Shift Change: Healing Trauma One Tap at a Time (with Kara Kalin)

Dispatched & Dysfunctional

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The following episode includes emotional and trauma-related discussion that may not be suitable for all listeners. Discretion advised.

Kara Kalin is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified EMDR Therapist, and Founder of Shift Change, an online platform providing on-demand, EMDR-based mental-health support for workplaces and frontline professionals.

In this conversation:

• The hidden cost of workplace trauma — and how to fix it

• Why the right brain stores the charge and the left brain runs logic

• The 90-day window to prevent PTSD from taking root

• What “suppression culture is dead” really means

• How EMDR works — and why you can’t heal what you won’t feel

• A one-minute reset: breath, tap, and remind yourself “I’m safe right now.”

Kara’s mission is simple: make recovery accessible before burnout becomes identity.
Because healing isn’t weakness — it’s wisdom.

👉 Learn more or book a session at www.shiftchange.life
Follow Kara on Instagram & LinkedIn @karakalinhealing

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