There’s no doubt about it: We are living in stressful times.

I cannot get through a day without talking to a client about everything that is going on in our world. Topics like Russia invading Ukraine, living though a pandemic, last year’s insurrection, mass murders and shootings, racial and gender inequality, and terrorist attacks seem to be daily headlines. And that’s on top of important ongoing movements, like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, which finally forced us to confront sexual assault against women and police brutality and racially motivated violence.

These events and topics can trigger us, traumatize us, and even reopen deep wounds we thought had healed. This causes an unfathomable amount of stress.