At this point we all know all about the Enneagram, right?  Wrong.  Take what you think you know and set it aside.  I am honored to have Jessica Dickson here with me today.  Jessica is an Enneagram genius and an antiracism educator, and a RAY OF SUNSHINE! She is utilizing the inner work of the Enneagram, with the context setting of antiracism, to create healing environments for her clients and we are lucky to have her share some of that with us today!  Join me as I sit down with Jessica and dig into the challenges that come along with the Enneagram, why embodiment work has to come first, and the problematic practices that have been involved with both.

We’re exploring:

• The goal of body love and how it may need to start with body relationship and loyalty
• What exactly Enneagram is, and how can it drive our liberation work
• How our social conditioning changes how we access ourselves
• Why it’s important to allow yourself to hold on to your protection
• Dealing with labels specific to being a certain “type”
• Getting underneath a behavior to find the motivation driving it
• Avoiding healing work that “tells” you what you are and what to do
• Why tests are not the best way to find your Enneagram
• And so much more!!

Mentioned in this episode:  

The Enneagram for Black Liberation: Return to Who You Are Beneath the Armor You Carry by Chichi Agorom  https://bit.ly/Theenneagramforblackliberation

Listen to Episode 36 with Elizabeth DiAlto HERE

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Get to know Jessica and sign up for her courses at https://jessicaddickson.com/

Instagram: @jessicaddicksoncoaching

So many people are doing embodiment work these days, but very few people are doing it in such a genuine and successful way as Elizabeth DiAlto. She is known for her raw, honest, and nuanced approach to spirituality and the healing arts and is an Embodiment Specialist, a Mystic, and host of the Embodied Podcast (3M+ downloads!) You will want to pay attention to this one, Elizabeth brings intention, honesty, and joy to every conversation, and this one is no different so let’s dive in!

We’re exploring:

• What embodiment really means and where it comes from
• Why embodiment work is and should always remain inclusive
• How we become so disconnected from our own bodies
• Distinguishing the difference between what is yours to own and what is someone else’s
• The 5 pillars of embodied self-love framework
• Trauma response vs trauma reaction
• Treating yourself with the gentleness you would give a child
• “Red and green flags” to look for in embodiment work
• The two things any good embodiment work will do
• So much more!!

Puerto Rico is suffering.  If you want to help please use the following as guidance as to where your funds can do the most work.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ap-PEnQfi1PVg2gCYEjh3jOoFKlgE1gS-wDqOUECio/edit?usp=sharing

Created by La Corilla, “a group of women from the Puerto Rican diaspora channeling urgent relief efforts after hurricanes María and Fiona”Twitter:  @lacorilla

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Get to know Elizabeth and join her community: http://untameyourself.com/wssb

Listen to Embodied with Elizabeth DiAlto: https://untameyourself.com/podcasts/401/

Website: http://untameyourself.com

Instagram - @elizabethdialto

Y'all, buckle up! We are about to have a very honest conversation about liberation and living liberated. Today I sit down with Bobby Morgan to talk about the WORK of liberation work. Bobby is the founder and principal consultant at Liberation Lab, a company focused on working with educators and administrators to promote equity and culturally responsive teaching practices. We are talking about the direction of our work, how we got here, where we are going, and the dangerous trend of commodifying liberation. It’s not all unicorns and rainbows, but it’s all important conversation! 

We’re exploring:

• Seeing and getting to know ourselves outside of the limitations of oppression
• Awakening to who we can be and not what was placed on us as a lens of survival
• How liberation fails if we are not leading with love and empathy
• What we mean when we say we want to be put out of business
• Untangling ourselves from the work that we do
• The dangerous ways liberation has been coopted and commodified - how liberation has become a brand
• Cancel culture vs redemption culture - offering chances to apologize and learn
• How we build a transformative space of community 
• And so much more!!

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Get to know Bobby and check out his work here: https://www.myliberationlab.com/

Facebook & Instagram - @liberation.lab

Twitter - @myliberationlab

What does it mean to live with softness and to have access to all of your emotions?  How do we lead with that gift and impart it to others? Corey Evan Leak is a prime example; as a podcaster, writer, and anti-racism educator, he is using his platforms to help others find peace and belonging. Corey and I sit down today and talk about his article Angry Black Man and where that term comes from, about the work needed to access all of our emotions, and learning new ways to show up.  

