Learning to Manage Grief and Racial Trauma

06/16/20 • 57 min

So many people are suffering right now. Between the global health pandemic and the scourge that is rampant racism here in America, people are suffering. And more than that, they are angry that the world changed without their permission and they are struggling to name what is going on with them.

We are most in trouble when we’re struggling with what used to be—and our desire to have things as they were before. That is gone.

In this episode we discussed:

The different ways that people are grieving right now, it's not just loss of a loved one.
With the global pandemic, what other emotions are wearing us down in addition to grief?
What can we do now to deal with grief about the current state of things?
The main thing we do that saps our power and keeps us stuck.
How and why Black people are operating at less than their full energy.
How racial trauma shows up in our bodies and what to do about it.
How to improve the results you get from meditation.
How you build influence in your workplace
How to tell if you are managing your racial trauma well or need to seek additional support.

Get the show notes and additional resources at:

https://allegrasinclair.com/trauma

We are most in trouble when we’re struggling with what used to be—and our desire to have things as they were before. That is gone.

In this episode we discussed:

The different ways that people are grieving right now, it's not just loss of a loved one.
With the global pandemic, what other emotions are wearing us down in addition to grief?
What can we do now to deal with grief about the current state of things?
The main thing we do that saps our power and keeps us stuck.
How and why Black people are operating at less than their full energy.
How racial trauma shows up in our bodies and what to do about it.
How to improve the results you get from meditation.
How you build influence in your workplace
How to tell if you are managing your racial trauma well or need to seek additional support.

Get the show notes and additional resources at:

https://allegrasinclair.com/trauma

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