Mindi Counts, executive director of Inner Ocean Empowerment Project and the founder of Medicine People has been mentoring fellow leaders, healers, and teachers for over a decade and reports that this trend is undeniable. In fact, when asked why she thinks there aren’t more people taking an active role in societal change she says, “because they are already maxed out by their own lives – it feels impossible for most people to tackle anything beyond their day to day hurdles. Let alone take on the greater, global challenges. That, combined with a lack of skills to self-regulate around everyday stressors, leads many people to shy away from getting involved in what is happening beyond their own small worlds.”