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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. How Is It Different From PTSD? - AJ+ Opinion

2019

How is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome different from PTSD? Dr. Joy DeGruy explains how trauma can be passed on generation after generation. How is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome different from PTSD? Dr. Joy DeGruy explains how trauma can be passed on generation after generation.

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Your Liberation Is on the Line

“No one who has ever touched liberation could possibly want anything other than liberation for everyone,” says Rev. angel Kyodo williams. She shares why we must each fully commit to our own path to liberation, for the benefit of all.

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angel Kyodo williams
2020
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Finally Figuring Out What Helps Troops with Posttraumatic Stress

The tools that work so well are neither complicated nor expensive. They’re interventions that ping on the primitive structures in the brain, where posttraumatic stress sits and wreaks its havoc. These are tools like guided imagery, relaxation, meditation, hypnosis, and breath work.

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Belleruth Naparstek
2009
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Note to Colleagues: Please Stop Saying Post Traumatic Stress Is Incurable

You can recover from posttraumatic stress. Certainly, you can significantly reduce—not just manage—its symptoms. But—and here’s the thing—not with traditional treatment.

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Belleruth Naparstek
2010
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Getting Rid of Repeating Nightmares: A Simple, Potent, New Recipe

One of the most dramatic, butt-kicking examples of an effective new treatment tool for posttraumatic stress is a simple protocol called Nightmare Reprocessing, devised by two V.A. psychologists.

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Belleruth Naparstek
2012
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Rhonda Magee on Her Inner Work of Racial Justice

Law professor Rhonda Magee applies her deep meditation practice to the difficult waters of racially-charged interactions.

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Rhonda Magee
2020
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Shadow Generation

The murder of a family friend changed the course of my life. His name was Balbir Singh Sodhi. Four days after 9/11, he was shot in the back in front of his gas station by a man who yelled when arrested, “I’m a patriot! Arrest me and let those terrorists run wild.”

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Valarie Kaur
2010
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How to Make Love, Not Bigotry

An ad campaign is selling clothes and challenging bigotry in America.

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Valerie Kaur
2013
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Sikh Activist’s Campaign a Reminder That Love Can Be a Force for Justice

“The greatest social movements in history were rooted in the ethic of love,” says Valarie Kaur.

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Carol Kuruvilla
2018
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The Ballot or the Bullet

Malcolm X was one of the most dynamic, dramatic and influential figures of the civil rights era. He was an apostle of black nationalism, self respect, and uncompromising resistance to white oppression.

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American Public Media
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‘Well, What Do You Mean, We Can’t Join the Klan?’

Inside the bizarre, secret meeting between Malcolm X and the Ku Klux Klan.

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Les Payne, Tamara Payne
2020
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Intergenerational Trauma