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Resmaa Menakem's My Grandmother's Hands

My Grandmother’s Hands is one of the clearest explanations I’ve read of how racialized trauma lives in the body—not just the mind. Resmaa Menakem shows how the nervous system carries generational pain and how this inherited bracing shapes our reactions, relationships, and conflicts. What stayed with me most is his practical somatic practices that help us metabolize trauma: grounding, settling, and learning to notice when the body tightens in fear or defensiveness.