SELF-PACED ONLINE TRAINING
The Fundamental Building Blocks of Trusting Relationships
Trust is built when we feel safe with each other—and safety begins with emotional regulation. This foundational course explores how self-awareness and regulation create the conditions for stronger relationships, psychological safety, and effective leadership.
Course Details
At the heart of every trusting relationship lies psychological safety—and one of the most powerful ways we create that safety is by being a presence others feel comfortable connecting with. This course focuses on the core skills that make this possible: self-awareness and emotional regulation.
As companies grow and face new challenges, leaders who can manage their emotions effectively stand out for their dependability and ability to steer teams through uncertain times. Emotional regulation is more than simply noticing our feelings—it’s the practice of shaping how we respond. The language of regulation is the language of safety: when we are regulated, we not only support ourselves, but we also create an environment where others feel safe to connect, collaborate, and thrive.
Checklists and scripts can only take us so far. Without regulation, even the best strategies for building relationships fall short. But when we are emotionally and physically grounded, we unlock our highest potential for creativity, decision-making, communication, and focus. This course offers simple, accessible practices that help you return to regulation in real time, so interactions with colleagues and teams remain healthy, consistent, and productive.
Participants will leave with an understanding of regulation and dysregulation in the body, a toolbox of easy-to-use regulation practices, and strategies for navigating interactions when others are operating from a dysregulated state. These skills form the foundation of trust—because the most powerful tool you bring to your workplace relationships is yourself.
Who Is This For?
Course Outline
Meet Your Facilitator
kim van ryn
Trauma-informed leadership & neurodiversity expert
Kim Van Ryn
Kim (she/her) started her career as a Child and Youth Worker in foster and adoptive care, developing skills and gaining education in trauma and attachment theory. After a short break from the human services field, she returned to work in day services with adults with neurodiversities and found her true calling. Over the past years of professional development Kim has attained her BA in Human Services with honors, and her Trauma-Informed Care and Counselling certificate. She is continuously mentored to communicate more deeply with non-speaking people. Kim now offers therapeutic support to people with neurodiversities who have experienced emotional trauma.
With her team, Kim opened the doors to Branching Out Support Services in 2019 which supports people across the age span who live with developmental disabilities and neurodiversities.
What People Are Saying
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The skills I learned on self-regulation have helped me at work and at home with my family. Recognizing when something's going on that's making me not behave at my best has taught me to pause so I can respond instead of react.
TRAINING PARTICIPANT
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Learning the mindset shift of asking "What's happening?" instead of "What's wrong?" has changed that way I interact with everyone, and especially with myself. Thank you.
Training participant
Frequently Asked Questions
This course is self-paced and will be available immediately at TheExpertTalk.com upon purchase.
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Completion certificates are not available at this time.
No refund or credit is provided once the course has been purchased. It is up to the participant to go through the material at their own pace. If you are unsatisfied with the material, please contact us using our contact form.