Mensimah's Round Table: Conversations for Women of Power and Grace

In this episode, I am going to talk about cultivating a sense of agency to overcome trauma.

This mindfulness exercise is designed to help you overcome the harmful effects of trauma, And to give you a stronger sense of self-agency, and control over how you relate to your trauma. 

There may be natural, common feelings or beliefs about trauma you may have experienced, including entrapment, immobilization, and helplessness. Another common feature of trauma is feeling fearful of communicating.

To some degree, you may not feel like you can escape the awfulness of it. 

Three Ways You Can Cultivate a Sense of Agency to Overcome Trauma

1. You can begin reflecting on experiences that define who YOU are with confidence.
2. You can take on challenges with strength. This provides the mind with the belief that you are greater than your past, bigger than anything that’s happened to you.
3. You can be an active participant in your life unfolding and reshape your future to be as bright and healthy as you desire. 

Hoping this exercise was helpful to you. Please share your experience with us.

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Dr. Mensimah Shabazz

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Three Takeaways to Creating Your Spiritual Rituals And Activities

You may have heard that there are many paths to the Goddess, or finding your way home. And if you can tune into that energy and vibration, your path will be illumined.

You can start by doing some of the simplest things that does not cost anything.

To get some traction to creating your own spiritual rituals, you must, first and foremost, eliminate external conditions that control you — people, relationships and work conditions that leave you deprived and or depressed. Any relationship that causes you to lose your peace of mind is not worth having—not on this journey anyway. We will get into this topic on a deeper level later. For now, we are eliminating the stuff that hinder the journey towards wholesomeness.

2. Gather medicine to heal your wounded-ness. Spending time in nature, being playful, finding humor daily, walking barefoot on the grass, smelling earthy scents and listening to sounds of the rain are activities that open you up to positive, joyful energies.

3. Practices of love and happiness set the tone to all your interactions. If you value yourself first, you energetically compel others to see you in the same light.

Creating spiritual rituals and activities deepen your relationship with the Divine and consequently, you are able to live a more fulfilling, gentle and balanced life.

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We have all heard the term "monkey brain" or "monkey mind," which typically reflects a lack of control in one's thoughts.

In this episode, we are going to show several ways you can still the mind.

It is said that:

"Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed , you will continue to act as you have always acted. If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. If you want different results in your life or work, all you have to do is change your mind."

Recognize that although the mind may not always do what you want it to, it is the mind that allows you to experience joy, pleasure, and gratitude. Begin offering the mind a few phrases of loving-kindness with the intention of building a gentler relationship with its thoughts.

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In this episode, you will discover how embracing the diverse forms of the Divine Mother can transform your daily life.

We came to the world through Divine Mother. We walk on this earth by Her grace, surrounded by Mother nature. We go back out of this earth through her. She is our foremost supporter and well-wisher. There are so many aspects of the Divine Mother... Our own inner world opens as we experience Her in those aspects. 

Our minds, with all its illusions continue to do battle with the higher self until we awaken to higher levels of consciousness. In Her many forms and symbols, we experience all beauty and fierceness. She is the passage home. It is a path of peace, of joy, of bliss, abundance, tranquility, power and grace.

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In this episode, I share glimpses of my life as also written in my autobiography, Sankofa Learning from Hindsight, and read some excerpts from Chapter 7.

You would agree that we live in challenging times. We are each and collectively being called to step up, to level up to our divine purpose and we must yield to this call. Embracing the nurturing and loving energy of the Divine Mother can bring comfort, healing, and guidance. Take a moment to open your heart to her presence and feel her unconditional love surrounding you. Let her light and wisdom guide you through this journey of life. Together, let's open ourselves to the Divine Mother's embrace and find strength in her infinite compassion. 🙏 

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Connecting to the Four Bones

• Wishbone - Life's challenges often force us to table our lives dreams until an opportune time comes. Sometimes, we can wait indefinitely and then life passes us by. When we are ready to pursue these dreams, universal forces meet us where we are and help us along the paths we have chosen.
• Backbone - Do we have the courage to pursue our dreams, stand up for ourselves and subsequently others? We cannot allow others stand and occupy the center stage in our own lives.
• Funny Bone - Can we laugh at our own stories? Having a sense of Humor of humor is essential to a successful journey.
• Hollow Little Bone - There is mystery in the world, the unexplainable, the awe and wonder. Our connection to the beauty in nature, finding time in the quiet enhances our spiritual transformation.

If we begin to gather medicine to heal our woundedness through singing, dancing, storytelling and being comfortable with silence, we attune to that power from the spiritual world for healing. We can begin and end each day with gratitude and celebration.

Blessings!

Ref: Angeles Arrien – Gathering Medicine: Sounds True, 2006.

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In this episode, you will learn that each person has a story and this story is significant.

As a woman, you may find yourself in relationships (career, marriage, friendships, family) that either give you so much or take so much out of you and in sharing, you will realize that you are not alone in your experiences.

Indigenous wisdom teaches that to transform and thrive in life, you must also connect and share your stories. In sharing, you can uplift others. Consequently, you'd be able to live with passion, compassion, humor and love--for yourself, community and Divine Mother!

Blessings!

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In this episode, you will learn one key tool to creating abundance in your life!

The only thing that you need to be abundant is the feeling of abundance. The only requisite for abundance is the feeling of abundance. And the foundation for the abundance in your life is simply acknowledging the good that you already have in your life. 

Where is your acknowledgement for the good in your life? 

In what ways do you acknowledge the good in your life? 

Is there goodness in your relationships--with certain people?

Acknowledge the good in your relationships.

What can you appreciate about your health? 

Acknowledge the good in your health.

When you reflect on the goodness of your life, what comes to mind first? Maybe it's certain people. Maybe it's material abundance. Maybe it's a sense of community, a sense of safety. Maybe you reflect on accomplishments in your career, your family, school.  And what can you appreciate even more? Acknowledging the good even more.

What goodness do you sometimes forget about or take for granted? 

Abundance comes in many forms, including opportunities, health, ideas and money. Embrace it all.

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In this episode, you will learn about the Power in your name.

There are profound secrets that lie within the power of your name(s). Ancient wisdom to reveals the extraordinary connection between your name and the essence of your soul.

Through God, each person obtains his or her intelligence and the message to realize a destiny. The awareness of God is immediate, and the soul strives to its highest ideals.

Our names act as vessels, carrying the energy and vibrations that can shape our destinies. By harnessing this knowledge, we unlock the gateway to greatness and embrace a life of purpose and fulfillment.

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The mind has a negativity bias and it naturally clings to unpleasant experiences in order to “brace” us and protect us from danger. By actively seeking out moments of joy, we encourage the brain to shift that bias. As the saying goes, "what we put our attention on grows"—if we look for pleasant experiences, we will find them.

We can start our day with the intention of finding good things; be hunters on the lookout for something that brings us happiness. When we notice anything that makes us happy—whether it’s making it through a green light or calling an old friend—we should fully take in the moment.

Let's work to bring intentional mindfulness to the positive moments of our day. One effective way to do so, is by using affirmations. Asserting and repeating positive statements shift the mind into creating joyful moments. The key is believing what we assert. If any one affirmation does not resonate, we can create our own statements.

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