complex post-traumatic stress disorder
Everyone experiences trauma in their lifetime, but research shows that Black women experience childhood trauma at higher rates than other groups. Untreated trauma significantly increases the risk of seven out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the United States. Through the Live in Color program you will uncover hidden childhood and life traumas that are keeping you stuck and create a plan for getting unstuck.
Zora Neale Hurston said in “Their Eyes Were Watching God, “De ni*** woman is de mule uh de world so far as Ah can see.”
The recent unrest brings this to bear. As we mourn the lives of black boys and me, black women - who’ve also died and been mistreated by society, are being left out of the conversation while simultaneously being asked to fight for the black man.
Who will stand for us?
