‘Leaning in’ – Normalizing trauma-informed palliative and end-of-life care

The lasting wounds and scar tissue of psychological trauma are generally invisible to our everyday vision. Unbeknownst to us, our friends, neighbors or colleagues may live with the impacts of a traumatic past that forever changed their sense of safety and trust; changing the ways in which they relate to self, others, and their surroundings. Traumatic events and loss are all too common in the lives of everyday people.