Lisa Y. Collins, Ed.D

Author, Assistant Professor, Life Coach, and Racial Healing Leader who provides Spaces of Safety for growth and healing.

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Today, we celebrate 100 years of #BlackHistoryMonth, a century of resilience and resistance.

At a time when we're faced with new attempts to rewrite our past under the current administration, we cannot stand by while our history is erased.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

We start #BlackHistoryMonth with the wisdom of Anna Julia Cooper, a scholar, educator, and activist born enslaved who went on to earn degrees from Oberlin in the late 1880s. Her words remind us that justice is not owned by any party, race, or class. Freedom is a shared responsibility, and in this moment of deep division, Cooper’s truth STILL calls us to stand for the dignity, humanity, and rights of all people!

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Life today has enough ups and downs, I will take the win any place I can get it. Thank you @AlaskaAir great service and flight both ways from DC. You Rock!

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That’s why I wrote The Truth About Trauma: Break Patterns, Build Resilience, Restore Joy (Llewellyn, 2025).

It’s a roadmap for healing—personal + collective.

Let’s move the convo beyond spectacle and into solutions. 🙏🏽

#HealingIsPossible #ResilientLeadership

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Healing begins in the body, moves into the mind, and integrates into the spirit.

It’s not abstract—it’s real, possible, and necessary.
And it’s the path to resilience, peace, and joy.

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Cannon’s honesty matters—especially for Black men in the public eye.

But without context, his comments risk spreading confusion. Trauma isn’t carelessness. It’s survival. And healing requires more than awareness.

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Trauma isn’t just “bad things that happen.”

It’s the body’s response to a threat.
⚡ Fight
⚡ Flight
⚡ Freeze
⚡ Fawn
⚡ Flock

When harm is overwhelming, the imprint stays lodged in the body—shaping choices long after the event.

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Nick Cannon said on The Breakfast Club that he may not have had 12 kids if he had healed his trauma earlier.

Important convo—but the way we talk about trauma matters. 🧵

#TheTruthAboutTrauma #nickcannon

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1,400 miles, 52 days and 6 pairs of shoes later, Oregon college president raises thousands for students https://t.co/gx7YOuo6ue

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"Truth About Trauma": Mind Patterns https://t.co/J7UkOjmDZR

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Join us for the launch!!’

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Thank you @AlaskaAir
For getting me to and from! Feeling very grateful #AuthorLife #BooksWorthReading #thetruthabouttrauma

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This book is a healing vehicle and you are in the driver's seat; by taking charge of your learning experience, you'll discover the greatest possible benefit!
Identify and interrupt unhealthy responses through learning, discovery, and reflection so you can reclaim your joy. With a variety of exercises and insights from my own journey, you will learn how to address past experiences that unknowingly weigh on you.
Pre-order your copy! https://t.co/NaHQBR8gbR Debuting on June 9th.

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Mystical DC

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Shout out to the @HiltonHonors for making my life sooo much better today. I left one of your competitor hotels to for what deserve HILTON amazing service! THX #qualityservice #hilton