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Mao Beckett

Softness is Medicine

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Mao Beckett shares how softness is medicine, resistance, and strength.

Mao Beckett’s talk centered on the power of softness as strength — an act of courage and creativity in a world that often rewards hardness. They shared personal stories of learning to lead, create, and connect with gentleness, even in challenging times. Through reflective moments and honest vulnerability, Mao encouraged the audience to embrace empathy, listen deeply, and allow softness to guide their personal and creative growth.

About the speaker

Mao Beckett (she/they) is a second-generation Cambodian American and founder of Reset and Resilient Wellness. She earned her Master of Social Work degree from Boston College after seven years of active duty service in the Air Force in preventative medicine. As a liberation-centered, EMDR Therapy Certified somatic-spiritual therapist and guide, Mao integrates ancestral and spiritual practices with contemporary understandings of neurobiology and brain healing science, recognizing the nervous system’s innate capacity to rewire, repair, and create new pathways of resilience.

Rooted in a lineage of Kru Khmer, traditional Cambodian healers, she supports people in healing relational wounds, unlearning internalized oppression, and cultivating deeper connection with body, land, and community. Her work nurtures spaces where individual and collective healing flourish grounded in love, joy and compassion.

By engaging the body, mind, and spirit together, she helps people reconnect with their nervous systems, the land, reclaim their voices, and reimagine pathways toward liberation.

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