Episode 118: Humanize your Business with Katie Kurtz
“ How am I practicing personal attunement as I show up in the spaces I'm holding? How am I regulating my nervous system to offer co-regulation to the person I'm serving? How am I shifting my language and my communications? Notice, all of this is about me and self-exploration and then how I show up to others. ”
- Katie Kurtz , MSW LISW-S , The Everything Belongs Podcast
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Katie Kurtz, MSW LISW-S. Katie (she/her) is a subject-matter expert & integrative trainer who specializes in trauma-informed training and consultation that are inclusive and adaptable for all professions. As a licensed social worker & certified coach, she has spent the last 15 years specializing in trauma-informed care work across multiple disciplines and industries. Katie believes in honoring the origins of the approach while ushering it into a future that is inclusive for all industries and most importantly, doable so people can apply it into everyday practice. Katie is also the author of the reflective space holding tool, the Contain Card Deck© and host of A Trauma-Informed Future Podcast. Additionally, she is the co-chair of the State of Ohio’s Trauma-Informed Care Collaborative, Subject Matter Expert with the Integrate Network, and is invited to guest teach in various professional settings nationally and abroad. Her leadership and work has been awarded and internationally recognized within both the social work and coaching fields. Katie is a licensed independent social worker with supervision designation (LISW-S) in the state of Ohio, an Internationally Certified Coach with BYCA, and a trauma-informed 200hr registered yoga teacher. Katie lives as a guest on the land now known as Cleveland, Ohio with her partner and two dogs.
In today's episode, Madison and Katie speak on what is space holding and what is trauma-informed care, getting clients better results, adopting a human approach over a clinical approach, and including YOU and your scope of practice in your trauma-informed approach. They also discuss how to discern who is trauma-informed, Katie's "No's" in the coaching industry, why trauma-trained or aware is not the same as trauma-informed, and much more.
Katie also shares her experience of Madison's business program, Serve It Up, and the creation of a value-aligned and integrity filled business, and Madison invites you to come to Vision/Cast, the business workshop for heart-centered visionaries:
https://www.madisonmorrigan.com/visioncast
Join the Serve It Up, the 4-month business mastermind:
https://www.madisonmorrigan.com/serveitup
For Katie's free resources, toolkits, training and integration support visit: katie-kurtz.com
Become a trauma-informed facilitator and space holder. CULTIVATE cohort early bird enrollment is now open katie-kurtz.com/cultivate. Find Katie on Instagram here.
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In this episode, we talk about:
What is space holding and what is trauma-informed care?
Being safe in your own body as a practitioner, coach or space holder
How to slow down and get clients better results
Centering others in their own experience
Trauma-informed care as human, not clinical
What is "scope of practice" and how to honor your professional boundaries
A trauma-informed business includes you
Red, yellow and green flags in the coaching industry
Developing discernment when choosing coaches, facilitators and practitioners
Why Katie doesn't use the term "Safe Space"
Considering the role of oppression in our business and finding wise council
Katie's "No's" in the coaching industry
A call for more openness in between coaches and therapists
Why not all those who are "Trauma-trained" and trauma-informed
Katie's experience in Madison's Business Program, Serve It Up
Created a value-aligned and integrity filled business
Where to find more of Katie:
For Katie's free resources, toolkits, training and integration support visit: katie-kurtz.com
Become a trauma-informed facilitator and space holder. CULTIVATE cohort early bird enrollment is now open katie-kurtz.com/cultivate.
Find Katie on Instagram here.
