9. Better community: doing the best you can with the trauma you carry with Annemarie Shrouder

Annemarie Shrouder (she/her), international speaker, consultant and author of Being Brown in a Black and White World, which shares the personal and organisational costs of polarisation, joined me today to talk about the essentials for community building and what we can borrow or learn from post-COVID-19 amid waning global commitments.

On today’s episode:

(0:00) Intro & welcome

(0:24) Common frustrations shared since the start

(2:47) Inclusion vs Belonging and other polarisations

(4:12) “Healing requires that we all need to do our own work”

(5:52) Learning from parenthood for the best workplace

(9:42) The impact of COVID-19 on community and balance

(15:09) The tools we can use today

(17:39) The power of intersectionality on how we show up

(20:58) Wellness and heart-based exercises as impact drivers

(24:20) “Everyone is doing the best they can with the trauma they carry”

(26:15) Looking ahead with 5% more courage

(30:53) Outro

RESOURCES

Annemarie’s Book: https://annemarieshrouder.com/book/

(Amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/Being-Brown-Black-White-World-ebook/dp/B09224CN47

The HeartMath Institute: https://www.heartmath.org/

More About Annemarie Shrouder (Author | Speaker | Facilitator | Consultant):

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarieshrouder/

Website: https://annemarieshrouder.com/

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