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Susan Magsamen makes her life at the frontier: the frontier of neuroscience, of institutional change, of the intersection of art and science. Her's is a life full of wisdom for how to live amongst mystery and befriend complexity.Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:spontaneous "you are my sunshine" (02:00)T. S. Eliot (08:00)implementation science (08:40)therapeutic recreation (11:00)Trabian Shorters and asset framing (15:00)Daniel Kahneman (16:00)neuroplasticity (22:30)Howard Gardner and Kurt Fisher and Mind, Brain, and Education Program at Harvard (26:15)Karl Alexander (27:30)Curiosity Kits (28:30)NeuroArts (32:00)Gileadby Marilynne Robinson (36:00)more than scientific knowledge (38:00)"Social Support and the Perception of Geographical Slant" (45:00)Resmaa Menakem (46:30)NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative (46:40)"Cirque du Soleil and the neuroscience of awe" on Vox (47:40)Global Watering Hole (51:30)Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards (52:30)Rachel Naomi Remen (56:30)Lightning Round (01:03:00)Book: Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonPassion: horseback ridingHeart sing: grandchildrenScrewed up: articulation in these timesFind Susan online:International Arts + Mind LabLogo artwork by Cristina GonzalezMusic by swelo on all streaming platforms or @swelomusic on social media

Welcome to the cypher! Audio Nuggets is where you will find a symbiotic force; both the heaviness of the air to breathe, and the light of freedom of liberation. Where human consciousness is alive. Each voice has a moment to spotlight their IT; their shine; their journey; their truth; their gold. And through the tenderness of love, we will aggressively claim our voice and own our right to humanity. We are blessed and honored to be joined by Dr. Resmaa Menakem for this episode, Reclaiming Humanity Tenderness.Embodied provocateur, multiple-levels thinker, and structural paradigm shifter Resmaa Menakem, is an author, agent of change, therapist, and licensed clinical worker specializing in racialized trauma, communal healing, and cultural first aid based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As the originator and leading proponent of Somatic Abolitionism, an embodied anti racist practice for living and culture building, Resmaa is the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions and the Cultural Somatics Institute and is an educator and coach. Working at the intersections of anti-racism, communal healing, and embodied purpose, Resmaa Menakem is the challenging yet compassionate coach we all need in this time of racial reckoning and near-global dysregulation.We can't explain what you're about to listen to. Jump in with tenderness and love for the people. It is our role to tend to things. This is a time to reclaim the things we have been thinking are unclaimable. Because there's a little bit more room now. The cultivation of glue. The glue of peoplehood. To learn more about Resmaa and the Black Octopus Society, visit resmaa and Black Octopus Society.This show is part of the SafeCamp Audio podcast network. Learn more at SafeCampAudio.org.

In this episode, host Rusty Stahl speaks with Aria Florant, co-founder and CEO of Liberation Ventures (LV), about navigating internal conflict within nonprofits. Aria shares her personal experiences and challenges in leading LV, particularly around issues of power dynamics and organizational culture. Liberation Ventures is a grantmaking intermediary that works toward reparations for slavery.Rusty and Aria talk about the complexities of power within nonprofits, including the need for leaders to acknowledge and mindfully wield their power. They also discuss the importance of creating a culture of repair, where conflict is addressed openly and proactively, and where staff members at all levels feel empowered.  This episode gives actionable insights for nonprofit leaders and funders, and advocates for greater investment in organizational wellness and practices that support healthy team dynamics. Tune in to hear how addressing internal issues is crucial not only for the well-being of staff but also for the overall effectiveness and impact of the organization.  You can find all the episodes of this podcast plus our blog, toolkit and other resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fundthepeople.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And we invite you to learn from all the amazing past guests of Fund the People - A Podcast with Rusty Stahl at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fundthepeople.org/ftp_podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.ResourcesLiberation Ventures: A Dream in Our Name, by Aria Florantwe will not cancel us, by adrienne maree brownBuilding Resilient Organizations, by Maurice MitchellThe Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, by Shawn A. Ginwright, PhDMy Grandmother's Hands, by Resmaa MenakemWhat it Takes to Heal, by Prentis HemphillElite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else), by Olúfẹ́mi O. TáíwòBuilding a Reparative Organization and Nation, by Aria FlorantLiberation Ventures_Building A Reparative Organization_Framework & ToolKarla MonterossoDr. Resmaa Menakem

Send us a textTransform your coaching practice with insights from Susana Rinderle, a transformational life and leadership coach, as she shares her unique perspective on coaching across color lines. Discover the depth of understanding gained from her experiences as a racially ambiguous, multicultural white person and her pivotal conversation with a colleague that reshaped her approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Susana opens up about the vital competencies needed to coach leaders from diverse racial backgrounds, emphasizing the importance of recognizing one's identity and positionality in creating impactful coaching relationships.Explore the intricate relationships between identity and coaching as Susana shares her journey of growing up in multicultural Los Angeles. We dive into the concept of being "transcultural" and how personal and professional experiences can shape identities beyond DNA or birth. Learn about the strategies Susana employs to bridge racial conversations with clients, fostering environments where open dialogue can flourish. Her approach, which includes gathering information on clients' racial, spiritual, and cultural identities, creates a foundation of understanding that enhances the coaching relationship and leads to meaningful outcomes.Unpack the complexities of power dynamics within coaching relationships, particularly for white coaches engaging with marginalized communities. Susana discusses her path to understanding privilege, inspired by thinkers like Robin D'Angelo, and stresses the importance of creating safe spaces for client feedback. With recommended readings like "Caste" by Isabel Wilkerson and "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem, this episode invites reflection on the necessity of trauma-informed coaching. Susanna's insights encourage coaches to acknowledge their identities and embrace the awkwardness of these critical conversations, ultimately leading to genuine and transformative client interactions.Watch the full interview by clicking here.Find the full article here.Learn more about Susana here. Grab your free issue of choice Magazine here - https://choice-online.com

We are BACK the cypher! Audio Nuggets is grateful and humbled to be joined by Rev. angel Kyodo williams for this Black History '25 anchor episode- Healing Race.Rev. angel Kyodo williams is a visionary author, strategist, founder of Transformative Change, and architect of the audacious Healing Race Portal. Called “one of our wisest voices on social evolution” by On Being's Krista Tippett, Rev. angel is the second Black woman to hold the most senior title in Zen Buddhism. Her 30 years of multi-dimensional work and practice have expanded the possibilities of personal and collective liberation. Ever since her critically acclaimed first book, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace was hailed as “an act of love” by Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker, Rev. angel has been bridging the worlds of transformation and justice. Her second book, Radical Dharma: Talking, Race, Love & Liberation, ignited communities, catalyzing practices and technology that became the laboratory for healing race.This episode is revelatory. This episode is radical. This episode is an experience you do not want to miss. The conversation explores Rev. angel's lifelong commitment to liberation and freedom, and deeply explores the Healing Race Portal. Rev. angel constructed the Healing Race Portal to facilitate the broadest possible passageway for people to return to our core nature as humans who want to belong. It is a global intervention to disrupt the harmful effects of racialization. Rigorous in discipline and rooted in love, Rev. angel applies wisdom teachings and embodied practice to intractable social issues. She was made for these times, and we are grateful to share the cypher with her!Interested in having a LIVE in-person experience of Healing Race Portal with Rev. angel??? You have a RARE opportunity. From MARCH 11th to the 14th, Rev. angel will be joined by special guest Dr. Resmaa Menakem, best-selling author, healer and trauma specialist, in Montgomery, Alabama. Together, they will prime and guide participants through the Legacy Museum, which powerfully documents our country's history of racial trauma. This is a 3-day journey, where you'll engage in the practices and methodologies architected by Rev. angel to heal the impacts of racialization on our bodies--meaning, your personal body, the collective body, and our relationship to the body of Earth. This HRP Live experience is not likely to happen again in this intimate, small-group format—so, if you feel called to it, go right now to healingraceportal.com to see if there are any spaces left and register for this profoundly transformative, in-person experience with Rev. angel and Dr. Resmaa Menakem.This show is part of the SafeCamp Audio podcast network. Learn more at SafeCampAudio.org.

This week on Everything You Didn't Know About Herbalism, we are celebrating our passion for plants in honor of Valentine's Day with the profoundly knowledgeable educator, author, “herbal matchmaker”, and Director of the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine, CoreyPine Shane (RH). Tune in as Thomas and CoreyPine explore how herbalist practitioners utilize matchmaking tools to recommend botanicals that align with a patient's unique health goals, as well as how nervines and adaptogens can help us adapt to external stressors we experience throughout our ever-changing and evolving world. Leaning on our plant partners through stressful events, such as the recent devastation and displacement caused by Hurricane Helene, is something CoreyPine is no stranger to. As a member of the Appalachian Herb Collective—a grassroots effort providing on-the-ground assistance to those directly affected by the catastrophe, CoreyPine understands the impact behind establishing connections with plants to help heal a community from the inside out. As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Send us an email at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover within the vast world of herbalism next. Learn more about CoreyPine below! ⬇

It's good to be back with you all. It's been a minute since we've had an episode. In this episode, Matt LaVine and Dwight K. Lewis Jr discuss the impact of the first three weeks of the second Trump administration on marginalized communities. They emphasize the importance of community, resilience, and activism as a response to the administration's actions. Dwight shares his personal experiences of grief and anger, highlighting the need for collective healing and resistance. Matt leads a discussion on the concept of white [patriarchal, heteronormative, capitalist] supremacist settler colonialism and its implications, urging white allies to recognize their role in the system and to support themselves, marginalized folx, and the community at large. Furthermore, Dwight and Matt discuss these concepts and the ways that they exist as an “organizing principle” continuously shaping our world. They also recommend resources like "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem and "Black Joy" by Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts for personal and community healing.

Trauma is a word we throw around so often these days it has lost its meaning. Healer, trauma specialist, and author Resmaa Menakem reorients our understanding of complex trauma, how it manifests in our body and how to move through it to move beyond it.GUEST:Chef Kristi Brown, co-owner of CommunionResmaa Menakem, somatic therapist, author of the new book The Quaking of AmericaINSTAGRAM:@thatbrowngirlcooks @resmaamenakem  LINKS:deartbt.comInstagram: deartbtTikTok: tonyatbtEmail: tonya@deartbt.com

Send us a textWhat if the path to your most authentic self requires letting go of who you used to be? Join the Lift One Self podcast as we welcome clarity coach and business strategist Dominiece Clifton for an intimate exploration of authentic transformation. Dominiece shares her journey through motherhood, entrepreneurship, and her role as a business doula, while unpacking the powerful concept of grieving your former self to embrace new possibilities.We dive deep into somatic practices like yoga and breathwork, examining their crucial role in healing for Black and Brown communities. Through personal stories, Dominiece illustrates how integrating mental and physical healing creates profound self-connection and spiritual alignment.Drawing from Resmaa Menakem's "My Grandmother's Hands," we explore choosing clean pain over dirty pain to break generational trauma cycles. Learn about practical tools for personal growth, including our Transformation University program for women entrepreneurs, combining strategic business guidance with somatic wisdom. This conversation bridges ancestral knowledge with modern business strategy, offering a holistic approach to personal and professional transformation.Learn more about Dominiece Clifton here:www.domrclifton.comSupport the showRemember, the strongest thing you can do for yourself is to ask for help.Please help us grow by subscribing to and sharing the Lift OneSelf podcast with others.The podcast intends to dissolve the stigmas around Mental Health and create healing spaces.I appreciate you, the listener, for tuning in and my guest for sharing.Our websiteLiftOneself.comemail:liftoneself@gmail.comFind more conversations on our Social Media pageswww.facebook.com/liftoneselfwww.instagram.com/liftoneselfWant to be a guest on the Lift OneSelf podcast message here on Podmatch:https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/liftoneselfMusic by prazkhanal

"How do we move forward with advocacy in these spaces where anger, grief, and politics seem so overwhelming?" The emotional toll of politics cannot be glossed over, and in my own life, I needed a whole new word for it. Angriefolitical explores the emotional collision of grief, anger, and politics, offering insights on how to navigate these charged conversations with empathy, self-awareness, and a commitment to collective healing. Links + Resources from this episode: Resmaa Menakem's work, The Quaking of America Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes' work Rest is Resistance – the Nap Ministry Become a Patron Connect with Mandy on Instagram

