ANNA K
Vicarious Trauma Speaker/Coach
Bringing awareness to the hidden impact of trauma on the minds and bodies of those who serve others.
You Were Taught
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To stay calm under pressure.
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To think clearly in chaos.
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To keep moving when everyone else freezes.
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How to care for patients, protect strangers, make impossible decisions, and go back to work the next day as if nothing had happened.
But No One Ever Told You:
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You would replay conversations long after your shift ends.
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You would overthink decisions you used to make with confidence.
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You would tell yourself you're "fine" because that's what you've always done.
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You would keep functioning.
YOU WEREN'T TRAINED FOR THIS
YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE COPING..YOU WERE CHANGING
As a trauma nurse, I spent years caring for people on some of the hardest days of their lives. Like so many in healthcare and emergency services, I carried those experiences with me long after my shift ended. What I began to notice wasn't a lack of resilience.
IT WAS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
I didn't understand why there was such a disconnect between what I knew and what I felt. Outside of work, I was simply going through the motions. Life was taupe at best.
There was very little joy, but plenty of restlessness, irritability, the need to stay in control, and the constant pressure to get everything "right."
It wasn't until I began working with a coach that I finally understood what was happening.
WE WERE NOT WEAK or FAILING
Our minds were doing exactly what they were designed to do—trying to manage the unmanageable.
That realization became the foundation for my work: helping first responders and health care professionals recognize the effects of their job, understand what's beneath the surface and build a healthier way to cope.
I know this because I've lived in that world.
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