119. Healing Racial Trauma (with Sheila Wise Rowe)

Guest Bio: Sheila Wise Rowe is a graduate of Tufts University and Cambridge College with a master’s degree in counseling psychology. For over twenty-five years she has counseled abuse and trauma survivors in the United States. Sheila ministered to homeless and abused women and children in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she also taught counseling and trauma-related courses for a decade. She is the cofounder of The Cyrene Movement, an online community for people of color seeking healing for racial trauma. She is the author of Healing Racial Trauma, The Well of Life: Heal Your Pain, Satisfy Your Thirst, Live Your Purpose along with The Wonder Years. She lives in the Boston area, where she is a writer, counselor, speaker, and spiritual director.

Show Summary: At some point in our lives, we have all experienced trauma. Maybe from a traumatic moment or a series of events that altered our lives. Do you feel different after your trauma experience? Have you been working to overcome things from your past or present that hurt you? Tensions have been high, and have caused an increasing amount of anxiety and pain, but God doesn’t leave us alone to deal with the aftermath. On this episode of God Hears Her, counselor Sheila Wise Rowe talks with Elisa Morgan about how we can overcome different types of trauma and work to heal racial trauma as a community of believers. 

Notes and Quotes: 

• “The reality is that most of us have experienced some sort of trauma.” —Sheila Wise Rowe
• “Multiple little T traumas can have a bigger impact than having one big T trauma.” —Sheila Wise Rowe
• “In order to be a counselor, you need to have been counseled.” —Elisa Morgan
• “Trauma is held in our bodies, and the only way to expel that is by moving (exercising, walking).” —Sheila Wise Rowe
• “I want brothers and sisters in Christ who are more than just allies, they are literally brothers and sisters and are participating in God’s shalom and justice.” —Sheila Wise Rowe

Links: 

• Healing Racial Trauma book by Sheila Wise Rowe: Amazon
• Sheila’s Website: https://sheilawiserowe.com/home
• God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
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• Elisa’s Instagram: elisa morgan author
• Eryn’s Instagram: eryneddy 

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