We don’t get to go through life without pain. But in life, there are two types of pain we can choose: clean pain or dirty pain. Clean pain is the pain we encounter when we lean into truth, growth, and transformation. It is the pain of choosing integrity over comfort. Dirty Pain is the accumulation of suffering we experience from avoiding the clean pain. Let’s talk why (and how) to choose clean pain.

Assassinations, mass detainings, school shootings, rising polarization, and social media that floods us with it all in real time. Yes, danger exists right now. But so does safety, pleasure, and connection. And our nervous systems require safety, pleasure, and connection in order to survive and resist. I want to share 6 ways to build capacity & create safety in times of threat.