Conscious Anti-Racism

Do you practice anti-racism daily? What does appropriation look like in the Western wellness setting? What questions can you ask yourself before deciding on a yoga or meditation teacher?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this video, Jill interviews Melissa Shah, MPH, yoga therapist. Shah recounts her experiences as an Indian-American within the Western wellness world and the need for her own journey with trusting her heritage - learning to be enough. She explains her journey towards understanding that teaching yoga is not about making people like you and the need to take a step back and honor the culture it came from.

Melissa (she/her) deeply believes in applying the culture and teachings of yoga to bring to light the long standing disparities in wellness spaces. She is passionate about bringing yoga and Ayurveda back to its roots, and reclaiming representation within the wellness community. Melissa also utilizes her background in public health to integrate yoga into schools and clinical settings. Currently, Melissa works individually with clients offering yoga therapy in the Viniyoga tradition. She offers weekly community chanting classes, as well as pranayama classes for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). Her offerings focus on the intersection between yoga and social justice, and how to tune into our true self and dharma (calling, purpose) when it comes to taking action toward what we believe in.

Visit her website: www.findyourbreath.net

Follow on Instagram @findyourbreath

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change

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What is the meaning and source of identity, particularly those with multiple identities? How has deep-rooted colonialism affected immigrant experiences? What expectations are tied to race and skin tone in Africa vs America?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this video, Jill interviews Dr. Yvonne Ator, a personal and executive coach for physicians and other mission-driven professionals. They discuss the nuances of the immigrant experience in America for Black people, the culture of unlearning internalized colonialism as an immigrant, and the privilege of being vulnerable. Dr. Ator touches on the events of 2020 awakening 20/20 vision into who individuals are and who they strive to become.

Seeker. Mother. Idealist. Humanitarian. Musician. Coach. Writer. Physician. Author. Activist.

British-born, raised in Nigeria and the United States, Yvonne Ator is the quintessential idealistic, eclectic, third-cultured Renaissance woman. A wife and mother seeking balance in a driven profession with training as a physician and a master of public health, she soon found herself burned out and disillusioned with a life that was not aligned with her ideals.

Self-described as the “imaginary love-child of Schweitzer and Oprah”, she embarked on a quest to discover what it would take to thrive while living her ideals and making a positive impact in the world. As a Certified Daring Way Facilitator and Certified Personal, Leadership and Executive coach in Positive Psychology, Trained in Unbeatable Mind Coaching, she is passionate about using writing, music, speaking, coaching and facilitation to inspire a global tribe of Thriving Idealists to “live your ideals, thrive in your calling and change the world.”

Visit her website: yvonneator.com 

Follow on Instagram and Facebook @yvonneator

Watch the trailer: Journey of an African Colony (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3XnAuVqtp0)

Read Invitation To Brave Space by Micky ScottBey Jones

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Find the Conscious Anti-Racism book at https://tinyurl.com/y689563j

Listen to the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjillwenermd

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What is the value of metrics in systemic racism? How are we unconsciously perpetuating racism through technology?

What is the difference between systemic vs algorithm racism?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this video, Jill interviews Chris Dancy, a pioneer of connections between technology and healthcare. This episode addresses his app, Our Balance, and how it measures different behavioral and biological metrics to determine the health fingerprint of a population. This app helps to make the mistreatment of a community visible so society can work towards useful improvements. Chris explains his take on all the ways technology can both perpetuate systemic racism and support anti-racism efforts.

Chris Dancy is touted as “the Most Connected Man on Earth,” and the world is watching those connections carefully. A noted keynote speaker and executive workshop retreat facilitator, Chris guides organizations and audiences on a journey--a disruptive, breathtaking journey--into the future of computing, when behavior becomes the ultimate interface. As an author his digital wellness journey will transform how we look at the technology of our lives. "Don't Unplug" is available now.

Check out his website: www.chrisdancy.com

His book: Don’t Unplug: https://www.chrisdancy.com/book

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Find the Conscious Anti-Racism book at

https://tinyurl.com/y689563j

Listen to the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjillwenermd

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What are the downstream effects of people being removed from their culture? What areas of culture directly contribute to health? How can non-Indian peoples, who practice yoga and meditation, minimize harm and avoid cultural appropriation? How can we tell the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this video, Jill interviews Dr. Shailla Vaidya, a physician and yoga therapist. Dr. Vaidya examines the harmful results of removing people from their culture and community practices. She focuses on what unifies us, not what divides us - realizing the moral obligation to fight for justice. Dr. Vaidya talks about the value in the change of perspective to help individuals know what and how to fix what’s broken in our current system.