We are recording Season 3 of the Resilient Birth podcast. Meanwhile we have selected our favorite episodes for you. In this episode, Justine and Sarah interview Lacey Castilleja Fisher, a licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist. Lacey specializes in working with parents and parents-to-be who have experienced sexual trauma, as well as individuals dealing with a range of mental health issues. Lacey shares two quotes that resonate with her work: one by Natasha Trethewey about the importance of telling a story to heal from trauma, and another by Resmaa Menakem about the discomfort of healing. The conversation explores the power of storytelling, the use of sandtray therapy and expressive arts in therapy, and the personal experiences that led Lacey to her work. In this conversation, Lacey discusses how she creates safety in the sandtray experience. She emphasizes the importance of selecting diverse materials and figures, and speaking to the activating potential of the miniatures. Lacey also explains how she incorporates EMDR into sandtray therapy and adapts the practice for the perinatal population. She shares insights on finding and collecting miniatures, as well as the importance of open curiosity and not assuming the meaning behind a client's tray. The conversation highlights the power of storytelling and the versatility of expressive art therapy. Keywords: therapy, trauma, storytelling, sandtray therapy, expressive arts, perinatal trauma, birth trauma, EMDR, perinatal mental health, storytelling, expressive art therapy Takeaways Telling a story is an important part of healing from trauma. It allows individuals to process and integrate their experiences. But telling a story does not have to be verbal. Sandtray therapy and expressive arts can be powerful tools in therapy, providing a nonverbal and creative way for clients to explore and express their emotions and experiences. The journey of parenthood can bring up feelings of uncertainty and self-doubt, especially for individuals with their own trauma history. EMDR can be incorporated into sandtray therapy. Adapting sandtray therapy for the perinatal population involves gaining expertise in perinatal mental health and being thoughtful about the miniatures that represent the different feelings and experiences during the perinatal period. Open curiosity and not assuming the meaning behind a client's tray are important aspects of facilitating the therapy. Storytelling in sand tray therapy goes beyond verbal expression and includes the selection and creation of scenes in the tray. Sound Bites "No words are off limits. No stories are off limits." "The expressive arts and sandtray therapy allow different parts that are closed off to open up." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 01:24 The Power of Storytelling and Quotes 06:21Using Sandtray Therapy and Expressive Arts 10:00 Introduction to Sandtray Therapy 12:09 Working with Non-Verbal Parts and Sensations 17:01 The Process of Building and Creating in Therapy 21:47 Personal Experience and Trauma-Informed Work 27:28 Creating Safety in the Sandtray Experience 30:05 Incorporating EMDR into Sandtray Therapy 33:28 Adapting Sandtray Therapy for the Perinatal Population 36:28 Finding and Collecting Miniatures 39:36 Facilitating Open Curiosity 42:46 The Power of Storytelling in Sandtray Therapy On the Resilient Birth podcast, Justine and Sarah explore the impact of trauma across the perinatal period, from trying-to-conceive to pregnancy, from childbirth to postpartum and parenting. Through an inspirational quote that drives our weekly conversations about trauma and healing, Justine and Sarah explore topics such as birth trauma, parenting as a survivor, and finding healing with vulnerability and compassion that support birthing people and birth professionals. Each week, listeners leave with takeaways to utilize in their lives and/or clients. Justine and Sarah hold the stories they share with honor and respect with the hope to impart knowledge, increase understanding, and bear witness to this challenging topic. Sarah is a licensed mental health counselor, educator, and mom of three. She walks with a story of trauma from before and as a result of her perinatal experience. Justine supports survivors of trauma through perinatal coaching and childbirth education. As well as being a mother of three, she holds a Ph.D. on representations of consent and sexual violence. Learn more about Sarah and Justine's course called Trauma Informed Fundamentals here: https://resilient-birth.mykajabi.com/traumainformedfundamentals Lacey Castilleja Fisher, LPC-S, RPT-S, PMH-C, is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and a Certified Mental Health Professional with a mental health private practice in southwest Austin. Lacey has worked in a variety of settings including in a Children's Advocacy Center to provide counseling to children that experienced sexual abuse and their families, and she decided to take the experience she had there and apply it to private practice. She built her practice around supporting children and adults that had experienced sexual abuse/assault and found a passion working with parents and parents to be when their sexual trauma was activated in the perinatal period. This led to Lacey learning as much as she could about perinatal trauma, pregnancy and infant loss, NICU trauma and fertility struggles. Lacey finds that the parents she works with respond well to EMDR, IFS and sandtray therapy at her counseling practice. Lacey has served as the Clinical Director for the Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of Texas and now serves on their advisory board. Lacey has shared this article with us about sand tray therapy (https://wjstp-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/wjstp/article/view/25), as well as an upcoming workshop she is hosting called "Storytelling in the Sand: Using Sandtray Therapy to Cope with Perinatal Trauma and Loss: http://www.openheartcounselingatx.com/store/p2/storytellinginthesand.html.

Welcome to our season 9 finale, this generous, vulnerable conversation with Hoffman grad, Kevjorik Jones, and host, Drew Horning. There are many reasons why people come to the Hoffman Process — as many reasons as people who have graduated from the Process. Kevjorik, a self-described consummate student of the human condition, came because he felt he was falling short. He was aware of the powers and opportunities he had. He was aware of the great relationships in his life. And yet, Kevjorik sensed he was falling short of living up to all he sensed he could become. In October 2024, Kevjorik completed his Process at the Guest House, the Hoffman Retreat Site in Chester, CT. Nature and the labyrinth on site provided a lot of healing. Rising early in the morning, Kevjorik would walk the labyrinth. One morning, he entered the labyrinth feeling shame. He emerged feeling connected to his child within. The beauty of this conversation lies in the generous stories Kevjorik shares with us. He offers stories of his childhood, the trauma he experienced, and the courage he found to do the deep work of the Process to heal the pain of his past. We hope you enjoy this moving, enlightening, uplifting conversation with Kevjorik and Drew. Thank you for listening to the Hoffman Podcast. We will be back for season 10 in early 2025. Happy New Year! More about Kevjorik Jones: Kevjorik is a real estate finance professional based in Washington, DC. From a young age, he developed a profound curiosity about the human spirit, the nature of existence, and the pursuit of enlightenment. Raised in a broken home, his adult life has been devoted to understanding the lasting impacts of social suppression—shaped by colonialism, racism, and polarization—on community, family, and personal achievement. During college, Kevjorik founded an organization to teach students entrepreneurial skills while pursuing careers in technology and real estate. Around this time, he discovered a spiritual connection to his African roots when he traveled to Ghana, West Africa. There, Kevjorik deepened his curiosity about the consequences of being uprooted and the maladaptations that emerge from being disconnected from one's origins through this experience. Today, Kevjorik is focused on village-building as a solution to the challenges posed by the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) parenting model, which isolates the individual from the collective whole. He believes that fostering interconnected communities can alleviate these strains. Kevjorik is blessed to have met his soulmate, now his wife of 15 years, just before his trip to Ghana. Together, they have built a loving family of four and a supportive network of like-minded individuals committed to growth, healing, and mutual care. Kevjorik's relationships have been deeply affected by the legacy of his childhood trauma. This eventually led him to the Hoffman Process. Before embarking on his Hoffman week, Kevjorik's primary goal was to break free from limiting thoughts and behaviors. Patterns of self-doubt and indecision had kept him from fully embracing life. Kevjorik has integrated tools from the Process into his daily life. He is committed to keeping his heart open, loving deeply, and living in alignment with his true purpose. Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevjorikjones/ As mentioned in this episode: Rancho La Puerta Watsu Healthy Deviant George Floyd and the Summer of 2020 Protests My Grandmother's Hands, by Dr. Resmaa Menakem •   Epigenetics •   Intergenerational trauma Somatic Therapy Functional Nutrition Tapping World Summit - •   Meridian Tapping The Great Migration Surrogate Parents in the Process: Working with people/groups who were like our parents. In Kevjorik's case, these were his Grandmother/Aunt and the church. Inner Child / Parenting Attachment Styles Labyrinth Wade in the Water

Chapter 1:Summary of My Grandmother's Hands"My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies" by Resmaa Menakem explores the deep-seated impact of racial trauma on individuals and communities. The book emphasizes how experiences of racism are not only psychological but also embodied, manifesting in the body's muscle memory. Menakem draws on his background as a trauma therapist to address the importance of understanding the racialized trauma that has been passed down through generations.The book is structured around the concepts of trauma, resilience, and healing, focusing particularly on the differences in how white people, Black people, and police experience and process trauma. Menakem highlights the need for somatic practices—those that engage the body—as a means to understand and heal from these traumas. He advocates for a communal approach to healing, urging readers to engage in self-reflection, listening, and empathetic dialogue to foster deeper connections and understanding across racial lines.Overall, Menakem's work calls for recognition of the historical context of racial dynamics, and it offers pathways toward healing that embrace both individual and collective experiences. The book serves as both a guide for personal growth and a call to action for social change, advocating for a future where healing from racial trauma is embraced and pursued collectively.Chapter 2:The Theme of My Grandmother's Hands"My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies" by Resmaa Menakem is a profound exploration of the impact of racial trauma on individuals and communities, along with pathways toward healing. Here are some key plot points, character development aspects, and thematic ideas from the book: Key Plot Points:1. Introduction to Racial Trauma: Menakem introduces the concept of racialized trauma, explaining how the impacts of systemic racism have been passed down through generations, affecting both Black bodies and white bodies differently.2. Mind-Body Connection: The author emphasizes the importance of the connection between body and mind, demonstrating how trauma is stored in our bodies and how it can manifest in various physical and psychological symptoms.3. Personal Narratives: Through personal anecdotes and stories, Menakem illustrates how his own experiences with racism and trauma shaped his understanding of healing. He shares memories of his grandmother and their connection, using this relationship to symbolize deeper cultural and historical ties.4. Healing Practices: The book elaborates on specific practices, such as somatic experiencing, mindfulness, and embodying empathy, which can aid individuals in processing trauma and moving toward healing.5. Call to Collective Healing: Menakem stresses that individual healing must also be complemented by collective awareness and action to address systemic racism and promote a healthier society. Character Development:- Resmaa Menakem: The author uses his own life and experiences as a lens through which to explore racial trauma. His development involves recognizing the depth of trauma he has inherited, seeking healing, and becoming an advocate for others to do the same.- Cultural Figures: Throughout the text, Menakem invokes ancestral figures (like his grandmother) to give context to his journey and emphasize the importance of heritage in understanding personal and communal trauma.- Communities: The development of the communities discussed in the book reflects a spectrum of experiences with trauma, resilience, and opportunities for healing. Menakem invites readers to see themselves in these communities and consider their own roles in the healing process. Thematic Ideas:1. Intergenerational Trauma: Menakem delves into how...

