Episode notes
Healing in Community vs. Individualism: The Pathologizing of Connection Beyond the Spot: Decolonizing Healing One Brain at a Time with Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, Brainspotting Trainer
Episode Summary: In this episode, Tracy Gantlin-Monroy dismantles the Western myth that healing is a solo journey. She traces how colonialism, capitalism, and modern psychology severed people from the collective rituals that once held the nervous system in rhythm: circle-work, song, drumming, witnessing, reciprocity. Through a decolonial lens, Tracy reveals how many of the states Western culture labels “pathology”—anxiety, depression, burnout—are often the body grieving the loss of community.
She restores the lineage of Indigenous, African, and ancestral healing practices that centered con ...
Keywords
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