An online gathering to explore trauma-informed pathways for personal, ancestral, and collective healing.

An 8-day online gathering to explore trauma-informed pathways for personal, ancestral, and collective healing.

Free Encore Oct 4 – 6

Sept 24 – Oct 1, 2024

Day 6

These talks will be available to watch for free
from: September 29, 12:01am NY time
until: September 30, 11:59pm NY time

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Day 6

The Intelligence Within the Trauma Response

  • The Intelligence Within the Trauma Response

    Highlights:
    • The intelligence of trauma responses
    • “Melting” into change rather than forcing ourselves to bypass protection mechanisms
    • Understanding the differences between individual or cultural habits and trauma

    Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.

    He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Learn more here.

    “If we push against trauma, it’s like bumping against a wall and it’s painful because the wall is not moving. So, we can’t push trauma into development. We can only melt trauma into a new movement.” – Thomas Hübl

  • Evolving from Collective Trauma to Collective Healing

    Highlights:
    • How the collective conversation has evolved since the first Collective Trauma Summit six years ago
    • What collective trauma and collective healing mean
    • Creating a collective architecture for everyone to participate in conversation and finding solutions

    Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.

    He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Learn more here.

    “Today we know too much about individual but also systemic trauma to keep on moving ahead and try to forget the past that happened. We know that whatever has been excluded needs to be included, needs to be digested, integrated, turned into post-traumatic learning.” – Thomas Hübl

  • Healing Polarization Through Connection

    Mathieu Lefevre

    Co-Founder and CEO of More in Common

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    Highlights from this session:
    • How social media fuels polarization by creating echo chambers and distorting perceptions of opposing views
    • Increasing interaction between diverse groups to foster understanding and cooperation
    • Maintaining cohesion and addressing crises by improving our listening skills
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    “People are kinder, more compassionate, more ready to embrace nuance and complexity than you would think if you were an alien landing on planet Earth and you looked at social media or cable news television.”

    Mathieu Lefevre

    Mathieu Lefevre is the co-founder and CEO of More in Common, a non-profit working to understand the forces driving us apart, find common ground, and bring people together to tackle shared challenges. More in Common conducts detailed opinion research on polarization in Europe and the United States. They work with more than 160 partners in philanthropy, civil society, politics, the media, unions, faith groups, and businesses on initiatives that bridge divides. More in Common’s work has been featured in hundreds of media articles and they are frequently called upon to brief senior leaders in politics, governments, and civil society. More in Common is composed of a team of about 50 people working in national offices in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Poland, Brazil, and Spain.

    Mathieu was previously a co-founder of Make.org, one of the largest civic tech companies in Europe, and for several years he led a think tank on the future of global cities. Mathieu also served as a Political Officer in the United Nations’ Department of Peacekeeping Operations for five years—based in Kandahar, Beiruta—and at the Security Council in New York. Mathieu is a dual US-French citizen and lives in Paris with his family.

    Learn more here. 

  • The Future of Reproductive Justice

    Loretta J. Ross

    Award-Winning Reproductive Justice and Human Rights Leader, Author, and Educator

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    Highlights from this session:
    • Crafting meaningful, ethical guidelines to manage the effects of scientific advancements
    • Predicting how genetic and reproductive technologies will impact future inequalities
    • Developing compassionate leadership to address conflicts and societal issues with respect for all
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    “The power of love, the power of hope, the power of community—these are stronger than hate.”

    Loretta J. Ross

    Loretta J. Ross is an Associate Professor at Smith College. As a 2022 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” award, she is an activist, public intellectual, and scholar. Her passion is innovating creative imagining about global human rights and social justice issues. As the third director of the first rape crisis center in the country in the 1970s, she helped launch the movement to end violence against women that has evolved into today’s #MeToo movement. She also founded the first center in the U.S. to innovate creative human rights education for all students so that social justice issues are more collaborative and less divisive. She has also deprogrammed members of hate groups leading to conceptualizing and writing a book titled Calling In the Calling Out Culture (coming February 2025), to transform how people can overcome political differences to use empathy and respect to guide difficult conversations.

    Loretta started her career in activism and social change in the 1970s, working at the National Football League Players’ Association, the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Black Women’s Health Project, the Center for Democratic Renewal (National Anti-Klan Network), the National Center for Human Rights Education, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, until retiring as an organizer in 2012 to teach about activism.

    Her most recent books are Reproductive Justice: An Introduction, co-written with Rickie Solinger, and Radical Reproductive Justice: Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Time Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, among others. In addition, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2023.

    Learn more here.

  • The Traumatic Roots of Bias

    Anu Gupta

    Author of Breaking Bias, Meditation Teacher, and Bias Expert

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    Warning: this important conversation includes the topic of suicide. Please consider whether this conversation may be disturbing to you. If you anticipate this topic to be too triggering for you to hear about and effectively process on your own, we recommend you choose not to listen.

    Highlights from this session:
    • Understanding trauma and bias as cycles that must be broken
    • Mitigating biased thoughts and reactions through mindfulness
    • Building a global community rooted in inclusion, cooperation, and compassion
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    “Building a beloved community is about making qualitative and quantitative changes for a world where we all belong, where belonging replaces bias.”

