Kate Woodsome is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and founder and director of the Invisible Threads Impact Lab, building the human and relational capacity democracy depends on. Kate is also the the Royden B. Davis, SJ Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, Dept. of Culture, Communication and Technology.

For two decades, Woodsome reported and led global news teams for Voice of America, Al Jazeera English, and The Washington Post, covering upheaval from Cuba to Cambodia, Hong Kong to Washington, DC. Reporting on the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack left her with complex PTSD and a visceral understanding of how trauma is a cause and effect of polarization. After her team won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, she left traditional journalism, unwilling to perpetuate a culture that treats trauma as the price of truth. 

In this episode, we discuss the link between our collective nervous system and democracy. Kate also shares practical insights on fostering civic resilience, and she shares a preview of her talk at the upcoming Polyvagal Institute International Gathering. 

Kate is one of our keynote presenters at the upcoming conference, in which we'll explore the theme: Navigating Conflict with a Resilient Nervous System. Virtual and in-person tickets are available here. 

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