Our health and well-being mean more than our physical state— it includes our spiritual, mental, and emotional parts of our body. Health and well-being are about our whole selves. And when our bodies– our whole selves– have been impacted by historic and systemic racial trauma, ALL of our parts need to be included in healing practices. Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu (an American Poet and Storyteller of Nigerian descent) offers a menu of options to consider how to nourish our whole selves and buffer against the impact of historic, systemic racial trauma.

These practices can be done by the whole family. The earlier in life we practice preventive measures the easier they become and the more effective they are to keep us well. Here is to your healing strength!