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The Pocket Project works to restore fragmentation by addressing and integrating individual, ancestral, and collective trauma. In this informative discussion, Thomas speaks with Pocket Project CEO Kosha Joubert about:

• Developing the tools to go beyond the ‘invisible trauma’ ceilings in our communities and institutions
• How integrating trauma leads to post-traumatic learning, resilience, and prevention
• On-the-ground trauma work being done with universities, research and policy institutions, organizations, climate conventions, and humanitarian crisis areas

The Pocket Project envisions that by integrating collective trauma, we can heal the wounds from the past and shift humanity towards a path of emergence and evolutionary development. Click Here to Learn More ➤ 

Kosha Joubert is CEO of the Pocket Project and former CEO of the Global Ecovillage Network. She holds an MSC in Organisational Development, is an international facilitator, author, coach, and consultant, and has worked extensively in the fields of sustainable development, community engagement, and intercultural collaboration. Kosha grew up in South Africa under apartheid and has been dedicated to the healing of divides and transformational edge work ever since.

Thomas Hübl is a teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has been leading large-scale events and courses that focus on the healing and integration of trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans. He has worked with tens of thousands of people worldwide through workshops, multi-year training programs, and online courses. He has been teaching workshops and presenting trainings for Harvard Medical School since 2019. He is the author of the book Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds.

Highlights from this session:

• How patriarchy, individualism, and racism contribute to climate change
• The necessity of collective action to affect climate change
• The ability of the youth to influence those in power and inspire other youth

Xiye Bastida is a climate justice activist who advocates for the centering of frontline communities in climate policy. She is an organizer for Fridays For Future NYC and during the 2019 climate strikes, she helped mobilize up to 300,000 people. In 2020, she co-founded Re-Earth Initiative, a youth-led climate justice education organization. As a public speaker and writer, she advocates for youth and Indigenous rights, and highlights the intersectionality of the climate crisis. She currently attends the University of Pennsylvania where she is pursuing a BA in Environmental Studies with a concentration in policy.

Highlights from this session:

• Exploring models of healing such as The Cornerstone Process, Radical Responsibility Model, and Bearing Witness
• How engaging in group work surfaces collective shadow and conflict and also mirrors our basic goodness
• Going outside traditional modes of healing to move past guilt and shame and into self-compassion, inspired action, and wisdom

Dr. Andrea Pennington is an integrative physician, acupuncturist, and bestselling author. She is the founder of the online holistic health platform, In8Vitality, which integrates ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience and conscious media. She has over two decades of medical practice specializing in trauma recovery, addiction medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and acupuncture. Dr. Andrea has provided medical services, workshops, and retreats to help thousands of people to thrive in all areas of life. After years of running a successful Intensive Outpatient Program for binge eating disorder, Dr. Andrea developed The Cornerstone Process, a proven bio-psycho-social-spiritual model for healing trauma and facilitating conscious evolution.

Fleet Maull, PhD is an author, meditation teacher, executive coach, seminar leader, and social entrepreneur who works at the intersection of personal and social transformation. He developed the Radical Responsibility empowerment model that uniquely integrates personal and collective responsibility. Dr. Maull is a renowned growth mindset teacher who delivers his training programs and seminars around the world both in-person and online through Heart Mind Institute. Dr. Maull developed the Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness (NSM)® practice model, a deeply embodied, neuroscience, and trauma-informed approach to mindfulness and awareness meditation practices that facilitate self-healing, self-regulation, and awakening.

Highlights from this session:

• DJs as community organizers and holders of conscious, liberatory spaces
• The power of music and vibration to move us towards collective healing and flourishing
• How music penetrates our subconscious and allows us to connect to states of ease.

Justis Lopez (also known as DJ Faro) is the founder and Chief Enthusiasm Officer (CEO) of Just Experience LLC. As a community organizer, he focuses on ways to create spaces of radical joy, justice, and healing through Hip-Hop and the arts. He is currently pursuing his doctoral degree at Harvard in Educational Leadership, and recently completed his master’s degree in Education Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania where he focused on creating Joy Labs with Project Happyvism. He began his career as a high school social studies teacher in his hometown of Manchester, CT, and has served as a middle school and high school teacher in the Bronx, NY.

Highlights from this session:

• Acknowledging the gifts and superpowers of trauma
• The importance of integrating hope and joy into the dark landscape of media
• Honoring intergenerational resilience and drawing hope from future generations

Stephanie Foo is the author of What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma. She has written for Vox, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. She worked as a radio producer for This American Life and Snap Judgment, and her stories aired on Reply All, 99% Invisible, and Radiolab. A noted speaker and instructor, she has taught at Columbia University, and has spoken at venues from Sundance Film Festival, to the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Highlights from this session:

• The importance of trauma-informed leadership that is responsive rather than reactive
• Accessing creativity and feelings in order to change how we perceive problems and engage solutions
• How the Harvard Refugee Trauma Program considers an entire ecosystem for the purpose of healing

Maria Leister, JD, is a human rights advocate and speaker dedicated to leveraging interdisciplinary human rights scholarship and frameworks to facilitate healing from trauma and creating just societies. Maria is a faculty member and co-director of Harvard Medical School’s Global Mental Health trauma and recovery course. At Kotter International, Maria leads business development for the leadership development practice. She received her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University, Bloomington, and was a fellow in the Administrative Fellows program at Harvard University.