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Documentaries about Living the Change
Emotional Literacy
The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
Increasing Your Capacity to Feel
Core Nonviolence Commitments
How Faux-Feelings Are Sabotaging Your Communication Efforts
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Speaking Up (or Listening)
A Healthy Way to Embrace Big Emotions: Take It to the Trees
The Neurochemistry Of Empathy, Explained With Claymation
The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh
Let Yourself Grieve
How Cynicism Masks Pain
No, You Don't Have to Admit You're Wrong to Apologize (And Other Apology Myths Debunked)
Stress: It's Not in Your Head, It's in Your Nervous System
It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
Join the Empathy Revolution!
The Steps Toward Self Empowerment
Dealing With Painful Emotions
Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)
6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises
Brené Brown on How to Reckon with Emotion and Change Your Narrative
Why Are so Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?
11 Traits of People With High Emotional Intelligence
Empathy: Why It's Important, Why We Should Nurture It in Our Kids
Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear
Women Are Better at Expressing Emotions, Right? Why It's Not That Simple
If You Do Not Transform Your Pain, You Will Transmit It
Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger
Depression Is a Disease of Civilization: Hunter-Gatherers Hold the Key to the Cure
What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important?
Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution
An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma
Masculinity is Killing Men: The Roots of Men and Trauma
Self-Esteem Might Boost Our Egos, But Self-Compassion Opens Our Hearts
Control is a Trap
The Demoralized Mind
The Great Grief: How to Cope With Losing Our World
The Important Difference Between Love and Being Loved
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?
The Root Cause of Addiction
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
What is the Meaning of Death? This Man Has Some Words to Share with You.
Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence
Imperialism
Double Down News
Systemic Racism
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Planet Local: A Short Film Series about the Beautiful Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
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Black Lives Matter
13TH (2016)
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement (2016)
Down in the Hole - The Streets of Baltimore (2015)
America's Police Problem: Brutality and Racism
Black Lives That Still Matter: The Deaths Behind the Movement in 24 parts (ch. 1)
Black Lives That Still Matter: The Deaths Behind the Movement in 24 parts (ch. 2)
Tears in the Bayou - The Streets of Houston (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017) ($4)
Generation Revolution (2017) ($1)
Baltimore Rising (2017) ($4)
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (2018) (trailer)
If Your Gut Response to #Blacklivesmatter Is #Alllivesmatter, Read This.
What Would the Black Panthers Think of Black Lives Matter?
4 Black Lives Matter Myths Debunked
Law Professor's Epic Response to Black Lives Matter Shirt Complaint
What's the Matter with 'All Lives Matter'
The Power of White Fear feat. Chris Hayes
Whose Streets? An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising (2017) (trailer)
Stranger Fruit: An Investigation into the Death of Michael Brown (2018) (trailer)
Accidental Courtesy Follow-Up: Daryl Davis and Kwame Rose Agree that Black Lives Matter
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
The Blood is at the Doorstep (2017) (trailer)
Show Me Democracy: Student Activism Amidst the Uprising in Ferguson (2016) (trailer)
Ferguson Isn't about Black Rage Against Cops. It's White Rage Against Progress.
The Real Reason White People Say 'All Lives Matter'
It Took Me Years to Believe That Black Lives Matter. Now Here's What I Need From You
A Short History of Black Lives Matter
White People in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter
Why I Refuse to Avoid White People
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