We are two women of color who have dedicated our lives to helping communities of color heal from trauma. Our journeys have been shaped just as much by our professional careers as they have by our personal lives. They have been one of discovery, realization and unlearning. What we discovered was that healing doesn’t happen in isolation; it is in relationship and community that we heal. We came to the realization that no one person can heal another because everyone carries their own medicine within them. What we had to unlearn, was how we were taught to privilege the mind. What we now know and hope to share is that healing begins with us, and true healing only happens when we tend to the wounds of the heart and the soul.