Blog - Manya Chylinski

My Crusade: Let’s Use the Term PTSD Correctly Please

by Manya Chylinski | Sep 17, 2019 | Post-Traumatic Stress, Trauma

PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) was once a term used primarily to describe soldiers’ mental health issues. It took a lot of education on the part of returning veterans and mental health professionals for us regular folk to understand the profound...

Leadership and Mental Health—Leading Your Team through the Tough Times

by Manya Chylinski | Sep 12, 2019 | Health, Mental health, Workplace

Today’s workforce is living in a unique world. Multiple traumatic events have occurred in recent years, from terror attacks to natural disasters, tragedies in homes and families (even the workplace), and even difficult financial situations which force...

Communicating About Trauma: Say What?

by Manya Chylinski | Sep 9, 2019 | Crisis Communications, Post-Traumatic Stress, Trauma

Trauma is not one of life’s more enjoyable experiences. It’s deeply disturbing and can impact those who come face to face with it for their entire lives. Given the gravity, it’s important to be careful how we communicate about trauma. We tend to do a poor...

Communicating About Trauma: Know Your Audience

by Manya Chylinski | Sep 3, 2019 | Crisis Communications, Post-Traumatic Stress, Trauma

Like in all effective communications, a critical principle when communicating about trauma is to know your audience.“Crisis management is at heart an individual challenge.”- James Lee Witt, FEMA Director 1993-2001We all look at a crisis from our own world...

Managing Your Team After Layoffs

by Manya Chylinski | Aug 22, 2019 | Corporate Resiliency, Resiliency, Workplace

After a layoff, your leadership team may be breathing a sigh of relief that nothing major fell apart in the process. You may also feel like the remaining team members are the cream of the crop, and more than qualified to keep the ball rolling, maybe even...

When Change at Work Becomes Traumatic

by Manya Chylinski | Aug 20, 2019 | Gratefulness

Stress at work is nothing new for many of us – feeling overworked, pressure to meet deadlines, etc. But what about experiencing trauma at work? Some people can and do experience violent trauma at work – teachers, retail workers, restaurant servers,...

Recognizing Trauma in Workplace Colleagues

by Manya Chylinski | Aug 16, 2019 | Corporate Resiliency, Mental health, Resiliency, Workplace

Trauma survivors can experience a wide variety of symptoms. As a colleague or supervisor, you may recognize some of these, and there are others you just can’t quite put your finger on. However, even if you can’t pinpoint their symptoms, you likely can...

Are you ok? Recognizing Trauma in Others

by Manya Chylinski | Aug 13, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Self-efficacy

Trauma sufferers exhibit a variety of symptoms. Understand how you can recognize psychological and physical symptoms and offer support to friends and family.

Recognizing Signs of Psychological Trauma In Yourself

by Manya Chylinski | Aug 6, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency

Trauma. Just six inoffensive letters, from the Greek word for wound, developing in the late 17th century into the English word we now recognize. In the dictionary, the basic definition of trauma is an injury. In the medical field, it’s further defined as a physical...

Scaling the Wall of Mental Health

by Manya Chylinski | Feb 11, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency

Our attitudes toward mental health are interesting. It’s really just one aspect of our overall condition, along with physical health. In fact, some dictionaries even define the word health as: a person's mental or physical condition. Yet on some levels, we...