Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to (you can skip this box to read the Liberatory Letter below): š Reading: Room At The Table, A Leader's Guide To Advancing Health Equity And Justice by Dr. RenĆ©e Branch Canady š„ļø Developing a self-paced course on identities and intersectionality as key components of having a decolonial practice. Get automatically on the waitlist by clicking this link. āļø The last round (ever) of the program Decolonize Your Practice later this year. This will be a...
10 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: š Reading: Room At The Table, A Leader's Guide To Advancing Health Equity And Justice by Dr. RenĆ©e Branch Canady š„ļø Developing a self-paced course on identities and intersectionality as key components of having a decolonial practice. Get automatically on the waitlist by clicking this link. āļø The last round (ever) of the program Decolonize Your Practice later this year. This will be a condensed version and you can automatically get on the...
17 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, A quick update on what I've been working on: šļø A podcast interview with Shelby Leigh from Relationship As Medicine on What Grad School Didn't Teach Us š A course on identities and intersectionality as key components of having a decolonial practice. Get automatically on the waitlist by clicking this link. āļø The last round (ever) of the program Decolonize Your Practice later this year. This will be a condensed version and you can automatically get on the waitlist by clicking this...
23 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, Itās been a few weeks since I last landed in your inbox, and I want to take a moment to reconnect. Life has been full (and I imagine yours has too). Whether youāve been navigating the heaviness of the world, showing up for your community, or just trying to get through the day, I see you. If youāre new here, welcome! Iām so glad you found your way to this newsletter (and a big thank-you to those who sent you this way!) A few things Iāve been up to lately: š« I prepared and delivered a...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, Keeping it short and sweet and honouring my current bandwidth (because i want to support my clients and myself as we navigate oppression) From educators I have learned from and would learn again and again: Akilah Riley Richardson is offering a free webinar entitled āBecoming the B.I.O.M.E - The Therapeutic Presence for Marginalized People.ā You can register here. Lily Zheng tells you What Comes After DEI here and the IG tldr version here. From educators I donāt know yet: Dr. Pavna...
2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, This has been the topic this week in my clinical practice with other clinicians... ...Maybe this week (especially if you are in the US) you: though of not being a therapist anymore wanted to stay in bed weāre scared yourself about your future due to your identities thought you were not being efficient enough with your clients needed therapy yourself angry, done, ready to leave, enraged helpless, hopeless I hear you and I see you. I have felt all of the above as wellā¦ Then I recalled...
2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, You are receiving this (pre-scheduled) email while I transition back from a break. So it doesnāt address or reflect on anything that might be happening in the world at the moment. (And honestly, Iām really hoping nothing major is happeningā¦ because weāve all had plenty happen already.) These are some of the people I started following this year. Theyāre far from being your traditional therapy resource. None of them are therapists (in the Western sense), but they are IMHO amazing...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, You are receiving this (pre-scheduled) email while I transition back from a break. So it doesnāt address or reflect on anything that might be happening in the world at the moment. (And honestly, Iām really hoping nothing major is happeningā¦ because weāve all had plenty happen already.) Short and sweet: Here are a couple of articles I was glad to come across last year... This is one that made me think the most: Why We Should Stop Saying āUnderrepresentedā by N. ChloĆ© Nwangwu Why?...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 1 min read
Reader, You are receiving this (pre-scheduled) email while I am on a break. So it doesnāt address or reflect on anything that might be happening in the world at the moment. (And honestly, Iām really hoping nothing major is happeningā¦ because weāve all had plenty happen already.) Since I continue winding down for the year, I want to share with you some of the book titles I read, semi-read, or re-read this last year: Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read