community
How Trauma Warps Our Capacity for Resilience
And how even communities meant to bring us together can tear us apart
healing
community
We Hear a Lot About Resilience. But How Does It Work in Practice?
"Resilience" might be a buzzword, but helping individuals build its skills requires group commitment and effort
community
Go Ahead and Overshare. It Might Give You the Answers You're Looking For
Why locking ourselves behind "social acceptability" might be undermining our resilience after disasters
community
Answering Love Rebels' Questions
Thinking more deeply about activism and myself as an activist in emergency management
community
If FEMA Goes Away, Could Communities Step Up?
Three books offer a vision of future disaster recovery – if we can come together in mutuality
community
Organizing in Community, Also When You Have No Experience
Stepping up isn't just about collecting training or experience. It's also about healing past trauma.
emergency-management
What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?
There's explaining why I want to get this degree. Then there's bleeding on the page.
emergency-management
Leadership, Trauma, and the Space for Connection Between Them
Rarely can we admit that our carefully crafted structures may not always be the right ones for the circumstances
community
What Does Intentional, Human Centered Disaster Response Look Like?
Nothing much can get done unless and until people feel safe, seen and heard before they can act effectively.
community
The Importance of Human Response to Systemic Failure
Trauma is arguably a part of life, but also arguably, hardship can be prevented from ever becoming trauma by loving care and compassion
healing
A reintroduction
We don't talk about what happens or how to manage when the losses keep piling on
community
Finding Community and Building Solidarity for Socially Exhausted Introverts*
If you're paying attention, you find the keys to all your future interactions