BOLDLY FEMININE

KONSTANTINA SHARES  HER PERSONAL HEALTH CARE REGIMEN

Near and dear to my daily routine are my self care habits, and that’s what I wanted to share.

Fashion is an important form of self expression and self care: my way of expressing “me myself and I.”

Nutrition.I don't abuse any substances and eat clean, natural, healthy foods,. I believe that self harm and addictions are buried in childhood and the level of dysfunction in our core families and what we’ve grown up with.

Self care is learning to take care of your self, because life will throw you road blocks and even atomic bombs that can destroy us if we allow then to, but if you have given your self the tools to reconstruct ourselves form the harm to rebuild our brain to support the function of our minds and our mind drives and controls everything we do.

We are born with trauma. Inherited and acquired trauma affect our well being physiologically as well as emotionally and mentally.

DR CAROLINE. LEAF, NEUROSCIENTIST has a system she's implemented on her app, NEUROCYCLE which gives you the tools to rebuild your brain with mental exercises. Its a game changer. thank god for her 38 years of study and work and how she has distilled that into a teachable tool, which I use daily to keep myself on track.

Nicole La Pere, THE HOLISTIC PSYCHOLOGIST, gives you an autodidactic system you can use with daily posts to identify your patterns and behaviors, because until you do, you are on a hampster wheel With your mental well being.

Do try and find a good cognitively trained therapist, one who has specialized in trauma and personality disorders. There are a lot of free treatment centers that are excellent, believe it or not, so hunt one down in your area if that something you think you need and cant afford.

Breathe work. Breath work literally sends self soothing chemicals into the brain that travel all the way down the vagus nerve into the digestive system. This is what Navy Seals use to stay calm in the death or survival mode. This is why digestive issues so often/ almost always, are companions to emotional and mental issues.

Breathwork - Regulate the Nervous System with Your Body’s Natural Resource

Breathwork, otherwise known as the sanskrit term ‘Pranayama’ literally translates as breath control, and we should think of it simply as that. While its origins come from Eastern yogic practices like yoga and Buddhism, by now, it’s very likely you, or your friend, or your friend's friend has tried some form of breath-work to much acclaim. That’s because the breath is arguably the most vital and effective (and free) tool essentially everyone has available to intervene on our body’s system. We breathe about 20,000 times per day, without giving it much thought, except when perhaps we become nervous, or tense, and the breath noticeably accelerates. That’s because breathing is directly tied to our emotions, stress response and feelings of relaxation. That means controlling our breath can help to control our emotions and immune system as well. There’s a sea of techniques available, but slowing your breathing down to 5-6 second inhales and exhales, (known as Resonance Breathing) actually helps regulate our emotions and the body’s ability to heal. Plus, you can do it at a dinner, at work or on transport without anyone noticing. Or, perhaps you have heard of Wim Hof or circular breathing, which is a repeated process of 15-30 fluid deep breaths in and out, then holding the breath out for 60 seconds on the exhale. This works the body’s adrenaline and

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“INJUSTICE ANYWHERE
IS INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE.”

I had said I would introduce a Native American, or better said, indigenous co-host to you in my Boldly Feminine introduction. I would like to remind those listening that ninety percent of the ecological biodiversity of the planet is being safeguarded by the small, five percent of indigenous peoples that inhabit our planet. These include the tribes of the Savannah in Africa, such as the Masai, the Maori of Australia, the Inuit of Alaska, the Aymara of Peru, the Cabecar of the Amazon, the Asmat of New Guinea and many many more. In spite of their devotion to preserve the divergent species that co-habitate this small blue planet we all share - seventy percent of animal species have disappeared since 1970. The protective, respectful indigenous culture of foresight that coexists by planning seven generations into the future has been obliterated by consumerism, the consequences of destructive capitalism, mass consumption and  the normalization of immediate gratification.

It is my pleasure to introduce to you today Tanori, a wonderful human of the Yaqui tribe. The Yaqui are an UTO-AZTECAN speaking indigenous people, widespread in the americas but who  principally inhabit the western hemisphere of North America, from lower Canada to the farthest reaches of the Yucatan in Mexico.

