Conversations with Toi

Everyone deals with their wellness and mental health in ways that makes sense for them. No matter the tool that you need whether with Shadow Work, therapy, or more use what works for you.

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Sometimes in our healing journeys we rely on what we taught only to realize that there are times that we need to learn new skills and use new tools to help us along.

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What is Shadow work? Is it evil? How hard it is to do? All of these questions will be answered by Danielle Massi.

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Danielle Massi is a licensed psychotherapist, #1 best-selling author, CEO of The Wellness Collective, and the leading expert on shadow work. She is the founder of the SELF(ISH)philly Conference, and is an international keynote speaker, captivating audiences on the topic of holistic health. Danielle has been touted as this generation's voice on shadow work, and the most trusted source on the topic. Danielle has written for and been featured on New York Mag, The Cut, Shape Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Buzzfeed and a frequent guest on major news outlets.

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Selfish Philly is having a 90s inspired Galentine's Day Party on February 25th from 3-7pm. Come and shop with vendors and do some self work with shadow work and more. Tickets are now available. Selfish Philly is coming on September 17, 2023 and you want to be involved now. It's being held at the W Hotel and will be a weekend of fun, self care, reflection, and more.

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College should be available to all that desire it. Whether you want to go to a HBCU or not the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is providing assistance when it can to support the dream of many young people who wouldn't have had the opportunity otherwise.

The UNCF has been around since 1944 as a way to support private historically black college and universities. We have Richard Lee Snow, Regional Development Director, John Kirby Jr., Multidiscipline Partnership Development, Building Equitable as well as Leslie Patterson-Tyler, Vice President of Program Communications and Partnerships of Kimmel Cultural Campus as guests today

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Drumline is coming to the Kimmel on February 17th. Come experience the energy, dynamics, and fun of halftime at an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) 10% of ticket sales will go to UNCF. If you are unable to attend, send someone else or consider donating

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We round the podcast with therapy talk and goals for the weekend. Make sure you do something for yourself to fill your cup.

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With all of the tragedy that is going on in the world when was the last time you inhaled joy. How do you allow joy into your world? Joy is the prevalent even in the face of adversity. Sometimes we get so stressed and boggled down that you have to sometimes create joy. How you create joy is looking into the things that you desire or naturally gravitate towards. Finding ways to carve out that joy is something we have to be intentional with as well. We talk about joy, mental health, and creating space for the arts.

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On the podcast we have Josh Campbell, Josh is an award-winning teaching artist, arts administrator, and creative who has worked for arts and arts education organizations in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Over the course of his career, he has worked with various populations including students in grades K-12, English Language Learners, and the creative aging community in a variety of settings including libraries, shelters, virtual rooms, and juvenile justice facilities. As a facilitator he has developed workshops focusing on the intersection of creativity, leadership, equity, vulnerability, and black artmaking traditions. As an artist, he works in the choreopoem tradition, blending spoken word, movement, multimedia, and musicality of the late 90s to create spaces that reimagine the possibilities of freedom and liberation. Currently, he is a member of Jouska Playworks, a Philadelphia playwriting collective focused on amplified stories of the African American diaspora. A Baltimore native, he is a graduate of the University of the Arts and Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied classical music and the tuba.

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MULTITUDES: A Multisensory Event Series Celebrating Women, LGBTQIA+, and Artists of Color. World Cafe Live, the nonprofit independent venue dedicated to live music, education, and community, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), the first art school and museum in the United States, are pleased to announce this new series, which features world premiere works from some of Philadelphia’s top performers commissioned by World Cafe Live, all inspired by PAFA’s current exhibition, Making American Artists. The performances will take place through four curated evenings that take place at both World Cafe Live and PAFA.

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Drink of the day is the Bizzy Izzy Highball

Goals are great until you are sitting somewhere feeling overwhelmed, defeated, and lacking enthusiasm and will power to make things happen. It happens to the best of us. So what do you do when your goals don't seem like they are in reach...

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We have guest Podcaster, Ursula Eysin. Ursula is the founder of Red Swan, a consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemistry books for fun. Besides that, Ursula is a mentor to various Austrian and international startups while also giving lectures at 5 universities.Her monthly column "Code Red" for Austria's biggest technology magazine E-Media is now also available on Substack: "Code Red - Technology, Madness, and the Future of Humanity.": https://bit.ly/3KUvSAxPeople get it directly and free of charge into their inboxes every first Sunday of the month if they like .

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So if you need a reboost in what goals look like, how to make it happen and more tune it in, save it, and share it with someone who needs it.

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Drink of the day is The Victory Lap Margarita .

