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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.39,0:00:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.45,0:00:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a family with South Carolina roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.23,0:00:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a photo of my great Aunt Clara,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.08,0:00:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great Uncle Henry, a neighborhood friend and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.68,0:00:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the one looking intently at the homemade biscuits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.44,0:00:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.42,0:00:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember Aunt Clara tucked me into bed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.30,0:00:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and battled my childhood measles with hot cups of tea made from sassafras root,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or gave me relief from common cold symptoms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.44,0:01:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a tablespoon mixture of whiskey and rum poured over rock candy and fresh lemon rind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.72,0:01:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I grew older, stories with themes of hope and redemption with Bible scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.54,0:01:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humor, wisdom and care --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.51,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped me make it through life's challenges whether they were measles or emotional struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.04,0:01:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure you remember similar stories from your own family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.49,0:01:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you think culture connects to healing and recovery?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.99,0:01:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may think they're unrelated and many health practitioners would agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.49,0:01:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a conventional medical model constructs healing as a blend of a health practitioner's expertise
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a patient's role in connecting to a belief system
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that promotes good thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.34,0:01:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me say that again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.72,0:02:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Healing and recovery include a patient's role in connecting to a belief system
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.02,0:02:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that promotes good thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.100,0:02:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet conventional medicine routinely overlooks the role of culture in this process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.82,0:02:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a consequence, healing traditions are often minimized as legitimate partners.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.46,0:02:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we should appreciate the role traditions play as medicines connecting herbs and ointments,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.51,0:02:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words and sayings, and a variety of sensory experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.86,0:02:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if we paint healing traditions with the broad brush of superstitions and stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.18,0:02:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are not getting an accurate picture of cultural practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.02,0:03:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I took what I learned from my aunt Clara and I recognized that on the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.98,0:03:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's conventional medicine which provides us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.19,0:03:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the best science has to offer as the mechanics of health.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.02,0:03:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then on the other hand, there's healing traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.44,0:03:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are bringing and trying to claim their agency when they integrate cultural practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.15,0:03:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers have found connections between the brain and our immune system.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.08,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out our brain and immune system communicates.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.41,0:03:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, researchers at the University of Wisconsin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.15,0:03:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found changes in the brain associated with positive affect for meditators as compared to non-meditators.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.12,0:03:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the best practice connects conventional medicine to cultural patterns for healing and recovery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.60,0:04:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best practice is an integrated process that's closer to local life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.06,0:04:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I took what I learned from my aunt Clara, as I said to you before,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.58,0:04:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now I'm a psychologist whose passion about exploring the role
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.64,0:04:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that culture plays in aiding individual and community agency in situations of psychological and social need.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.69,0:04:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm interested in healing traditions where individuals integrate elements individually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.43,0:04:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and combined to empower their personal transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.24,0:04:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and communities use them to challenge distorted ideas about their humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.42,0:04:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm especially interested in the importance of the mind in recovery
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.69,0:04:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our behavior rises to the expectation of our beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.01,0:05:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a research study about 15 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.08,0:05:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that African-American healing traditions had four structural elements or themes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.16,0:05:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This discovery validated the lessons I learned from my family were cultural patterns of thinking and behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.85,0:05:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these were time honored, reasoned ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.73,0:05:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first element is spirituality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.33,0:05:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about religion. Because religion is a particular system of faith. I'm talking about spirituality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.40,0:05:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An awareness of an other-worldly dimension to human experience and a personal connection with that world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.39,0:05:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual consciousness motivates a commitment to a higher life purpose. Spirituality is foundational.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.10,0:05:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shapes our personal psychology by awakening awareness of our personal strengths.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.78,0:06:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those strengths within ourselves and others and our strengths include love,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.16,0:06:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion, creativity, hope, gratitude, justice, just to name a few.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.37,0:06:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was about 8 or 9 years old when I observed my Grandma Nan preparing to attend a Sunday women's day service.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.09,0:06:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recall her crisp white cotton dress contrasted against her maple brown skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.43,0:06:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my little eyes watched closely as she placed a white lace handkerchief
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.75,0:06:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it peeked from the dress pocket just below her left shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.52,0:06:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She put on her white gloves and put her bible under her arm
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.13,0:06:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she held my face closely and reminded me to be good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.82,0:06:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandmother's words, I reflected on as I became an adult
