Join Lyn in a deeply thoughtful conversation with David Young, a collective integration facilitator, mindfulness teacher, and leadership coach with over 20 years of experience in leadership development and trauma-informed systems change. Together, they explore how trauma—both personal and collective—shows up as "undigested past" that shapes our achievement culture and survival mindset. David offers a current definition of trauma, explains how patterns from generations ago live in our bodies today, and reveals how collective healing happens through listening, belonging, and the courage to feel what we've been avoiding. They discuss the intelligence of anger (when properly witnessed and integrated), why "being triggered" might actually be an invitation to heal, and how moving toward excellence and effectiveness ultimately leads to the same place as moving toward healing. This episode arrives as a gentle invitation to slow down, settle in with your favorite cuppa, and open to new pathways beyond old patterns rooted in collective trauma and undigested history. Whether you're seeking greater effectiveness in your work or deeper healing in your life, this conversation offers profound insights into how they're ultimately the same journey.

Exhaustion has become the quiet epidemic of our time, often prompting people to seek relief… when what they really need is renewal.

In each episode, we explore how to recognize when you’re settling for short-term relief, why true renewal can feel risky in a culture of constant striving, and how coherence — the partnership of regulation and restoration — helps us live from a greater sense of wholeness. You’ll also find reflection questions and micro-practices to help you move from escape to restoration and begin reclaiming your capacity for real contentment.

🌿 The Peaceful Achiever practices the attunement that allows them to notice, discern, and distinguish between relief and renewal. Through that practice, they come home to wholeness — expanding their capacity for true contentment.