Anti-Racist Healer:
Read my article recently published in the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work (WSSCSW) Fall/Winter Newsletter Page 4.
How To Be An Anti-Racist Healer – Diana Mena, LICSW
Recently published in the Perinatal Support Washington Newsletter.
Addressing Racism in Mental Health: An Anti-Racist Approach – Diana Mena, LICSW
Anxiety:
Want to Stop Anxious Thoughts, Thank Them – Via Dina Overland
Trauma:
6 Steps That You Can Take to Start Healing From Trauma Right Now – CarmenLeah Ascencio
Take the Ace Quiz – and learn what it does and doesn’t mean – Laura Starecheski
Bessel Van der Kolk: The Body Keeps The Score
Gabor Mate: When The Body Says No
Judith Herman: Trauma & Recovery
Resmaa Menakem: My Grandmother’s Hands
Self Care:
From Fired up to burn out 7 tips to help you sustain a life committed to social justice
Healers of Color on Why Self-Care is Not Self-Indulgance – Miriam Zoila Pérez
Self-Preservation as Resistance: Tips for Practicing Self-Care and Social Justice – Krislyn Domingue
Self Care as Revolutionary Action – Krystal Reddick
BIPOC:
10 Daily Affirmations When Black Lives Forget They Matter – Minna B
10 Liberating Ways to Overcome Internalized Oppression – Via Susanna Barkataki
15 Practical New Years Resolutions for Womxn of Color – Der Vang
How To Practice Self-Care In Times of Black Trauma – Huffington Post
An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma – Jonathan Davis
Black Lives Matter Meditation – Dr Candice Nicole
Moving from Shame to Self-love as a Filipina Immigrant – Sabrina Rivera
Why I Left My White Therapist – Chaya Babu
Favorite Books:
Adrienne Maree Brown: Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, We Will Not Cancel Us
Bell Hooks: All About Love
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements
Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, Rev Angel Kyodo Williams: Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation
Ken Honda: Happy Money
Paulo Coelhe: The Alchemist
Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez: Your Money or Your Life
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