Conversating w/ Pops'nAde

Pops'nAde discuss 'alchemical resilience' with special guest Nkem Ndefo. 

Nkem Ndefo is the founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit. She is a skilled practitioner, dynamic speaker, and valued strategist. She is known for her unique ability to connect with people of all types by holding powerful healing spaces, weaving complex concepts into accessible narratives, and creating synergistic and collaborative learning communities that nourish people’s innate capacity for healing, wellness, and connection.

Will geographical distance 'separate' Pops'nAde?

Pops'nAde welcome Psychologist and Griot Dr. Thomas A. Gordon for a robust celebration conversation about using our voices to create tenderness in our lives.

Pops'nAde acknowledge the pain in our lives with a soulful conversational meditation.  

Pops'nAde 'Bop' on fatherhood, imagination, and the arts with guest Amin Joseph. 

Amin Joseph is an American actor known for his work in the hour-long drama executive produced by late director John Singleton, SNOWFALL. Amin has been featured in many major films including THE EXPENDABLES and HOMEFRONT, both Lionsgate action hits written by Sylvester Stallone; G.I. JOE: RETALIATION with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson; the film festival darling DOPE, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in competition and went on to screen at the Cannes Film Festival and the Deauville American Film Festival; BAYWATCH with Dwayne Johnson, THE GAMBLER with Mark Wahlberg; and Frank Darabont’s horror film, and THE MIST, based on the story by Stephen King, among many others. Amin is a graduate of Howard University and a protégé of the World Famous Apollo Theater in his hometown Harlem, NYC, where he interned during his youth. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and child.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/aminjoseph/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Amin_Joseph

Pops'nAde ask: What are your rituals/ceremonies for wellness/wholeness? 

Pops'nAde define a 'Non-Abusive Loved One' and discuss how we can identify, select, cultivate, and become one.

Pops'nAde bow down to an amazing project and turn of phrase: LoveWITHAccountability as they conversate with founder Aishah Shahidah Simmons.

Our guest Aishah Shahidah Simmons is an award-winning Black feminist lesbian cultural worker, who, for over 25-years, has examined the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence. Her creative work, published writings, international lectures, and independent scholarship are informed by her lived experiences as a child sexual abuse survivor, adult rape survivor, and Buddhist practitioner committed to healing, accountability and compassionate justice.  The #LoveWITHAccountability® Project emerged from Aishah’s personal incest healing work. Demanding a conversation with her divorced parents about their lack of response to her being sexually abused as a child, Aishah signed "Love WITH Accountability" in virtually every communiqué to them. In doing so, Aishah emphasized that her deep love for her parents could not shield their lack of accountability for the sexual violence she endured as child.

Pops'nAde witness Black men and boys 'emanating a sense of joy.'

Pops'nAde identify the many COURAGES we must cultivate as we grow, expand, and evolve throughout our lives.