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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem offers an accessible, body‑centered path to healing from racialized trauma. Drawing on somatic therapy and community practice, Menakem invites readers to notice how fear and pain live in the body—and to build everyday rituals for safety, resilience, and repair.

Grounded and practical, this New York Times–bestselling guide speaks to individuals, families, and groups who want tools that move beyond ideas into felt experience.

Key Features

  • Somatic framework: A clear introduction to body‑based healing for racialized stress and trauma.
  • Practice‑driven: Short exercises and reflections designed for solo or group use.
  • Edition details: Paperback; 300 pages; Central Recovery Press; publication date September 19, 2017; ISBN‑13: 9781942094470.
  • Community impact: Widely used in book studies, trainings, and campus/community conversations.

Why Choose This Book

  • Actionable healing: Step‑by‑step practices make complex topics approachable.
  • Cross‑audience reach: Helpful for readers, facilitators, and helping professionals.
  • Hopeful & humane: Centers dignity, curiosity, and care throughout the work.
Who It’s For Click or tap to expand
  • General readers interested in healing, equity, and community care.
  • Facilitators, therapists, clergy, and organizers seeking body‑based tools.
  • Book‑club and workplace groups ready for guided discussion and practice.
Key Themes Click or tap to expand
  • Somatic abolitionism; fight/flight/freeze; nervous‑system regulation
  • Intergenerational trauma; repair and resilience; community practice
  • Embodied anti‑racism; compassion, courage, and capacity‑building
For Educators Click or tap to expand
  • Course fit: Psychology, Social Work, Ethnic/Black Studies, Education, Public Health.
  • Activities: Safety‑agreement drafting; somatic journaling; short practice logs; small‑group debriefs.
  • Assessment ideas: Reflection papers linking readings to practices; community‑informed action plans.
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Sale price$26.00 CAD

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