Rabbi Tirzah will offer the keynote, “Healing the Wounds of Past and Present: Providing Care in an Uncertain World,” and endnote lecture, “Sustainable Practices for Resilience & Vital Health” for this year’s JSSA symposium.

The past does not simply disappear. Both the traumas and the triumphs in our history are alive within us and within those we care for. How can we turn to heal the hardships in our past? Can we tap the strength, resilience, and wisdom from our ancestral roots to help us today?

Objectives include:

• Explore the four hallmarks of trauma and be able to identify traits of trauma residue (in yourself and those with whom you work)

• Understand the findings of epigenetic research that explain how your ancestors’ extreme life challenges may be influencing you

• Discern the positive legacies you inherited and access the healing power of your wise and well ancestors and teachers.

• Engage and and take home 3 doable practices to restore your physical and emotional energy

• Learn an easy acronym to help you remember the 4 steps of personal self-care especially during stressful times

• Be guided in a direct experience of the guidance and loving energy of a well and wise ancestor