PRAISE FOR SAFE & SOUND
"Safe & Sound offers a much-needed and timely conversation about a trauma-informed workplace as a human-informed workplace. Grounded in personal experience and vulnerability as well as research, Anita Roach invites readers to bravely tackle taboos and reimagine work and community. This powerful call to build organizations that honor our shared humanity is a must-read for leaders, HR professionals, and anyone committed to making work a safe and empowering space for all."
LUDMILA PRASLOVA, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, Âû | Author of The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work
"Safe & Sound provides a powerful foundation for meaningful employee well-being and organizational success. Anita masterfully weaves together why this work matters, what is necessary for trauma-informed change, and how small steps today can create lasting impact. With compelling research, brave storytelling, and fresh perspectives, she highlights an urgent yet overlooked need in our complex world. Safe & Sound offers a bold, human-centric, trauma-responsive approach that redefines workplace well-being and paves the way for a more resilient future."
LUIS MIGUEL GALLARDO | Founder & President of the World Happiness Foundation | Author of Happytalisim
The days of expecting employees to check their humanness at the door are gone. In a world where over 70% of adults have experienced trauma, it is imperative we realize that trauma is affecting our employees, leaders, institutions, and organizations. Yet, when surveyed, most organization fall along the trauma-affected continuum - unaware or avoidant of these impacts. We must move to a trauma-informed, psychologically safe approach to our work environments, policies, practices, and procedures - for both employee and company well-being! Because the statistics are staggering (Click on the image for a full-size rendering):
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Despite a collective hunger for safety and the fact that 70% of people worldwide have experienced at least one traumatic event (and post-pandemic it's safe to say that number is closer to 100%), companies remain largely unaware of the impacts that trauma is having on their employees and their business. The bottom line is we simply cannot ignore this issue anymore. In Section 1 of Safe & Sound: Cultivating a trauma(human)-informed workplace, you'll learn the foundations of a psychologically safe and psychosocially secure workplace, what trauma is, how trauma response shows up, and the human and business cost for why tackling this work is so important. This awareness is foundational to beginning a Safe & Sound journey.
Acknowledgement
Acknowledging the pain and transformation that must occur to ensure these events subside is critical.
Advocacy
Transformation needs a champion
to unite, advocate, and align for
a Safe & Sound environment.
Agreement
Progress thrives on leadership commitment. Clear agreements foster accountability and psychological safety.
Analysis
Identifying gaps through focused analysis and employee input enables strategic plans aligned with Safe & Sound goals
Action
Action teams turn Safe & Sound goals
into reality, building trust through defined steps and collaborative efforts.
Adoption & Assimilation
Thoughtful integration and regular reflection and recognition on the progress makes sure that action creates results.
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ABOUT ANITA
Anita Roach is a consultant, strategist, author, and organizational systems advisor who helps mission-driven organizations strengthen the structures that support their people and sustain their work. Drawing on three decades of experience across corporate, nonprofit, education, healthcare, and AEC sectors, she brings a unique ability to see the invisible forces shaping organizational culture — the systemic patterns, relational infrastructure, structural fractures, and unspoken agreements that quietly drive harm at all levels.
Anita partners with leadership teams to clarify what is unfolding within their systems and why those patterns emerge, helping leaders see their organizations from a new perspective and empowering them to make meaningful, measured change.Anita is the author of Safe & Sound, a #1 Amazon new release and a foundational text for leaders seeking sustainable, human-centered culture transformation. Her work centers the belief that people can thrive at work only when the systems around them are clear, coherent, and designed to protect — not drain — human capacity. She combines a trauma-informed lens with deep systems thinking to help organizations reduce harm and build the conditions for long-term sustainability.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Diploma in Global Leadership from the United Nations-established University for Peace, and multiple professional certifications including Trauma-Informed Coaching, Chief Well-Being Officer, Holistic Health Coaching, Strengths Facilitation, and as a CultureTalk Partner.