Mothering The Self While Mothering A Son

Habeebah sits down with Donnella Jefferson, aka Scalptherapy at Willow Cove Art and Wellness Boutique to discuss the experience of healing from childhood trauma while mothering a son. Donnella shares her determination to parent in ways that would allow both her and her son to experience healing through her lived example. She is also a source of healing and encouragement for the many women she services through her highly successful natural hair business.

In this episode, Donnella references her experiences with childhood trauma and the path to healing that has allowed her to lovingly mother her son. In 1995, Kaiser Permanente and the CDC joined together to conduct the seminal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study, which provides a glimpse into the significant prevalence of childhood trauma and the strong correlation between childhood suffering and poor health outcomes. Because racism creates and maintains the conditions of suffering for Black children, sources of trauma and negative health impacts are believed to be even more pervasive than found in the ACEs study. If you are struggling to overcome childhood trauma, mental health counseling can help you begin to heal.