Trauma exposure is often associated with blue-light services or clinical roles, but the reality of emotional labour is far wider. In this episode of Trauma Informed Conversations, host Jessica Parker sits down with mental health and suicide prevention consultant Christine Clark to discuss the "quiet weight" carried by those in everyday professions.

From catering kitchens to recycling centres and call centres, the conversation explores how "ordinary" roles often involve absorbing months or years of a person's turmoil. Christine and Jessica challenge the expectation that burnout is "normal" and highlight the physical and psychological toll of staying "steady" for others without receiving containment in return.

This episode is an invitation to rethink where trauma shows up and a reminder that being affected by your work doesn't make you weak—it makes you human. It offers a space to acknowledge the stories we hold and the necessity of human connectivity in finding a way through.

Guests

Christine Clark is a mental health and suicide prevention consultant, trainer, and facilitator with over two decades of experience in the field. As the founder of Koru Consulting Ltd, she leverages her unique professional background—having originally trained and worked as a chef for many years—to explore how trauma and emotional pressure manifest in diverse, "non-traditional" sectors like catering, waste management, and call centres. A Master ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) Trainer, Christine specialises in moving organisations beyond "part of the job" mentalities to foster psychologically safe environments grounded in human connectivity and the "permission to talk".

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