A Year Ago Today

A year ago today...Britian Seibert was accepted to grad school--an MFA program for acting through NYU.

A year ago today... Katelyn Edgar led a group of sacred sisters through the experience of holding a "fake" funeral for Tyla at an epic and magical retreat in Mexico.

Hear about that and lots more in the episode!

Follow KATELYN EDGAR on social media (by searching her name) and learn more about her intuitive coaching school at www.katelynedgar.com

A year ago today... Marcia Maunder experienced the unexpected loss of not one, but two beloved pets over the course of a single weekend.

In this episode we talk about:

Grief (death of pets, of children, of parents)

Animal Abuse

School Shootings/Gun Violence

Interbeing and Non-Duality

The time Tyla spent a night in jail

and much, much more.

A year ago today... Tyla and her mom, Tamara Curtis, got in a big fight while staying alone together at a villa in Mexico. An old wound surfaced in conversation, and it led to an explosive clearing of energy. Now, Tam and Tyla look back at that event with a year's perspective and deepen into the perfection of the unfolding and the importance of compassion, for one another and themselves.

A year ago today... Sally and Tyla got drastic haircuts on the same day without having planned it – because they're just that psychically connected obvi.

Support Sally in bringing the Radically Sacred Retreat to life by visiting her PayPal (and let her know you came from the podcast!): https://www.paypal.me/SallyMercedes

A Year Ago Today... Gabriela and her family moved from Minnesota to Illinois, her husband's family home.

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Learn more about her children's book here: http://thenewfirm.co/shop/mama-where-is-the-truth/

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You can also engage with us on FB. Search "The New Firm" or "A Year Ago Podcast" to find us.

This one's so short and sweet I'm not even gonna write a description.

If you've got something to share with me about your listening experience, you can reach me at [email protected] or find me on social media @ayearagopodcast and @tylafowler.

A year ago today... Jill Filipovic's first book was released! It's called "The H Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness" and you can buy it here: https://amzn.to/2rjpZ9l

At the end of this description, there's a list of topics covered in the episode. First, some important links!

To support Sally Mercedes in bringing the Radically Sacred Retreat to life, visit her PayPal (and let her know you came from the podcast!): https://www.paypal.me/SallyMercedes

Listen to Jill's previous appearances on A Year Ago Today... here https://apple.co/2riBkHA and here https://apple.co/2jrWcHU

Read a brilliant article about the Danielle LaPorte situation written by friend of the podcast Sara Haile-Mariam here: https://bit.ly/2FEx2yt

Find the Lenny Letter Jill mentions right here: https://www.lennyletter.com/story/emily-ratajkowski-baby-woman

Phew!

Okay, topics covered in this convo include:

- Fear of "getting it wrong" when we're putting ourselves out there

- Feelings of "not being ready" to release your work into the world

- Bringing intersectionality into our work

- Removing the blinders of our white privilege

- Discerning between feedback/criticism that serves our growth and that which is meant to keep us small and silent

- Boundary-setting

- Racialized experiences of gender

- Pervasiveness of white culture and the need to actively seek out opportunities to learn from experiences that fall outside of mainstream representation

- Propensity of womxn and girls to take on emotional labor within relationships

- Balance between doing the work in our local universe and also on a global scale that addresses systemic issues

- Calling out micro-aggression in intimate relationships to shift the patriarchal/racial paradigms

- How to participate in the system without compromising our integrity

- Having compassion for ourselves and others when actions and stated values aren't necessarily aligned

- Using meaningful routine and ritual to anchor us into our lives

Enjoy!

In this episode, I touch on the topics of boundaries, stepping into visibility, using your voice, reclaiming your power, compassion in fear and self-doubt, claiming the shadow, and balancing yin and yang energies.

I respond to the question: "How do you move through the experience of receiving triggering feedback/feedback that doesn't feel good?"

Tyla and Alex Francis, our friendly neighborhood sound engineer, discuss this week's episode and everything it activated for them.

Discussed in this episode:

- Recommendation for a podcast on Stress and Everyday Life with Tara Brach as a follow-up to last week's discussion on surrender.

- How love finds us when we're not looking for it and why that is.

- The perfection of the NYC sound effects.

- Tyla's efforts to find her voice and the resistance she's encountering in the process.

- Refusing to back down when someone tries to bully you and the difference between asserting and aggression.

- Whether or not it's possible to be "safe" in our expression on social media.

- The cultivation of fierce personal integrity within relationships.

- Growth spurts.

- The importance of having strong boundaries and not abandoning yourself to make others comfortable.

- The romantic comedy delusion.

Additionally in this episode, Tyla speaks vulnerably about when she and Matt almost broke up this time last year, what factors were at play, and how those themes are showing up again as she steps into greater visibility in her life.

If you'd like to read the FB posts referred to in this episode, you can visit: http://www.tylafowler.com/blog-2/2018/4/25/rage-against-the-machine

Follow Alex's improv troupe The Bunker Dogs! They're @Bunkerdogsimprov on FB and @thebunkerdogs on Twitter. And if you're in Winston Salem, NC, go see their shows!

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