This is the second episode in a 4-part series on "Maintaining Serenity in Toxic Times." In this episode, Shamanic practitioner and teacher Dory Cote answers the following questions: • Dory, are we in what you would call a period of “toxic times” right now—especially here, in the United States? [0:32] • Why are these times more toxic than other times in recent history? [2:56] • In your shamanic opinion, what makes the energy of a place or a person toxic? [5:28] • You alluded to the current political environment in the United States. What about a “movement” or a political or armed uprising…what characterizes those as “toxic” rather than beneficial? And who gets to characterize that truth? [9:30] • Is there anything else you would like to add? [14:18]