What if unlocking a deeper connection with yourself and your partner was a skill you could cultivate?    In this episode, we explore the intricate world of Tantra with the knowledgeable Shiva J, a certified Tantra Educator and transformative empowerment coach. With a diverse background encompassing Kundalini Yoga, somatic bodywork, life coaching, and more, Shiva J guides us through the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding Tantra. Delving into its roots, we discuss the multifaceted aspects of Tantra and explore how it can be a powerful tool for healing and transformation.   Shiva J sheds light on the different forms of Tantra, exploring how it can enhance intimacy in relationships, along with providing a glimpse into a new dating experience known as Tantra speed dating. You will also discover a brief guided Tantric breath exercise that you can begin using today. Tune in for an exploration into the world of Tantra where ancient wisdom meets modern understanding.   “Tantra is the art and ritual of falling in love with yourself” - Shiva J You're going to leave this episode with…   What tantra is and what it isn't   Ways in which Shiva J has used tantra to help transform his clients lives   How tantra can build more intimacy with your partner   Is tantra just sex?   The danger of tantra   What trauma is and different ways people experience it   How Tantra will allow you to love yourself more   Examples of every day people who would use tantra   The difference between white tantra and red tantra   How teaching men and women differs in tantra and which sex Shiva J finds harder to work with   What tantra speed dating is and how it compares to modern online dating   The Manhood Experiment of the week that will leave you with a Tantric breath exercise you can do right now   ---   Leave a Review: 
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Matthias Roberts is a queer  psychotherapist (in Washington State) and the author of both "Holy Runaways:Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion" and "Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms". He is one of my favorite friends I met in graduate school, a human deeply committed to connection and curiosity,  and someone who I deeply admire. With Matthias, I feel a sense of belonging and openness to understanding the world and holding space for that curiosity which is so threatening elsewhere. Rebecca W. Walston is an African American lawyer, who also holds a MA Counseling, an all around boss babe. Rebecca runs a Law Practice and serves as General Legal Counsel for The Impact Movement, Inc.  She is someone who fiercely advocates for others freedom and healing. She is a dear friend and colleague, who anyone would be lucky to spend a dinner with talking about almost anything.Trigger Warning: Proceed only if you are comfortable with potentially sensitive topics.This is not psychological advice, service, or prescriptive treatment for anxiety or depression. The content related to descriptions of depression, anxiety, or despair may be upsetting or triggering, but are clearly not exhaustive. If you should feel symptoms of depression and/or anxiety, please seek professional mental health services, or contact (in Kitsap County) Kitsap Mobile Crisis Team at  1-888-910-0416. The line is staffed by professionals who are trained to determine the level of crisis services needed. Depending on the need, this may include dispatching the KMHS Mobile Crisis Outreach Team for emergency assessment. Speaker 1 (00:18):Welcome to the Rise podcast, conversations on faith, race, justice, gender, and spirituality. Today we're continuing our conversation on election humanity and politics. I have two guests today. I'm very excited about it. Matthias Roberts, who's a queer psychotherapist in Washington State, and the author of both Holy Runaways and Beyond Shame. Actually, he's one of my favorite friends I met in graduate school. I don't know if he knows that he's a human, deeply committed to connection and curiosity and someone I deeply admire with Matthias. I've always felt this sense of belonging and openness to understanding the world and holding space for that actual curiosity, which has seems so threatening elsewhere. So I want to thank Matthias for joining me and taking time out of his morning. And Rebecca Wheeler Walstead holds an MA in counseling an all around boss babe. Rebecca runs a law practice and serves as general legal counsel for the Impact movement, and she is someone who fiercely advocates for others freedom and healing. She's a dear friend, obviously she's a colleague and she's someone that anybody would be lucky to spend a dinner with talking about almost anything. So thank you, Rebecca, for joining me today.(01:40):I can say that for myself in my own experience, my anxiety is heightened overall and feelings that I can keep at bay with regular normal coping mechanisms such as exercise. It takes to me a little bit more and I have to offer myself a lot more grace in the process. I encourage you no matter where you are, to engage these topics with grace towards your own self, towards your neighbor, towards your family, and towards whoever's in your proximity. We won't get things done overnight no matter who we are, and we will get them done if we become more aligned and care more for those in our proximity, that means our neighbor. So if you're feeling or experiencing anxiety around the election or family or other triggers, I want you to encourage you to seek out and find someone to speak with. Maybe you need a mental health professional, maybe you need a spiritual advisor. Maybe it's your coach and it's something related to business. Maybe you need to go see your doctor for aches and pains you've been having. I don't know what it might be for you, but don't hesitate to reach out and get the help you need. We're going to jump into the conversation and voices from across the country. We are all different and we're not meant to be the same. I hope you find pieces of you in each of their stories. Hey, Rebecca. Hey, Matthias. Thanks for being with me today.Speaker 2 (03:06):Daniel, thanks for havingSpeaker 1 (03:07):Us. I just thought we would talk about this really amazing subject of politics and humanness because we're so good at it in the United States. Yeah, right. Y'all thoughts on that? Even as I say that, just politics and being human, what comes to mind?Speaker 2 (03:34):For me, there's almost a dual process happening. I think about my first thought was, well, politics are, but then I also thought about how when we separate institutions out from people, especially in the way that corporations tend to separate out how they become anti-human so quickly, and not that politics is necessarily a corporation, but I think there's a form of it. There's something corporate about it. And so I think about that juxtaposition and maybe the dichotomy there between, yeah, it's human, but I think it's also anti-human in the ways that it has to, I think almost by definition, separate from maybe these places of deep feeling or nuance in order to collapse all of that experience into something that people can rally on.Speaker 3 (04:51):I think there's something dehumanizing about our current politics, but I think that that is about power. I think when politics becomes about the consolidation of power or the perpetuation of power or the hanging on to it sort of desperately, then it no longer is about the people that the institutions and the country was built to serve and protect. And so I think there are all these ideals in our politics that on paper and in theory sound amazing, but when people in their humanness or maybe in the worst of our humanness step away from other people and not just people as sort of this collective generalized, but the actual person in front of you, the actual person in front of you and the story that they have and the life that they live, and how decisions and theories and ideals will impact the actual person in front of you. And when politics becomes about collecting power and maintaining that power at all costs, then it's no longer about people. It's no longer about lives. It's no longer about stories, and all those things become expendable in the name of the consolidation and the maintenance of power. And I think that at its heart is a human question. It's a question of selfishness and self-serving and maybe even self idolatry.Speaker 1 (06:49):I think that I agree, Matthias, I've been thinking a lot about, because in my family it's been a lot of comments like, well, we shouldn't talk about politics because we're family. I'm like, wait a minute, wait just a minute. Because the very politic that is being said from one angle is hurting the humanity of this other particular family member. How do we make sense of that? How do we say politics isn't a very human, the impact is meant to impact humans. The power is meant to impact humans, so the political sphere has become so toxic to us.Speaker 3 (07:40):Yeah, I think that sentence, we shouldn't talk about politics because we're family. It says more about maybe our fragility as a culture in this moment and our inability to have hard conversations without feeling like the difficulty of them fractures, relationships and familial bonds in ways that cannot be repaired or restored in any way. And I think it is also a statement about the toxicity of our politics that we have allowed it to get to a place where it actually threatens those kinds of familial bonds in some sense, you want go back to, you remember that book that was big in the nineties? All I ever learned about life I learned in kindergarten, right? All I ever needed to know, it reminds me of that because raising kids, I would raise my kids to say, there isn't anything on this earth that should fracture your bond as siblings. I raised them to believe that. I insisted that they engage the world from this vantage point that come hell or high water do or die is you and your sister. That's it. And it doesn't matter what happens in this world, there should never be a scenario in which that isn't true. And we have arrived at this place where people honestly believe that your political affiliation somehow threatens that.(09:19):That's sad and sad feels like a word that's not heavy enough to articulate. There's something wrong, really wrong if that's where we are,Speaker 2 (09:35):I think it speaks perhaps to our inability to do conflict well, and I'm the first, I don't do this all with my family at all. I'm terrible at conflict with my family, at least in the arena of politics. But I think about, I wonder if some of the fracturing that we say, I don't think it's all of it by any means, but is that reality of, because we can't have these conversations in our immediate family, it's getting projected into the wider, I mean, it has to play out somewhat. It is going to, that's the nature of it. So because we can't do it locally, it is having to play out on this grand scale. Rebecca, as you said, sad. I think it's horrifying too.Speaker 1 (10:44):It's what?Speaker 2 (10:45):Horrifying.Speaker 1 (10:46):Yes. It's very dangerous to be honest.Speaker 2 (10:54):It's very, yeah, those bonds, we have the familial bonds. Those are protective in some ways when we remove that, we remove those protections.Speaker 1 (11:11):I think we've been practicing at a society, and I'm talking particularly about the United States at ways of removing those bonds in multiple spheres of the way we've thought about life, the way we think about another person, the way we judge each other, the way we vote in past elections. I mean, the civil rights movement is pushing against that notion that family means dehumanizing someone else. And so even this idea of, I'm not even sure if I can say it right, but just how we've constructed the idea of family and what do our shared values mean. In some sense, it's been constructed on this false notion that someone is worth more than another person. Now, when that person shows up as fully human, then I think we don't know what to do with it.Speaker 3 (12:11):Yeah. I think something you said, Mathias about we don't do conflict well, right? I think rarely is any issue, black and white. Rarely is any issue. So clear cut and so definitive that you can boldly stand on one side or the other and stay there in perpetuity without ever having to wrestle or grapple with some complexity, some nuance. And I think maybe part of what we don't do well is that right? Somehow we've gotten to this space where we have maybe an oversimplified if that, I'm not even sure that's a good word, perspective on a number of issues as if there isn't any complexity and there isn't any nuance and there isn't any reason to pause and wonder if context or timing would change the way we think about something, right? And nor do we think that somehow changing your mind is no longer acceptable.(13:20):I think about, I saw a number of interviews with Kamala Harris. People talk to her about, well, why'd you change your mind about this or that? Why'd you change your perspective about this or that? And then part of the conversation was about when did we get to this place where growing and learning and changing your mind is bad for someone who is in the profession of holding public office since when can you not get in public office, learn some things differently, meet some new people, understand the issue better, and go, you know what? I need to change the way I think about this, but we are there. All of a sudden it means you're not fit for office, at least as it has been applied to Kamala Harris in this particular and even before her. The notion of a flip flopper is again to say you can't somehow change your mind.Speaker 2 (14:21):So that makes me start to then think about some of the myths, and I mean that deeper theological myth in the sense of not that it is untrue, but more in the sense of how it permeates culture. That's when I say myth and we have this idea or many people have this idea of a God that doesn't change, a God who doesn't change his mind as the ideal of there is right there is wrong, and the ideal is no change. And we have examples and scriptures, at least I believe, of a God who does change his mind, who sees what happens and change is what he does. And I think those can be compatible with maybe some ideas that maybe God doesn't change, but we also have examples of God changing his mind. But I think that has permeated our world of something unchanging is better than someone who or something who does change. And I wonder what that impact has beenSpeaker 3 (15:38):That made me pause. I certainly come out of a faith background of hold to God's unchanging hand. I mean, I can come up off the top of my head with a dozen different examples of the notion of he does not shift, he does not change. And the kind of comfort or solidity that can be found in this notion that we're not subject to the whim of his mood in any given time, but what you said causes me to think about it and to think about what does it mean to say that we live in a world where there is a God who can be persuaded by something in the human context that will cause him to respond or react differently than perhaps his original mindset is. I'm going to walk away from this conversation pondering that for a while. I think,Speaker 2 (16:30):Yeah, there are stories of that in scripture.Speaker 3 (16:36):The one that comes to my mind is the story of, and I'm not going to get all the names correct, so whoever's listening, forgive me for that. But the story that comes to my mind is the prophet of old who is pleaded with God for more time on earth, for more space to be alive and walk the earth as a human being. And God granted his request. And again, now there's a bit of a paradigm shift for me. What does it mean to say that I live in a world where there's a God who can be persuaded? I think the other thing when you said about a God who changes his mind, what comes up for me is also a God who holds extremely well the nuance and the complexity of our humanness and all that that means. And so often I find it's sort of the pharmaceutical attitude that we can have that things are rigid and there's only one way to see it and one way to do it. And if you ever watch Jesus's engagement with the Pharisees, it's always actually the problem is more complex than that. Actually the question you're asking is more than that. And so what matters less is the rule. What matters more is the impact of that rule. And if we need to change the rule in order for the appropriate impact, then let's do that.Speaker 1 (18:08):It's kind of gets back to something I've been learning in consultation, talking about this idea. I think we're talking about very young spaces collectively for our society. If I was to put it in that frame, the idea of as a child, a very young kid, even into your teenagers, you need to know something solid. You need to know that's not changing. That's the rule. That's what I got to do. And it's the parent's responsibility to make meaning and metabolize nuance for you and help you process through that. But one of our first developmental things is to split. This is good, this is bad, this person is safe, this person. That's a developmental process. But in somewhere we got stuck,Speaker 3 (18:54):It brings to my mind, you've heard me reference raising kids. And so I raised my kids to say this idea that you have to be respectful and thoughtful in your choices. And I always told my kid that so long as you are respectful and thoughtful in your choices, your voices will always be heard and welcomed kind of in our home. And so my daughter approached me, she's making an argument about something that I absolutely did not agree with her final conclusion. I was like, there's no version of anybody's universe where you're doing that, right? And she says to me, but you said if I was thoughtful and I was respectful that I could assert my position and I have been respectful in my tone and I've been thoughtful in my position. And she was absolutely right. Both had been true, and I found myself having to say, okay, now I sort of backed myself into a corner.(19:58):She followed me into it and the conversation ended up being about, Hey, that's true. Those are the parameters, but you're older now and the things that you're making decisions about have more impact and they're more nuanced and complex than that. So we need to add a couple more things to your rubric, and it's a hard conversation to have, but it makes me think about that developmental piece that you're saying, Danielle, that when we're younger, there's certain sort of bright line rules and the older you get and the more complex life gets, the more you need to be able to actually blur those lines a little bit and fudge them a little bit and sometimes color outside of the lines because it is the right thing to do.Speaker 2 (20:48):I think that movement from that really kind of rigid split into Rebecca what you're talking about, it requires that grappling with grief and loss, it requires that sense of even if I followed the rules, I didn't get what I wanted. And that is we have options there. We can rage against it and go back into the split, you are bad. I'm good, or actually grapple with that. I did everything I was supposed to and it still didn't work out in that words, it doesn't feel good and grieve and feel the pain of that and actually work with those parts of ourselves. And there is so much that our nation has not grieved, not repented from, and we are in the consequences of that.Speaker 1 (21:53):I was just thinking that Mathias, it's like we're asking one another to make meaning, but we're at a very base level of meaning making. We're trying to first discern, discern what is reality, and a lot of times we don't share reality, but when you're a baby, the reality is your caregiver hopefully, or even the absence of you become accustomed to that. And so I think we've become accustomed to this sense of almost this indoctrination of a certain type of religion, which I would call white evangelical Christianity, where they're telling you, I can make sense of all of this from the perspective of race. I can do that for you. Whether they talk about it explicitly or not, they're like, I can tell you what's good and bad from this perspective, but then if you add in how do you make sense of all the Christians vote for Trump and 84% of African-Americans are going to vote for Kamala Harris. I grew up thinking, are those people not Christians? I didn't know as a kid, I was raised with my father. I didn't understand, didn't make sense to me, but I thought, how could so many people as a child, I actually had this thought, how could so many people not know Jesus, but go to church and how could all these people know Jesus and say they're going to heaven? It never made sense to me.Speaker 3 (23:19):I mean, what you're saying, Danielle, is probably why there is a very clear historical and present day distinction between white evangelism and the black church. That's why those two things exist in different spaces because even from the very beginning, white evangelicalism or what became white evangelicalism advocated for slavery, and Frederick Douglass learned how to read by reading the scripture at risk to his own life and to the white slave owner who taught him how to read. And once he learned to read and absorbed the scriptures for himself, his comment is there is no greater dichotomy than the Christianity of this world and the Christianity of scripture. And so your sense that it doesn't make any sense is as old as the first enslaved African who knew how to understand the God of the Bible for him or herself and started to say out loud, we got problems, Houston.Speaker 1 (24:39):Yeah, I remember that as a young child asking that question because it just never made sense to me. And obviously I understand now, but as a kid you grow up with a certain particular family, a Mexican mom, a white father. I didn't know how to make sense of that.Speaker 3 (25:04):I mean, you say, oh, even now I understand and I want to go. You do. I don't explain that to me. I mean, there's a certain sense in which I think we're all in many ways, and I say all the country as a whole church, the American church as a whole trying to make sense of what is that, what was that and what do we do now that the modern sort of white evangelical movement is essentially the Christianity of our entire generation. And so now that that's being called into question in a way that suggests that perhaps it is white and it's religious, but it might not in fact be the Christianity of the Bible. Now what do we do? And I've spent some time in recent years with you, Danielle, in some Native American spaces in the presence of theologians who reckoned with things of God from a Native American perspective.(26:09):And if nothing else, I have learned there's a whole bunch. I don't know about what it means to walk with the God of the Bible and that my native brothers and sisters know some things I don't know, and I am kind of mad about it. I'm kind of angry actually about what it is they know that was kept from me that I was taught to dismiss because the author of those ideas didn't look like the white Jesus whose picture was in my Bible or on the vacation Bible school curriculum or whatever. I'm sort of angry at the wisdom they hold for what it means to be a follower of what I think in many native spaces they would refer to as creator, and that was withheld from me. That would've changed the way, enhanced the way I understand this place of faith. And something that white evangel and evangelicalism expressly said was heresy was of the devil was to be ignored or dismissed or dismantled or buried.Speaker 1 (27:31):I mean, you have Tucker Carlson referring to Trump as daddy in a recent speech. So you then have this figure that can say, Hey, little kids, don't worry. Your worldview is okay. It's still right and let me make sense of it. I can make sense of it for you with X, Y, Z policies with racist rhetoric and banter. I can do anything I want. I can show up in Madison Square Garden and replicate this horrific political rally and I can do it and everybody will be okay with it, even if they're not okay, they're not going to stop me. So we still have a meaning maker out there. I mean, he is not making my meaning, but he's making meaning. For a lot of folks.Speaker 3 (28:29):It is even worse than that. There's a couple of documentaries that are out now. One's called Bad Faith, the other one's called God and Country, and in one of them, I think it was Bad Faith, and they're talking about the rise of Christian nationalism. For me, as a person of faith, one of my biggest questions has always been, there's nothing about this man's rhetoric that remotely reflects anything I ever learned in every Sunday school class and every vacation Bible school, in every Bible study and every church service I've ever been to. He is boldly antithetical to all of it.(29:06):And he says that out loud, right back to his comments about, no, I've never asked God for forgiveness because I've never done anything that warranted forgiveness that is antithetical to the heart of evangelical Christianity that asserts that the only way to God and to heaven in the afterlife is through the person of Jesus Christ. And so every person has to admit their own sin and then accept Christ as the atonement for that sin. And he bluntly says, I don't do that. Right. So my question has always been, I don't get it right. Two plus two is now four in your world. So how are 80% of evangelicals or higher voting for this man? And in that movie, bad faith, they talk about, they make reference to the tradition of Old Testament scripture of a king who is not a follower of God, who God sort of uses anyway towards the bent of his own will.(30:18):And there's probably a number of references in Old Testament scripture if I was an Old Testament theologian, some of the people who have invested in me, I could give you names and places and dates. I can't do that. But there is a tradition of that sort of space being held and the notion what's being taught in some of these churches on Sundays and on Wednesday night Bible study is that's who he is. That's who Trump is in a religious framework. And so he gets a pass and permission to be as outlandish and as provocative and as mean spirited and as dare I say, evil or bad as he wants to be. And there is no accountability for him in this life, or the next one, which I don't even know what to say to that, except it's the genius move to gaslight an entire generation of Christians that will probably take hold and be with us for far longer than Trump is on the political landscape.Speaker 2 (31:29):I am not fully convinced it's gaslighting. On one hand it is. They're saying one thing, doing another. It absolutely is by definition. And I think growing up in white evangelicalism, there is, at least for the men, I think an implicit belief, I don't even think it's explicit. It's becoming explicit that they get that past too. It functions on those passes, those senses of we don't have to hold up to accountability. And I think we see that in all the sexual abuse scandals. We see that in the narcissism of so many white evangelical pastors. There is this sense of, as long as we're in this system, there isn't accountability. And so you can say one thing and do another, and it doesn't matter. You have God's authority over you and therefore it's okay. And so I think there's something, I'm right there with you, it doesn't make any sense, but I think it's also quite consistent with the way that authority has been structured within thoseSpeaker 1 (33:14):Spaces that you said that I felt like, I don't know if you ever get your heartbeat right in your neck, but I had it right there. Oh, yeah. I think that feels true. Yeah, it's gaslighting, but also it's meant to be that way.Speaker 3 (33:39):Do you think that that's new math or is that at the inception? What do you attribute the origin of that? And I don't disagree with you, I'm just sitting here like, damn, okay, so where does that come from and how long has it been there?Speaker 2 (34:04):I don't know. I have guesses. I think, how do you enslave an entire people without something like that and then found literal denominations that are structured on these power and authority? It goes back to what you were saying at the beginning, Rebecca, it's about power and accountability supports power.Speaker 3 (34:50):Yeah. Have you read The Color of Compromise?Speaker 2 (34:59):There's a documentary by that same name, right? The filmSpeaker 3 (35:02):There might beSpeaker 2 (35:05):See the film. Yeah.Speaker 3 (35:07):So he makes a comment in the book. He is writing this chapter about sort of the origins of the country and the country is as the colonies are being formed before it is a country, the colonists are in this sort of public debate about slavery and Christianity. And at least in tissie's research, there's sort of this group of colonists who come to the United States or what will become the US for the sake of proselytizing, evangelizing who they term savage, native and then enslaved Africans. And they're having this public conversation about does the conversion of a native or an African to Christianity remove them from slavery, essentially? Can you theologically own someone who's a profess child of God?(36:32):And Tse says that the origin of that debate has to do with an old English law that said that you can't enslave someone who is of the faith. And I remember reading that and thinking to myself, there's something wrong with the logic that you think you have the right to own any human being regardless of their faith belief system or not. There's something wrong with the premise in general that you believe as another human being, you have the right to own or exercise dominion over another human soul. So those are the things that go across my mind as I listen to you talk and propose the notion that this issue has been there, this flaw in the thinking has been there from the beginning.Speaker 1 (37:40):I was just thinking, I am reading this book by Paola Ramos about defectors and how Latinos in the US have moved to the far right, and she makes a case that the faith of the Spaniards told them that in order to achieve superiority, they should basically make babies with the indigenous peoples of the Americas. And they went about and did that. And then I know we always think popular literature, the United States, oh, India has this caste system. That's what people say, but really Latin America has a really complex caste system too. And to which after they brought over, and Rebecca and I know Matthias, you guys know this, but after they brought over stole African human bodies, a majority of them came Latin America, what we know as Latin America, they didn't come here to the United States to the continental us. And so then you have this alliance then between, and I'll bring it back to politics between these mixed Spaniards with indigenous folks also in enslaving Africans.(38:56):So then you get to our political commentary and you're recruiting Latinos then to join the Evangelical white church movement. And they've often been demonized and excluded in spaces because of citizenship, which adds its own complexity where African-Americans, now they have citizenship right now on the current day, but then you have these Latinos that it can be born or they're brought over on daca. So then you have this complexity where not only is there this historical century hating of African-Americans and black folks in Latino culture, but you also have this sense of that to get ahead, you have to align with white folks to come against African-Americans. You have all of that in the mix, and also then you also have to deny yourself and the fact that you have African heritage and indigenous heritage, so it's this huge mind fuck, right? How do you make sense of that colonial jargon in the political landscape? And then how does a Latino think, how do they actually encounter the nuance of their humanity and all of that, but complexly set up by the Spanish who said, we're going to enslave this X people group. In the meantime, we'll just mix our mix with this certain race, but the white people will be more dominant. And so you see that all comes into the United States politic and who gets to be human and who gets not to be human.Speaker 3 (40:44):I mean, in some ways, Daniel, you're pointing out that, and I think this goes back to math's point of several minutes ago, none of this is new under the sun. All of this is just current day manifestations or reenactments of a racialized dynamic that's been in play since forever, since even before maybe even the American colonies, right? Because what happened in terms of the transatlantic slave trade in Latin America predates some of that.Speaker 2 (41:18):Yeah. I mean, I think about England colonizing a huge portion of the world under the name of their faith that requires quite a distancing from accountability in humanity. Then you get an extreme fringe of those folks starting their own colonies.Speaker 3 (41:47):I mean, it does make me think, and my Pentecostalism is about the show, but it does make me think that there's something about this whole dynamic that's starting to feel really ancient and very old patterns that have been in place, and to me suggests from a spiritual standpoint, an enemy that is organized and intentional, and I have begun to wonder less than a week out from the election, what's the game plan if the election doesn't go the way I hope it does? What happens if America decides to give into its lesser urges as it has done in the past, and choose a path that is contrary and antithetical to its ideals what we're going to do? I ask that not even from a practical standpoint as much as spiritually speaking, how am I going to breathe and how am I going to make meaning of what you do with a world where that's the reality? We were talking before we got on air about the rally in Times Square and we can rail against it all we want, but there was hundreds of thousands of people there saying, yeah, let's do that.Speaker 4 (43:40):That scares me. AndSpeaker 2 (43:52):It doesn't go away. Even if Harris wins, I think your question of what do we do if Trump wins? It's a sobering question. It's a terrifying question, but I think it's also a very similar question of even if she wins, what do we do? What do we do? These people don't magically disappear.Speaker 1 (44:30):We're going to have to do no matter what. I just feel like there has to be some sort of, like you said, Mathias, just processing of the grief of our past because it's chasing us. You can hear it in each of our stories. It is just chasing us what we've been a part of, what we've been asked to give up. And I think America, well, the United States, not America, but the United States is terrified of what it would mean if it had to face that kind of grief.Speaker 3 (45:23):I don't know about that, Danielle, because for there to be terror would mean that you have had some conscious admission that something is gravely wrong. And I'm not even sure if we're there yet. I think America as a whole has a whole lot of defense mechanisms and coping mechanisms in place, so they never even have to get that far. And I don't know what you call that, what comes before the terror, right? Because terror would mean some part of you has admitted something, and I just don't know if we're there. And that's just me meandering through a thought process. ButSpeaker 1 (46:19):Oh, that's scary too, right? I think you're probably right. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I think we're going to bump up against our time. I know, Mathias, you have something coming up too, but any final thoughts? I don't expect us to solve anything or wrap it up, butSpeaker 2 (46:47):I'm just noting how I'm feeling and there's something both sobering and grounding about this conversation. I don't think we've covered really any kind of necessarily new territory, but to continue to speak these things, it's so brain, but it's also like, okay, we can ground ourselves in these things though. These things are true and it's terrible, but when we ground ourselves, we have ground just, and that feels different from some of the up in the air anxiety I was feeling before coming to this coverage, just the general anxiety of the election that is so pervasive. So that's a shift.Speaker 3 (47:53):I think I found myself looking back a lot in recent days back to the history of the story of African hyphen Americans in the United States, back to some fundamental things that I learned about my faith early on. And I have a sense of needing to return to those things as part of grounding that regardless of what happens in the next week or the next several months or even the next six months, we have been here before as a country, as a people, and we have survived it, and we will do so again. If I think about the black national anthem, God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, and I have found myself needing to return to those traditions and those truths, and I think I'll stay there for as long as my mind and my body and my emotions will allow me to as a way of breathing through the next several days. I mean, talk to me on November 6th. That might be in a very different place, or January 6th or January 20th, but for today, I find myself looking back, I have some curiosity for each of you. What are those traditions for you, in your own spaces, in your family, in your culture, in your people? What are the things that have grounded you in the past, and can they ground you again going forward?Speaker 2 (49:43):I'm sitting here finding myself wanting to come up with some beautiful answer. And the reality is I don't know that I have a beautiful answer. It's a difficult task.Speaker 1 (50:00):Yeah. I mean, no, we're wrapping up. I can't give you anything clever except I think what comes to mind is I often just tell myself just the next hour, the next day, sometimes I don't even think about tomorrow. I tell myself, don't rush too much. You don't know what's in tomorrow. Today's going to be okay. So I kind of coach myself up like stay in the moment.Speaker 3 (50:38):And in all fairness, Danielle, your people, if you will, are facing a very different kind of threat under a Trump presidency than mine are, and that is, I'm firmly of the belief if he's going to come for one of us, eventually he will come for all of us. But I'm also very aware that the most pressing existential threat is coming against people of Latinx descent people who very well may be American citizens, are facing the potential reality that won't matter. And so your sense of blackness gay through the next hour, I'm good. I have a lot of respect for what these days are requiring of you. Thank you.Speaker 1 (51:43):Thanks for hopping on here with me, guys.Speaker 2 (51:47):Thank you.   Well, first I guess I would have to believe that there was or is an actual political dialogue taking place that I could potentially be a part of. And honestly, I'm not sure that I believe that.

