S2 Ep6: White Body Supremacy, Healing from Racial Trauma, Black Women and Creation | Resmaa Menakem

07/01/21 • 66 min

In this episode I have the pleasure of talking to the incredible Resmaa Menakem, a Healer, best-selling author, and trauma specialist.
Resmaa helps people, communities, and organisations find strength in healing historical and racialised trauma – carried in the body and the soul – that is holistic and resilient. He is a cultural trauma navigator and helps people rise through the suffering’s edge. He is a communal provocateur and coach, a Senior Fellow with The Meadows Institute and considers it his job in this moment to make the invisible visible. I have the pleasure of hearing more about Resmaa's journey from social work to healing historical and racialised trauma. We talk about the beautiful inspiration behind the name of his book, My Grandmother's Hands. We also talk about the concept of 'white body supremacy'. The immaturity of white body supremacy and the barrier it creates anti-racism and healing. We talk about healing from racialised trauma, Black women and creation, and Resmaa’s best-selling book, My Grandmother’s Hands. Referenced in the episode: -Resmaa’s free Racialized Trauma Course: https://courses.culturalsomaticsinstitute.com/courses/cultural-somatics-free-5-session-ecourse - My Grandmother’s Hands: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443/443125/my-grandmother-s-hands/9780141996479.html - Podcast Ep 3 BLM One Year On, Toxic Masculinity, Healing and Honouring Women with Daniel Edmund
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/blm-one-year-on-toxic-masculinity-healing-honouring/id1506584414?i=1000523257338
You can connect with Resmaa on his Instagram @resmaamenakem and Linktree page to download a free racialized trauma course You can connect with me over at @novareidofficial (https://www.instagram.com/novareidofficial/) and at www.novareid.com If you are ready to do the inner work and learn to be actively anti-racist please visit my website for further details about my online academy: Becoming Anti-racist with Nova Reid https://novareid.com/services/anti-racism-course/ If you would like to express gratitude you can do so here: https://novareid.com/gratitude/
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S2 Ep5: Love, Rage and Living in our Full Humanity | Lady Phyll

In this episode I have the pleasure of talking to the incredible community builder and organiser, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah also fondly known as Lady Phyll, who is the nucleus of the award-winning celebration and protest that is UK Black Pride.
Lady Phyll is also the executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust, an organisation working towards the liberation of LGBTQ people around the world, an Albert Kennedy Trust patron and a public speaker focusing on race, gender, sexuality and class. My goodness do we take a deep dive in this episode. We have a beautiful conversation about some of the things that make us human. Phyll also shares what lead her to found UK Black Pride, racism and how it intersects with other marginalised communities, Christianity and its link to white supremacy, homophobia and colonial systems. We also talk about managing expectations and overwhelm in social justice work and the beauty of joy. We also talk about the forthcoming UK Black Pride Love and Rage taking place online on the 2-4 July 2021 - as a space to re-imagine difference. Referenced in the episode: - UK Black Pride ukblackpride.org.uk (Twitter: @ukblackpride Instagram: @ukblackpride)
- UK Black Pride 2021: Love and Rage - Kaleidoscope Trust kaleidoscopetrust.com (Twitter: kaleidoscope_t Instagram: kaleidoscope_t) - Albert Kennedy Trust https://www.akt.org.uk/ (Twitter: @aktcharity Instagram: @aktcharity) - Stonewall Glossary Terms https://www.stonewall.org.uk/help-advice/faqs-and-glossary/glossary-terms You can connect with Lady Phyll on social media via: Twitter: @MsLadyPhyll Instagram: @ladyphyll You can connect with me over at @novareidofficial (https://www.instagram.com/novareidofficial/) and at www.novareid.com If you are ready to do the inner work and learn to be actively anti racist please visit my website for further details about my online adacemy: Becoming Anti-racist with Nova Reid https://novareid.com/services/anti-racism-course/ Don't forget if you learn something and these add value you can join my brand new podcast community over on Patreon to support this work and get access to exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/novareid. If this podcast resonates with you, please leave a review.

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S2 Ep7: Embodying Anti-Racism, Perfectionism, Accountability and Love | Amanda Appiagyei

In this episode I have the pleasure of talking to Amanda Appiagyei, one of my anti-racism students. Amanda is a brand strategist helping people to build business and lives that feel more joyful, a lifelong learner.
Amanda and I had an incredibly raw and honest conversation about her anti-racism journey, her experience of being in an interracial marriage with two mixed heritage children and how this has affected her anti-racism work. We talk about when Amanda realised she needed to do this work, how to know when you’re embodying the work and some of the hardest and most transformative lessons Amanda has learned along the way. In the episode we also discuss: - Whether social media is a help or a hinderance to anti-racism - Trauma and the how white women uphold white supremacy - Upholding anti-racism work, causing harm and perfectionism - The importance of accountability - Love and anti-racism Referenced in the episode: - Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers: They Were Her Property - Becoming Anti-Racist with Nova Reid https://novareid.com/services/anti-racism-course/
You can connect with me over at @novareidofficial (https://www.instagram.com/novareidofficial/) and at www.novareid.com If you are ready to do the inner work and learn to be actively anti-racist please visit my website for further details about my online academy: Becoming Anti-racist with Nova Reid https://novareid.com/services/anti-racism-course/ If you would like to express gratitude you can do so here: https://novareid.com/gratitude/
Don't forget if you learn something and these add value you can join my brand new podcast community over on Patreon to support this work and get access to exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/novareid. If this podcast resonates with you, please leave a review.