Conscious Anti-Racism

What impact does social media have on racism and anti-racism? How do traditional media sources gatekeep whose voices are heard? 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 ju...

What is neuro-linguistic programming? How can it be useful in the anti-oppression space? 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,...

What is crisis diversity? In what ways did 9/11 impact the Muslim community? 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...

How has sport activism changed in recent years? Are there pitfalls to major corporations pushing social justice efforts? 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 a...

What is emotional labor? How can white women honor their own experiences and frustrations with sexism while also acknowledging and discussing the broader context of the emotional labor Black people expend when educating white people about racism? How does whiteness cause harm in movements such as feminism, which have historically excluded Black women?    In this series on healthcare and social dis...

What is the importance of safety in creating true inclusivity? What questions can we ask to foster collaborative forward movement in conversations about race? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to...

How does whiteness impact what we think is ‘normal’? How does our sense of what is ‘normal’ impact the way we interact with others? How does ableism show up in work, spiritual, and interpersonal spaces?    In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her...

What is the difference between cultural competence, cultural humility, and cultural safety? Why is it important to incorporate all three while trying to connect to individuals across differences? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insig...

What is whiteness, and why must we examine it? How does whiteness relate to white people? How does our racial identity impact what we are taught about ourselves?    In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relati...

What has society lost because of racism? How can white people take ownership of their past and move forward? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, 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, J...

What are the components of a sincere apology? Why is it important that we do internal work to regulate ourselves before giving an apology? What distinguishes a sincere apology from one that causes even more harm? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gi...

What inspiration can we draw from the history of the civil rights movement? How is perfectionism holding us back? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episo...

How do we measure the effectiveness of diversity trainings? How can we expect people in dominant culture to have tools of introspection and accountability and resilience when they’ve never had to develop them? What responsibility do white people have to take on some of the discomfort and trauma of racism? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Intern...

If kids aren’t talking about race, does it mean they aren’t noticing? When is the right time to have a conversation with your kids about privilege and racism? How can white parents teach their kids about race and center voices of color? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, i...

How can Artificial Intelligence be used to promote health equity? How does the history of racism in the United States impact the representation of marginalized people in healthcare research? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights i...

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. Trigger warning as this episode does discuss acts of harm being committed against a Black woman. In this episode, Jill discusse...

What does it mean to be trauma informed?
 How might the trauma of medical training manifest into social and physical threats within the doctor/patient relationship? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relati...

What is the difference between trauma and stress? How do trauma and racism intersect? How does trauma impact our ability to engage in work that feels uncomfortable, and what can be done to mitigate it? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own...

What is reproductive justice? What is community care and how is it essential for social change? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, 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 interview...

What is toxic positivity? How does it show up (and cause harm) in spiritual and wellness spaces? Why is it good to allow ourselves to feel the whole range of emotions, even the ‘negative’ ones? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insight...

What are the culture, challenges, and contributions of Asian Americans? Why is the model minority myth a tool of anti-blackness? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism...

**This is an encore episode originally released in December 2020** What does it mean to practice radical self-love? What are the downfalls of the term “anti-racism”? What is the importance of community in the fight for social justice? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, int...

Why are minoritized groups not monoliths? How can growing up in multiracial environments shape one’s perspective on society? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In...

In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, 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 discusses perfectionism as a characteristic of white supremacy culture and some of the ways it can manife...

What does it take to be a good ally? What habits need to be unlearned and replaced with better approaches to racism? In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this ep...