Racialized trauma expert Resmaa Menakem discusses somatic abolitionism, clean vs. dirty pain, historical trauma healing, and the role of white people in anti-racist efforts. Emphasizes the importance of embodied practices, confronting uncomfortable truths for transformation, and addressing racialized trauma in interactions. Explores hate groups, identity, ancestral wisdom, and the necessity of embodying change for future generations.

Across the past year, and now as the murder trial of Derek Chauvin unfolds with Minneapolis in fresh pain and turmoil, we return again to the grounding insights of Resmaa Menakem. He is a Minneapolis-based therapist and trauma specialist who activates the wisdom of elders, and very new science, about how all of us carry in our bodies the history and traumas behind everything we collapse into the word “race.” We offer up his intelligence on changing ourselves at a cellular level — practices towards the transformed reality most of us long to inhabit.Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP, teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice, and a senior fellow at The Meadows. His New York Times best-selling book is My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.This show originally aired June 4, 2020.

Nick Cannon, a versatile comedian and host, shares the mic with Robert Kraft, the philanthropic New England Patriots owner, and Resmaa Menakem, a trauma and healing expert. They dive into Kraft's campaign against hate, explore the significance of representation in children’s literature, and discuss the role of healing in community resilience. Cannon adds humor while reflecting on cultural identity and sports rivalries. Menakem emphasizes the importance of shared reading experiences, creating a rich dialogue about legacy, unity, and the power of storytelling.

Therapist and social worker Resmaa Menakem discusses ancient fears, racialized trauma, and the importance of communal responses to trauma. The conversation delves into personal experiences with fear, intergenerational trauma, and the impact of unaddressed trauma on relationships and communities.

Through the ruptures of the past year and more, we’ve been given so much to learn, and callings to live differently. But how to do that, and where to begin? Resmaa Menakem’s book, My Grandmother's Hands, and his original insights into racialized trauma in all kinds of bodies, have offered new ways forward for us all. So we said yes when Resmaa proposed that he join On Being together with Robin DiAngelo. She has been a foremost white voice in our civilizational grappling with whiteness. This conversation is not comfortable, but it is electric and it opens possibility. Resmaa Menakem (MSW, LICSW, SEP) teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers. He is also a therapist in private practice, and a senior fellow at The Meadows. His New York Times best-selling book is My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.Robin DiAngelo has been a consultant, educator, and facilitator for over 20 years and is an Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington in Seattle. She’s the author of the influential book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism. Her new book is Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org. And listen to Resmaa’s first conversation with Krista, 'Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence.’This show originally aired in July, 2020.