Dr. Lucie Fielding joins us again! This episode is like a warm embrace. Lucie shares ways to soften, offer yourself compassion, and navigate collective trauma. Lucie takes Sarah through a de-armoring exercise for listening to and allying with your body’s protective responses. Lucie’s wealth of knowledge and generosity shines through (as well as her new love of latex)! Sarah tells Robin about the human giver syndrome at the end of the episode and shares a passage from Emily and Amelia Nagoski’s book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Additional resources and practitioners shared in this episode include: Gayle Rubin’s essay Thinking Sex, Amber Hollibaugh, Douglas Crimp’s essay How to be Promiscuous in a Pandemic, Kati Spiterothe, and Vanessa Carlisle’s radio show on KPFK, BODY POLITICS.