Compassionate Inquiry Meets Compassionate Love with Dr Josiane Bonté

Hosted and Produced by J'aime Rothbard. The rich, warm conversation demonstrates once again that love, presence, and understanding have the power to transform both individual and collective experiences. Our guest delves deep into human interconnectedness and the role intimate relationships play in personal healing and resilience. Identifying as a “lightworker” (in addition to being a couples and family therapist) Josiane ventures into her clients’ darkness and brings them into the light. She also asks her clients to create clear vision and mission statements to help them succeed in, “the business of love.”   Listen to hear Josiane illuminate: - Compassionate Love as a powerful force that emphasizes the importance of being true to ourselves (without self-compromise) while engaging with others - How interconnectedness helps us navigate challenges and foster a sense of unity - Intimate relationships’ role in collective healing, the reclamation of our essence and our divine nature - Appreciative Inquiry as a curiosity- and positivity-oriented approach to discerning what works well in relationships and communities - How Healing Through Presence can nourish our soul and spirit - The impact of inherited trauma and cultural narratives in the context of couples of color.  Overall, Josiane emphasizes the need to understand and address multigenerational trauma, cultural integration, and intimate relationships’ sacred links , so individuals can contribute to collective healing.  About Dr. Josiane Bonté Family Therapist /  Lightworker A Family Systems researcher-practitioner, published academic author, international speaker, MFP Fellow of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy and the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Josiane was formally trained in family therapy. She holds a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling, a PhD in Marriage & Family Therapy, certifications in Imago Therapy, EFT Couples therapy, clinical hypnosis, play therapy, EMDR therapy, and Strategic Interventions Coaching. Dr. Bonté’s family therapy practice acknowledges the multigenerational impact of both trauma and resilience, helping high conflict individuals and families reconnect with their ancestral bonds in meaningful ways. Her therapeutic philosophy centers on interconnectedness and wholeness principles from the family systemic and strategic approaches, addressing the needs of individuals, couples, and families while considering their connections with self and others. Josiane’s recent research explores relational resilience in Black couples, adaptation strategies for overcoming multigenerational sexual trauma and systemic racism. With over 22 years of professional experience, Dr. Bonté has extended her multidimensional healing role as a lightworker, helping vulnerable populations and mental health professionals around the world balance and harmonize their mind, body, and spirit with the art and science of Compassionate Love. Josiane believes Compassionate Love changes everything, and is highly relevant In our extraordinary times when humans are asked to remember and activate our extraordinary gift of Compassionate Love and become a force of good for the wellbeing of us all. Promotional Link: The Portal If you’ve been listening to our podcast, you may have heard guests connect their birth experiences with enduring subconscious behavioural and emotional patterns. To help break this cycle, Compassionate Inquiry® offers The Portal, a 28-week trauma-informed training for perinatal health professionals; such as midwives, obstetricians, nurses and doulas, who want to empower their patients to trust their innate ability to birth, bond & nurture their child. Use this link to learn more and register by March 3.   Resources:  Website: Josiane’s Professional Website Related Links:     The 5 Compassionate Love Strategies   1: Breaking the Chains  Om Mani Padme Hum    2: Loving Yourself First  "Innana Rakma" (Compassionate Love in Araimic)        Hoponopono    3: Being Equally Yoked Taoist Qi Gong Healing Sounds    4: Finding Common Ground  Gazing Exercise:     5: Loving Beyond   Videos: Compassionate Love in Intimate Relationships2022 IEC Conference intro by Dr. Josiane ApollonDr. Josiane's Human Systems Book:   Compassionate Love in Intimate Relationships Social Media:   Instagram: #Josianebonte   FB: Josiane Bonte Apollon   Tiktok: Josiane Bonte   LinkedIn Quotes: “Without cultural integration and the understanding of the multigenerational transmission processes, sexual mass violence and mass trauma effects from the slavery system and current institutionalized racism hold American couples as hostages of the dark times in American. History. Couple research can end the culture wars and the excess of humiliation, shame and guilt that couples of colour in this population carry, consciously or not, for the fragility of the perpetrators' descendants disseminated through literature and media.” - Dr Josiane Bonté “Without context, there is no culture. Without culture, there are no people or connections.” - Dr Josiane Bonté