Book Summary · 21 min
My Grandmother's Hands
By Resmaa Menakem
This episode reveals how racial trauma lives not just in our minds or history books, but as a physiological imprint in our bodies, demanding a somatic path to collective healing.
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What it is about
Racial Trauma, Somatic Healing, Collective Well-being
Who it is for
If you've ever felt a deep, unaddressed tension in conversations about race, this will illuminate the body's role in collective healing, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Resmaa Menakem, a therapist and trauma specialist, draws on decades of clinical practice and a deep understanding of the nervous system to reveal how racial trauma is stored and healed within the body.
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