ONLINE: Trauma 101 | Rev. Dr. Raymont Anderson

It is crucial that we begin to discuss the often taboo topic of trauma in our Spiritual communities if we are to support every individual’s right to a grand rising. Very few, if any, people are immune from trauma, including individual experiences of abuse, ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), poverty, medical trauma, or collective experiences of war, displacement, terrorist attacks, mass shootings, and natural disasters, to name just a few. Science of Mind and Spirit provides a strong foundation of principles to support and facilitate healing, and yet we must go beyond knowing Truth in Spiritual Mind Treatment to applying a kind of “Trauma Informed” Science of Mind and Spirit which acts in ways that promote a truly holistic healing, wholeness, and compassion in our communities.

Rev. Dr. Raymont Anderson is an ordained Centers for Spiritual Living minister and serves as the founding minister and the Spiritual Director of The Center for Spiritually Integrated Arts which is a Centers for Spiritual Living Teaching Center. He brings his years of being a professional educator, visual artist, performer, ASL interpreter, author, and lover of comics and film to all areas of his life and his ministry. He is a frequently sought-after guest minister/speaker at various Churches, Centers, and events. For him, ministry extends beyond the church/center. He facilitates workshops related to Radical Self-Care, Living with Purpose, LGBTQ Empowerment, Exploring and Expressing Creativity, and more. He is both the co-lead for his local Moms Demand Action and the chapter’s interfaith lead and a participant in the Survivor Fellowship. When he is not teaching, speaking, writing, creating, performing, etc., he loves spending time with family which includes harassing his amazing grandkids.