"NATIONAL BESTSELLER From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to heal on a personal and a collective level.8220I love this book.82218212Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score8220In a time when so many of us are being trained in cynicism, this book stands in necessary defiance.82218212Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies and This Here FleshAs we emerge from the past few years of collective upheaval, are we ready to face the complexities of our time with joy, authenticity, and connection? Now more than ever, we must learn to heal ourselves, connect with one another, and embody our values. In this revolutionary book, Prentis Hemphill shows us how.What It Takes to Heal asserts that the principles of embodiment8212the recognition of our body8217s sensations and habits, and the beliefs that inform them8212are critical to lasting healing and change. Hemphill, an expert embodiment practitioner, therapist, and activist who has partnered with Bren233 Brown, Tarana Burke, and Esther Perel, among others, shows us that we don't have to carry our emotional burdens alone. Hemphill demonstrates a future in which healing is done in community, weaving together stories from their own experience as a trauma survivor with clinical accounts and lessons learned from their time as a social movement architect. They ask, 8220What would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center? And what does it do to have healing at the center of every structure and everything we create?8221In this life-affirming framework for the way forward, Hemphill shows us how to heal our bodies, minds, and souls8212to develop the interpersonal skills necessary to break down the doors of disconnection and take the necessary risks to reshape our world toward justice.
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