Moral injury isn’t the event itself, but the way we get stuck trying to escape and avoid the pain of moral distress—only to find our core values feel out of reach, and our efforts to cope only deepening the disconnection.

In my podcast conversation with Lisa Marie Bobby, PhD, LP, LMFT, BCC at Growing Self, we discuss how individuals in high-stakes roles get stuck in moral injury when short-term strategies to escape and avoid further separate them from their values. We then discuss how integration practices to move from avoidance to deeper connection and meaning.