Are you waking up each morning with a pit of dread in your stomach, dreading another day of humiliation, criticism and walking on eggshells at work?
Do you find yourself lying awake at 3 AM, replaying conversations and wondering how you could have stood up for yourself better?
The person you used to be – confident, competent, enthusiastic – might feel like a distant memory, but there is a path forward.
Ready to Begin your Journey?
The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®
From the Trauma Resource Insitute
A gentle 3-week somatic program for professionals who’ve experienced significant work setbacks, been impacted by toxic work environments and/or experienced workplace trauma, and want to reclaim their sense of self and well-being.
The Community Resiliency Model® (CRM) from the Trauma Resource Institute is, in the words of the people who learn its concepts and skills, an “operating manual on what is means to be human in today’s complex world.”
Trauma and resilience have become buzz words these days. The brilliance of CRM is how it combines accessible psycho-education, with real practical body-based skills.
No-one is asked to talk about their feelings.
No-one has to talk about what they’ve experienced.
Rather they get to experience the hope and power of being able to reset their own natural balance, gently and effectively.
Whether you’re currently in a challenging workplace situation, or still carrying the effects of past experiences, these evidence-based techniques can help you find your way back to stability and strength.
Maybe you’ve tried
- "Positive thinking" and just "talking yourself out of it
- Meditation, breathing, yoga or other calming techniques
- Therapy
- Reading countless books about toxic workplaces, setting boundaries, being assertive etc.
And while all of them might be helping, none of them really seem to be moving the needle.
Friends and family might tell you to “just find another job,” “get over it,” “don’t take it so personally,” or “stand-up for yourself.”
They don’t seem to understanding the soul-crushing impact this experience has had on you. How it is has caused you to question every part of yourself.
Many approaches treat workplace trauma as purely a mental challenge that can be thought away. This puts a huge burden on you, suggesting that if you just think differently or try harder, it wouldn’t get to you this way, you’d be over it already, or dealing with it more effectively.
What these solutions miss is that trauma and chronic stress fundamentally impact your nervous system – your body is literally “keeping the score” through anxiety, exhaustion, and physical symptoms that no amount of positive thinking seems to touch.
A Different Approach: Body-Based Healing
The Community Resiliency Model (CRM) offers a gentle, effective path forward that honors both your experiences and your body’s innate capacity for healing.
Instead of just talking about your experiences, or trying to think your way out of them, you’ll learn practical, body-based skills that work with your nervous system’s natural ability to restore balance.
You'll gain
- Practical Skills: Learn concrete tools to bring yourself back to balance, even in triggering situations
- Deep Understanding: Discover why your reactions aren't a personal failure but a normal human response to abnormal situations
- Daily Support: Receive gentle, bite-sized practices that fit into your schedule (10-15 minutes, twice a day)
- Lasting Change: Starting to shift from "surviving" to "thriving", not through forcing yourself to be "stronger," but by working with your body's natural capacity for healing
Program Overview
Program Details
How long does it take?
10-15 minutes in the morning and in the evening.
That’s (probably) less time than you spend scrolling social media and the news…and much kinder to your nervous system and more uplifting to your spirits.
Is this therapy?
No. Nor is CRM trauma processing or a substitute for therapy.
It is psychoeducation program that combines teaching about trauma with gentle practices to calm one’s nervous system.
Everything is invitational.
The absence of choice is a hallmark of trauma.
Everything in this program is 100% invitational.
Understanding trauma is empowering.
Understanding what trauma is, and how it affects us, it is profoundly empowering.
People start to see that whatever they are experiencing are common, normal, human responses to overwhelming and highly stressful circumstances.
Will I be recovered in 3 weeks?
Everyone’s journey is different. And everyone who does this program is at a different stage of their journey.
Wherever you are in your recovery journey, this program offers something profoundly practical, gentle and effective.
If you engage with it, it will ease your suffering. And you’ll gain lifelong practical tools and understanding.
Ready to Begin your Journey?
Why I do this work
I’ve been exactly where you are – so broken by work that I didn’t know if I wanted to carry on.
My own journey through workplace trauma led me to discover CRM, which became a cornerstone of my healing.
Now, as a certified CRM teacher, I bring these transformative practices to others, creating a safe, supportive space for healing and growth.