These are notes from the inside — of leadership, of change, of staying whole in the face of systems that often ask us not to be. The Olive Pages is where care and clarity meet, one reflection at a time.
The Olive Pages
Fieldnotes on care, clarity and staying whole.
Trauma-Informed Organizations: Culture, Systems & the Future of Staff Well-being
Humanitarian organizations don’t become trauma-informed through slogans, policies, or campaigns. They become trauma-informed through how people experience the system…in decisions, communication, change processes, and the way leaders handle the hard moments. This post explores what a trauma-informed organization feels like and why system care, not individual resilience, must shape the future of staff well-being in a sector already carrying so much.
“Trauma-informed systems don’t erase the difficulty of humanitarian work, they simply refuse to become another source of harm.”
What Trauma-Informed Leadership Looks Like in Practice
Trauma-informed leadership isn’t therapy, it’s the steady, grounded, human way of leading that people in humanitarian work have always deserved. It looks like clarity instead of confusion, repair instead of avoidance, and boundaries that honor dignity rather than distance. In this post, we explore how trauma-informed leadership shows up in everyday moments…in tone, communication, decision-making, and the small signals that shape how safe (or unsafe) people feel at work.
Announcing ‘The Olive Work’ on Substack
Introducing The Olive Work - a new space for deeper conversations on care, clarity, and staying whole in a breaking system. Why olives? Why now? And why this matters.
"The olive branch is more than a symbol of peace, it’s a reminder of the work it takes to nurture it."