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Practicing Self-Care Within a Culture of Pushing Through

A few months ago, my wife had a minor medical emergency. Any kind of medical emergency is scary—even more so during a time of rampant Covid spread. Even for symptoms unrelated to any upper respiratory illness, just the fact of

Kyren Epperson August 3, 2021August 5, 2021 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

How I Understand the Current Moment, and Where I Hope We Go from Here

I’m having trouble figuring out what to title this entry, because I don’t know what to call this current moment.  “Unrest” seems too small a word.  “George Floyd Fallout” (as I’ve seen it referred to in the news) seems both

Amy Jones June 4, 2020June 23, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Mindful Living in the Chaos of Covid-19

I’m someone who lives with a lot of anxiety more generally. As I half-jokingly tell my beginning students, it’s why I started meditating. It’s also why I started training in martial arts. But that’s not why I keep meditating; why

Kyren Epperson March 23, 2020March 24, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Two Common Pitfalls for Allies of Trans and Non-binary folks

Growing up, I used to hear people say, “I don’t see color.” When I was young I didn’t question it. At the time, it seemed like a useful way to convey that I like people for who they are, not

Kyren Epperson March 5, 2020March 6, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

The Neurobiology of Self-Defense, Part 2

This is the second of a two-part series on the neurobiology of self-defense. Part 1 focused on the fight/flight/freeze responses. This article will focus on the neurobiology of social interactions. The Neurobiology of Social Interactions Much of the following discussion

Amy Jones December 22, 2019 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

6 Ways to be More Supportive of Trans and Non-binary Folks

Let’s begin with a story: Someone in our life—maybe a friend, family member, or colleague—reaches out to us and tells us they’re transgender, non-binary, or genderqueer. “Ooh, I got this!” we think to ourselves. “I need to be an ally

Kyren Epperson November 19, 2019November 20, 2019 Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

The Neurobiology of Self-Defense Part 1

This is the first of a two-part series on the neurobiology of self-defense.  This post will focus on fight/flight/freeze responses, and how traumatic stress impacts those. Next time, I’ll talk about the neurobiology of social dynamics.

Amy Jones October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

The Value of Integrity

When Erin and I were identifying what would be the guiding values of Culture of Safety, we each contributed two.  Erin said that procrastination couldn’t be one of them (they asked me to write this article a month ago), so

Amy Jones October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

The Role of Confidentiality in Cultivating Trust

As I begin to unpack part four of Brene Brown’s BRAVING inventory, “vault,” I realize it feels extremely personal. Why is this, I ask myself? All of the first three items (Boundaries, Reliability, Accountability) are—objectively speaking—no less personal. After all,

Kyren Epperson September 17, 2019 Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

Mindfulness for Everyday Safety

You might be asking yourself what does mindfulness have to do with safety or self-defense? After all, when we hear the word mindfulness, it often conjures ideas such as calm, awareness, being fully present, peacefulness and the like. Whereas, when

Kyren Epperson September 6, 2019November 10, 2019 Uncategorized No Comments Read more
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