In this excerpt from the Drawdown Learn Conference, indigenous author and attorney Sherri Mitchell suggests the unidentifiable pain and anxiety we sometimes feel is a sign of our interdependent connection to the natural world.

"What happens," Mitchell asks, "if instead of trying to suppress, reject, and avoid the discomfort that rises up within, we actually try to connect with it?"

To view the full conversation between Mitchell and Project Drawdown's Katharine Wilkinson, register for the free on-demand Drawdown Learn video here.