We’re exploring:

• The only default emotion society has allowed to men - how anger becomes a security blanket
• Letting go of our lizard brain and thinking about our reactions
• Releasing who society says you need to be
• Shedding the stigma of therapy and breaking cycles of generational trauma
• Wearing masks and code-switching as mechanisms of self-preservation
• Addressing the privilege of therapy and how we can access help when we are ready

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/  

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Get to know Corey and check out his article here: https://coreyevanleak.com/angry-black-man/ Website: https://coreyevanleak.com/

Instagram: @coreyevanleak

Listen to Existential here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/existential/id1478020806

If you are seaking welcoming and affordable therapy options help can be found https://openpathcollective.org/ 

What IS liberation? What does it mean personally and professionally? Today I am sharing a crossover episode with Julia “Motherfucking” Wells, business coach and host of the podcast “Wait, What the Fuck?” Julia and I are discussing how no one can escape social narratives, how we all have our own work to do, and now liberation looks different for all of us. Are you ready for your liberation journey? 

We’re exploring:

• The questions to ask yourself so you can get what you REALLY want
• Why doing the personal work is imperative to the business work 
• The importance of community and guidance in your liberation journey 
• What Julia and I wish we had known in the beginning
• Understanding that better doesn’t mean easier
• Introducing our new community space two years in the making - Hella Liberated!

And so much more!!

Hella Liberated, the membership: https://www.hellaliberated.com/hlm

Get to know Julia!

Website: https://www.juliacwells.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliamotherfuckingwells/

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/  

Whether it's white supremacy, patriarchy, or capitalism, we've all internalized these structures and we all need to be unpacking and unlearning them at all times. This isn’t a sprint — it’s a marathon and it's grueling and uncomfortable. Are you ready to wake up and choose this work? Joining me today is Author, disruptor, activist, friend and change agent Frederick Joseph, who is passionate about showing you the path out.  

We’re exploring:

• The gaps Frederick is filling with his books
• Questions to ask yourself when doing your internal work
• Boundaries or being a vessel for entertainment and why this has to change
• The way we think about parenting now is robbing all of our children
• Are you a feminist? — my answer and why I believe this
• Understanding the system of whiteness and your proximity to it
• And so much more! 

Digging the podcast & wanna show Weeze some love? Buy her a coffee here (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Thanksweeze)

Ready to jump into the community conversation? Join The Academy (https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy) at any level to get access to the podcast Facebook group and behind the scenes content!

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Connect with Frederick Joseph:

Website: https://www.Frederickjoseph.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fredtjoseph/

The Black friend book: https://frederickjoseph.com/the-black-friend

Patriarchy Blues book: https://frederickjoseph.com/patriarchy-blues

What does peace really mean to you? How do we define pleasure? Society has siloed pleasure to the bedroom, but it is really how connected you are to ALL of your senses in the day to day. Today I sit down with my dear friend, Terra Lyn Anderson, my partner in our new 7-month course Pleasure & Peace, to talk about living in pleasure and personal liberation. Terra has devoted their life to being a conduit for the healing connection between body and mind for both individuals and the collective. Join us as we get deep into the conversation around helping others understand what personal liberation really means and what intrapersonal activism is.

We’re exploring:

• How we worked to create a process to help people understand what “by way of their own liberation” means
• Our new “I” of oppression that Terra and I have added to the list
• The importance changing focus from helping everyone else (which is AMAZING) to helping liberate yourself
• Understanding we have all been taught to adhere to oppressive system, and unlearning these internalized these narratives
• The way we are defining “INTRApersonal activism” and how it differs from INTERpersonal activism
• Learning to balance your truth with maintaining your personal safety, and allowing yourself to make those necessary choices in the given moment
• Looking at the work you can do inside yourself, for yourself, to be a larger part of social change

And so much more!

Join our new course - Pleasure & Peace

Get to know Terra!

Website: www.embodyemerge.com

IG: @embodyemerge

Professional FB: https://www.facebook.com/terraanderson.embodyemerge

Business FB: https://www.facebook.com/embodyemerge

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Digging the podcast & wanna show Weeze some love? Buy her a coffee here Ready to jump into the community conversation? Join The Academy  at any level to get access to the podcast Facebook group and behind the scenes content!