In this episode, Justine and Sarah interview Lacey Castilleja Fisher, a licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist. Lacey specializes in working with parents and parents-to-be who have experienced sexual trauma, as well as individuals dealing with a range of mental health issues. Lacey shares two quotes that resonate with her work: one by Natasha Trethewey about the importance of telling a story to heal from trauma, and another by Resmaa Menakem about the discomfort of healing. The conversation explores the power of storytelling, the use of sandtray therapy and expressive arts in therapy, and the personal experiences that led Lacey to her work. In this conversation, Lacey discusses how she creates safety in the sandtray experience. She emphasizes the importance of selecting diverse materials and figures, and speaking to the activating potential of the miniatures. Lacey also explains how she incorporates EMDR into sandtray therapy and adapts the practice for the perinatal population. She shares insights on finding and collecting miniatures, as well as the importance of open curiosity and not assuming the meaning behind a client's tray. The conversation highlights the power of storytelling and the versatility of expressive art therapy. Keywords: therapy, trauma, storytelling, sandtray therapy, expressive arts, perinatal trauma, birth trauma, EMDR, perinatal mental health, storytelling, expressive art therapy Takeaways Telling a story is an important part of healing from trauma. It allows individuals to process and integrate their experiences. But telling a story does not have to be verbal. Sandtray therapy and expressive arts can be powerful tools in therapy, providing a nonverbal and creative way for clients to explore and express their emotions and experiences. The journey of parenthood can bring up feelings of uncertainty and self-doubt, especially for individuals with their own trauma history. EMDR can be incorporated into sandtray therapy. Adapting sandtray therapy for the perinatal population involves gaining expertise in perinatal mental health and being thoughtful about the miniatures that represent the different feelings and experiences during the perinatal period. Open curiosity and not assuming the meaning behind a client's tray are important aspects of facilitating the therapy. Storytelling in sand tray therapy goes beyond verbal expression and includes the selection and creation of scenes in the tray. Sound Bites "No words are off limits. No stories are off limits." "The expressive arts and sandtray therapy allow different parts that are closed off to open up." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 01:24 The Power of Storytelling and Quotes 06:21Using Sandtray Therapy and Expressive Arts 10:00 Introduction to Sandtray Therapy 12:09 Working with Non-Verbal Parts and Sensations 17:01 The Process of Building and Creating in Therapy 21:47 Personal Experience and Trauma-Informed Work 27:28 Creating Safety in the Sandtray Experience 30:05 Incorporating EMDR into Sandtray Therapy 33:28 Adapting Sandtray Therapy for the Perinatal Population 36:28 Finding and Collecting Miniatures 39:36 Facilitating Open Curiosity 42:46 The Power of Storytelling in Sandtray Therapy On the Resilient Birth podcast, Justine and Sarah explore the impact of trauma across the perinatal period, from trying-to-conceive to pregnancy, from childbirth to postpartum and parenting. Through an inspirational quote that drives our weekly conversations about trauma and healing, Justine and Sarah explore topics such as birth trauma, parenting as a survivor, and finding healing with vulnerability and compassion that support birthing people and birth professionals. Each week, listeners leave with takeaways to utilize in their lives and/or clients. Justine and Sarah hold the stories they share with honor and respect with the hope to impart knowledge, increase understanding, and bear witness to this challenging topic. Sarah is a licensed mental health counselor, educator, and mom of three. She walks with a story of trauma from before and as a result of her perinatal experience. Justine supports survivors of trauma through perinatal coaching and childbirth education. As well as being a mother of three, she holds a Ph.D. on representations of consent and sexual violence. Learn more about Sarah and Justine's course called Trauma Informed Fundamentals here: https://resilient-birth.mykajabi.com/traumainformedfundamentals Lacey Castilleja Fisher, LPC-S, RPT-S, PMH-C, is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and a Certified Mental Health Professional with a mental health private practice in southwest Austin. Lacey has worked in a variety of settings including in a Children's Advocacy Center to provide counseling to children that experienced sexual abuse and their families, and she decided to take the experience she had there and apply it to private practice. She built her practice around supporting children and adults that had experienced sexual abuse/assault and found a passion working with parents and parents to be when their sexual trauma was activated in the perinatal period. This led to Lacey learning as much as she could about perinatal trauma, pregnancy and infant loss, NICU trauma and fertility struggles. Lacey finds that the parents she works with respond well to EMDR, IFS and sandtray therapy at her counseling practice. Lacey has served as the Clinical Director for the Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of Texas and now serves on their advisory board. Lacey has shared this article with us about sand tray therapy (https://wjstp-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/wjstp/article/view/25), as well as an upcoming workshop she is hosting called "Storytelling in the Sand: Using Sandtray Therapy to Cope with Perinatal Trauma and Loss: http://www.openheartcounselingatx.com/store/p2/storytellinginthesand.html.

