Traci Badu is a student of neuroscience who reflects on her field of study in understanding trauma and emotions. In exploring resistance she invites listeners to think about what it means to be themselves and push back against the things that disallow that. The conversation explores the ways in which healing and identity connect, identities both imposed by others and those individually claimed. We talk about relearning how to feel emotions acknowledging what they inform about our experiences and the process of healing that it results in.

This episode was recorded on 6/22/2021.

“Mental Health In Minnesota” is produced by NAMI Minnesota. Visit us online at https://namimn.org/.

All music used in this episode came from the song “The Way” produced by MIKE LEITE and made available via a Creative Commons license.

Loops were created from various sections of “The Way.”  Find the full song by MIKE LEITE via the following links:

“The Way” song page on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite/the-way-instrumental

Mike Leite’s additional music on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/mikeleite

Mike Leite’s YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC43d6_zlCOZUWz42z5asZkQ/about

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