Human Stress 101: Our Nervous System in Overwhelm

Are you, your loved ones, your clients, or employees more stressed than ever? Are traditional techniques and tools no longer working?

Are you struggling with anxiety and overwhelm from political uproar, climate chaos, financial struggles, or world events?

Guess what? You’re probably having a completely healthy, sane response to unhealthy, insane circumstances! Here’s the thing – trauma isn’t just one horrific event. Trauma also comes from unrelenting stress like unrealistic workplace expectations or racism … or slow burns like ongoing pandemics and economic uncertainty.

Better understanding how humans evolved to respond to stress, and how our body’s genius keeps us safe, is eye-opening. It may change how you view yourself, other people, and the world in general! It may change how you think about stress, and how you manage it.

By the end of this engaging, one-hour course, you will:

• Know the reality of what trauma and stress are

• Understand basic relevant, recent science on the human stress response

• Be familiar with the 8 human responses to stress

• Gain a "socioecological perspective" on stress and trauma

This course is intended for multiple audiences: beginners and seasoned “helping professionals”, individuals and leaders, students and professors, BIPOC and white people, queer and cishet, and adults of all ages.