Negotiating the ‘Triggers’ of Place

And the Importance of Positive Memories

Chuck Wolfe
4 min readMar 1, 2024

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The Greenhouse of the Mind. Charles R. Wolfe photo.

Are you feeling triggered by a place?

I may not be an expert in environmental psychology, but I’ve thought and written a lot about how certain places can deeply affect our emotions. They can bring back memories that are closely tied to our identities and our met (or unmet) goals. They can amplify feelings of…

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Chuck Wolfe

Charles R. Wolfe founded the Seeing Better Cities Group in Seattle and London to improve the conversation around how cities grow and evolve across the world.