Dr. Shailla Vaidya, MD MPH CCFP(EM) C-IAYT is a Physician/Yoga Therapist practicing Mind-Body Medicine in Toronto, Ontario. She is the creator of the Yoga of Stress Resilience Burnout Recovery Program, and the Reconnect Concussion program, both of which combine the path of yoga with the science of human function for healing and recovery. As a “Compassion-it” Change Agent, she is effecting change within the health care system by healing our healers and by bringing a more holistic approach to the management of stress-related illnesses. She is also dedicated to bringing Yoga back to its roots in Eastern Philosophy.

Check out her website: https://www.theyogamd.ca/

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Find the Conscious Anti-Racism book at

https://tinyurl.com/y689563j

Listen to the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjillwenermd

Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/

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What does it mean to practice radical self-love? What are the downfalls of the term “anti-racism”? What is the importance of community in the fight for social justice? What is the difference between seeing Covid as a war instead of a humanitarian crisis?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Ruby Sales, a human-rights activist, public theologian, and social critic. She is a self-described “long distance runner for justice” with a mission to find true connections between people with differing viewpoints, explain the importance of creating community with trust, and highlighting the ability for true change. This conversation addresses the interpersonal conflict of minorities hating everything about themselves that isn’t white and actively running away from their ethnic identities in order to claim whiteness. They dive into ways for other marginalized and oppressed cultures to claim their own identities without minimizing the realities of Black and indigenous peoples in America.

Sales discusses what keeps her accountable and the downfalls of the term “anti-racism”, which is a replication of white supremacy culture that only says what we’re against and not what we’re for.

Ruby Nell Sales is a nationally-recognized human-rights activist, public theologian, and social critic, whose articles and work appear in many journals, online sites, and books. Under the tutelage of Professor Jean Wiley, Sales joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960’s as a teenager at Tuskegee University and went to work as a student freedom fighter in Lowndes County, Alabama. Sales serves as the founder and director of the SpiritHouse Project. The SpiritHouse Project is a national nonprofit organization that uses the arts, research, education, action, and spirituality to bring diverse peoples together to work for racial, economic, and social justice, as well as for spiritual maturity. SpiritHouse roots its work today in exposing the extrajudicial murders of African-Americans by White vigilantes and police.

Visit her website: http://www.spirithouseproject.org

Join them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1422398947994712/

Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spirithousedc/

Email: [email protected]

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

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Who is the voice of Black executive corporate America? How can Black professionals get past the talk to bring real equity? What is the importance of organization, measurement, and transparency when creating a movement?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews the co-founders of EARN Pittsburgh. These three African American executives came together after seeing the energy from anti-racism movements outside of corporate America in order to ignite a breakthrough for Black professionals. They discuss finding their own voice of empowerment and strength above being politically correct as they looked for a shift in the atmosphere. They explain the importance of measurements and transparency to elevate African Americans towards thriving in today’s corporate America.

Executive Action and Response Network (EARN) is an association of corporate executives devoted to the advancement of strategies that support the journey of African American executive leaders. African American executives often share common experiences and hardships in navigating their careers. Likewise,organizations can find it difficult to assemble the resources needed to drive sustained, systemic change.

EARN Pittsburgh website

https://www.earnpittsburgh.com/

Connect with EARN on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/executive-action-and-response-network/

Email: [email protected]

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Find the Conscious Anti-Racism book at https://tinyurl.com/y689563j

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How do we keep the fire of dismantling racism going after the murder of George Floyd? What’s the importance of telling the truth about humanity within our systems? What consequences do Black Americans face by not establishing their agency at work?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Martin Shepherd, CEO and founder of Arch Access Control and co-founder of EARN. They discussed the importance of standing up for yourself in professional and person spheres. Shepherd explains that Black people are often required to spend extra energy to not come off negative to non-Blacks in a corporate environment. He equates real change to throwing a cog into the gears that perpetuate systemic racism and white supremacy culture. Listen to understand Shepherd’s vision for a more inclusive America.

