Aware NL

Aware NL Advocating for survivors. Helping those silenced find their voice.

Trauma Awareness Educator, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach & Registered Cardiology Technologist

Empowering organizations, communities & individuals through trauma-informed education. Contact me today to inquire about my virtual and in-person workshops for your organization and private trauma recovery coaching

Due to the forecasted rain on Friday the entire TBTN event to the reception space in The Lantern. Speeches will take pla...
09/17/2026

Due to the forecasted rain on Friday the entire TBTN event to the reception space in The Lantern.

Speeches will take place in The Lantern(35 Barnes Road, St. Johnโ€™s) beginning at 6:30pm.

Details about venue accessibility and parking can be found on the Facebook Event linked on End Sexual Violence NL page.

A workplace can have ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด and still FEEL ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š to the people inside it.Because ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž...
09/11/2026

A workplace can have ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด and still FEEL ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š to the people inside it.

Because ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž isnโ€™t just what we ๐šœ๐šŠ๐šข we value.

๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š.

~ Itโ€™s in the way a concern is received.

~ The way mistakes are handled.

~ The way boundaries are respected.

~ The way people are spoken to when things are difficult.

~ And whether someone feels they can be themselves without having to constantly protect or hide parts of who they are.

A trauma-aware workplace doesnโ€™t mean creating a workplace where nothing difficult ever happens.

It means ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ when difficult things do happen.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น.

**And sometimes, that tells us far more about our culture than any mission statement ever could.**

What do you think people feel when they walk through the doors of your workplace?



โ“๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š-๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž?

๐Ÿ’ฌ Letโ€™s start the conversation.

Aware NL offers trauma awareness education for workplaces, organizations and communitiesโ€”helping people understand how trauma can show up in everyday interactions and how we can respond with greater awareness, compassion and care.

๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™‰๐™‡ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š.

๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.My work with individuals impacted by s...
09/10/2026

๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

My work with individuals impacted by sexual violence through volunteer support and hospital accompaniment has deepened my understanding of just how important it is to create spaces where survivors are believed, supported, and treated with dignity.

Take Back the Night is about raising our voices, creating awareness, and reminding survivors and those impacted by sexual violence that they are not alone.

Iโ€™m grateful to be part of this evening of awareness, solidarity, remembrance, and hope.

๐Ÿ“ Bannerman Park
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Friday, September 18
๐Ÿ•ก 6:30 PM

๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

What we see on the surface isnโ€™t always the whole story.A reaction.A withdrawal.A missed deadline.A difficult conversati...
09/09/2026

What we see on the surface isnโ€™t always the whole story.

A reaction.
A withdrawal.
A missed deadline.
A difficult conversation.

There may be a story underneath that we donโ€™t know.

Trauma-informed practice asks us to become curious before we become critical.

That small shift can change workplaces, organizations and communities.

Want to bring trauma awareness into your workplace or organization? Letโ€™s talk.

08/21/2026

Summer brought a little slower pace around here. ๐ŸŒฟ

And honestly? Sometimes a little space is exactly what we need.

But nowโ€ฆ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐‹ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž.

Fall workshops are officially underway, and September is already ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐.

If youโ€™re new here, Aware NL provides trauma awareness education for workplaces, organizations, and communitiesโ€”helping people better understand how trauma can affect the way we think, communicate, work, connect, and respond.

โ€˜Trauma-informedโ€™ is not the same as ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ช๐™ข๐™–-๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™š. My workshops are designed to move beyond simply ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข.

Theyโ€™re about creating greater awareness, compassion, emotional safety, and resilience in the spaces where people live and work.

Because becoming trauma-aware isnโ€™t about diagnosing people.

Itโ€™s about understanding people.

And sometimes, one shift in perspective can change the way we respond to someone who is struggling.

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ?

Send me a DM with the word ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐’๐‡๐Ž๐ and Iโ€™ll send you the information you need to get started.

September has very limited availability, with additional fall dates now booking.

