On Moving Past Trauma and Adversity Together

Online Conversation, Books Available to Add-On at Checkout

Adversity comes in many forms and can cause us to feel alone in our pain, even years after the fact. Healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and one of the best ways to move past individual trauma is through connection and community—healing ourselves and one another. 

Join wellness coach and licensed therapist Minaa B. and program innovation, mindfulness, trauma and racial healing leader Jenée Johnson for an inspiring and practical conversation on the power of collective healing in moving past trauma and adversity. Minaa shares insights from her latest book, Owning Our Own Struggles in which she unpacks common emotional struggles—from overcoming dysfunctional family patterns to developing emotional maturity, finding your village, navigating racial trauma, and moving past isolation and despair. Minaa discusses therapeutic tools, client stories, and reflections on her personal experiences to help you on your healing journey. 

Minaa invites you to get unstuck and transform your thinking—to claim agency in your own life and circumstances, and to use that power to help heal a broken world. 
 

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Minaa B. is a writer, author, and the founder of Minaa B. Consulting, a mental health consulting practice that works with organizations to help them develop psychological safety and become mental health inclusive. She is also a licensed mental health professional and worked as a therapist specializing in treating depression, anxiety, and trauma. An expert in her field, Minaa sits on the Mental Health Advisory Committee for Wondermind, a mental fitness company co-founded by Selena Gomez. Minaa has also been featured in various media outlets such as Red Table Talk, Peace of Mind with Taraji, BBC, Essence, and more. She lives in New York City.
 

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Jenée Johnson, Program Innovation Leader, Mindfulness, Trauma and Racial Healing, pioneered and leads the unique effort to bring mindfulness into public health practices and programs though the Trauma Informed Systems of Care Initiative in the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Her goal is to improve the organization’s ability to manage change, stay resilient, inspire growth, and become a mindful culture that leads and serves with compassion.  

At her core Jenée is a champion and accelerator of human flourishing. Her work has been featured in various publications, including Mindful Magazine,where she is a regular contributor and where she has been recognized as a leader and agent of change in the mindfulness movement.

Jenée is the Founder and Curator of The Right Within Experience, a mindfulness immersion program that reclaims humanity, joy, and wellbeing for people of African ancestry through mindfulness practices. These are the human rights and exalted emotions that are eroded in Black lives through the consistent exposure to the trauma of racism. The Right Within Experience expands the scope of mindful practice to acknowledge its ancient African lineage and increase access and relevance to people of African ancestry. The program promotes healing and sovereignty for Black people and is curated for those on human missions of all kinds including community service, social justice, and entrepreneurship.

For 15 years, she served as the Director of the San Francisco Black Infant Health Program, a program which provides direct service to Black pregnant women and new mothers to address the health disparities in infant and maternal mortality.  

Jenée Johnson is a professional co-active coach and certified trainer and practitioner in mindfulness and emotional intelligence based on the latest neuroscience. She is a HeartMath certified trainer, Emotional Emancipation Circles Facilitator (Association of Black Psychologists) and certified to teach Femme! A meditative movement and wellness modality for women. She is a keynote speaker, workshop curator, coach, and consultant with Sankofa Holistic Counseling Services in Oakland, and on the advisory board of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.  

Jenée is a native New Yorker with Caribbean and Southern roots. She resides in Oakland with her husband and young adult son. Learn more about Jenée at her website.