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Healing Referrals: People I would trust with my life

• Therapy: Lisa Fields, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC. Lisa is an amazing healer who is a certified in EMDR. She helps you reconnect to your body wisdom on your healing journey.

• Reiki: Wellgood Work. Fran Wellgood is an amazing reiki practitioner, writer, and all around beautiful soul.

• Massage: Karen Romanchek, LMBT; luvnmudda@gmail.com. Karen not only is a talented massage therapist, but her intuition helps her identify the best way to bring your body relief.

• Yoga: Stephanie Barnhill. Stephanie is not only the best yoga teacher I’ve ever worked with, but she is an amazing soul. For every pose, she offers options so that you can do what is best for your body.

• Functional Medicine: Center for Chiropractic and Wellness. Dr. Jennifer Greenfield treats you as a whole person—not just as individual symptoms. She practices Functional Medicine and Neuro Emotional Technique (NET).

Just Some of the People I Follow for Learning:

• Leesa Renee Hall is an anti-bias facilitator and mental wellness advocate who has helps people with highly sensitive personalities explore their unconscious biases through her Inner Field Trip® program. I follow her on Instagram.

• Morgan Harper Nichols is an inspirational artist and poet. I get daily messages from her through her Storyteller App.

• Sarah Blondin is an author and meditation guide. Sarah is who I turn to when I need a direct connection to my emotions.

• Glennon Doyle is a writer, co-host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast, and all around amazing spirit.

• Brené Brown is my true north for the intersection between my personal healing and my work with organizations and teams. I highly recommend both her Podcasts: Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.

• Sarah Baldwin is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and trauma-trained Life Coach. What I love about Sarah is that she explains the Polyvagal Theory (understanding the human autonomic nervous system) in a clear and easy way. She also offers free content frequently through her Instagram feed.

BOOKS

These are books that have helped me on my healing journey, helped build my emotional intelligence, and have shaped my leadership & organizational development work

• “Atlas of the Heart” by Brené Brown. I highly recommend all of Brené’s books, but this one in particular is basically an encyclopedia of emotions.

• “The Art of Holding Space” by Heather Plett. This brilliant book changed the way I show up for people.

• “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D. You want to understand the direct line between the brain, mind and body when it comes to healing trauma? This is your starting place.

• “Codependent No More” by Melanie Beattie. Every time I think I'm done with this book, it calls me back again. Moving away from codependency is a lifelong journey.

• “The Empath’s Survival Guide” by Dr. Judith Orloff. Calling all Empaths! If you want to better understand your gift/challenge and how to maintain sanity, check out this book.

• “It Didn’t Start With You” by Mark Wolynn. This is extremely helpful in understanding the impact of the legacy of trauma.

• “Somebody’s Daughter” by Ashley C. Ford. Let me just say that I LOVE Ashley C. Ford. This memoir illuminates the intersection between race, class, gender, and trauma. She gives a masterclass for all of us on healing, forgiveness, and finding yourself.

• “Unbound” by Tarana Burke. This book had a great impact on my anti-racist learning journey. Bearing witness to Tarana’s story led to some real soul searching.