130. [Choose wellness and] color outside the lines with Dr. Alissa Ackerman

Self-Compassionate Professor

Fourth in the "August 2022 choosing wellness series," I re-release my conversation with Dr. Alissa Ackerman. Alissa describes the healing power of finding her own personal voice within her academic work—a change that facilitated deeper connections to her research, her students, and herself. Having built deeper connections, Alissa found herself better positioned to offer healing to a wider public audience and ultimately, able to create much greater healing impact in the world than she was able to do with her standard academic voice. She imparts that wisdom to listeners, asking them to get really still about what they want to do, notice whether or not their goals are congruent with the space they find themselves in, and accept responsibility to make necessary changes. Find Dr. Alissa Ackerman's organization, Ampersands Restorative Justice here (www.ampersandsrj.org).