Kari O'Driscoll - Childhood Trauma and Its Impact on Adult Relationships in the Workplace

The right/wrong/win/lose paradigm in business and workplace relationships is double-edged. 

What we are learning about Childhood Trauma's impact on workplace relationships is alarming. Trauma doesn’t come back as a memory; it comes back as a response and a trigger. The subconscious wounds of Childhood Trauma trigger fight, flight, or freeze, shutting down the language and listening centers.

In this episode with guest Kari O’Driscoll, who heads up The Self Project, we dive deep into relationship dynamics in work and business and the negative impact on productivity, job, life satisfaction, and fulfillment. Relationships provide a learning space for human beings; we learn that we can show up as our authentic selves as we build a relationship. We discover the power in our vulnerability rather than the notion that makes us weak.

Kari is a writer and the founder of The SELF Project, an organization dedicated to improving connections and relationships. She works with families and organizations as they learn to have difficult conversations in new, meaningful ways that can shift us toward creative ways of relating. 

In this episode, you can expect to hear:

03:23 - What is the SELF Project and how it started

05:30 - Age range for a teenagers

05:58 - What is socialization years

07:53 - What is unique about the adolescent brain

08:26 - How does trauma affect neural pathways

09:45 - How to create new neural pathways

10:59 - How to repattern your neural pathways

11:56 - The connection between adolescents and the adult clients

17:31 - How people process information differently

30:22 - What is a top-down hierarchy

33:26 - One particular trauma that is predominant when working with adults in the workplace

Tune in to learn more values from this episode!

Connect with Kari

https://kariodriscollwriter.com/

Email Kari @ kari@theselfproject.com and book a free 20-minute consultation to get some tips on building relationships at work.

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