Beyond Fawning: Appeasement is the Fourth F
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ABOUT THIS MEMBERS CLASS
The four F’s—fight, flight, freeze, fawn—are commonly shared as the range of human stress and trauma responses, but fawn is actually a subcategory of appeasement. This interactive session will explore appeasement as a biological and cultural response to threat in response to power imbalances and social hierarchies. We will tease apart the differences between fawn and appeasement, unpack internalized and relational appeasement dynamics, and examine potential approaches to mitigate harm and create alternate ways of relating across power imbalances.
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Nkem Ndefo
Nkem Ndefo is the founder and president of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit, a model that promotes embodied self-awareness and self-regulation in an ecologically sensitive framework and social justice context. Licensed as a nurse midwife, Nkem also has extensive post-graduate training in complementary health modalities and emotional therapies. She brings an abundance of experience as a clinician, educator, consultant, and community strategist to innovative programs that address stress and trauma and build resilience for individuals, organizations, and communities across sectors, both in her home country (USA) and internationally. Nkem is particularly interested in working alongside people most impacted by violence and marginalization.