29. The Importance of Race, Mental Health, and Conducting DEI Workshops in the Workplace with Dr. Virletta Bryant, The Art of Healing Center

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In the Suite
Episode • Dec 4, 2020 • 59m

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We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Virletta Bryant In The Suite. This week’s episode is a slight departure as we focus on topics such as race, mental health, trauma, and more. Dr. Bryant is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed Mental Health Service Provider who has taught at Coppin State University and Washington Adventist University for 20 years combined.

This episode is powerful as Dr. Virletta Bryant gives us mighty tips to understand how our brains work, how our bodies work, and how to understand the emotions behind getting triggered. We also dive into trauma, generational trauma, and how to host impactful conversations about race. 

"The same way that you experience it is the same way that you begin to heal from it. There's only one way and that's through it," Dr. Virletta Bryant tells us so eloquently. 

During this episode, we ask Dr. Bryant to teach us how to have productive discussions about race in the workplace and build more inclusive cultures with remote teams, using her "Create a Culture of Belonging" DEI training that she did with our team at C-Suite Social Media. The overall effect was transformational and brought us much closer together. If you would like more information on Dr. Bryant's corporate workshops for DEI - Diversity Equity and Inclusion Training - delivered over Zoom meeting, you can visit The Art of Healing Center to learn more. 

If you are struggling with women's issues, trauma, relationships, grief, anxiety, or major life changes, consider Dr. Bryant’s The Art of Healing Center to cope with many of life’s challenges. She provides women, and their loved ones with a wide range of psychological services in Washington, D.C. area. She also offers consulting services to different businesses and to different organizations.

Don’t miss this episode! Join the conversation to hear about:

  • A warm welcome to Dr. Virletta Bryant (09:00)
  • How Dr. Virletta Bryant approaches mental health services (12:15)
  • The heaviness of collective trauma (16:30)
  • Working on the things that we fear the most (21:55)
  • Team building conversations about race (25:50)
  • Discussing emotions and important topics in your relationships (30:30)
  • Imposter syndrome and why you have to “show up” (34:10)
  • How Dr. Bryant approaches individual client and corporate clients (39:00)
  • What does getting triggered do to your body? (42:00)
  • Follow this simple breathing exercise to raises your awareness (46:15)
  • What is cross-generational trauma? (51:00)
  • How to reframe your mindset constructively (54:00)
  • How you can get in touch with Dr. Bryant (58:55)
  • What is Dr. Bryant’s superpower?! (60:40)

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