What Is Collective Trauma & Can We Heal It?

This is a short talk on collective trauma, the shared nervous system activation that builds when so many of us are carrying our own pain, anxiety, grief, and stress at once, inside a chaotic world. I look at what Peter Levine, who developed Somatic Experiencing, called the resonant field, the way our nervous systems constantly send and receive signals from the people around us. Then I offer a few doable ways we might begin to soften it, starting with your own healing and reaching outward through compassion and loving-kindness. The more we tend to our own nervous systems and share what steadiness we have, the more it can ripple out to others. *Please note: This talk discusses trauma and is not a replacement for professional mental health care.* ~ Katie