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.55,0:06:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she often said, be good, to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.94,0:07:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I know that she meant, be of good character, be of good service and be good to myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.25,0:07:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goodness was a spiritual affirmation and she believed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.72,0:07:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could survive the challenges that I'd face as a black woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.48,0:07:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I developed an active spiritual practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.64,0:07:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my grandmother's women's day annual Sunday service was an act of spiritual practice and a ritual activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.82,0:07:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the second element is ritual. Ritual is a series of actions performed in a prescribed order.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.67,0:07:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's ritual cleansing such as Limpia and Latina culture and the Native American sweat lodge ceremonies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.80,0:07:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are also group rituals and it's in these rituals
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.60,0:07:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a person belongs as a member of the whole community and finds support and hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.32,0:07:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as you can see on the slide, in Goligichi culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.68,0:08:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African-American communities located along the coastal shores of North,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.68,0:08:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.36,0:08:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these communities still preserve features of West African cultural ties.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.88,0:08:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ring shell is an important ritual in Goligichi culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.34,0:08:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a collective performance of bonding and support using the body and rhythm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.80,0:08:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this video clip, you'll see an example of a ring shell.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.71,0:08:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouters are moving in a circular pattern counterclockwise while stepping in harmony.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.84,0:08:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this particular shout skillfully instructs on how to watch the stars to see when
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.68,0:08:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in what direction to run to freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.63,0:09:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Singing and chanting]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.69,0:09:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So. -- spirituality and ritual are the first two elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.96,0:09:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has anyone ever said just the right words to inspire or encourage you?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.56,0:09:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third element is the power of words.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.18,0:09:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among traditional cultures, speech is a source of power and wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.03,0:09:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And words are believed to provide and to produce the outcome when a speaker activates them by their intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.02,0:09:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.13,0:09:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if words are spoken in conditions of anger and resentment,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.80,0:09:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we experience that outcome. On the other hand, if words are spoken in love and kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.40,0:09:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we see that experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.08,0:09:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the Pew Research Center,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.22,0:09:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,55 percent of Americans pray every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.12,0:10:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for years researchers have been studying prayer as a common complement to conventional medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.08,0:10:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving forward, the last element is dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.12,0:10:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you recall ever having a creative idea resulting from a dream or solving a problem?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.82,0:10:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dreams are our connection to the unconscious mind and their meanings vary.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.55,0:10:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a ray of information imparted about our experience through our dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.27,0:10:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our dreams are full of metaphors.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.74,0:10:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's an endless list of dream interpretations passed down through generations by oral tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.59,0:10:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, if you're flying upward in a dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.77,0:10:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a metaphor for rising to the next level in some area of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.01,0:10:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In native American culture, totem animals or guiding spirits may appear in a dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.59,0:10:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To bring you a message.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.12,0:11:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if your totem is an eagle, the eagle may deliver a message about a problem or issue in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.06,0:11:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While studying healing traditions, in such places as Senegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.17,0:11:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazil, China, Tibet and Thailand,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.30,0:11:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognized they shared structural elements found in my study on African-American healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.40,0:11:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I'm not saying this is a final set, I posit that these four elements:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.17,0:11:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirituality, ritual, the power of words,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.44,0:11:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dreams as an age old blueprint for harnessing personal strengths.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.34,0:11:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.74,0:11:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examined a psychosocial care project for Tibetans in exile in Darsalorma,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.40,0:11:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,northern India who had been tortured.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.74,0:12:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They found that the clients and staff believed that the care project provided a much needed service.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.53,0:12:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that it effectively combined western psychological approaches with local cultural and religious practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.58,0:12:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the western practitioners incorporated relaxation methods with clients derived from Buddhist practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.20,0:12:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their knowledge of Buddhism and sensitivity to Tibetan culture showed respect for a different way to shape healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.00,0:12:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Healing traditions integrate social connections, beliefs,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.76,0:12:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practices as multi-faceted medicines;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.18,0:12:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing culture's connection to healing can employ traditions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.17,0:12:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as tools to help people recover spiritual and emotional balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.47,0:12:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So modern medicine and culture can partner to support our human potential
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.22,0:13:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for power responses to disease and illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.22,0:13:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Healing traditions play an important role as legitimate partners in this process.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.25,0:13:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those people who keep close ties to their cultural identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.91,0:13:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.34,0:13:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{Applause.}.