Relational Wealth: The MEND Model as a Framework for Liberation in Infant Mental Health

In a world where inequities create relational poverty that strips families of joy, dignity, and connection, how do we replenish what has been lost? This interactive workshop introduces relational wealth as a liberatory resource, defined not by dollars but by our ability to attune, reflect, and co-heal.

Drawing from Dr. Siemone Smith’s dissertation research on the impact of the White Gaze on Black mothers, and her development of the MEND Model (Relation to Self, Relation to Others, Relation to Healing), participants will explore how attunement itself is a revolutionary act. Through storytelling, reflective activities, and shared dialogue, attendees will deepen their capacity to sustain themselves and the families they serve, leaving with a framework to multiply relational wealth across generations.

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