Integrate Trauma Informed Network

06/10/2026

One of the things I appreciated most about Lucy Flores during the Signals & Systems Digital Health Summit was her willingness to stay with complexity instead of flattening it into easy answers.

She shared:

“When we talk about government programs, there’s a lot of nuance, there’s a ton of complexity, sometimes contradiction. But understanding how it works matters for the people working within the programs, who are experiencing the programs — all of that.”

That framing felt incredibly important right now.

In digital health, policy, workplace systems, healthcare, and social support structures, people are often asked to navigate layered, emotionally charged, politically contested, and difficult-to-metabolize systems in real time.

What stood out to me was not just the information Lucy shared, but *how* she shared it:

* making space for questions
* slowing down jargon
* acknowledging contradiction
* creating clarity without oversimplifying reality

That is trauma-informed communication.

Not every system problem can be solved immediately.
But people regulate differently when complexity is acknowledged honestly instead of dismissed, rushed, or hidden behind institutional language.

Human-centered systems are not built by pretending complexity does not exist.

They are built by helping humans navigate complexity with more orientation, transparency, and care.

If your work is similar to Lucy's, we would love to have you as a part of our next System and Signals November 5+6th:

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06/08/2026

One of my favorite moments from the Signals & Systems Digital Health Summit came from Ellen Griley’s reflection on trauma-informed organizations.

She described trauma-informed care not as a single department or initiative, but as the *foundation* of the entire organization.

And then she said something I have not stopped thinking about:

Internal communication is like the carpet running through every room of the house.

Finance.
Operations.
HR.
Marketing.
Leadership.

Every system inside an organization is shaped by how communication moves through it.

In digital health and organizational design, we often focus on tools, workflows, and efficiency. But Ellen reminded us that communication itself is part of the nervous system of an organization.

People can feel the difference between:
being managed,
and being communicated with in ways that support safety, clarity, dignity, and capacity.

Trauma-informed principles are not only clinical principles.
They are operational principles.
Leadership principles.
Communication principles.

And as organizations continue to evolve, I think one of the most important questions we can ask is:

What does communication feel like inside the systems we are building?

Thank you, Ellen, for helping us think more deeply about trust, leadership, and the human experience inside organizational systems.

If your work is similar to Ellen's, we would love to have apply to our next Systems and Signals Digital Health and Leadership Summit November 5th and 6th of 2026

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06/08/2026

Beautiful crew from last nights Somatic Art Lab with .anufrench

06/07/2026

Sold out crew at Somatic Art Lab!
Look out for our next one August 30

06/06/2026

I officially completed my certification through the Polyvagal Institute this week, and honestly, it feels less like “finishing a program” and more like gaining language for things I’ve been noticing in humans, systems, leadership, technology, and care for a very long time.

One of the biggest takeaways for me:
People are not “resistant” nearly as often as they are dysregulated, overwhelmed, unsupported, or operating inside systems their nervous systems do not experience as safe.

That changes how I think about:

* digital health
* leadership
* communication
* product design
* wellness spaces
* community building
* conflict
* pacing
* trust

Polyvagal Theory continues to deepen my understanding that safety is not just an emotional idea.
It is physiological.
Relational.
Systemic.
Behavioral.
Embodied.

And honestly, in the middle of everything happening in the world right now, I think this work matters more than ever.

Grateful for the conversations, frameworks, and humans inside the PVI community who are helping bridge neuroscience, compassion, systems thinking, and human connection in ways that actually feel usable in real life.

Now integrating all of this even more deeply into the work I’m building through Integrate, somatic UX conversations, digital health strategy, and trauma-informed systems design.

The nervous system always tells the truth about the environments we create.

06/06/2026

Lately I’ve been noticing how many people are carrying emotional, cognitive, and sensory overload without many spaces that allow them to slow down without needing to perform wellness or productivity.

That’s part of why we created The Somatic Art Lab — a space to reconnect through sound, color, reflection, creativity, and nervous system pacing in a way that feels human and grounding.

This isn’t about optimizing yourself or creating perfect art. It’s about giving the body space to participate, regulate, create, and breathe alongside other people.

In trauma-informed work, healing doesn’t only happen through insight. Sometimes it happens through rhythm, sensory experience, co-regulation, and being in a room where your nervous system no longer has to brace quite so hard.

If you’ve been craving softness, creativity, spaciousness, or simply a slower pace lately, we’d love to have you there.

✨ The Somatic Art Lab
🗓 June 7
⏰ 4:30–5:45 PM

https://www.letsintegrate.live/book #/course/buy/14825/r/1505/loc/1628

06/06/2026