Gladys Smith is a veteran, trauma therapist, advanced yoga teacher addiction therapist and sexual assault advocate. She is also highly trained in the area of Race Based Trauma. In this podcast we cover:

You can purchase Gladys's upcoming workshop on Racialized Trauma and the Body withe Integrate Network by clicking here

1. Why trauma healing and recovering from addiction became disconnected?
2. Why a trauma informed approach to recover from addiction is necessary.
3. On Race Based Trauma: What it is? What’s the nervous system response to trauma?
4. Gladys shares info on Emotional Emancipation Circles for Black Folks
5. She also shares how she has weaved together the work of Resmaa Menakem, Gail Parker, Michelle Johnson and Joy Degruy in her upcoming workshop she is featuring on our platform February 1st-March 1st called Racialized Trauma and the Body.
6. We also discuss the need for intersectional so we can encounter collective healing from our histories of oppressing(white folks) and being suppressed (Black +Brown folks)
7. Gladys also shares about her upcoming seminar as a sexual assault advocate

*CORRECTION: I (Julie), accidentally refer my Integrate co-founder Victoria Emanuela with the pronoun "she" towards the end of the podcast. Victoria's preferred pronouns are they/them.