Back Yourself: Healing Racial Trauma, Reclaiming Joy & Leading with Equity — with Lildonia Lawrence

In this transformative episode of Ladies Who Leap, host Lisa Andria welcomes Lildonia Lawrence — Wellbeing coach, Anti-racism trainer, PhD candidate, and Author of Back Yourself: A Wellbeing Guide to Healing from Racial Trauma. Lildonia shares her deeply personal journey of navigating global roots, racial identity, and her leap from psychology into coaching — a path now impacting individuals and organizations across the UK, US, and beyond.

Together, Lisa and Lildonia explore:

✅ How childhood experiences shaped her lifelong passion for social justice and healing ✅ The difference between coaching and therapy — and why coaching became her calling ✅ Powerful strategies for healing racial trauma through body awareness, joy, and ancestral wisdom ✅ How dance and movement serve as resistance, release, and restoration ✅ The challenges of delivering equity training in resistant environments — and how she meets them with grace, clarity, and collaboration ✅ Insights from her groundbreaking book and why it’s resonating with both people of color and allies ✅ Why generational trauma must be met with generational wisdom ✅ Her approach to allyship, privilege, and creating inclusive, heart-centered workplaces

Lildonia’s work is a powerful reminder that true equity benefits everyone, and that healing is possible when we acknowledge, feel, and move through the pain — together.

🔗 Learn more about Lildonia, her book, and her programs: Follow her on Instagram and LinkedIn @LildoniaLawrence And don’t miss: Back Yourself - A Wellbeing Guide to Healing from Racial Trauma — now available wherever books are sold.

Learn more about the host, Lisa Andria at www.ladieswholeap.com

🎧 Tune in, share this with your community, and remember: Where the mind goes, the energy flows.