Training Your Brain For Equity: Mindfulness Reflective Practice
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Training Your Brain For Equity: Mindfulness Reflective Practice

By Dr Shungu Hilda M'gadzah

What would it mean to approach equity like a daily practice, the same way we train our breath, our focus, or our bodies?

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About this event

Join us for an exciting online event:

Event: Championing inclusion and disrupting systemic bias with the Six Stages

Date: Multiple dates available: 7th of each month or 2nd monthly

Time: 19:00 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time)

Are you keen to improve your ability to deal with bias and promote Equity and Inclusion. Want to learn strategies of how to respond to challenging inequity situations. Want to learn more about the Six Stages Diversity Framework? This event is perfect for you! Join us online as we dive into these refelective mindfulness practice session. Six Stages Framework is a tool for Equity and Inclusion. We will xplore how it can be applied in various settings. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and connect with like-minded individuals. See you there!

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TRAINING YOUR BRAIN FOR EQUITY:

A Reflective Episode from the Six Stages Framework

By Dr. Shungu H. M’gadzah

Listen to the podcast recording:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SNofxnhQfUgFpvA5crm8j?si=5uC0ycDvQUWiINU36TWggg

Welcome to Building Bridges of Empathy. This is your space for reflection, transformation, and grounding in truth.

Today’s episode is titled: Training Your Brain for Equity.

🌱 Part One: From Calm to Equity

You may have heard people talk about training the body for calm—building mental resilience, rewiring the brain to respond to life’s stressors without spiraling.

This got me thinking: Can we train the brain—not just for calm—but for equity?

What would it mean to approach equity like a daily practice, the same way we train our breath, our focus, or our bodies?

🧠 Part Two: Rewiring for Equity Literacy

We are all carrying beliefs, values, and assumptions that we didn’t choose. Some are rooted in bias. Others in trauma or fear.

In the Six Stages Framework, we begin with Stage 0—Locate Yourself. Before we challenge the world around us, we must observe the world within us.

These are not fixed. They are habits. And like all habits, they can be rewired.

🪞 Part Three: Becoming Conscious of Equity Threats

Training your brain for equity means becoming more conscious of in-equity threats—not just in society but within our own thoughts.

These responses are signs of Stage 1 or 2 in the Six Stages: denial or minimisation.

Just as we observe our breath when meditating, we can learn to observe our thoughts—with curiosity, not judgment.

🔄 Part Four: From Reaction to Response

Equity work is not about perfection. It’s about practice.

Pause. Breathe. Create space between stimulus and response. This is where equity lives.

Over time, these new choices form new pathways.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Part Five: Visualising Equity Practice

Visualise yourself in a moment of challenge. Notice your breath. Ground yourself.

You don’t shut down. You don’t explode. You stay present.

This is training your brain for equity.

🌿 Closing Reflection

Equity is not a destination—it’s a practice.

The Six Stages Framework offers a map. This work offers you the tools. Your life offers you the moments.

Take a breath. Recall your values. You are not just reacting to the world. You are helping to reshape it.

To find out more about the Six Stage

Check out my book:

📘 Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Racism – The Six Stages Framework (2022).

A must-read for individuals and organisations committed to personal and systemic change. This book introduces the Six Stages Framework, a structured path to greater self-awareness and action.

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Ready to do the work:

🧑🏽‍🏫 “I’m your personal DEI trainer — guiding, challenging, and motivating you on this journey of learning, growth, and transformation.”

🎟️ Join the next session:

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📅 Multiple dates available: 7th of each month . Different episodes on each date.

Time: 19:00 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time)

🎧 Tune in to learn more:

▶️ Watch on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@inclusionpsychologistslimi6897

🎙️ Listen on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SNofxnhQfUgFpvA5crm8j?si=5uC0ycDvQUWiINU36TWggg

🌐 Visit: www.sixstagesframework.com/ssfevents

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Guided Reflection: Bias, Equity and The Six Stages Framework

Welcome to our online event where we dive deep into the topics of bias, equity, and The Six Stages Framework. You will also be supported to engage in guided reflections, discussions, and activities to explore these important concepts. Join us on this journey of self-discovery and learning as we navigate through various stages to gain a better understanding of bias and equity. Don't miss out on this opportunity to grow and expand your knowledge!