How do we effect change for our most marginalized folx? Why is it so important for “us” to work together to fight the system collectively? Today, I’m chatting with Tareq, co-founder of the social justice brand America Hates Us (AHUS), a clothing company that is so much more than that. We are digging in deep to what brought his company around, who “us” really is, and what it means for a brand to evolve while remaining consistent.

We’re exploring:

• What it means to combat the everyday conditioning that America stands for whiteness
• The importance of slowing down and actually engaging with what's in front of you-instead of the constant sense of urgency
• Understanding how one sided advice can be dangerous and how to combat it
• The herb that can help you focus and relax at the same time
• What does it mean for a platform or company to be able to evolve with time
• Knowing the difference between offering others what they NEED for their healing and what you want to give
• Weeze’s take on the first step to bringing down all systems of oppression

Follow America Hates Us!

monthly book club (eventbrite.com/o/america-hates-us-32685241245)

Patreon (patreon.com/americahatesus) and online store (americahates.us/shopahus)

IG/twitter: @americahatesus

FB: m.facebook.com/americahatesus/

Patreon: patreon.com/americahatesus

Tamela Gordon (@shewritestolive) is AHUS's publications managing editor

Alison Fields (@itsalisonaf) is AHUS's marketing and communications strategist

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

*ATW regular is unfiltered and has some cussing, but as an extra heads-up, in today’s episode we are explicitly talking about sex from a shame free place, so you may want to consider who around you is listening*

What does empowerment mean when it comes to pleasure, sex, and our own bodies? Society teaches those of us who are socialized females to repress our pleasure and sexuality.  In this episode I’m chatting with Celine Manning about owning our pleasure, turning off the outside voices, and embracing our inner heaux!

Celine Manning, AKA Coach Baddie, is CEO of Sex With Baddies, host of “The Hot Seat,” a live questionnaire game show about juicy sex topics, and the host of the podcast “The Baddie Blueprint”. An expert in her field of both sexual confidence and mindset coaching, Coach Baddie leads a community of all races, ages, and sizes, bringing everyone personal empowerment and confidence through a Baddie lens.  It’s a juicy conversation, let’s dig in! 

We’re exploring:

• What a “Heaux Bag” is, what should go in it, and why you NEED one
• Why we need to stop demonizing and start making room for external validation
• The term we need to stop using when discussing sex and why
• What meditation really is and how it can change your sex life for the better
• The trick for figuring out what your own judgment is trying to tell you
• Learning to own our pleasure - it’s not JUST about orgasm
• Coach Baddie’s message to you and what to ask yourself on your Baddie journey

Follow Celine aka Coach Baddie on Instagram

And check out her website www.sexwithbaddies.com

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy

Is social media drowning out your voice? Are you too busy surviving to speak up or walk out? The lived experiences of marginalized communities are often overlooked and brushed aside so whiteness can remain in the center. But we can all work together towards change, towards community, towards liberation. This week I’m honored to be joined by Dr. Janice Gassam Asare. She is the founder of BWG Business Solutions which helps organizations create cultures built on equity. She is a senior contributing writer for Forbes and has collaborated with companies like Google, Amazon, Yale University, and many more. She’s been doing this work before this work was “cool” and she has so much wisdom to share. We get right into it! So join us as we talk about ALL THE THINGS! 

We’re getting into:

• The funding disparities for DEI firms and why it matters
• Whiteness is the disease, NOT the antidote
• Diversifying our incomes to create protections and build wealth
• Why you do NOT have to adjust yourself for whiteness and what to do instead
• How white supremacy removes imagination and community and tells us to compete (but we’re in this together!)
• The thick skin required to do this work plus some of our biggest fears 
• Why “just” quitting or speaking out isn’t an option for everyone 
• The importance of community in our lives and the role social media plays
• Plus so much more!

Follow Dr. Janice Gassam Asare on Linkedin and Instagram

And check out her latest book The Pink Elephant.

Catch up with Weeze!

Website: https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/ 

Instagram: @accordingtoweeze

The Academy (it’s like Patreon): https://www.accordingtoweeze.com/the-academy