Conscious Anti-Racism

What is Polyvagal theory and how is it being used to develop curriculum? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews...

How can we change the narrative about what it means and what it takes for people to be safe? How can we restore the protections of citizens from the harm and violence caused by the state? How can academic research lead to real change? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tap...

What roles do data and storytelling play in DEI work? How we can share our perspectives and learn from each other while remaining civil? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to...

What is the Prisoner Visitation and Support organization? What are some of the issues impacting trans prisoners in this political time? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to s...

This episode contains some graphic depictions of torture. What can we learn from the historical voices that have been silenced for generations? Why must we confront hidden events like Angel Island and Unit 731 to understand our world today? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, a...

How does our identity shape the world around us? What are some ways to take action against current political issues? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and a...

What does it take to sustain equity work in the current political climate? Why is it important to be intentional about doing equity work in a collaborative way? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into mult...

What are collectivist cultures? How is childhood well-being impacted by the culture a person grow up in? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, allyship coach, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice a...

How can today's leaders continue to do equity work despite our current political climate? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this epi...

How do we hold a government accountable when we don't like the outcomes? As citizens, where do we have the greatest influence or impact on the government? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multip...

How can we empower kids to speak up about abuse? How do you teach kids to communicate feelings about body sensations in their own language? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating...

What is the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)? How can people in the West support the movement for a free and democratic Iran? How does the Iranian regime use chaos and violence to gain power? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews...

How can we get ourselves out of the current political situation? What is the political industrial complex? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism...

How can curiosity help us to come together across lines of difference? How can we insist on finding commonality despite the current political environment? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple f...

What is humanism? What role can the Black church play in improving the maternal health crisis in America? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism....

How can hip-hop be used as a cultural lens to provide solutions to long-standing problems in our society? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism....

What is the sandwich generation? How does ageism play into sandwich generation dynamics? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode,...

In what ways are Black football players exploited and commodified? What should sports fans do about it? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. I...

What is carceral apartheid? How is it used to harm marginalized communities? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interv...

What are some of the paradoxes of racial justice work? Why is it important to recognize those paradoxes so we can navigate them? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social j...

Why is it important not to just fight against the status quo but to be vocal about a vision for what the future should look like? How does the current escalation in Iran relate to the overall problem of the violence of the state of Israel? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, an...

How can patients and family members advocate for themselves in today's health care system? What are some of the bias and health equity implications for limb amputations? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights...

What are some of the common ways that supporters of Israel justify the genocide in Gaza? Why is it important to counteract those narratives? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating...

What are some of the root causes of health disparities? What role does healing play in addressing trauma? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism....

What is the importance of recognizing how our own wounds impact our interactions with other people? How can this learning bring us towards deeper understanding and conflict resolution? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives he...