What is the health impact of the work we do in International Relations and Humanitarian Settings?

In this interview with Nicole Steward, MSW and author of the new book Radical Self-Care, we delved into how shock doctrines, global conflicts, media narratives, and disaster relief efforts impact not only everyday people but also those on the frontlines—doctors, crisis responders, soldiers, diplomats, peacemakers, activists, journalists, and political leaders.

We explored how racial, economic and social systems, along with work environments, thrive on people working in survival mode and how conditions like vicarious trauma, moral injury, burnout, compassion fatigue, ptsd and depression affect the health and decision-making of those of us driving change.

We uncovered simple yet powerful approaches to radical self-care and liberation pedagogies, aimed at fostering both personal and collective healing as well as systemic transformation.

Nicole is a social worker with more than two decades working in foster youth services, rape crisis, juvenile justice, and in education as a behavior intervention specialist, and foster youth/homeless youth liaison. She is a certified yoga instructor and author of the new book Radical Self-Care for helpers, healers and changemakers.

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Recommended links to this episode:

• Nicole Steward Website
• Radical Self-Care for Helpers, Healers, and Changemakers
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