My Grandmother’s Blessings

My Grandmother’s Blessings

By Nesrin Abu Ata, MDHealth & FitnessMental Health
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My Grandmother’s Blessings episodes

  • Stories of two psychiatrists coming together
    What does it mean to be in community? How does one face fears when thinking about joining a community? How can psychiatrists hold space and bring the world of traditional psychiatry and other healing modalities including psychedelic medicine and spirituality practices? Get to know Dr. Nesrin and Dr. Michelle as they share about being healers and space holders. Dr. Nesrin and Dr. Michelle are holding groups and circles to facilitate healing and transformation. Contact them at [email protected] to learn more.
    50 min
  • The 2% rule: how to reconnect to your body after trauma.

    Do you feel like you want to push yourself and your body, but you are not able to? Have you ever considered that maybe trauma is holding you back? Quiet often trauma overwhelms the nervous system, and causes us to disconnect from our bodies. And, if we are not connected and present in our bodies, we are not going to be able to push ourselves. How do you get to motivate yourself and your body after trauma? The first step is reconnecting to your body, and doing the 2% rule. Listen to my podcast and try out the 2% rule for a few days, and see how your body reacts. 

    10 min
  • Walking each other home
    Stories give us a compass to travel an unknown road to our desired destination. What stories have shaped your compass? How have you travelled the unknown road? What have you learned in the way?
    13 min
  • A little bit about my background and who I am
    “All the hearts of the people are my identity so take away my passport.” (Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet). Get to know a little about me so that you have a context for the stories that I tell and we create a place of belonging and community together.
    7 min

About My Grandmother’s Blessings

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Stories of refuge, healing, homecoming, and connection to inspire you, nurture you and boost you up, the way your grandmother (Tata, Sitty, Bubba, Abuela, Safta, Babushka, Oma) would.