Our fall series starts with the tremendous wisdom &amp; research of Dr. Anna Lembke. Her latest book, Dopamine Nation, is all about the role dopamine plays in our lives and how we can, realistically, work to find balance amidst a world that is drenched in over-stimulation. Dr. Lembke offers a key to understanding so much of human behavior. We are thrilled to have her with us this week! To learn more about Future Tripping, Laura’s work, and The Trauma Stewardship Institute, or to email a question you&apos;d like Laura and her guests to respond to, please click <a href='https://traumastewardship.com/podcast/'>here</a>, or call 360-228-5804 anytime and leave us a voicemail.  And you can find us on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/futuretrippingwithlaura/'>here</a>.

Dustin Washington: Social Justice + Spiritual Consciousness + Human Solidarity

Do you know anyone who doesn’t feel overwhelmed right now? Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is an internationally renowned trauma expert and bestselling author of Trauma Stewardship and The Age of Overwhelm. She has helped people and systems, for over three decades, find their way through really hard times.  In this podcast, we will have conversations about what to do in the face of our overwhelm and how to do it, and we will be guided by listeners’ questions. Each week, Laura and a guest will discuss concrete strategies we can use to mitigate harm, cultivate our ability to bring our A-game to whatever we’re doing (or as close as we can get), and move beyond what can feel like permanent survival mode. Some weeks will be geared more towards adults, and others towards adolescents and anyone who loves, lives, or works with them. Together, we’ll focus on the merits of staying present, not missing out on today, and trying to avoid future tripping. We hope that Future Tripping will offer listeners insight into what is currently overwhelming them and tactical skills for both sustaining themselves and contributing, however much they’d like, to larger systemic and structural change.