As a leader, educator, parent, partner, or anyone who interacts with other humans on a regular basis (i.e., all of us), an understanding of the ways that our nervous systems are shaped by stress, trauma, and relationships and how they directly influence our behaviors can help us shift from a stance of judgment and blame to one of compassion and curiosity. When we move from interpreting unskillful behaviors as character flaws to seeing them as symptoms of dysregulation and unmet needs, the way we interact with others (and ourselves!) can change.