Stress, Culture, and the Nervous System

We often think of stress as something personal — a problem to manage within ourselves. But stress isn’t just individual; it’s cultural. It’s built into the systems, schedules, and expectations that shape how we live and work.
In this issue of Wild Minnow Currents, we explore what happens when our nervous systems stay stuck in overdrive, how the body’s natural blueprint for balance can help us return to calm, and why our individual regulation ripples outward to create collective change.
Because while the world may keep shouting, our calm — and our choice to pause — is contagious.