Resmaa Menakem is a therapist, trauma specialist, and the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies andThe Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/resmaa-menakemSend us a Text Message.Save 10% on tuition for the Next Economy MBA, a nine-month facilitated cohort by the LIFT Economy team. Use PODCASTMBA at checkout. Learn more at lifteconomy.com/mbaSupport the Show.

In this episode, Jenn and Daren launch the seventh season by diving into the nuanced topic of boundaries versus walls. They discuss their personal journeys and the importance of setting healthy boundaries in various aspects of life, from relationships to social media to work environments. The episode begins with Jenn sharing insights from Nedra Tawwab's book "Set Boundaries, Find Peace," highlighting the importance of setting boundaries not just with others but also with oneself. They discuss the challenges of maintaining boundaries in relationships, especially when faced with repeated violations. Daren brings up his own experiences with setting boundaries, particularly with family, and the importance of maintaining those boundaries even when it feels difficult. In the Conversation, they explore the difference between boundaries and walls, emphasizing that boundaries are about mutual respect and clear communication, while walls are defensive mechanisms that can hinder healthy relationships. Throughout the episode, Jenn and Daren provide practical examples of how to set and enforce boundaries in various domains, including social media and work environments. They also discuss the importance of recognizing when someone is unable to respect your boundaries and the need to sometimes walk away from those relationships. In the Reflection, Jenn and Daren highlight the importance of knowing oneself and the role of healing in building healthy boundaries. They encourage listeners to examine their own walls and boundaries, offering insights from their personal experiences and research. Reference Material: * Psychology Today: Boundaries - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/boundaries * “Set Boundaries, Find Peace” by Nedra Tawwab - https://amzn.to/4cz0IMQ “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk - https://amzn.to/3X8CSDo * “My Grandmother's Hands” by Resmaa Menakem - https://amzn.to/3yT3oqQ Socials: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/coloredconvosmedia www.ThatBlackCouple.com Email: ThatBLKCouple@gmail.com FB: www.facebook.com/ThatBlackCouple Twitter: www.twitter.com/ThatBlkCouple Instagram: www.instagram.com/thatblkcouple iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/that-black-couple-podcast/id1284072220?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2M7GIQlWxG05gGq0bpBwma?si=xSkjzK0BRJW51rjyl3DWvw Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/that-black-couple-podcast/PC:1000149014 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/That-Black-Couple-Podcast/dp/B0C12M7Q34/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thatblackcouple Podcast Summary: This is an accidentally funny podcast about the realities of Blackness and adult life. We do “adult” differently. We are That Black Couple. Our goal is to create a space for Black millennials to discuss and embody adult life on their own terms. We aren't beholden to “traditional” gender or parenting roles, queerness is fluid and present in the ways we show up in our relationships and in the world, and we want to build community with other 30-something Black folx who are trying to figure this ish out.

On this #litreview, Yvette Borja and Denise Rebeil discuss "My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem. They breakdown Menakem's contention that white supremacy lives mostly in our nervous systems, what role our lizard brain plays in how we interact with the world, and why collective healing from trauma is necessary to avoid generational "traumatic retention." The #litreview is a book club for Cachimbonas. To hear more, become a patron for $3, $5, or $10 a month at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkFollow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

324. The Embodied Path to Healing Racialized Trauma with Resmaa Menakem Author, therapist, licensed clinical worker, racialized trauma expert, Resmaa Menakem discusses the concepts of somatic abolitionism, and the importance of embodied anti-racist practices.  Discover:  -The difference between clean and dirty pain; -What white people need to do in order to help create an anti-racist society; and -Why we should shift from looking at the personal to looking at the historical to heal our traumas. On Resmaa: Resmaa Menakem is an author, agent of change, therapist, and licensed clinical worker specializing in racialized trauma, communal healing, and cultural first aid. As the leading proponent of Somatic Abolitionism – an embodied anti-racist practice for living and culture building – Resmaa is the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions and the Cultural Somatics Institute. Resmaa works at the intersections of anti-racism, communal healing, and embodied purpose, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning, Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy—And What You Can Do About It, and The Stories from My Grandmother's Hands, a children's picture book with actor T. Mychael Rambo and illustrator Leroy Campbell. In 2023, Resmaa released an on-demand self-paced course titled Healing Racialized Trauma: Somatic Abolitionism for Every Body. You can learn more about Resmaa and his work at www.resmaa.com. Work with Resmaa: https://blackoctopussociety.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you're feeling overwhelmed and burnt out from the demands of the education system, then you are not alone! Many educators find themselves struggling to navigate the pressures of teaching and managing their own well-being in the midst of it all. The constant juggling act of meeting expectations, dealing with student needs, and managing personal stress can leave you feeling exhausted and depleted. If you're looking for a way to break free from this cycle and find a sense of balance and purpose, then you are in the right place! In this episode, you will be able to: Cultivate inner peace and resilience through transformative inner work practices. Discover the profound impact of somatic exercises on mental well-being and emotional balance. Enhance your resilience and well-being through personal development strategies tailored for educators. Unleash the power of creativity for emotional healing and self-discovery. Equip yourself with effective strategies to navigate and prevent educator burnout. My special guest is Andrew Lang Andrew Lang is an educator in the Pacific Northwest, an alumnus of Richard Rohr's Living School for Action and Contemplation, and core facilitator of the Inner Work Cohort. He is the author of Unmasking the Inner Critic: Lessons for Living an Unconstricted Life and writes frequently on the importance of questioning the narratives we've been handed and how we can bring together our personal inner work with collective activism and healing. You can find more of his work and offerings at www.AndrewGLang.com. Giveaway: Sign up for one free spot in the October Cohort for A World of Difference podcast listeners specifically. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00:02 - Introduction and Sponsorship by Betterhelp 00:03:53 - Andrew's Journey as an Educator 00:09:55 - Posture Shift and Personal Development 00:12:08 - Impact of the System on Educators 00:13:25 - Transformation and Inspiring Stories 00:14:45 - The Impact of Narratives 00:16:36 - Shifting Responsibilities 00:20:22 - Unpacking Cultural Narratives 00:24:47 - Fear of Change 00:26:33 - The Practice of Resilience 00:29:56 - Grounding Practices for Wellness and Resilience 00:30:53 - Impact of Somatics and Trauma 00:32:48 - Providing Tools for Healing 00:35:31 - The Power of Poetry and Music 00:43:08 - Inner Work Cohort and Practice-Oriented Learning 00:44:22 - Embracing the Journey Together 00:44:49 - Integration of Learnings 00:46:09 - Exclusive Deep Dive 00:47:06 - Appreciation for Educators 00:48:28 - Summer Break and Refreshment Resources Andrew mentioned: Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics Need a little help? Sign up for 10% off your first month at Better Help today at: www.betterhelp.com/difference https://www.aworldofdifferencepodcast.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/aworldofdifference https://www.youtube.com/@aworldofdifference https://www.twitter.com/@awodpod ttps://www.instagram.com/aworldof.difference

Rachael Dietkus is a social worker-designer. Her practice, research, and writing at the intersections of social work values, trauma-responsive principles, and care-focused design research methods. Rachael is the founder of Social Workers Who Design and an active member of the Design Justice Network and the Social Work Futures Lab. Since September 2022, she has served as a Digital Services Expert in Design and Social Work and a Trauma-Informed Practice Subject Matter Expert with the United States Digital Service, a design and tech unit under the White House.  In this episode, Rachael reflects on the different civic and public interest roles she has had over the last twenty years to explore how social work and design are intrinsically connected in her practice. She explains how she encountered trauma-informed design and more recently trauma-responsive design. She stresses the importance of language, of care, of intentionality and relationality. To learn more about Rachael's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaeldietkuslcsw/ and check the Social Workers Who Design website: ⁠https://www.socialworkerswho.design⁠ To learn more about the topics we discussed: 'Trauma-Informed Care: A Sociocultural Perspective' / ⁠⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207195/⁠⁠ Social Work Futures Lab / ⁠⁠https://www.socialworkfutureslab.org⁠⁠ Racism Untaught / ⁠https://racismuntaught.com⁠ Some of the references Rachael's made in the podcast: Desmond Patton's / 'Applying Reflexivity to Artificial Intelligence for Researching Marginalized Communities and Real-World Problems' / ⁠https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/7607e8e6-db3b-45c6-87c5-516e8e67ba08/full⁠ Resmaa Menakem / ⁠https://resmaa.com⁠ + ⁠https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence⁠ Karen Treisman's 'Trauma River' / ⁠https://media.churchillfellowship.org/documents/Treisman_K_Report_2018_Final.pdf⁠ AJ Singh's 'Justice Sensitivity is the Cure, Not the Sickness' / ⁠https://ajs4dlg.substack.com/p/justice-sensitivity-is-the-cure-not⁠ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

