Healing is the Revolution
Healing is the Revolution is a collection of podcasts brought to you by the Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies (IWES), a community-based public health non-profit founded in New Orleans in 1993. The first podcast is "Healing is the Revolution,"
a soulful, intimate, and honest one-on-one conversation with IWES' Founder, noted psychiatrist and trauma expert Dr. Denese Shervington, and a guest. Individuals share intimate - and at times tragic - stories of creating successful lives beyond their traumatic beginnings and for some, untreated experiences. The series features a range of guests: each episode a personal story revealing joys, pains, and a path to healing. Dr. Shervington pulls from her training and study in both eastern and western healing modalities to guide these explorations of past, present, and future. In her own words, she describes the podcast as a place where “everyday people like us bare our souls as we try to learn from each other the naked truth of living.”
The second podcast is "Should I Get A Doula?," an exploratory journey into the world of doulas and doula care so that host Iman Shervington, IWES' Sr. Director of Media & Communications, — a 40 year-old Black women without kids yet — can decide whether or not a doula is right for her. Over five episodes, Iman speaks with doulas, people who gave birth with a doula, and an OB-GYN to answer every question she could think of relating to doulas and how they can support healthy pregnancies, especially for Black families, who disproportionately have the worst pregnancy outcomes in the United States. Whether you're planning for pregnancy, are curious about becoming a doula, want to know information for the future, or haven't even thought about it yet, through open dialogue and frank and honest stories, this podcast shares a lot of wisdom that you need to know.
Healing is the Revolution
Gina & Lauren | The B-Sides
This episode focuses on two women that are dedicated to breaking the cycle of trauma in their families and who are using their stories as a means to help heal others. First, we hear from Lauren, a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist, and pediatrician, who feels that there was no amount of training that could have prepared her for the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the difficulties, she continues to bring comfort to the patients she virtually meets with, all while continuing on the path of reconciling her personal childhood trauma. We also hear from Gina, a pillar of strength for her family and an outspoken advocate in her community. Having lived through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Gina has found herself in an unsettling but albeit familiar place. In this episode, Gina discusses how she is handling the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the devastating losses and new challenges (good and bad) that it brings.
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