Breaking Generational Cycles: Embodiment & Healing Trauma with Prentis Hemphill

Listen to this episode from We Can Do Hard Things on Spotify. 319. Breaking Generational Cycles: Embodiment & Healing Trauma with Prentis Hemphill Glennon and Abby welcome Prentis Hemphill, a writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, and therapist. They discuss individual and collective healing through embodiment. The conversation spans the concepts of embodiment, cycle breaking within families and generational healing and how to get back into a healthier relationship with yourself and others.  Discover:  -The important practice of crying dates to help rediscover yourself & your instincts; -How to learn the difference between your trauma and your personality; and -What it means to be a cycle breaker & how to own your part in generational healing. About Prentis: Prentis Hemphill is a writer, embodiment facilitator, political organizer, and therapist. They are the founder and director of the Embodiment Institute and the Black Embodiment Initiative, and the host of the acclaimed podcast Finding Our Way. Their work and writing have appeared in The New York Times, HuffPost, You Are Your Best Thing (edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown), and Holding Change (by adrienne maree brown). And their new book is called, What it takes to heal.