How many times a day are you provoked, goaded, inflamed? Maybe you read a headline, overheard a conversation, or saw something on social media that REALLY got to you. Or perhaps you had a personal, direct interaction that you are still wrestling with, days later. Welcome to the Sea of Hyperarousal. Hyperarousal is a physical
I don’t live in the Middle East. I’m not a congresswoman working in American politics. I wasn’t at the school that suffered a mass shooting the other day. I’m not a pregnant woman in Texas, unable to get a legal abortion. But I read about it, and I cared about it. I’m also not a
It was July 2020. I was facilitating a Zoom call with a client, a team whom I’ve trusted and loved for many years. Our topic that day was the murder of George Floyd and how this affected us, and what plans we should make to address it. I’m a white woman (yes, we were all