155. Love and Light: Transforming Bias with Amber Ontiveros

Amber Ontiveros, Gen X, joins us to discuss her book ‘Heal The Four Woundings, A Guide to End Discord and Discrimination’. After a life-altering near-death experience, Amber recognized the limitations of traditional racial equity conversations and was inspired to innovate. Amber is an Unconscious Bias coach and has crafted tools grounded in the neuroscience of unconscious bias to heal herself from beliefs that result in discord, discrimination and oppression. Here are the topics we covered in the episode:    2:28 Ambers amazing background         15:11 Different kinds of biases and what happens in our brain     19:18 Dr. Martin Luther King’s quote about love/light  23:03 The four wounds      24:20 Mindfulness listening        28:29 Loved Awakening Grace Here are the three takeaways: 1.   "Everything is not accidental". 2.   The only way to combat darkness is with light. 3.   The secret is self-love…you can’t give what you don’t have.   As Mentioned:   Her book: Heal The Four Woundings, A Guide to End Discord and Discrimination Ep. 115 PART 1: Inside Out: Unveiling the Layers of Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Uri Talmor Ep, 116 PART 2: Inside Out: Unveiling the Layers of Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Uri Talmor    More About Amber:   Amber Ontiveros, a longtime civil rights advocate, served in advisory roles at the US Department of Transportation for the Bush and Obama Administrations, and now runs Ontiveros and Associates specializing in change management, policy development, executive and spiritual coaching.   How to Reach Amber:   [email protected]   https://healthefourwoundings.com/   How to Reach Yo Canny:   Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.com  You can send a message or voicemail there. We’d love to hear from you!   email: [email protected] (Yo)   FB group: Girl, Take the Lead https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: yocanny (Yo)   YouTube   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/