The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping with Racial Trauma
Self-Care Tips for Black People Who are Really Going Through It Right Now
Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma Dr. Candice Nicole
Guided Ancestor Meditation Justin Michael Williams (YouTube)
Liberate A safe space for the Black community to develop a daily meditation habit
Hand Over Heart Meditation Dr. Joi Lewis
Radical Trauma Healing and Liberation Dr. Joi Lewis (YouTube) “How do we both cultivate joy and hold heartbreak at the same time…..even in the midst of all these things, how do we know we are a people who have amazing and joyous things to embrace, how can we find joy even in the midst.”
Finding Calm in Chaos: The Virtual Healing Circle Radical Self-Care as Resistance (no cost for first 100 “co-conspirators”) Dr. Joi Lewis
Race and Healing: A Body Practice from therapist Resmaa Menakem
Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence On Being podcast with Resmaa Menakem
Free Racialized Trauma 5-Day eCourse Resmaa Menakem MSW LICSW (Black Body Trauma, White Body Trauma, Police Body Trauma, and Communal Body Trauma) Article on the course
Racialized Trauma Resmaa Menakem (YouTube) “You’re not defective, you don’t have to carry it all by yourself, and some of what you’re trying to carry by yourself, is not supposed to be carried by you, because it didn’t just happen to you, it happened to your people.”
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmaa Menakem MSW LICSW (book)
Loveland Therapy Fund Financial assistance for Black women to obtain therapy (free 4-8 sessions). Next window for applications opens in January 2021.
Five Self-Care Practices Black People Can Use While Coping With Trauma
Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough
Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma Tool Kit (developed by and for people of African ancestry)
Transgenerational Trauma in Black Families
Latinx Healing from Colonialism Toolkit
Self-Care Tips for Asian Americans Dealing with Racism During the Coronavirus
Intergenerational Trauma Affects the Mental Health of Southeast Asian Americans
Understanding Historical Trauma and Native Americans Native Hope
Racism, Recovery, Resting, Rising Ep 49 The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema
The Impact of Racial Trauma ep 134; Building Your Coping Kit ep 152 Therapy for Black Girls podcast Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
The Next Question Podcast (Austin Channing Brown) Ep6 Unapologetic Joy & Ep5 Behind the Protest
The trauma of systemic racism is killing black women. A first step toward change. TED talk T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison from GirlTrek “1) Do not wait, walk right now in the direction of your healthiest, most fulfilled life, because self-care is a revolutionary act. 2) When you learn the way forward, come back and get a sister. 3) Rally your allies. 4) Find joy.” “Walking can transform our communities.”
The Trauma of Being Black in America NPR
Breaking Generational Cycles of Trauma Brandy Wells TED Talk
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing Dr. Joy Degruy (book)
Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger Lama Rod Owens (Black queer male with formal Buddhist training and heavily influenced by the church and its community) This book “will resonate with anyone who wants to metabolize or harness their anger for transformation and change.”
Racial Trauma, Resiliency, and Ally Resources
*These resources are intended to be helpful resources for your healing and self-care. The links are for information only and are not endorsed or recommended by Augsburg CWC.