Episode notes
Episode Summary: In Episode 11 of The Inked Therapist, Del Knight explores one of the most pressing clinical questions of the current political moment: how do you stay informed without destroying your nervous system in the process? This episode covers the physiology of news overload and why the chronic scroll activates the threat response; credits the Black feminist, Indigenous, and abolitionist lineages that have long understood rest and regulation as tools of resistance; offers practical guidance for designing a sustainable information diet without disengaging; walks through somatic practices for before, during, and after news consumption; and reframes the scale and shape of political engagement as a nervous system question, not just a logistics one.
Topics Covered: Sympathetic nervous system activation · Cortisol and chronic stress · Window of tolerance · News overload research · BIPOC lineages of rest and resistance · Tricia Hersey and The Nap Ministry · Rest as resistance · Trauma organizing · Doom scrolling as hypervigilance · Information diet design · Orienting and grounding practices · Vagal nerve activation · Somatic discharge · Scale of engagement · Constructive journalism · Mutual aid and local organizing · Sustainable activism
Referenced Work & Resources: Tricia Hersey - The Nap Ministry
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Next Episode: Episode 12 — Rest As Resistance