What is Collective Healing?
What is Collective Healing?
Podcast Description
What is Collective Healing? is a weekly podcast exploring how people around the world are finding new ways to heal the individual, inter-generational and collective trauma at the root of our global crises.
Presented by the Pocket Project, the series features deeply personal conversations with practitioners who have trained under Thomas Hübl and other pioneers of collective healing – giving listeners a direct experience of the transformational potential this work can unlock.
Drawing on a wide diversity of voices from different countries, cultures and communities, the series aims to make the universal principles underlying collective healing practices newly accessible to all – and honour the many lineages and traditions informing today’s cutting-edge practices.
In an age of overwhelming complexity and news overload, it’s easy to forget that we’re not meant to carry the weight of the world alone. What Is Collective Healing? is your weekly reminder that not only are we wired to grieve, celebrate and heal together – we’re discovering new ways to transmute polarisation, trauma and despair into the seeds of a more flourishing future. These conversations show us how.
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The podcast delves into themes of individual, inter-generational, and collective trauma, exploring transformative healing practices globally. Topics include Global Social Witnessing, trauma-informed leadership, and community resilience, with specific episodes featuring conversations about the origins of Global Social Witnessing and collective integration.
What is Collective Healing? is a weekly podcast exploring how people around the world are finding new ways to heal the individual, inter-generational and collective trauma at the root of our global crises.
Presented by the Pocket Project, the series features deeply personal conversations with practitioners who have trained under Thomas Hübl and other pioneers of collective healing – giving listeners a direct experience of the transformational potential this work can unlock.
Drawing on a wide diversity of voices from different countries, cultures and communities, the series aims to make the universal principles underlying collective healing practices newly accessible to all – and honor the many lineages and traditions informing today’s cutting-edge practices.
In an age of overwhelming complexity and news overload, it’s easy to forget that we’re not meant to carry the weight of the world alone. What Is Collective Healing? is your weekly reminder that not only are we wired to grieve, celebrate and heal together – we’re discovering new ways to transmute polarization, trauma and despair into the seeds of a more flourishing future. These conversations show us how.
To learn more about how the Pocket Project is creating a culture of trauma-informed care, please visit www.pocketproject.org to join our global events, services and courses.
Hosted by Matthew Green. Produced by J’aime Rothbard.
What is a global acupuncture point? Join us as we explore how the mystical is born out of integrated lived experience. Valencie shares her journey into collective healing, tracing her story from birth and early life in Haiti, into her formative years after her family migrated to the United States.
Valencie speaks of the imprint of cultural collisions that she faced as she came of age in a foreign land, offering a glimpse into the mountainous terrain that she carried within. She draws us into a parallel reality reflecting the grief of colonization, held deep within Haiti, the land of her origin.
Drawing on her participation in the Timeless Wisdom Training (TWT) with Thomas Hübl, Valencie explores the interconnected layers of trauma—individual, ancestral, and collective—and how these dimensions shape both personal identity and communal well-being. She reflects on how historical events, cultural displacement, and inherited trauma within the Haitian community continue to live in the body and psyche, and how healing must therefore be relational and communal, not just individual.
Valencie discusses her work with acupuncture as a powerful bridge between individual and collective healing, describing it as both a physical and energetic practice that helps release trauma held in the body and also grounds Thomas Hübl’s theory of global acupuncture into what could become an embodied cultural practice. She also shares insights from her spiritual journey, including encounters with Haitian spiritual traditions and unexpected revelations about her role as a cultural and spiritual lineage holder.
Throughout the conversation, Valencie emphasizes the importance of community, mentorship, and strong support systems when engaging in collective healing work. The episode ultimately presents collective healing as an ongoing, embodied practice—one that honors ancestry, history, and spiritual wisdom while actively working toward personal and global transformation.
Applications Open: The Pocket Project is offering more than 40 Integration Labs in 2026, each dedicated to exploring and addressing specific dimensions of ancestral and collective trauma. To access a complete list of the Labs and to apply to participate, click here.
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About Valencie Exceus
Valencie Exceus, also known as Vie, is a Chinese medicine practitioner, storyteller, drummer, writer, and healing facilitator whose work gathers at the heart of medicine, culture, and spirituality. Born in Haiti and raised in the United States from the age of twelve, she carries a bicultural and global sensibility shaped by migration, memory, curiosity, and a deep love for humanity.
Her university studies began in the Social Sciences and grew into a lifelong devotion to the relationships between people shaped through culture, food, music, spirituality, and nature. Her approach is grounded, unadorned, and soulful. Alongside her clinical work, she also volunteers as a funeral attendant, tending to the living during moments of transition and grief. When she is not in the clinic, she works with people online through private sessions and a signature practice she calls Tending to the Roots.
After nearly two decades of clinical practice and through her own lived experience, she has come to know and trust that restoration, repair, and healing are possible when we are willing to address root and structural causes. Through her own life and the lives of the countless people she has worked with, she has also witnessed the restorative power of grace and the larger movements and forces at work beyond our individual efforts. This has drawn her into a deep intimacy with the divine, while accepting to live with unanswered questions and to trust what unfolds beyond her understanding. Comfortable holding both gravity and levity, she creates spaces where truth, joy, and beauty can surface despite trauma, like a garden tended with care.
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