About this episode

Marc Lamont Hill interviews Prentis Hemphill about their book and the themes of healing and emotional presence.

Visit another powerful stop on the What It Takes to Heal book tour. Author and activist, Marc Lamont Hill, interviews Prentis about their book at the Library and Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C. Together, they explore the threads of generational trauma, Prentis' practice of 'cry dates' and how allowing feeling helps us arrive in the present moment. They also discuss the role of Transformational Characters and how interrupting patterns in ourselves can alter the path of healing ...

People in this episode

Host: Prentis Hemphill

Guest: Marc Lamont Hill

Topics covered

• generational trauma
• cry dates
• healing
• Transformational Characters
• emotional presence

Keywords

• generational trauma
• cry dates
• healing
• Transformational Characters
• emotional presence

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What It Takes to Heal

Places: Washington D.C.

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