Mindful Planning

Mindful Planning is a peer-led workbook created to help you navigate systems that are not yet trauma-informed and may not understand what it takes to recover your mind from the impacts of adverse lived experiences.

Through 42 pages of trauma-informed education, practical care planning tools, patient rights and boundary scripts, and guided reflection, this workbook helps you understand your needs, prepare for important conversations and appointments, communicate more clearly, and make informed decisions about your care. You will learn how to regain your voice, recognize your choices, strengthen your personal empowerment, and advocate for the support you need.

Written by Washington State Trauma Informed Peer Support Specialist Jodie L. Knowles, Mindful Planning shares notes from lessons learned through lived experience, recovery, and navigating systems of care, so you don’t become another learning curve. This workbook is not about fixing what is wrong with you. It is about helping you find support regarding what has happened, identify what you need, and seek support that respects your humanity and provides effective, trauma-informed care, mindfully.