Stress nation is a term we can coin to describe our lives in the United States. A pandemic, political upheaval and the challenges of connectivity in modern life have ramped the pressure up to be the perfect storm.

If thought forms from the masses of collective consciousness were visible, would they look like big black clouds swirling with dense, electrical energy? Collectively it seems, our fear drives us to find safety and in anger we seek power and control.

On this larger scale, we are a nation in need of healing. There is only so much we can consume, so much medication we can take and only so many operations we can undergo using our allopathic medicine model alone to deal with our anxiety, depression and trauma.  

With 70% of adults in the U.S. having experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives, that’s 223.4 million people. Consider that trauma is a risk factor in nearly all behavioral health and substance use disorders. 

In the United States, a woman is beaten every 15 seconds and a forcible rape occurs every 6 minutes. More than 33% of youths exposed to community violence will experience PTSD.

How can we better support our traumatized, stressed nation, as the macrocosm? Experientially through the exploration of Psychology and complementary healing practices drawing from a wider range of treatment options.

We do it by starting with ourselves, as the microcosm and proactively seeking ways we can holistically heal our stress, anxiety and trauma. Especially our trauma.