The Embodied Path to Healing Racialized Trauma with Resmaa Menakem

Published: July 2, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

b'324. The Embodied Path to Healing Racialized Trauma with Resmaa Menakem\\n\\nAuthor, therapist, licensed clinical worker, racialized trauma expert, Resmaa Menakem discusses the concepts of somatic abolitionism, and the importance of embodied anti-racist practices.\\xa0\\n\\nDiscover:\\xa0\\n-The difference between clean and dirty pain;\\n-What white people need to do in order to help create an anti-racist society; and\\n-Why we should shift from looking at the personal to looking at the historical to heal our traumas.\\n\\nOn 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 \\u2013 an embodied anti-racist practice for living and culture building \\u2013 Resmaa is the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions and the Cultural Somatics Institute.\\n\\nResmaa works at the intersections of anti-racism, communal healing, and embodied purpose, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller My Grandmother\\u2019s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation\\u2019s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning, Monsters in Love: Why Your Partner Sometimes Drives You Crazy\\u2014And What You Can Do About It, and The Stories from My Grandmother\\u2019s Hands, a children\\u2019s picture book with actor T. Mychael Rambo and illustrator Leroy Campbell.\\n\\nIn 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.\\n\\nWork with Resmaa: https://blackoctopussociety.com/ \\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'