Breaking Generational Cycles: Embodiment & Healing Trauma with Prentis Hemphill
Jun 13, 2024
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Writer, embodiment facilitator, and therapist Prentis Hemphill discusses breaking generational cycles and healing trauma through embodiment work. Topics include crying dates for self-discovery, distinguishing trauma from personality, and owning part in generational healing.
Practice crying dates for self-discovery & instinct reconnection.
Distinguish trauma from personality to initiate healing process.
Embrace role as cycle breaker for generational healing and self-growth.
Deep dives
Key Point 1: Importance of Seeking Mentorship and Learning from the Best
Seeking mentorship from individuals like Serena Williams can help in personal growth and development. The podcast highlights the value of platforms like MasterClass, providing access to top-tier teachers for learning and growth at an affordable cost.
Key Point 2: Building Strong Relationships through Learning
The episode emphasizes the role of education in fostering healthy relationships. Taking classes, such as Astaire Parel's course, can enhance understanding of interpersonal dynamics, leading to boosted confidence in personal and professional interactions.
Key Point 3: Embracing the Journey of Healing and Transformation
Prentice Hemphill, a writer, therapist, and embodiment facilitator, shares insights on the concept of transitional characters who break generational cycles by undertaking healing and transformation. The discussion delves into the process of self-discovery and collective healing.
Key Point 4: Reconnecting with Authenticity and Vulnerability
The importance of vulnerability and authentic self-expression is highlighted as a means to deepen relationships and personal growth. Encouraging openness and honesty in communication, even when facing challenges or fears, can lead to profound connections.
Key Point 5: Navigating Through Trauma and Self-Discovery
Exploring the complexities of trauma, self-protection, and healing, the conversation touches on the significance of self-awareness and emotional expression. Acknowledging past wounds, understanding triggers, and embracing inner strength play vital roles in the journey towards healing and self-empowerment.
Glennon and Abby welcome Prentis Hemphill, a writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, and therapist. They discuss individual and collective healing through embodiment. The conversation spans the concepts of embodiment, cycle breaking within families and generational healing and how to get back into a healthier relationship with yourself and others.
Discover:
-The important practice of crying dates to help rediscover yourself & your instincts;
-How to learn the difference between your trauma and your personality; and
-What it means to be a cycle breaker & how to own your part in generational healing.
About Prentis: Prentis Hemphill is a writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, and therapist. They are the founder and director of the Embodiment Institute and the Black Embodiment Initiative, and the host of the acclaimed podcast Finding Our Way. Their work and writing have appeared in The New York Times, HuffPost, You Are Your Best Thing (edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown), and Holding Change (by adrienne maree brown). And their new book is called, What it takes to heal.