“I think we need each other. I say this all the time, there are some things that are too big to feel in one body. You need a collective body to move them through. And I think that's what we need. We need to come together in spaces to heal, not just to consume together or to watch a movie together, but to feel together and to have human emotion in real life, in public and act from the place of a feeling body, to choose action from a feeling body and not just a reactive or a numb body, but a body that feels, a body that can connect. What kind of actions do you take in the world from that kind of body? I think it's different.” So says Prentis Hemphill, therapist, embodiment facilitator, and author of the just-released, What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World. In today's conversation—the final in a four-part series—we explore a path to putting ourselves, and the collective, back together, and how this begins with a visioning…but a visioning born from getting back in touch with how we actually feel. I loved their book—just by reading along with Prentis's own path to re-embodiment, I found myself finding similar sensations in my chest, back and heart. In today's conversation, we talk about somatics, yes, but also about conflict—and what it looks like to become more adept with our emotions in hard times. This is one of my favorite conversations I've had to date on Pulling the Thread—I hope you enjoy it too. MORE FROM PRENTIS HEMPHILL: What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World Prentis's Website The Embodiment Institute Follow Prentis on Instagram RELATED EPISODES: PART 1: James Gordon, M.D., “A Toolkit for Working with Trauma” PART 2: Peter Levine, Ph.D, “Where Trauma Lives in the Body” PART 3: Resmaa Menakem, “Finding Fear in the Body (TRAUMA)” Thomas Hubl: “Feeling into the Collective Presence” Gabor Maté, M.D.: “When Stress Becomes Illness” Galit Atlas, PhD: “Understanding Emotional Inheritance” Thomas Hubl: “Processing Our Collective Past” Richard Schwartz, PhD: “Recovering Every Part of Ourselves” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Here's what I would say: peace will happen when people invest in cultivating peace as opposed to war. Peace will happen. And one thing I know, for me, I know peace, I know I will never see it, but maybe I can put something in place to where I leave something here and my children's, children's, children's grandchildren can nibble off of and feed on what I've left here the same way I feed off of Frederick Douglass's stuff.” So says therapist and social worker Resmaa Menakem, author of the New York Times bestseller My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies and originator of the Somatic Abolitionist movement. I met Resmaa many years ago, when he was one of the few voices in this space—Resmaa calls himself a communal provocateur and this is true, as his work challenges all of us to recognize and acknowledge that we're scared. And that much of this fear is ancient. We were supposed to talk today about trauma in relationships, but our time together took a different turn—Resmaa jumped at the opportunity to put me in my familial and familiar fear. It's hard, or at least it was for me, but hopefully you'll stick with us to see how this works. This is the third part of a series on trauma, and it won't surprise you to hear that Resmaa also trained with Peter Levine. MORE FROM RESMAA MENAKEM: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy—And What You Can Do About It The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning Resmaa's Website Follow Resmaa on Instagram RELATED EPISODES: PART 1: James Gordon, M.D., “A Toolkit for Working with Trauma” PART 2: Peter Levine, Ph.D, “Where Trauma Lives in the Body” Thomas Hubl: “Feeling into the Collective Presence” Gabor Maté, M.D.: “When Stress Becomes Illness” Galit Atlas, PhD: “Understanding Emotional Inheritance” Thomas Hubl: “Processing Our Collective Past” Richard Schwartz, PhD: “Recovering Every Part of Ourselves” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hi, It's Elise, host of Pulling the Thread. Starting next Monday, I'm doing another special series—this set is about trauma, specifically trauma and the body. You'll hear from four important voices in the space. We're going to start with Dr. James Gordon, who works with groups all over the world who are in crisis, helping them move their experiences through the body before it gets stuck. Next, we'll turn to the father of Somatic Experiencing, Peter Levine, who has a new autobiography about a horrific trauma from his childhood that led him to the formation of his practice, from which we all benefit today. Next, I'm joined by my friend Resmaa Menakem, author of My Grandmother's Hands, the creator of the somatic abolitionist movement who works with me directly to illustrate how we all carry fear. And finally, Prentis Hemphill is taking us home: Their stunning new book, What it Takes to Heal, explores finding our calcified feelings and patterns of behavior in our bodies and navigating conflict without projecting our pain. In the show notes, you'll find related episodes from years past, including guests like Galit Atlas, Gabor Maté, Thomas Hubl, and Richard Schwartz. I'll see you this Thursday for a regular episode—though it's Johann Hari, so there's nothing regular about it. RELATED EPISODES: Thomas Hubl: “Feeling into the Collective Presence” Gabor Maté, M.D.: “When Stress Becomes Illness” Galit Atlas, PhD: “Understanding Emotional Inheritance” Thomas Hubl: “Processing Our Collective Past” Richard Schwartz, PhD: “Recovering Every Part of Ourselves” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Resmaa Menakem, New York Times bestselling author of “My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies,” is a visionary Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist and master trainer. Resmaa is a leading voice in today's conversation on racialized trauma.As a therapist, trauma specialist, and the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions, a leadership consultancy firm, Resmaa Menakem dedicates his expertise to coaching leaders through civil unrest, organizational change, and community building.For full show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/2020/15/10/next-economy-now

Dr. Renee Canady is the CEO of the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI), leading a team dedicated to promoting health equity and well-being for all. Before MPHI, she served as Health Officer and Director of the Ingham County Health Department in Lansing, where she pioneered the Ingham County Health Equity Social Justice program. She is the author of the best-selling book “Room at the Table: A Leader's Guide to Advancing Health Equity and Justice.” She is nationally recognized as a thought leader in health disparities, cultural competence, and social justice, with numerous publications and presentations on these topics. Dr. Canady has had significant influence on health equity discussions through her participation in national boards and advisory groups. In today's episode, host Shay Beider welcomes Dr. Canady to discuss a range of topics from public health equity to epigenetics. They delve into Renee's own journey towards racial healing and breaking down biases she experienced from an early age. She shares the importance of recognizing and embracing differences, and understanding how they manifest differently across cultures. The pair talks about some of the physical impacts of racism and how these can transcend into different aspects of public health policy. Dr. Canady discusses the significance of being a leader that uses their privilege to empower others and how small differences can contribute to a more equitable future.    Transcripts for this episode are available at: https://www.integrativetouch.org/conversations-on-healing    Show Notes: Reach more about Dr. Canady's background here Check out the Michigan Public Health Institute  Read the best selling book “Room at the Table: A Leader's Guide to Advancing Health Equity and Justice” Look into Resmaa Menakem's work here   This podcast was created by Integrative Touch (InTouch), which is changing healthcare through human connectivity. A leader in the field of integrative medicine, InTouch is committed to ending isolation in illness and transforming trauma through togetherness. The mission is to provide connection, wellness and healing opportunities that change the lives of anyone touched by pain, suffering, or medical challenges. This includes kids with cancers, genetic conditions, autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic stress, and other serious health issues. The founder, Shay Beider, pioneered a new therapy called Integrative Touch™Therapy that supports healing from trauma and serious illness.  The organization reaches thousands of people each year at the Integrative Touch Healing Center, through Telehealth, and in hospitals and communities. Thanks to the incredible support of volunteers and contributors, InTouch created a Heal it Forward model that brings services to people in need at little or no cost to them. To learn more or donate, please visit IntegrativeTouch.org

EPISODE SUMMARY: Research consistently supports the value of taking a trauma-informed approach to reduce re-traumatization, improve outcomes, and foster trust and collaboration between professionals, children, and families. In this episode, Kristina Coleman, LMSW, MPA, joins co-hosts Tony DeVincenzo and Ilana Lezama-Beausejour to discuss the intergenerational trauma approach and working with families of color. Throughout their conversation, Kristina shares insights into some of the life experiences of past generations and their impact on the present day. The discussion explores ways professionals can shift their mindset and practices to better serve and support families of color. Topics in this episode: Definitions (4:04) Intergenerational trauma approach (9:02) Working with families of color (11:33) Life experiences and Intergenerational Trauma (17:00) Understanding history (20:30) Enhance professional skills (28:37) Recommendations (37:48) Organization support for workers of color (39:35) GUEST: Kristina Coleman LMSW, MPA, is the Vice President of Child Advocacy and Mental Health Programs at Safe Horizon the nation's largest victim service agency, and the Founder/CEO of youRmore counseling & services. She has served in the social services for over 14 years specializing in child welfare, family reunification, trauma treatment, mental health, program implementation, development, and non-profit leadership. Kristina holds a master's degree in social work leadership from Hunter College and a Master of Public Administration from Mercy University. She has held multiple roles at both the direct service and leadership level. Kristina provides training and consulting around engagement and mental health practices for families of color and the impact intergenerational trauma. Through her teachings she aims to reform systems and create true diversity, equity, and inclusion. She believes if people want to see real change, they must first understand history. Kristina serves as a board member for the National Association of Social Workers NYC Chapter, The New York State Children Alliances, Center for Safety and Change, and the YMCA OF Rockland.  RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America by Stacey Patton: https://a.co/d/ajfCyNa Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience by Nancy Boyd-Franklin: https://a.co/d/6oDQVZD My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem: https://a.co/d/aoKr01r Virtues and Values: The African and African American Experience by Peter J. Paris: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800636619?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_JMZG1C5GGNV3M6Y1Y4G9  Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting by Terrie M. Williams: https://a.co/d/21aQAaj Connect with Kristina Coleman at Kristina.Coleman@safehorizon.org Safe Horizon: https://www.safehorizon.org Northeast Regional Children's Advocacy Center: https://www.nrcac.org Regional Children's Advocacy Centers: https://www.regionalcacs.org Have an idea for a future Team Talk guest or topic? We want to hear from you! Email your suggestions to Tony DeVincenzo at tony@nrcac.org. Disclaimer: This project was sponsored by NRCAC from Grant Award Number 15PJDP-22-GK-03061-JJVO awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, OJJDP or NRCAC. 

This week we are thrilled to bring you a special conversation from a dear friend of the podcast, Bayo Akomolafe. Recorded while in Ghana for the Three Black Men Tour, this conversation features the voices of Bayo Akomolafe, Resmaa Menakem, Orland Bishop, Victoria Santos and Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin, all of whom were involved with the conversation and presentation of the Three Black Men tour. In 2023, Resmaa, Bayo and Orland shared space as they visited three cities across three continents, tracing a diasporic route in reverse from Los Angeles in The United States, to Salvador in Brazil, and finally to Accra in Ghana. Through the tour, these three visionary Black men, sharing their leading edges, are inviting us into a radical re/imagination of how we respond to our time. They sense into emergent possibilities, triangulating toward a synthesis of new forms, new magic, and new directions.This conversation touches on the community of care that Bayo, Resmaa, Orland, Victoria, and Omon contributed to and experienced across the tour, the lessons they learned from this undertaking, and visions for what is to come. As each conversation partner emphasizes, “Blackness” is about far more than pigmentation. It is a call to re-story the world, to reimagine possibilities. Together they discuss the cracks, callings and visions that invite us into a paradigm shift that none of us could imagine alone.Learn more about the tour at https://www.threeblackmen.com and https://www.centerforhealingandliberation.comThe music that opens and closes this episode is by 808 X Ri. And with courtesy of the Leaving Records record label, the music breaks you heard today are  by The Growth Eternal. Artwork by Jon Marro. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.For an extended version of this episode join us at patreon.com/forthewild.Support the show

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Lea Schrumpf, Director of Pastoral Care at Purdue Christian Campus House, to discuss how we are shaped by harm, but how we are created for delight and honor, and how we can enter our stories with compassion and kindness.BEMA 242: Spiritual Abuse — Commodities and VariablesThe Allender CenterAnatomy of the Soul by Curt ThompsonBeing Known PodcastAdam Young CounselingThe Place We Find Ourselves podcastThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkMy Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa MenakemThe Reconnect InstituteReconnect Marriage PodcastPurdue Christian Campus HouseSnack-Stadium by Ordi Stefan Hossu — FacebookAdditional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Lea Schrumpf.

