A review by lory_enterenchanted
Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good by Kimberly Ann Johnson

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective

3.5

I've been reading a lot about nervous system dysregulation and healing lately, and this was another angle on the topic. It reframed much of the information I already had encountered, in a way that was often quite lucid and helpful, plus a few new concepts. The one of these I'm still thinking the most about is that our bodies and nervous systems need to build capacity to hold a sympathetic "charge" (she calls this "predator energy") in order to meet our full potential. This is something I think I definitely need to do, although I am not sure that for me it is going to be by crawling on the floor and growling. The particular angle on women's issues was also relevant to me.