Description

Healer and social justice educator Joanna Kent Katz addresses how to move from inherited patterns of trauma and cultural assimilation toward a heart-centered state of collective liberation.

Healing your personal lineage is a vital step in dismantling systemic oppression and understanding your belonging in the world.

About Jo Kent Katz

Jo Kent Katz is an intuitive healer, social justice educator, and an ordained Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) dedicated to the work of justice and healing. With a lineage rooted in Ashkenazi Jewish history across Russia, Romania, Ukraine, and Poland, Jo brings a deep understanding of how historical trauma and cultural assimilation impact our modern lives. She is the creator of "Transcending Jewish Trauma," a comprehensive resource that maps out inherited trauma patterns specifically for white Ashkenazi lineages. Jo also offers For Sacred Consideration, which are spiritual teachings Jo receives through channeling.  Jo bridges the gap between ritual support and social change, helping individuals navigate intergenerational healing to foster a deeper sense of communal and personal belonging.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• How your brain creates survival strategies based on ancestral fears.
• Why personal ancestral healing is a prerequisite for collective liberation. By addressing our own inherited trauma, we stop projecting survival patterns onto our community spaces and social justice work.
• The cost of "whiteness" and assimilation for those with immigrant lineages.
• How to map out the specific traumas of your lineage—such as displacement or systemic violence—to understand how they manifest in your nervous system today as hyper-vigilance or a sense of not enoughness.

Resources

Blintz information

Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz

Connect with Jo Kent Katz
     https://www.jokentkatz.com/

     https://www.transcendingjewishtrauma.com/

     https://www.patreon.com/SacredConsideration

Jo is pictured with her Grama Sylvia in the episode art.

Theme music written and performed by Carter Penny.

Connect with Just Like Nana's Website.

A proud member of the Feminist Podcasters Collective.