiters instantly
→ When your gut is protecting you vs. when it's trauma talking
→ My personal safety checklist (free download!)

Stop second-guessing every connection request. Start networking with confidence.
🔗 Read the full guide https://blog.cyndibennettconsulting.com/the-trust-savvy-job-seekers-guide-to-verifying-linkedin-connections-and-opportunities-59d4c6bca540

28/10/2025

Your LinkedIn distrust isn't paranoia—it's intelligence 🎯

Yes, the platform has real risks. But avoiding it entirely means missing real opportunities.

When you get a connection request or message, check these 4 areas:
✅ Connection networks
✅ Activity history
✅ Profile consistency
✅ Beyond LinkedIn presence

Your gut is telling you something. Now verify it.
From the latest episode of Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide podcast 🎧
👉 Watch the full episode for the complete breakdown on protecting yourself while building your professional network. https://www.youtube.com/

27/10/2025

You're not overthinking LinkedIn connections—you're using TWO assessment systems.

Your intuition catches what logic misses. Your logic verifies what intuition senses.
Both can be right. Both can be wrong. The goal? Use them together.

Trust your gut AND check the facts. 🎯

24/10/2025

Most change initiatives fail because leaders focus on logic while their teams' nervous systems are asking: Am I safe? Can I trust you? Will I still belong?

If you've been told you're "too sensitive" about how change impacts people, here's the truth: that awareness is your strategic advantage.

Leaders who understand nervous system responses during organizational change see:
✨ Less resistance
✨ Faster adoption
✨ Stronger team cohesion
✨ Lasting transformation

Your heightened awareness helps you read the room, pace changes appropriately, and create psychological safety that allows people to actually integrate change—not just comply with it.

Ready to lead change that sticks? Start by honoring how humans actually process transition.

23/10/2025

Resistance isn't the problem. It's the information.
Traditional change management treats resistance as something to overcome. But trauma-informed leadership recognizes it as valuable data about unmet safety needs.

When someone resists change, they're communicating:
• "This pace is too fast for me to integrate"
• "I don't have enough information to feel safe"
• "I don't trust my needs will be considered"
• "I'm afraid I'll lose something important"

Your trauma-developed pattern recognition helps you notice: The person going quiet in meetings Performance drops after announcements Excessive clarifying questions Subtle team energy shifts

Where others see difficult people, you see nervous system responses to threat.
From the latest episode of Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/

22/10/2025

Have you ever been told you’re too sensitive about how change happens at work?
What if that sensitivity is actually your superpower? 💪

Change isn’t just a strategy — it’s something people feel in their nervous systems.
That’s why trauma-informed, emotionally aware leaders are the ones who create lasting, human-centered transformation.

If you’ve walked through trauma and healing, you already know how to build safety, trust, and connection — the exact ingredients every team needs during change. 💫

Read how your sensitivity can become your strategic advantage:
👉 https://blog.cyndibennettconsulting.com/why-too-sensitive-leaders-excel-at-managing-organizational-change-d9734ac0bdb8

21/10/2025

Here’s what traditional change management gets wrong 👇

Change isn’t just a logical process — it’s a nervous system experience.

When you roll out new changes at work, you’re not just communicating information — you might be activating threat responses in your team.
Underneath their questions, people are really wondering:
💭 Am I safe?
💭 Can I trust you?
💭 Will I still belong here?
💭 Do I have what it takes?
💭 Will this change hurt me?
Those aren’t strategy questions — they’re nervous system questions.

And if you’ve done trauma recovery work, you already understand that. You can feel activation before it explodes. You notice dysregulation. You know the difference between understanding change and feeling safe with it.
That’s not oversensitivity — that’s strategic intelligence. 💡

🎧 This clip is from the Your Trauma-Wise Career Guide podcast.
Watch or listen wherever you get your podcasts! https://www.youtube.com/

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