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Join a relational community where liberation becomes a practice we return to together.
Join the CollectiveBlack-led peer support · recovery · liberation
We are cultivating relational communities.
Find your way in“My relationships have transformed as a result of being, healing, and practicing in community.”
Sarah L. · Collective member
Three ways to begin
Find your place in the practice.
You do not have to take in everything at once. Start with the doorway that meets you today.
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Resource Black-led care, peer support, scholarships, and the people holding this work.
Support the WorkPractice
Practice DCC
Build the capacity to speak honestly, listen deeply, and stay in relationship through conflict.
Join a PracticeThis is the work
We practice the relationships liberation requires.
Liberation is not an individual achievement. It is a care practice built between us.
We slow the urgency of racial justice mobilization so the work can become sustainable. Together, we build the nervous system capacity to meet conflict, interrupt oppression, practice repair, and remain in relationship without abandoning ourselves or one another.
Care is collectiveConflict is a teacherRepair is practice
Membership · $44 per month
One Collective.
More than one way to belong.
Grounded community for grief, joy, learning, conflict, rest, and the long work of becoming.
Open now
The HYWF Collective
Full access to our community, weekly DCC practice, Liberation Sessions, book club, library, and events.
Opens August 1
Black, Indigenous Bodies of Culture
Collective access plus a private space beyond the white gaze for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Opens August 1
Men’s Landing Space
Collective access plus a space for men, trans men, and queer men to practice, unpack, and grow together.
Move at your own pace
Resources for the practice.
Don’t Take the (Click) Bait!
Build resilience, presence, and empathy for the digital spaces designed to hook your nervous system.
Start the coursePractice on paper
Explore DCC Basics, the 14 Day Liberation Plan, and Breaking Addiction to Whiteness.
Browse workbooksYour Liberation Archetype
Discover how you show up in liberation work and name your next practice edge.
Take the quizFounded in 2017
Built for the long haul.
Founded by myisha t. hill as Check Your Privilege, HYWF brings neuroscience, mindful self-compassion, healing justice, and embodied practice into one relational home.
You cannot mobilize for liberation from a dysregulated nervous system. This is where we begin.
Community guides
People who practice alongside you.
myisha t. hill
Founder · Healer, Writer, Possibilitarian
Mitzi Magdaleno
DCC Guide · Creative Entrepreneur
Jen Gergen
DCC Guide · NVC Practitioner
Channdika Thayer
Liberation Guide · Collective Facilitator
Dr. Yulinda Renee Rahman
Healing Justice Guide
The book
Heal Your Way Forward
The Co-Conspirator’s Guide to an Antiracist Future
A guide, a mirror, and a call-in for people ready to move beyond performative allyship into accountability, compassion, and collective healing.
Explore the BookGood to know
Questions, answered with care.
What is Heal Your Way Forward Collective?+
We are a Black-led peer support, recovery, and antiracist collective. We practice the relational skills that help people stay connected, accountable, and grounded in the long work of liberation.
Who is the Collective for?+
The Collective welcomes adults committed to healing and liberation, including white co-conspirators and Black, Indigenous Bodies of Culture seeking community beyond the white gaze.
What does membership include?+
Membership includes the HYWF community space, DCC practice, Liberation Sessions, book club, the Liberation Library, events, and resources from myisha t. hill and our guides.
How much is membership?+
All memberships are $44 per month. Unlimited scholarships are available, and no one is turned away for lack of funds.
What is Direct Compassionate Communication?+
DCC is an embodied, heart-forward relational practice informed by Nonviolent Communication, transformative justice, somatic awareness, and a liberation lens.
Your next step can be simple
Come practice liberation in relationship.
“myisha t hill brings something extraordinary to the work of cross-racial healing. With clarity and compassion, she invites white people to come as we are, to let ourselves bear witness and be changed, to stay in for the long haul.”
Robin DiAngelo, PhD · Author of White Fragility