Inner Trackers Journal
This journal documents the making of Tracking Triggers: From Reactivity to Responsiveness, sharing excerpts, diagrams, and questions as the book takes shape.
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From the Editing Trail: Naming What the Body Holds
Archive won. It names a place where things are stored and recovered. Reservoir felt too utilitarian. Depths describes a quality, not a location.
Empathy and the Art of Tracking: How Mediators Follow the Trail of Emotion
Like the San trackers of the Kalahari—who can read a landscape that appears empty to the untrained eye and find the animal that passed through hours before—mediators learn to read the emotional terrain of conflict. We listen for more than words. We follow the subtle spoor of tone, posture, silence, and story to discover what's really alive beneath the surface. We track it to its source.
Author's Note & Revised Introduction
Two significant additions are being made based on reader feedback about cultural appropriation, credit to the San people, and historical context for my South African background.
When ‘Then’ becomes ‘Now’
A trigger is a disproportionate reaction in the present, activated by something unintegrated from the past.
Reading the Opening Track
As I return to the Introduction of Tracking Triggers, I'm paying attention to what still feels alive—and what I'm uncertain about.
Welcome to the Inner Trackers Journal
This journal documents the making of Tracking Triggers: From Reactivity to Responsiveness.