Martin Shepherd is the founder and CEO of Arch Access Control, a leader in physical and cyber security solutions. Martin founded Arch to eliminate fear of loss due to security breach incidents. Arch's mission is to bring end-to-end risk mitigation solutions to clients at the intersection of physical and cyber vulnerabilities. Martin is also a practicing attorney of nearly two decades. As an in-house attorney, he managed large corporate legal teams and projects, and led corporate innovation teams.

Check out his book: Black Against The Wall: Rhymes in Desperate Times

Arch Access Control website

EARN Pittsburgh website

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Find the Conscious Anti-Racism book at https://tinyurl.com/y689563j

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What impact does helping individuals find their voice and self-publish have on society?

What is the importance of reading a book about anti-racism in this time?

What is the importance of learning tools to address the discomfort of discussing anti-racism?

Why is it important to support Black owned businesses?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Nicole Swiner, a family practice doctor and owner of Swiner Publishing. Dr. Swiner details how she inadvertently became a business owner and created the #nosuperwoman movement. This movement aims to show women that self care and work/life integration is a necessity. Dr. Swiner notes how her publishing company helps to amplify Black voices and highlights the reasons for supporting Black owned businesses. Dr. Swiner discussed the importance of Jill’s upcoming Conscious Anti-Racism book, which is being published by Swiner Publishing, and why she feels so called to publish books about social justice.

Dr. Nicole Swiner is a 6-time best-selling author, blogger, speaker, wife and mother in Durham. She is also affectionately known as the Superwoman Complex expert and has written 2 best-selling books on the topic. With her company, Swiner Publishing Company, she helps authors become best-sellers, from start to finish. She loves taking care of the family as a whole, with interests in Minority Health, Women’s Health, Self-Care and Female Entrepreneurship. When she’s not treating patients at Durham Family Medicine, she’s spending time with her family, speaking nationally, freelancing for WebMD and teaching others to self-publish. She has become one of the nation’s experts on self-care, imposter syndrome, physician burnout and well-being.

Follow Dr. Swiner:

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Her website: http://www.docswiner.com/

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408/

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How can people be a better bystander to open discrimination? How Adverse Childhood Experiences help doctors understand the behavior of a patient and help them to overcome childhood trauma? What is a trauma-informed approach to healthcare?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Stan Sonu, a double board-certified physician in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. Stan recounts a personal incident of COVID-related racism and explains three powerful ways white people can be better by-standers to discrimination. He also discusses Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how childhood trauma can affect patients’ emotional and physical health into adulthood.

Dr. Stan Sonu is an assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as an associate program director for the Emory Internal Medicine Residency program. Dr. Sonu obtained his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia, completed his residency in combined internal medicine/pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, and did a fellowship at the Cook County Preventive Medicine and Public Health Program, during which he also obtained an MPH at Northwestern University. His research interests include addressing and preventing adverse childhood experiences and integration of trauma-informed care in clinical practice.

Check out his TedTalk: https://tinyurl.com/yxpz7e5j

Learn more about Resilient Georgia: https://www.resilientga.org/

Contact Dr. Stan: [email protected]

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

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What are the financial outcomes for companies that resist moving towards diversity? What actions are being taken to hold companies accountable? Is it enough for companies to only make Black Lives Matter statements publicly, and what would increase their accountability? Why might some Black professionals resist movements meant to increase opportunities for Black people?

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews George Robinson, the Director of Supplier Diversity & Inclusion for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. George explains his definition of anti-racism and how that differs from the “all lives matter” response to the Black Lives Matter movement. He notes the importance of data and statistics when it comes to supporting diversity in the corporate setting. George discusses what privilege is and why the move towards diversity isn’t against white people; it benefits everyone.

George Robinson joined UPMC in April 2018 to enhance strategic planning and execution in the UPMC Supplier Diversity Program. His latest accomplishment includes contributing authorship to Engineering Your Career, A Complete Guide to Landing a Job in Engineering by Thomas A. Anderson, P.E.

Check out https://www.earnpittsburgh.com/ for their upcoming launch

Find George on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgerobinsonii

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You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course co-created with Dr. Maiysha Clairborne, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism.

Listen to the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjillwenermd

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