Healing Our Past and Present Pain

Towards a More Compassionate and Connected Future

At the Natural Lifemanship Institute, we believe that meaningful work on the subject of racism and antiracism begins with connection. It begins with the desire to deeply listen to our own bodies and simultaneously to the embodied experiences of others. This requires our full engagement, commitment, and practice. To support our community in this work, we are pleased to offer this compilation of over 9 hours of material dedicated to healing our personal and collective racialized trauma.

What this Compilation Includes

  • Embodied Conversations about Racism and Antiracism

    A 3-part "embodied conversation" between trauma expert and best-selling author, Bonnie Badenoch, and grassroots leader and community advocate, Vanessa Timmons.

  • Compassionate Conversations about Race and Antiracism

    Through dialogue, stories and reflections, Bonnie and Vanessa explore our individual and collective wounds around race and how we might begin to heal them.

  • Navigating Implicit Bias, White Spaces, and the Somatics of Racialized Trauma

    Panelists, Veronica Lac, Elizabeth McCorvey, and Sarah Schlote engage in a dynamic conversation inviting viewers to think critically about how each is situated in a cultural context and what we are willing to do to create a safer, braver, and more inclusive environment for all.

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • About this Course
  2. 2

    • Part 1: Haunted by History

    • Part 1: Haunted by History QUIZ

    • Part 2: A Complicated Web

    • Part 2: A Complicated Web QUIZ

    • Part 3:  Difficult Conversations and Big Ideas

    • Part 3:  Difficult Conversations and Big Ideas QUIZ

    • Embodied Conversations about Racism and Antiracism Introduction
  3. 3

    • Compassionate Conversations about Race and Antiracism

    • Compassionate Conversations about Race and Antiracism QUIZ
  4. 4

    • Navigating Implicit Bias, White Spaces, and the Somatics of Racialized Trauma

    • Navigating Implicit Bias, White Spaces, and the Somatics of Racialized Trauma QUIZ
  5. 5

    • Complete the Course Evaluation

Build Awareness and Compassion

Deepen your understanding. Expand your capacity to be present. Listen to your body and to the embodied experiences of others.

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CE Contact Hours

You may enjoy the course content without seeking CE credits. If you wish to earn CE credits, you must complete the entire course and pass each of the quizzes.

  • Successful completion of this course awards 9 contact hours. There is a 20 question quiz following each 120 minute presentation and a 15 question quiz following each 90-minute presentation. Each quiz must be completed with 80% accuracy to pass.

  • The Natural Lifemanship Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP # 6807.

  • This program is pending approval  by the National Association of Social Workers.

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