In this episode, Liberation Lab members B. Andi Lee, Briana Williams, and Helen Neville speak with creator and healer Dr. Della Mosley (a.k.a., Dr. Della) about her first-authored paper entitled “Radical hope in revolting times.” Dr. Della discusses the practice of radical hope in her personal life and community work. Listen in to learn about the psychological framework of radical hope and how to apply it to daily life. ABOUT DR. DELLA MOSLEY Dr. Della intentionally uses her education and training in counseling, skills and experience conducting culturally mindful and award-winning research, hi ..read more

In this episode, Cherese Waight and Helen Neville speak with award winning psychologists Dr. Candice Hargons and Dr. Nikki Coleman about practicing therapy and professional work from an anti-oppressive and anti-racist lens. They share stories about their training and practice, and they talk about what it means to be authentic in and outside of the therapy room. Learn more about specific ways mental health settings and the field of counseling psychology can decolonize their training efforts. ABOUT THE GUESTS Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons is an award-winning associate professor of counseling psycho ..read more

This episode is the second in a two-part series on cumulative racial-ethnic trauma and healing for MENA Americans. In this episode, Amir Maghsoodi sits down again with pioneering Arab/MENA psychologists Drs. Mona Amer, Maryam Kia-Keating, and Germine “Gigi” Awad, to discuss their paper in the American Psychologist titled “A model of cumulative racial-ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent.” They discuss how the authors’ model relates to healing and liberation for MENA Americans and other BIPOC groups. As three of the founding members of AMENA-Psy (Amer ..read more

In this episode, Amir Maghsoodi speaks with pioneering Arab/MENA psychologists Drs. Mona Amer, Maryam Kia-Keating, and Germine “Gigi” Awad, about their paper in the American Psychologist titled “A model of cumulative racial-ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent.” They discuss the creation of the model and provide details about its various components, contextualizing them with present-day examples. The authors also share their motivations and process for writing this paper as well as their hopes for what readers take away from reading it. Listen in to ..read more

In this episode, Helen Neville speaks with award winning Black feminist scholars and psychologists, Drs. Bryana French and Jioni Lewis about Black women and radical healing. Drs. French and Lewis share their own radical healing journeys. They also discuss what radical healing for Black women looks like, identify practices that can promote radical healing among Black women as individuals and collectively, provide an analysis of the R. Kelly racketeering and sex trafficking conviction (min. 33), and share dreams for a more liberated future. Learn more about the role of gendered racism on Bl ..read more

In this episode, Helen Neville speaks with licensed psychologist Dr. Grace Chen about radical self-care. Dr. Chen shares her liberation journey, explains the connection between radical self-care and liberation among People of Color, and discusses the ways she promotes radical self-care in her clinical work. Learn more about the importance of slowing down, questioning the messages we have been told, living authentically, finding joy, and honoring relationships with self and others. About Dr. Grace Chen Grace A. Chen, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, coach, consultant, and psychology doctoral ..read more

In this episode, Dr. Helen Neville speaks with psychology professionals and healers about Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) solidarity. B. Andi Lee, Amir Maghsoodi, and Briana Williams along with Drs. Hector Adames, Kevin Nadal, and Melissa Tehee share stories and insights about BIPOC solidarity in their lives, in professional settings, and in society. The conversation covers a range of topics including the importance of solidarity among BIPOC individuals and communities in fighting against White supremacy and other forms of oppression and in envisioning liberation. More abou ..read more

In this episode, Nimot Ogunfemi speaks with Dr. Njoki Wane. Dr. Wane discusses her book titled From My Mother’s Back: A Journey From Kenya to Canada. She additionally explores how her Embu worldview has played a role in her spiritual well-being, shares indigenous insights around the current COVID-19 pandemic, and explains how we can use indigenous spirituality as a tool for liberation.   Nimot and Dr. Wane speak Kiswahili at times in the interview (translations are included in the transcript). Dr. Wane’s indigenous language is Kiembu.   Included in this episode is an origin ..read more

In this episode, Helen Neville speaks with pioneering psychology and Black Studies scholar, Dr. William E. Cross, Jr. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Dr. Cross’ foundational piece “The Negro-to-Black Conversion Experience” in the Black World. Dr. Cross discusses life, the development of his Nigrescence Theory, and the meaning of Black liberation in 2021. Additionally, we learn more about his forthcoming book, Black Identity Viewed from a Barber’s Chair. Included in this episode are brief tributes to Dr. Cross’s research by renown scholars Drs. Sundiata Cha-Jua, Kevin ..read more

In the second episode of the Liberation Now Podcast, the members of the Liberation Lab chat about radical healing, what it means to us, how we engage with it, and offer some advice for others looking to infuse some radical healing into their own lives as well. B. Andi Lee hosts and facilitates this discussion, in which lab members Amir Maghsoodi, Briana Williams, Cherese Waight, Danyelle Dawson, Markera Jones, Nimot Ogunfemi, and Richmond Hayes share their stories and insights. If you are interested in learning more about radical healing, please check out the original article that introduces i ..read more