Overview

We've become skilled at applying trauma-informed practices to our work with young people. But what about the adults doing this work? Teachers, youth workers, social workers, carers and support staff are wading through water daily, pretending we can do so without getting wet. This book challenges that assumption. Drawing on trauma theory and research, wellbeing science and two decades of frontline experience, Megan Corcoran makes the case that trauma-informed practice cannot be something we apply to others - it must be something we embody ourselves. Beyond Survival Mode offers a compassionate and practical roadmap for professionals working in trauma-affected environments. Through the NEST framework - Notice, Embed, Strengthen, Thrive - Corcoran guides readers beyond baseline coping towards genuine flourishing, even amid challenging work. This book illuminates how trauma exposure, unsafe team culture and systemic pressures compromise practitioner wellbeing, and what we can do about it. It's not another call for individual self-care; it's an invitation to reimagine what becomes possible when organisations create the conditions for adults to feel safe, valued and supported to do meaningful work together.

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Megan Corcoran is a trauma-informed wellbeing consultant, educator and writer, and the Founder and Director of Wagtail Institute. With nearly two decades of experience and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology, Megan works alongside schools, community organisations and youth services to strengthen staff wellbeing, culture and practice in environments shaped by trauma and chronic stress.

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