Video Resources on Workplace Trauma

The Power of Community Storytelling

There is power and healing in sharing our stories! Telling our stories in community creates an opportunity to create bonds between the reader + author... The listener + storyteller. Kim Brazwell (of KiMISTRY) and Dr. Elizabeth Joy (of Joy Society) discuss the anxiety and exhilaration of storytelling and storysharing in community and public places.

Impromptu Race Dialogue at Home and Work

Browning Pleasantville was published in the fall of 2018. In the months following its release, race controversy breaks out in various corporate spaces and the polarizing conversation found its way into businesses and schools. In this clip, Kim shares the relevance of Browning Pleasantville and its application for race dialogue with her children at home as well as in her workspaces.

When Reading Browning Pleasantville...

Recorded in 2018, this video was an introduction into insight on writing and reading a polarizing memoir about workplace trauma through the lenses of race, class and gender. Readers (and viewers) are reminded that Browning Pleasantville is a personal account of Brazwell's experience being the first DEI professional in a predominantly white and wealthy workspace.

Hearing Other's Trauma Stories

What must one do to prepare themselves - body, mind and spirit - to be a listener and recipient of someone's trauma story? What happens if you're uncomfortable? What happens if the story hits too close home? What happens if the experience sounds and feels like hyperbole and exaggeration? Recorded in 2018, Kim shares tips on trauma-informed listening.

Sharing Survivor Stories

When we survive something, what do we do with our experience one week later? One month later? One year later? How do we protect and heal ourselves? And do we have a responsibility to "rescue" or warn others who are at risk of the same harm we survived? Recorded in 2018, Kim shares thoughts and ideas on what we can do with our survival and healing narratives.

Workplace Stress, Trauma and Burnout

Workplace stress, burnout and trauma are REAL. Many professionals are faced with the pressure to codeswitch in order to be successful in the workplace. However, your authenticity might be the key to your purposed work. Kim offered this recorded webinar in 2022 to discuss the ways "professionalism" in the face of adversity and "ISMs" at work might be hazardous to your health.