    Bonus: Excerpt from Breaking Bias

    Introductory chapter from Anu’s book. Embark on a transformative journey and learn how you can help reshape our world.

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    Anu Gupta

    Anu Gupta is the author of Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them (Hay House 2024) with a foreword from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

    Trained as a lawyer, scientist, and meditation teacher, he is the founder of BE MORE with Anu and a sought-after speaker and bias expert. He has trained over 80,000 professionals at more than 300 organizations in his science-backed, somatically informed, contemplative approach to breaking bias, impacting over 30 million lives. He came to the work of breaking bias after almost ending his life due to lifelong experiences with racism, homophobia, and Islamophobia. The realization that bias can be unlearned helped lead him out of that dark point and inspired a lifelong mission for social healing based on principles of mindfulness and compassion.

    A student of Buddhism and Kriya Yoga, Anu has spent over 10,000 hours on silent retreats in the US and Asia. He is a graduate of NYU School of Law, University of Cambridge, and NYU. He lives in New York City with his partner and their two dozen plants.

    Learn more here at anuguptany.com and bemorewithanu.com.

  • Social Transformation Through Embodiment

    Kai Cheng Thom

    Bestselling Author, Somatic Coach, Conflict Transformation Expert, and Somatic Sex Educator

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    Highlights from this session:
    • Moving beyond traditional cognitive approaches by incorporating body awareness into trauma therapy
    • How joy and pleasure in therapeutic practices promote healing and resilience in those facing systemic oppression
    • Understanding our interconnected “collective body” and its implications for collective healing practices
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    “We really don’t have to be saints. We just have to be ourselves, but on purpose.”

    Bonus: The Somatic Shadow Meditations

    Three powerful guided meditation audio recordings to uncover your somatic “shadow” and unlock its hidden strengths.

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    Kai Cheng Thom

    Kai Cheng Thom, MSW, MSc, is a certified somatic sex educator, qualified mediator, clinical hypnotherapist, and certified professional coach based in Tkaronto/Toronto. She is also the author of five award-winning books in various genres. Kai Cheng’s work focuses on the intersection of social justice, pleasure activism, and transformative approaches to healing conflict. A noted speaker and practitioner of somatic wellness, healing, and group process facilitation, Kai Cheng supports individuals and groups who are seeking to repair relationships and make transformative change. She also teaches as Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education.

    Learn more here.

  • Cultivating Intergenerational Wisdom

    Thomas Hübl

    Host, Teacher, Author of Attuned and Healing Collective Trauma, and Founder, Academy of Inner Science

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    Highlights from this session:
    • What we can do to help create trauma-informed systems, organizations, and societies
    • Healing ancestral trauma by integrating frozen parts of the past, unlocking potential for future generations
    • Utilizing both grassroots and top-down approaches to build sustainable structures for collective healing
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    “If millions or billions of people do one step at a time, we get a lot of things done. We are an orchestra, not just a solo musician.”

    Bonus: Chapter 7 of Attuned

    From his newest book on Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma–and Our World.

    Click here to access ➤

    Thomas Hübl 

    Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.

    He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

    Learn more here.

Panel Discussion

Bridging Peace: Middle East Voices

With: Kosha Joubert, Sami Awad, Robi Damelin, Laila Alsheikh
Bonus from Rola Hallam: A quiz to help you prioritize needs and access actionable insights for creating balance, deepening connections, improving health, and experiencing more inner peace and joy. Click here to access.
Bonus from Deb Dana: Chapter 2 on Neuroception (the nervous system listening inside the body, outside, and between) from the book Polyvagal Exercises for Safety & Connection. Click here to access.

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Kosha Anja Joubert serves as CEO of the Pocket Project, dedicated to restoring a fragmented world by addressing and integrating ancestral and collective trauma. She holds an MSc in Organisational Development, is an international facilitator, author, coach and consultant, and has worked extensively in the fields of sustainable development, community engagement and intercultural collaboration. Learn more here.

Sami Awad is the Founder and Programs Director of Holy Land Trust. Sami holds a Doctoral Degree in Divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary, a Masters Degree in International Relations from the American University in Washington D.C., and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Kansas. Sami has engaged himself locally, through promoting and engaging in nonviolence, healing, and transformation work and globally through visiting and speaking in different countries, communities, and political and religious organizations. Learn more here.

Robi Damelin is an advocate, Israeli peacemaker, and mother. She has advocated around the world for peace and reconciliation, including briefing the United Nations Security Council in May 2022. She was named a 2015 Woman of Impact by Women in the World and a Woman Peacemaker by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. Her story was featured in the documentary One Day after Peace. Learn more here.

Laila Alsheikh lives in Bethlehem in the West Bank. In 2002, her 6-month-old son, Qussay, became ill, and Israeli soldiers prevented Laila from taking him to the hospital, leading to his death. Laila joined the Parents Circle Families Forum in 2016 and has devoted her time and energy to ensuring a better, more peaceful future for her children.

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