S2 Ep 1: The Long Journey to Healing with Rev. Krista Forbes

We’re back, still Black, and still at our adventures! After a hiatus, we are ready to bring you Season 2, which will focus on relationships. Today’s guest teaches us how to think deeper about healing, forgiveness, and letting go. Join us to learn more!Rev. Krista Forbes received her calling into ministry in 2006 and immediately began serving as an associate minister. She earned her Master of Divinity with a concentration in Women’s Studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained through the Progressive National Baptist Convention. Rev. Krista has a diverse ministerial background in serving as a worship liturgist, preacher, and community outreach/healthcare chaplain. As a chaplain, she provided spiritual support to patients in crisis, along with their families and hospital staff. Her chaplaincy journey includes a tour in geriatric care, the VA hospital, a skilled nursing facility, and hospice. She gets her greatest joy from leading Bible study classes and spiritual formation discussions with women to empower them and help them grow and heal. She currently serves as the director at Pyxis Partners Health Equity Consulting Firm, where she focuses on outreach and engagement for community stakeholders in the “All of Us” research program, a research database project supporting precision and medicine initiatives coordinated by the NIH.Show Highlights:How to view a loved one’s loss through a healing lens by remembering the lessons learnedWhy women find it difficult to SIT with healing because we refuse to slow down and assess the damageHow a relationship with God factors into our experiences and our healing (This is much more important than how people THINK we should act!)What it means to “let go” in your healing journeyWhy Black women have felt pressure to be strong and live up to the stereotypes put upon themHow sharing our stories and testimonies helps others (“So, put away your Wonder Woman cape–and be real!”)How to start the healing process:Sit down, acknowledge God, and assess the damage and the feelings.Determine “the care plan,” which starts with forgiveness.Love your imperfect self.Why you can’t put a time limit on healingWhy we hold onto things that we need to let go so healing can beginKey takeaways from Gayle, Tia, and KristaResources:Want more Gayle and Tia? Join our Vibe Tribe on Facebook. Find us on Instagram.Connect with us to learn about upcoming summer events!