The Safe Space Podcast
The Safe Space Podcast is a place where children, teens, young adults, parents, educators, and mentors learn how to understand each other through compassion, clarity, and Christ-centered wisdom. Hosted by Malakai, a passionate youth advocate, mentor, minister, and educator, this podcast dives into the emotional world of young people and helps adults create environments where kids feel seen, heard, safe, and supported.
The Safe Space Podcast
"The Adults in the Room: When Our Triggers Meet Their Trauma"
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Sometimes the hardest part of working with children isn’t their behavior — it’s what their behavior brings up in us.
In this deeply reflective episode of The Safe Space Podcast, I, Malakai, explore what happens when our unresolved triggers collide with a child’s trauma. Why do certain behaviors feel personal? Why do some moments hit harder than they should? And how can self-awareness transform the way we respond?
This episode challenges educators, mentors, caregivers, and leaders to examine their own emotional responses, regulate before correcting, and break cycles instead of repeating them. Because when trauma meets trauma, someone has to be grounded — and that someone is the adult in the room.