If you're taken aback by the title of this week's episode, I want you to know that I said what I said and I meant every word! Trauma does not make us stronger; it wounds us. Join me in this week's episode as I explain what trauma really does to us and how to recover from it through the healing. You might clutch your pearls as you listen to this one, but I'm saying it with my chest and will say it again! Resources: Trauma Resets Personality “My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts” by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themondaybloom/support

In life, friends come and go. Some friendships begin in childhood. Others form in adulthood. It's rare for a friendship to span decades or even a lifetime.But a long-term friendship is exactly what sustains prominent Minnesotans Resmaa Menakem and Keith Ellison.Listen back to the first episode in our Power Pairs series — conversations with Minnesotans you may know individually, but in the context of relationship, you get to know them in a fresh new way. Trauma expert and therapist Resmaa Menakem and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have been close friends since they met in their 20s, long before their careers took off. They even hosted a community radio show together, on KMOJ in Minneapolis, for a decade.They tell MPR News host Angela Davis how they've leaned on each other in tough times.Guests:  Resmaa Menakem is a longtime therapist in Minnesota and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in the healing of racialized trauma. He's the author of his New York Times bestselling book, “My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.” Earlier this year he released “Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy―and What You Can Do About It.”  Keith Ellison has served as Minnesota's attorney general since January 2019. He was the lead prosecutor in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and led the team that convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on a charge of second-degree unintentional murder.  Do you know a ‘Power Pair?'Know two Minnesotans who have a close relationship and lean on each other for support in the work they do? Maybe they're married or siblings or best friends. They could be business partners or a parent/adult child dynamic duo. We want to hear their stories on MPR News with Angela Davis at 9 a.m. weekdays.Read more about our Power Pair series and submit your ideas here. Or email who you think we should talk to and why to adavis@mpr.org. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  

What does it mean to foster intersectionality in traditions that honor the Sacred Feminine? How do we make space for the differences we find in each other in spiritual community, and also within ourselves? This rich inquiry was the subject of a panel discussion presented at the Parliament of the World's Religions in August 2023, and on today's episode, all five panelists reconvene to provide an overview of our presentation and our experiences at the Parliament.This episode includes a conversation between Home to Her podcast host Liz Childs Kelly; pagan priestess Gina Martin; Creatrix of the Goddess Ministry Lettie Sullivan; Divine Feminine App Founder Caryn MacGrandle; and Mambo and Iyanifa Marie Nazon.This episode includes:An overview of each our backgrounds in terms of race, ethnicity, class and spirituality/religion, and how they've shaped each of usDiscussion of what intersectionality means to each of us, and our experiences exploring this at the ParliamentOur process of working together, and its relevance to holding space for intersectionality overall - and how that process has also continued to shape our relationships and how we show up in the worldThe importance of nervous systems regulation in intersectional work, exploring the differences between edges and boundaries, and much morePLUS a special closing song offered by Gina Martin Show Notes If you'd like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/You can also visit the Coalition of Natives and Allies for more helpful educational resources about Indigenous rights and history.Please – if you love this podcast and/or have read my book, please consider leaving me a review, and thank you for supporting my work!You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hometoherHere's how to learn more about each of my guests today: Marie Nazon: www.marienazon.com. Gina Martin: www.ginamartinauthor.com.  Also check out Gina's new young adult book: Kiyia, Daughter of the Horse Lettie Sullivan: www.lettiesullivan.comCaryn MacGrandle and the Divine Feminine App: https://thedfapp.com/And here are a couple of resources that were mentioned:ALisa Starkweather and Daughters of the Earth: https://new.alisastarkweather.com/about/My Grandmother's Hands, by Resmaa Menakem:  https://www.resmaa.com/ For more Sacred Feminine goodness and to stay up to date on all episodes, please follow me on Instagram: @hometoher.To dive into conversation about the Sacred Feminine, join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hometoher To go deeper in your Sacred Feminine explorations, check out the course offerings via Home to Her Academy: www.hometoheracademy.com And to read about the Sacred Feminine, check out my award-winning book Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine (Womancraft Publishing), available wherever you buy your books!. If you've read it, your reviews on Goodreads and Amazon are greatly appreciated!

What if unlocking a deeper connection with yourself and your partner was a skill you could cultivate?    In this episode, we explore the intricate world of Tantra with the knowledgeable Shiva J, a certified Tantra Educator and transformative empowerment coach. With a diverse background encompassing Kundalini Yoga, somatic bodywork, life coaching, and more, Shiva J guides us through the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding Tantra. Delving into its roots, we discuss the multifaceted aspects of Tantra and explore how it can be a powerful tool for healing and transformation.   Shiva J sheds light on the different forms of Tantra, exploring how it can enhance intimacy in relationships, along with providing a glimpse into a new dating experience known as Tantra speed dating. You will also discover a brief guided Tantric breath exercise that you can begin using today. Tune in for an exploration into the world of Tantra where ancient wisdom meets modern understanding.   “Tantra is the art and ritual of falling in love with yourself” - Shiva J   You're going to leave this episode with…   What tantra is and what it isn't   Ways in which Shiva J has used tantra to help transform his clients lives   How tantra can build more intimacy with your partner   Is tantra just sex?   The danger of tantra   What trauma is and different ways people experience it   How Tantra will allow you to love yourself more   Examples of every day people who would use tantra   The difference between white tantra and red tantra   How teaching men and women differs in tantra and which sex Shiva J finds harder to work with   What tantra speed dating is and how it compares to modern online dating   The Manhood Experiment of the week that will leave you with a Tantric breath exercise you can do right now   -----   Leave a Review: If you enjoyed the show, please leave us an encouraging review and tell us why you loved the show. Remember to click ‘subscribe' so you get all of our latest episodes. https://ratethispodcast.com/man   What is the Manhood Experiment? It's a weekly podcast where we give you one experiment to level up your mind, career, business, health, relationships and more!   For more tips and behind the scenes, follow us on:
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   Submit your questions @ www.manhoodexperiment.com   Resources Mentioned:   Website for Shiva J: https://shivaj.com/   Shiva J's Book Resource List: 1. "Kularnava Tantra" translated by Satyananda Saraswati 2. "The Yoga of Power: Tantra, Shakti, and the Secret Way" by Julius Evola 3. "Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire" by Lama Yeshe 4. "Hevajra Tantra: A Critical Study" by David Snellgrove 5. "Tantra Illuminated" by Christopher D. Wallis (focused on Kashmir Shaivism) 6. "Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy" by Georg Feuerstein 7. "The Roots of Tantra" by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown 8. "Tantra in Practice" edited by David Gordon White 9. "Tantra Unveiled" by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait 10. "The Roots of Tantra" by Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon) 11. "The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy, and Practice" by Georg Feuerstein 12. "The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga" by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe) 13. "The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You" (1971) by Dorothy Bryant "The Red Book" (1914-1930) by Carl Jung 14.  "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies" by Resmaa Menakem  15. "The Art of Sexual Ecstasy" (1989) by Margot Anand "Sex Matters" (1969) by Osho "Siddhartha" (1922) by Herman Hesse  16. "Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love" (1997) by Daniel Odier  17. "From Sex to Superconsciousness" (2006) by Osho  18. "Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing" (2002) by Jed McKenna  19. "I Am That" (1973) by Nisargadatta Maharaj  20. "The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within" (2010) by Osho 21. "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1961) by Robert A. Heinlein  22. "Women of Light: The New Sacred Prostitute" (1994) by Kenneth Ray Stubbs  23. "In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness" (2017) by Peter Levine  24. "Mysteries of the Dark Moon" (1992) by Demetra George  25. "Spinning Straw into Gold" (2006) by Joan Gould  26. "The Recognition Sutras" (2017) by Christopher Wallis  

Resmaa Menakem is a healer, therapist, and a licensed clinical social worker renowned for his bestseller My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Resmaa is the originator and key advocate of Somatic Abolitionism, an embodied antiracist practice of living and culture building. In this episode, CIIS Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Rachel Bryant has a transformative conversation with Resmaa about his recent book, The Quaking of America, and how we can heal the historical and racialized trauma we carry in our bodies and our souls. This episode was recorded during a live online event on February 10th, 2023. You can also watch it on the CIIS Public Programs YouTube channel. A transcript is available at ciispod.com. To find out more about CIIS and public programs like this one, visit our website ciis.edu and connect with us on social media @ciispubprograms. We hope that each episode of our podcast provides opportunities for growth, and that our listeners will use them as a starting point for further introspection. Many of the topics discussed on our podcast have the potential to bring up feelings and emotional responses. If you or someone you know is in need of mental health care and support, here are some resources to find immediate help and future healing: -Visit 988lifeline.org or text, call, or chat with The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 from anywhere in the U.S. to be connected immediately with a trained counselor. Please note that 988 staff are required to take all action necessary to secure the safety of a caller and initiate emergency response with or without the caller's consent if they are unwilling or unable to take action on their own behalf. -Visit thrivelifeline.org or text “THRIVE” to begin a conversation with a THRIVE Lifeline crisis responder 24/7/365, from anywhere: +1.313.662.8209. This confidential text line is available for individuals 18+ and is staffed by people in STEMM with marginalized identities. -Visit translifeline.org or call (877) 565-8860 in the U.S. or (877) 330-6366 in Canada to learn more and contact Trans Lifeline, who provides trans peer support divested from police. -Visit ciis.edu/counseling-and-acupuncture-clinics to learn more and schedule counseling sessions at one of our centers. -Find information about additional global helplines at https://www.befrienders.org.

231: Leadership Reimagined: Letting Your Community Take the Lead (Vichi Jagannathan)SUMMARYAre you a mission-driven leader in the nonprofit sector with more passion than answers? Vichi Jagannathan was one such leader, and in episode #231 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, she shares what it means to let your community take the lead and provide the answers you need as the nonprofit leader. Vichi explains how building on design thinking ideas from across the country brought clarity to the challenges she faced in a rural and under-resourced community. She discusses the biggest challenges she had to overcome in running a small nonprofit, and the solutions she found when building staff, volunteers, and a board of directors. ABOUT VICHIEntrepreneur, strategist and social change leader who applies innovative ideas in unlikely settings to catalyze impact and community transformation. Vichi began her career as a high school science teacher in Northampton County, NC through Teach For America. She then spent two years on the West Coast leading the expansion of Microsoft's TEALS computer science education program into California. In 2016, Vichi participated in the Innovation Next accelerator, where she received coaching from IDEO in human-centered design to develop a mobile sex education app called Real Talk, which has been downloaded over 10,000 times in over 100 countries. She also interned with SelfHelp Credit Union in Durham, NC where she created the strategy for Self-Help's branch expansion into Eastern North Carolina. In 2017, Vichi co-founded Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI). ROI builds the capacity of rural communities to support people's healing from generational trauma to achieve health, safety, connection, and self-determination. Based in rural Eastern North Carolina, ROI has grown from a small, grassroots effort to an influential organization that affects over 20,000 people in 15 states. ROI's innovative approach has captured the interest of national state funders including New Profit and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. Vichi holds a Master of Business Administration from Yale University School of Management, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESWinners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand GiridharadaTake My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, MSWLearn more about Vichi hereReady for a Mastermind? Learn more here!Check out Patton's book Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership: Seven Keys to Advancing Your Career in the Philanthropic Sector

For this week's show, we're digging into the First Voices Radio archives and revisiting Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse's conversation with author, Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist, and master trainer Resmaa Menakem. Tiokasin and Resmaa discuss grief, trauma, Indigeneity, reclamation of cultures, and autonomous practicality separate from "identity" and history. Resmaa coaches leaders and people to rise through suffering's edge. His work focuses on making the invisible, embodied and visible. Resmaa Menakem is a healer, a longtime therapist, and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in the healing of racialized trauma. He is also the founder of the Cultural Somatics Institute, a cultural trauma navigator, and a communal provocateur and coach. Resmaa is best known as the author of the New York Times bestseller “My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies,” and as the originator and key advocate of Somatic Abolitionism, an embodied antiracist practice of living and culture building. Resmaa has served as the director of counseling services for Tubman Family Alliance, a domestic violence treatment center in Minneapolis; the behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; a divorce and family mediator; a social worker for Minneapolis Public Schools; a youth counselor; a community organizer; and a marketing strategist. Find Resmaa on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn. His website is https://www.resmaa.com/. Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Ramirez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) (00:00:22) 2. Song Title: Come and Take It Artist: John Németh Album: Stronger Than Strong (2020) Label: Memphis Grease Records (00:26:07) 3. Song Title: Freedom Artist: Mau Power Feat. Archie Roach Album: The Show Will Go On (2014) Label: Aylan Styles (00:55:00) AKANTU INTELLIGENCE Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse

Feelings, emotions, sensations in the body... We've all received confusing messages around what they mean and what they are. And many autistic folks have trouble connecting to their emotions and related body sensations.They're also important and potentially useful messages from our body as it attempts to stay safe. This episode covers one compelling theory of what feelings (sensations and emotions) are, as well as a variety of tools to get through the day no matter where you are in your journey. Also, just a reminder that whatever you're doing to get through the day right now is okay. You don't owe anyone—including yourself—a specific amount of healing or performing wellness. Book mentioned is How Emotions are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett. I also mention Linda Thai and Resmaa Menakem. Episode originally published as 009 Feelings: Why?? on The Longer Road podcastLinks:Transcript Doc Email Newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 1st episode of season #4 of the Mind-Blowing Happiness® Podcast! Each month we speak to inspiring and empowering guests to help you rediscover your authenticity, realign with your values, and walk in your purpose for a juicier, more joyful life.In this episode, Trish kicks off the new season with New York Times Bestselling Author, Healer, and Trauma Specialist, Resmaa Menakem. Resmaa is the author of the New York Times bestseller, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. He is also the author of The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning, and Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy–and What You Can Do About It. Resmaa Menakem is a longtime therapist and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in the healing of racialized trauma. He is the founder of the Cultural Somatics Institute and the originator and key advocate of Somatic Abolitionism. For ten years, Resmaa co-hosted a radio show with former U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison on KMOJ-FM in Minneapolis. He also hosted his own show, Resmaa in the Morning, on KMOJ. Resmaa has appeared on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on family dynamics, couples in conflict, and domestic violence. He has also been a guest on Charlamagne Tha God's Comedy Central TV program, Tha God's Honest Truth, and on iHeart radio's The Breakfast Club with DJ Envy.1:00 – Trish talks about how she learned of Resmaa's work3:50 – Resmaa talks about how he got into the work of healing8:40 – Resmaa explains "somatic abolitionism"12:00 – Trish and Resmaa address the concept of "wokeness"13:15 – Resmaa gives historical context to wokeness and "fugitiveness"17:05 – Trish and Resmaa talk about the impact of Jan 6 and the potential for a Civil War18:54 - Resmaa discusses how "symbols of our feral past" are part of our present20:30 - Resmaa examines the "training ground" of Jan 623:00 – Resmaa explains the value and "currency" of whiteness23:40 - Resmaa shares the mistake in his bestselling book, My Grandmother's Hands24:50 – Trish and Resmaa discuss the reason for the creation of "white supremacy" 26:15 – Resmaa explains why black and brown people should seek each other out27:00 - Resmaa explains that race has a "charge"28:40 - Trish talks about the need to awaken white compassion instead of tears29:53 - Resmaa offers his recommendation for personal growth in mainstream communities31:30 - Resmaa explains "bodies and logic"35:00 - Resmaa explains the concept of "generativeness"37:37 - Resmaa discusses the acronym, "VIMBASI" and how to reclaim the "6 intelligences"40:00 - Trish talks about her work with Black women and busyness40:30 - Resmaa talks about how rest for Black women is revolutionary41:50 - Trish recalls the consistency of images of white women being pampered and resting43:30 - Resmaa explains why the "structure" wants free labor45:00 - Resmaa encourages you to think of your body as a "toy box" instead of a "toolbox"45:20 - Trish talks about the shame of body rest and pleasure46:00 - Resmaa describes a powerful embodied mirror practice47:19 - Trish talks about the importance of nurturing the physical body48:00 - Resmaa discusses the power of pausing49:20 - Resmaa dives into pain and healing54:00 - Resmaa explains that most people don't look at or hold their own bodies54:50 - Trish and Resmaa share the strange childhood behavior they have in common56:00 - Trish and Resmaa talk about how to prepare for whatever is coming58:38 - Resmaa shares his new children's book projectLearn more about Resmaa Menakem's work and donate to his children's book project at https://www.resmaa.com/Learn more about Trish Ahjel Roberts' work and schedule a Clarity Call at https://TrishAhjelRoberts.com to learn about the 2024 Ghana Soul-Healing Retreat, Mind-Blowing Happiness Private Coaching, Finding Freedom Book Coaching, Passion Quest 6-Week Mind-Body-Soul Refresh for Black Women, and more!Follow @TrishAhjelRoberts on social media and get your complimentary copy of the Black Girl Joy Toolkit and the Mind-Blowing Happiness® Guide to Self-Careep52/s4/ep1

