Caring Essentials Collaborative

Changing the Narrative: Language, Bias, and the Power of Words in Care

Words matter.
They shape experiences.
They influence relationships.
They carry assumptions, histories, power, and possibility.

And in healthcare — especially in perinatal and neonatal spaces — language can either deepen shame and disconnection or foster dignity, trust, and healing.

I’m honored to share an upcoming webinar hosted by the Family-Centered Care Taskforce: Stigmatizing Language: Changing the Narrative

🗓 May 14th

⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

💻 Free Webinar

This important conversation brings together an incredible panel of clinicians, educators, advocates, and leaders exploring how stigmatizing language impacts patients, families, and healthcare culture — and what it means to intentionally create more compassionate, equitable, and trauma-informed communication practices.

The panel includes:

- Veronica Barcelona

- Jessi Barnes

- Rose Horton

- Adrienne McIntyre

- Cheniqua Morales

This conversation feels deeply aligned with the ongoing work of trauma-informed developmental care, relational health, and the recognition that language is never “just words.” The way we speak about people — parents, babies, colleagues, communities, ourselves — shapes the environments we create and the care we deliver.

Together, we can begin shifting from labels and assumptions toward curiosity, dignity, belonging, and shared humanity.

If this speaks to you, I hope you’ll join us.

Registration is free.

📲 Scan the QR code in the flyer below to register and learn more.

This guy is such a brilliant writer, thinker, and doer. Injustice requires action!! We the people are the heat, the pressure and the changemakers!!

I Filed for Roberts’s Disbarment. Then This Happened. This nation is hungry for justice.

What if healing doesn’t require forgiveness?

What if it begins with something even more foundational…

Dignity.

Dignity is not something we earn.
It is something we carry—always.

And when it is violated, our bodies know.
Our hearts know.
Our stories hold the imprint.

But here’s the shift that changes everything:

➡️ We can name what was violated.
➡️ We can validate our own experience.
➡️ We can reclaim our dignity—whether we forgive or not.

Because healing isn’t about excusing harm.
It’s about no longer being defined by it.

From “this was done to me” → to “this is how I choose to live forward.”

That’s where freedom begins.

I hope you enjoy this incredible episode of The Dignity Lab podcast: Dignity, Trauma, and Leadership in a Hurting World with Staci Olister and Mary Coughlin

LISTEN IN: https://thedignitylab.com/dignity-trauma-and-leadership-in-a-hurting-world/