How to re-find your courage and make radical change right now
summary
Claims that rest and justice are inseparable and that trauma happens when stress exceeds coping drive a practical playbook: name your feelings (use a feelings wheel), carve real set boundaries (shutdown times, protected routines), and reclaim control by choosing what you can influence. Use the triangle of values + expertise + influence to focus advocacy, apply self-affirmation (recall concrete past risks taken) to blunt defensiveness, and build time and support for integration so sustainable change and post‑traumatic growth become possible.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:18Why this talk matters now
- 6:44Self-care and justice are not opposites
- 13:11Understanding trauma in our work
- 21:44Self-care and community care are interdependent
- 24:18Naming your feelings at work
- 30:40Post-traumatic growth and reflection
- 35:16Burnout and the illusion of control
- 42:47Moral injury and workplace harm
- 46:24Advocating for change with clarity and courage
- 55:58Hitting reset on beliefs and normal
- 58:31Q&A on psychological safety and guilt
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