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐.

Not every workplace leaves visible scars.Sometimes the impact shows up as burnout, hypervigilance, self-doubt, or a nerv...
07/09/2026

Not every workplace leaves visible scars.

Sometimes the impact shows up as burnout, hypervigilance, self-doubt, or a nervous system that never feels safe enough to rest.

Trauma awareness creates psychological safety, and that isnโ€™t just a workplace โ€œperkโ€โ€”itโ€™s the foundation for healthy people, healthy teams, and sustainable performance.

If this resonated with you, save it for later and share it with someone whoโ€™s helping shape workplace culture.

๐Ÿ’œ Because awareness changes workplaces.

06/23/2026

๐Ÿšฉ Unpopular opinion:

People donโ€™t magically stop being human when they clock in.

You canโ€™t demand resilience while ignoring stress.
You canโ€™t expect engagement without safety.
And you canโ€™t build healthy workplaces on fear.

What gives YOU the biggest workplace ick? ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ’œ Follow for trauma-informed conversations that challenge the status quo.

Sunday morning. Peace. Moments of contemplation & clarity. Soul serenity.Rest. Remember. Return to self.Sometimes the be...
06/07/2026

Sunday morning. Peace. Moments of contemplation & clarity. Soul serenity.

Rest. Remember. Return to self.

Sometimes the best thing you can do after prolonged periods of strength and resilience in the face of turmoil, is to just BE.

Find the simple things that bring you comfort and peace.

This morning, for me, that looks like:

Inspiration through pretty oracle cards with comforting messages

Journalling thoughts, lessons learned, and gratitude for what already is

Mindful moments without any particular schedule or rush to get things done.

In rest and pause there is awareness and inner peace.

๐Ÿ””New โ€˜Soulful Sunday Seriesโ€™. ๐Ÿ™

Every Sunday I will share a card with you if
you feel called to receive a message. Each week I will pull from a different deck. (I have lots of them..one of the things I love to collect ๐Ÿฅฐ)

This weeks card pull is from โ€˜the Language of Letting Goโ€™ deck by Melody Beattie.

Drop a โค๏ธ on the comments if you would like a card message via DM
(This series is brought to you by .w.a.r.e.nl | | )

because itโ€™s too good to keep for sharing from just one account ๐Ÿ˜Š

06/03/2026

โœจVendor Spotlight!โœจ

Weโ€™re excited to welcome KidSportNLto the Community Well-Being Fair!

KidSport Newfoundland and Labrador believes all kids have the right to play organized sports and provides funding for registration fees and equipment costs for kids aged 18 and under so they can play a season of sport.

Stop by anytime between 12:00 PM โ€“ 7:00 PM at the Jack Byrne Regional Sport & Entertainment Centre

Come explore local programs, services, activities, and supports โ€” all in one place!
โฐThursday, June 4th 12-7pm
๐Ÿ“Jack Byrne Regional Sport & Entertainment Centre
๐Ÿ’ฒFREE for everyone

See full vendor list & stay up-to-date via the event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/14hWxFJ6vqu/

06/03/2026

Join the Autism Society of Newfoundland & Labrador (ASNL) Eastern-Central for Pathfinders, part of our Community Movement Series.

Dates:
June 6 โ€“ The Town of Terra Nova Playground and Pond Area
June 13 โ€“ Newman Sound Playground and area
June 27 โ€“ Port Blandford Municipal Park/Playground
Time: 1:00โ€“3:00 PM

This program offers a relaxed opportunity to get outside, explore local trails and playgrounds, and enjoy movement in a supportive, low-pressure environment.
All ages and abilities are welcome.

Registration required: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=t_74vYLkLESzUiOSnycP1Ag6ug0tM4ZJo7oa8BDOl_xUNzZQMFA3WDVYNEhDMFNMQ0tQRldVRDJROC4u&route=shorturl
For more information: [email protected]
This initiative is supported by the ParticipACTION Community Challenge.

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