Content warning: This episode contains discussions of trauma and suicidality. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know has concerns about suicide, one resource is the National Suicide Hotline which you can learn more about here: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

In this episode we talk to designer, researcher, business owner, and mom Melissa Eggleston about trauma. How should it inform design? What is a B-Corp and how can they make it easier to for companies to behave in a way that is more trauma-informed? How do we need to attend to our own trauma before we can help others? And much, much more.

Recommended content from this episode:

Books
Deep Work  by Cal Newport
The Empathetic Workplace  by Katharine Manning

Websites
Solutions Journalism Network story tracker
Good News Network
BBC News
Al Jazeera
Resources for Trauma-Informed UX Design
AO3 (Archive of Our Own)
B Lab Global Site

Podcasts
Brené Brown with Dr. Shawn Ginwright on The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves

Movies
The Breakfast Club

Our intro and outro music is "Humbug" by Crowander