NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to heal on a personal and a collective level, showing us that we don't have to carry our emotional burdens alone.

"I love this book. Hemphill offeres us a visionary, personal, compassionate, empowering guide for our healing." —Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score

What It Takes to Heal asserts that the principles of embodiment—the recognition of our body's sensation and habits, and the beliefs that inform them—are critical to lasting healing and change. Hemphill, an expert embodiment practitioner, therapist, and activist who has partnered with Brene Brown, Tarana Burke, and Esther Perel, among others, demonstrates a future in which healing is done in community. They weave together stories from their own experience as a trauma survivor with clinical accounts and lessons learned from their time as a social movement architect. They ask, "What would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center? And what does it do to have healing at the center of every structure and everything we create?"

In this life-affirming framework for the way forward, Hemphill shows us how to heal our bodies, minds, and souls—to develop the interpersonal skills necessary to break down the doors of disconnection and take the necessary risks to reshape our world toward justice.