CONTENTS

Introduction: Waking Up in a World on Fire

A Note Regarding the Practices in This Book

A TIME TO BE FIERY

1 » THE PAST IS PRESENT

When the Trauma of Right Now Intertwines with the Trauma of Yesterday

2 » THE WISDOM OF AN ENRAGED GODDESS

Learning to Trust Our Anger

3 » EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY

Skills for Using Fire without Getting Burned

When You Encounter Horrible Headlines

Self-Love for a Part of You That Needs It Most

When Thoughts Scream: The Self-Love Approach to Calming Inner Critics and Overwhelm

PART TWO

A TIME TO BE TENDER

4 » WHAT THE SELF-LOVE MOVEMENT IS MISSING

5 » I CAN’T EVEN

When You Feel Like You’ve Got Nothing Left to Give

6 » THE BEAR WE MUST LEARN TO BEAR

The Guilt of Saying No

7 » ABOUT THAT MEDITATION PRACTICE YOU’RE KINDA SORTA SOMETIMES MAYBE DOING

Grounding: Body of Breath

Summoning Inner Resources

The Anxiety Interruption Tool Kit

A New Depression Inventory Checklist: From One Depression Survivor to Another

A TIME TO UNDERSTAND

The Healing Power of Theory

8 » THE DEFENDER AND THE SAGE

Emotional Intelligence in the Context of Active Traumatization and Oppression

9 » WHY WE HATE

Deepening Our Understanding of Implicit Bias

10 » THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF IDENTITY POLITICS

Why Embracing Who and What You Are Matters

Why Demographic Identity Awareness Belongs in Spiritual Culture

Heart Breathing

Rewiring Unconscious Bias

Reflecting on Our Origins: Atonement, Gratitude, and Going Forth

A TIME TO WORK IT OUT

11 » WHEN THEY COME AT YOU THE WRONG WAY

How to Not Absorb the Gift of Someone Else’s Awfulness

12 » WE GOTTA TALK

Navigating Difficult Conversations

13 » CALLED OUT OR CALLED IN?

Moving from Habitual to Intentional

14 » CUTTING THROUGH PRIVILEGE GUILT

Developing Discernment

Lovingkindness for All Your Inner Children

Acknowledgments

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