Mirabai Bush – Walking Each Other Home – Ep. 4 – Radical Self-Love with Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman, Jr.

Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman Jr. joins Mirabai for a conversation on cultivating radical self-love for breaking cycles of oppression and healing our beloved community from the inside out. Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Health Science in the School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University. As a teacher, Dr. Hayman offers radical love by working to inspire social-justice-minded scholars to critically analyze course content to develop a skillset for disrupting the incomplete narratives established about the communities from which they come. As a researcher, Dr. Hayman engages radical love by using a resilience-informed lens to address the social, psychological, structural, and environmental influences of well-being in underprivileged and marginalized populations. As an activist, Dr. Hayman offers radical love by using his mindfulness training to initiate and cultivate safe spaces for engaging in meaningful dialogue around health and well-being–both in the classroom and beyond.