In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Francesca Maxime—Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, certified mindfulness teacher, and founder of ReRooted Healing.

Drawing from her lived experience as a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American and her years as a journalist, Francesca brings a deeply embodied and trauma-informed lens to mindfulness, healing, and racial justice. Together, she and Sean explore how mindfulness intersects with somatics, decolonization, and collective care.

This conversation touches on everything from intergenerational trauma to the nervous system's role in social change. With warmth and clarity, Francesca invites us to move beyond disembodied practice and toward a felt sense of liberation—for ourselves and our communities.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔ How somatic awareness supports healing from trauma and oppression

✔ Why decolonizing mindfulness means reconnecting with the body

✔ How racialized trauma shows up in the nervous system and how to tend to it

✔ The difference between coping and true healing

✔ Why “just observing” isn’t enough in trauma-sensitive mindfulness

✔ How to bring mindfulness into movements for justice, equity, and belonging

✔ What it means to create safety not just for individuals, but for entire communities

💡 Learn more about Francesca’s work

🔗https://maximeclarity.com/

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Francesca Maxime on ReRooting Safety in the Body and in Community

Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

Francesca Maxime on ReRooting Safety in the Body and in Community