The Pasqua Yaqui tribe based in Tucson, Arizona is the ONLY federally recognized Yaqui tribe in the United States though, as mentioned, their people are spread widely across a vast area of the American.

There was a period of armed conflict that began in 1533 that extended up until 1929 called the Yaqui Wars, fought between New Spain, its successor the Mexican state, and the indigenous Yaqui Indians. Over the course of nearly 400 (FOUR HUNDRED) years, massacre after massacre was brought repeatedly against the Yaqui by either the Spanish or the Mexicans in an attempt that failed at complete genocide, but forced the deportation of Yaquis into slavery as far as the last reaches of the Yucatan peninsula.

As you can tell with Tanori, the Yaqui are historically a very tall people in stature. Due to their physical strength, they were relentless in the defense of their land, peoples and customs for century upon century and to this day have settlements high in the Sonoran mountains of Mexico, virtually unvisited by outsiders where they keep to themselves. These factors have been instrumental in preserving their language, customs and culture over hundreds of years to the present day.

I’m going to have Tanori join in now and it’s very helpful that he has studied his culture as part of his university education. I also wanted to invite him speak of his experiences being a Yaqui born on lands that his ancestors inhabited and governed for millennia, but to which he actually, today, has no rights. I had questions about passports, laws, governance, law enforcement, tribal mores, American norms and so many factors that affected him personally as well as disaffected him socially.

So as per my podcast with Jane Elliott, the diversity educator par none, let’s re-iterate the golden rule: “Race is a concept and species is a fact.“ We as a human species all began our journey to populate the planet from the southernmost tip of Africa, almost two million years ago, and today have all been mostly subjugated to white man’s rule across the planet.

So, Tanori, please share what it meant to grow up Yaqui in South Los Angeles, Arizona, Sonora  and where, if ever, you felt you belonged, since these cities and places which were your tribal home by right now had geographical and political demarcations

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Konstantina has Cameron Silver, the owner of Decades, as her guest. Cameron was at the forefront and still today holds his place as a world leader in pre-owned vintage and neo-vintage. Cameron’s relationship with some of the world’s most prestigious fashion houses, as well as a list of the “who’s who” in Hollywood and beyond, has lasted for...decades. The circle of fashion and couture has been managed in Cameron’s hands by following the footprint of over 100 years of fashion history, it’s curated by him in building in statement pieces and wardrobes for both an elite and aware wide, global, modern-day consumer.

 The tagline for decades says: “It’s chic to repeat,” but we can also add that it’s the epitome and bedrock of sustainability. Individuality is style and vintage offers that idiosyncratic ability to define oneself outside of a box -- beautifully.

The conversation covers racism in the fashion industry, sustainability, artisanry, craftsmanship, style, fashion (which are not the same), the brand origins that many companies would like to bury, as well as the future and economics inherent to the business of fashion.

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I am Konstantina Mahlia a lifestyle creator, artist, author, designer and speaker for whom it is my honor to introduce to you today, JANE ELLIOTT. Jane’s lifetime of anti-racism activism began as an elementary school educator who responded to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with a call to action. She did this in 1968, by enacting a classroom exercise based upon one created by Adolf Hitler in the Second World War. Jane’s adaptation- not adoption- of this horrific, genocidal experiment was to expose the nature of arbitrary discrimination and racism. The exercise, titled Blue Eyes/ Brown Eyes exposed the participant’s beliefs that some humans saw their fellow humans as inferior or superior solely based upon the arbitrary color of their eyes. The participants were eight-year-olds. Jane’s exercise has since been taught to, replayed and inspired millions around the world. Now in her late eighties, Jane continues to lead by her indomitable dedication and unquenchable passion for social justice. Her brutal honesty is a high bar that continues to be an unrelenting challenge to us all. We can choose to live a life with leadership, integrity, empathy and compassion as she has unequivocally modeled for all members of the human species through her life’s work.

https://janeelliott.com/

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Konstantina offers a brief overview of the inspiration and context to BOLDLY FEMININE. The conversations and topics are going to be varied with surprising and interesting overlay that will illuminate social issues, the need for art and beauty and how its necessary to  take the reins and be our own change agents.

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