How do we show mercy to our bodies as God does? Gena St. David juxtaposes a living sacrifice with the death dealing ways we often do violence to our bodies. She explores how showing mercy, as God does, to our bodies through gentleness, rest, and healing is an act of worship. [Romans 12:1-2]   Reflection Where is God inviting me to try softer this week? What prevents me from resting when I need to? Whose help could I ask for in my healing process? Resources Book: Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber Book: Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey Book: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies  by Resmaa Menakem

In life, friends come and go. Some friendships begin in childhood. Others come to be after we're adults. Rarely do they span decades or a lifetime.Trauma expert and therapist Resmaa Menakem and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have been close friends most of their lives. They met in their 20s, before their careers took off. They even hosted a community radio show together on KMOJ in Minneapolis for a decade. Each is a successful Minnesotan in his own right and in tough times they have leaned on each other.MPR News host Angela Davis kicks off a series called “Power Pairs.” It's about people you might know separately, but when you get them together, you discover a different side of them.Guests:Resmaa Menakem is a longtime therapist in Minnesota and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in the healing of racialized trauma. He's the author of his New York Times bestselling book, “My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.” Earlier this year he released “Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy ― and What You Can Do About It.” Learn more about his work, including an effort to distribute free children's books on racialized healing, at resmaa.com. Keith Ellison has served as Minnesota's attorney general since January 2019. He was the lead prosecutor in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and led the team that convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on a charge of second-degree unintentional murder. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.  

The full title of today's episode is: “They thought they buried me; They did not know I am a seed” In this community conversation from June 2023, SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo host Bayo Akomolafe and Chief Oluwo Fayemi peeling back the layers of history and tap into the wellspring of resilience that resides within us all. Weaving Bayo's wisdom and Chief Oluwo Obafemi's ancestral knowledge, they enture into this mystical landscape, navigating the intricacies of existence, embracing the profound beauty of the unfolding journey. Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.), rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea and Kyah, the grateful life-partner to Ije, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak, Bayo Akomolafe is the Founder of The Emergence Network and host of the online postactivist course, ‘We Will Dance with Mountains'. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California and University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. He sits on the Board of many organizations including Science and Non-Duality (US) and Ancient Futures (Australia). In July 2022, Dr. Akomolafe was appointed the inaugural Global Senior Fellow of University of California's (Berkeley) Othering and Belonging Institute. He has also been appointed Senior Fellow for The New Institute in Hamburg, Germany. He is the recipient of the New Thought Leadership Award 2021 and the Excellence in Ethnocultural Psychotherapy Award by the African Mental Health Summit 2022. Chief Oluwo Obafemi Fayemi Epega is a world-renowned Babalawo and the founder of O.I.D.S.I. (Obafemi Institute for the Divine & Universal Study of Ifa). He was initiated as a priest of Obatala in 2004, and received his Tefa in 2005. He strongly believes that the restoration and preservation of African divine sciences and traditions can restore psychological balance and personal empowerment to all people. A lecturer, teacher and healer and the author of Who is Sambo?, Baba Femi has facilitated Ifa workshops all over the world. He has been invited to share his knowledge and insight on countless radio shows, major universities and colleges. In addition to overseeing more than 400 ceremonies and rituals, Baba Femi has either directly facilitated, or served as the principal liaison for the initiations of more than 50 Ifa and Olorisha priests. With the blessings of Olodumare, his ancestors, and Ifa, this life has allowed him to fully embrace and experience that which his heart has chosen. He is proud to be an African American man, native Houstonian, descendant of slaves, priest of Ifa, teacher, author, mentor, son, a friend to many, a loving husband, and most importantly, an honorable father. We invite you to connect further with Bayo Akomolafe in an immersive recording from the SAND co-presentation Three Black Men Trauma, Ritual & the Promise of the Monstrous live in Los Angeles from June 2023 with your guides: Bayo Akomolafe, Orland Bishop, and Resmaa Menakem for nearly six hours of talks, video, and explorations.

In this episode Deondre and I (Isabel) talk about this book that Isabel has been reading with her book group called My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem, which talks about how trauma physically manifests itself in the body, and how human beings can try to deal with that trauma using somatic methods like humming together, dancing, and physically settling the body by focusing on breathing. In this book, there is a section that talks about how racism was actually conceived of fairly recently in human history, when white landowners in Virginia were trying to come up with a solution to the class-based unrest amongst the workers. At the time these "bondsmen" were of both white and black skin colors, and had deals with the landowners that said if they worked long enough they could buy their freedom from servitude and be given a parcel of land that they could work themselves. However, the white landowners decided that the best way to appease the masses, who were getting more and more agitated about their economic situation, was to allow the white bondmen to receive land and to deny land to the black ones. This strategy became law in 1619. This makes race one of the craziest acts of evil genius that humans seem to have come up with: those white landowners probably had no idea that their Hunger Games-esque scheme would be a major force throughout all of subsequent American history, they were likely only out to save their own asses. So we talk about whether there are other similar social constructs that have been a force for good in human history, and why it is so difficult to see and appreciate those things as well, when there are so many dastardly human ideas that seem like they are shaping our modernity. Link to My Grandmother's Hands: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34146782 Music is The Beauty of Maths by Meydän. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/im-the-villain/support

Kristen Carder sits down with Brooke in this episode of SuccessFull with ADHD to discuss her journey with ADHD and how she became not only an advocate for her community, but also a leading voice in connecting the disorder with trauma. Kristen opens up about her own experiences as a coach and what she discovered in her time reading the experts and listening to them on her own highly successful podcast. We also explore the link between trauma and ADHD and deep dive into whether ADHD really is a “superpower” as some in the community like to label it.[05:50] The Positives & Negatives of Imposter Syndrome in the ADHD Community.[08:04] Kristen discusses her ADHD journey.[13:07] Why did she shift from tutoring to coaching.[21:00] Why certification and training aren't always the answer for coaches.[23:00] What is being “trauma informed”?[25:00] The link between trauma and ADHD.[29:00] The role of medication in ADHD treatment.[31:25] ADHD is NOT a “Superpower”! Resources mentioned:·         Dr. Russell A Barkley: 30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD (YouTube Series): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzBixSjmbc8eFl6UX5_wWGP8i0mAs-cvY·         Kristen Carder's I Have ADHD Podcast: https://ihaveadhd.com/podcast/·         Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification information: https://www.traumainformedcoaching.com/·         The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.: https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score·         What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey: https://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-You-Understanding-Resilience/dp/1250223180·         My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem: https://www.amazon.com/My-Grandmothers-Hands-Racialized-Pathway/dp/1942094477Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Successful with ADHD. If you enjoyed this conversation, please +FOLLOW the podcast on your favorite platform and leave a review to let us know your thoughts.Do you get stuck in analysis paralysis more than you like when making decisions?Join me while I share my 5-Step Process in my upcoming FREE Masterclass on "How to Make Decisions with Confidence and Ease." >>https://event.webinarjam.com/register/47/684m6c5vSave your spot today, seats are limited. >https://event.webinarjam.com/register/47/684m6c5v

We know that we're living in a critical time in human history. We know that we can no longer say, "It's not my responsibility." What is it that this time begs us to see? In this podcast, Tami Simon joins visionary leaders Bayo Akomolafe, Orland Bishop, and Resmaa Menakem for a compelling conversation about the intersection of past, present, and future and the creation of new rituals and pathways for healing, equity, and belonging for all people.  Tune in as Bayo, Orland, and Resmaa discuss with Tami: "facing the monstrous" and reconciling that which we've chosen to avoid; how transformation is inevitably disabling; stopping the propagation of violence and fear in the human psyche; the metaphor of the fissure in the road; the power of ritual to foster inclusion and "metabolize" trauma; initiating the shift from the profane to the sacred; tapping the generative energies awaiting expression; imaginal cells and the analogy of the caterpillar and the butterfly; the evolution of music and trusting the maturation of creative acts; the Trickster archetype, and how oppression is never complete; getting out of the habit of predicting what comes next; and more. Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

 7 out of every 10 adults have experienced a traumatic event, and whether you are aware of it or not, you are most likely interacting with trauma survivors both personally and professionally on a daily basis. Tune into today's episode to learn one of two tips that will help you be more informed, supportive and safe for those survivors in your life.  ----------  Free Resources:   ·   The Body Keeps the Score: Brian, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. ·   No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with The Internal Family Systems Model by  Richard C. Schwartz, PhD ·   Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky ·   The A-to-Z Self Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals by  Erlene Grise-Owens ·   Help for the Helper: Self-Care Strategies for Managing Burnout and Stress by  Babette Rothschild ·   Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia & Emiy Nagoski, PhD ·   Eastern Body-Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith ·   Running on Empty: Overcoming your Childhood Neglect by  Jonice Webb, PhD ·   Attached: The New Science on Adult Attachment and How It Can Help you Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel Heller, M.A. ·   My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by  Resmaa Menakem, MSW ·   Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time by Laura Khoudari ·   Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Controlling Yourself by Melody Beattie ·   Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma- Free Guide to Embracing Your Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life by Jamie Marich, PhD ·   Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD ·   The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Wendy Maltz ·   The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control & Becoming Whole by Arielle Schwartz, PhD & Jim Knipe, PhD ----------  Stay Connected  Instagram: @jess_demarchis_coaching Website: www.jessicademarchis.com

Resmaa Menakem returns to the Deeply Well podcast and we are honored to dive into a deeper conversation about expansion and relationships. He returns with a new book, “Monsters in Love” which challenges the idea that conflict between partners is unhealthy or something to avoid. Instead, it encourages both people to stand by what they need and who they are—but to do so with compassion rather than competitiveness or vengefulness. Menakem offers scenarios and his insight on how each person in a relationship can grow not in spite of a conflict but because of it… Connect: @DeviBrown  @ResmaaMenakem Learn More: Resmaa.com Subscribe: Devi Brown's YouTube ChannelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Somatic therapist Elizabeth Ferreira returns to the podcast and joins Forrest for a deep dive into somatic psychology. They explore what a somatic therapy session looks like in practice, how it differs from traditional talk therapy, the connection between the body and the mind, and why people with complex trauma are sometimes better served by body-based approaches. Elizabeth then talks about how somatic therapy has supported her own journey with CPTSD and PMDD, and shares some of the practices that have helped her clients.About our Guest: Elizabeth Ferreira is an associate therapist working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her practice is open, and if you'd like to reach out to Elizabeth you can do so through Instagram. Elizabeth also has her own podcast, My Therapist's a Witch.Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube.Key Topics:0:00: Introduction1:45: What happens in a somatic therapy session?5:00: Attunement and a quick demonstration9:55: Moving slowly and navigating dissociative patterns12:45: Cognitive bypassing and catharsis in letting go15:40: Trauma and integrating alienated parts of ourselves21:15: Elizabeth's experience feeling anger25:30: When the thing that brings you into therapy isn't the root of your problem29:00: Safety allowing comfort with feeling difficult feelings31:40: Interoception, physical embodiment, and more on attunement35:50: Clean and dirty pain, different parts, and appreciation40:25: Resistance, joining with the defense, and compassion44:50: RecapSupport the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.Sponsors: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp, and you can join over a million people using the world's largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!Want to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Connect with the show:Subscribe on iTunesFollow Forrest on YouTubeFollow us on InstagramFollow Forrest on InstagramFollow Rick on FacebookFollow Forrest on FacebookVisit Forrest's website