The Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) ‘snail model’ for breaking cycles of violence featured prominently in the Institute on facing collective shadows. See the STAR link for further information, but here’s the ‘snail model’ itself. There seemed to be agreement that it was a helpful guide to understanding all kinds of personal and collective traumas. Thanks to the STAR and Transforming (Healing) Historic Harms folks!