Use the Six Stages Framework to Build Awareness and Take Action.

Join Dr Shungu’s Guided Workshops for a journey exploring bias, equity, and The Six Stages Framework through guided reflection sessions online!

These online events are where we dive deep into the topics of bias, equity, and The Six Stages Framework. You will engage in guided reflections, discussions, and activities to explore these important concepts.

Join us on this journey of self-discovery and learning as we navigate through various stages and case scenarios to gain a better understanding of bias and equity. Don't miss out on this opportunity to grow and expand your knowledge! The workshops are attended by people from all over the world, so you get to hear the Global challenges and Local solutions in navigating Bias and Inequity.

When you attend this first workshop you will be guided through the reflective process and coached in how how to deal with inequity in your everyday lives.

journey and progress. Further catch up sessions will be made available to discuss your reflections over a 7 week period if required.

The Six Stages Framework is a daily companion for intentional growth and systemic change. These workshops centre on personal and professional application of the SSF — practical, reflective, and empowering:

✨ How do we move from awareness to action? From intent to impact? ✨

Too often, conversations around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) get stuck in definitions. But real change lives in the daily practice — in the moments we pause, reflect, challenge, and choose differently.

That’s where the Six Stages Framework (SSF) becomes more than a model — it becomes a daily tool for transformation.

🌀 Each reflective station invites us to notice:

• What am I aware of today that I wasn’t yesterday?

• Where do I still feel discomfort or resistance?

• How am I using my privilege, power, or position?

• What actions align with my values and commitments?

Whether you’re a leader, educator, parent, or simply someone who wants to show up differently — the SSF can guide your journey.

Not perfectly. Not all at once.

But intentionally. And sustainably.

You will be supported to use Six Stages Framework questioning in you daily personal and work life.

📝 That’s why I’ve developed practical workshops, workbooks and reflective journals — for adults, young people, and organisations — to support movement through the stages, not just understanding of them.

Because the goal isn’t just to “do the work.”

It’s to live it. Daily. Courageously. Compassionately.

📍Where are you in your journey today?

Each week, has a strategy you can use.

✅ A strategy you can try

📝 A reflective prompt

⚡️ A call to action

Where do you think you are in your journey? Drop a comment on my website or DM me if you’re not sure.

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    Testimonials
    Marietjie StrydomMarietjie Strydom-Head of Service at Coram IACHead of Service at Coram IAC
    We have been incredibly fortunate at Coram IAC to have Dr Shungu Hilda M'gadzah deliver our #Equality Diversity & Inclusion programme and would highly recommend this opportunity for schools
    Specialist Educational Psychologist
    "I’m put in mind of the time Shungu delivered some work for us on the Six Stages Framework. She challenged all of us to own the views and biases that we held that were in some way racist - she explained that this is an early and integral step towards growth. It was incredibly hard and I’m not proud to say that when she asked for volunteers I believe she was met with the proverbial tumble weed. Accepting that we may hold -phobic or -ist views is deeply uncomfortable. As a rule we’re all good, ethically minded people. But we’re not impervious. Exploring our own biases also requires criticality, curiosity, and, bravery."
      Assistant Educational Psychologist
      "I took up Shungu’s invitation to attend one of her free seminars on
      anti-racism and I have to say it was excellent. The 6 stages diversity
      framework she presented is such a useful tool of self reflection to examine
      the extent of our own privilege but also a great way for organisations to
      monitor and evaluate their anti-racist practice. One of the concepts she
      spoke so eloquently about was that of “caves of privilege” whereby people
      are surrounded by others of similar backgrounds and perspectives to
      themselves on social media which then acts as an echo chamber to further
      reinforce our own views and prejudices. I remember at the time thinking
      that this could be a really useful starting point as a way in to attempt to
      better understand issues the trans and non binary community are currently
      facing (the terminology of “building bridges of empathy”)."
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