Beyond Cancel Culture: on Healing, Conflict, and Community - Shilpa Jain and Host Serena Bian

About this episode

Shilpa Jain discusses the transformative power of conflict and community healing with host Serena Bian.

“Conflict is the spirit of the relationship asking itself to deepen” --Sobonfu Somé Facilitator and writer Shilpa Jain deeply understands the nature of being human. She is well known in her East Bay community for hosting more than 250 “Yes Jams!” over the last decade, encouraging laughter and play as she facilitates groups through conflict. Working with change makers—activists, artists, healers, executives, and young people—she helps them navigate conflict from a place of freedom and joy. Join Host Serena Bian in conversation with Shilpa, exploring how conflict can bring us into greater clarity, purpose, and alignment. We’ll look at conflict through a trauma healing lens, to learn how to love ourselves and one another better. We will explore conflict transformation and healing, leadership as friendship, alchemizing fear, how we “get free” together, and how to move beyond “cancel culture” with an open-heart. Bring your lunch, and join us after the conversation to walk and sit on the Commonweal land. Shilpa Jain For the last 11+ years, Shilpa has served as the Executive Director of YES!. YES! works with social changemakers at the meeting point of internal, interpersonal and…

People in this episode

Host: Serena Bian

Guest: Shilpa Jain

Topics covered

• conflict resolution
• community healing
• trauma healing
• leadership
• cancel culture

Keywords

• conflict
• healing
• community
• leadership
• joy
• trauma
• cancel culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YES!

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