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A Soldier's Play is coming to the Kimmel Cultural Campus from January 24-February 5th. Tarik Lowe (Private First-Class Melvin Peterson) is an actor/writer known for his versatility and dramatic depth. He debuted in Music of the Heart starring Meryl Streep. Film: the Oscar-winning Whiplash, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, Pimp and co-writer/star in Supporting Characters, which premiered at Tribeca. TV: “One Life to Live,” “Major Crimes,” “Blindspot,” “Outsiders,” “Law & Order” and “Blue Bloods.” Get your tickets now.

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A Soldier's Play is on tour. If you aren't in the Philadelphia area check out the other tour dates.

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Tarik and I talk about the play, the history that was taking place in the 1940s where the story takes place, self care, the dynamics of the actors involved, and his life as a family man. Tune in and share.

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Today's drink of the day is the Buffalo Soldier Cocktail

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As we round out January goals make sure you take care of you and your mental health always.

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Welcome to our 2nd week of January. How are you in your goals? We have a guest today. How many of you listen to your voice? Do you trust the King/Queen inside of you? Olesya Wilson talks about just that today.

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Olesya Wilson is a certified nutritionist, functional diagnostic practitioner, psychosomatics, and energy healer.

Olesya has an interesting story of changing her life significantly. She had health issues from her childhood and by the time she was in her 30’s and ready to have a baby, she was not able to conceive. Olesya dug deep into gut health, and hormones, and discovered the role our minds play in healing our bodies. Finally, she healed herself and now has two amazing children.

Her unique approach integrates cutting-edge lab testing, the latest discoveries in biological science, ancient herbal medicine, and revolutionary psychosomatic and energy healing practices to help people thrive, reverse aging, and forget about chronic health problems.

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Please find more about Olesya through her website, Instagram, Facebook, and Blog and YouTube links.

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Drink of the day is Strawberry-Ginger Lemonade for those doing dry January or cutting back like myself.

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Blog of the week: https://www.toitime.org/healthy-lifestyle/

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Happy New Year! Difficult conversations can be laced with truth. So with that being said why my week go from accomplishing the goals to a fall from grace? So I decided I am going to clean house and deal with the reality of the situations.

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So don't think that you can still be accomplished and do your goals and be challenged. Having to dig deep into my therapy to make sure that my flight or fight didn't have me make bad decisions

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Taking the band-aid off is hard it makes you come to a reality of your own wrong doings, not discount what is happening, be honest about your feelings, and own your mess.

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Today's drink of the day is called Truth Serum

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New Year's Day is just a few days away. People always come down on people for setting resolutions. Whether you believe in them or not encourage others around you to let them be their best selves.

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So if you are looking to do a Vision Board we talk about the fact that they are not about a wish list. Vision Boards come with a plan and work to execute them. So goals can be achieved but let's take into daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals.

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Today's guest is Jade McLeod who plays Jo in Jagged Little Pill coming to the Kimmel Cultural Center January 3rd-January 15th. Jagged Little Pill is a jukebox musical featuring Alanis Morissette’s groundbreaking hits. It interweaves the songs with the pain of the fictional Healy family and ultimately tells their story of healing and empowerment. The Healys appear to be an ideal suburban family – but when the cracks beneath them begin to surface, they must choose between maintaining the status quo, or face the jarring truth about themselves, their community, and the world around them.Get your tickets now

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Celebrate the New Year with a great glass of champagne or a Winter Wonderland cocktail.

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Follow me on the blog and on social media as Toitimeblog-Happy New Year as we walk into 2023!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate. If you are in joy during this season-keep it and spread it to others. However Christmas may not be as Jolly as Old Saint Nick. You may find yourself struggling in a world where you're expected to smile and be happy.

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It's okay to not only not be okay but be honest about where you are. Maybe your title or those around you need you to be happy and that seems like pulling teeth you are not alone.

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Christmas is my favorite holiday of all times and I am struggling at times from missing loved ones, figuring out my tolerance to be around others and more-you are not alone.

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Today's drink of the day is The Grinch Cocktail

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Blog to help you with holiday mental health and other resources

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Trigger Warning: mental health conversation

Oh what a week that has transpired. From the jarring and unfathomable death of Stephen tWitch Boss this week and everything else in between has been hard. I am not one where celebrity deaths touch me to my core as much as this one has. We all have continued to speak about mental health. There's no way of knowing the ins and outs of anyone's thoughts. This podcast has always been the champion of mental health. So tune in as we discuss not the particulars of his death but the way we can show up for ourselves and others.

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If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts please reach out by dialing 988

Love and blessings to tWitch's wife and children.

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Guest of the episode:

Mike Brown(Blue Man)has been Blue for over a decade and a half. It has all been a dream come true for Mike. His hometown is Boston, Massachusetts where he has the incredible honor of working and performing with all the talented people at The Charles Playhouse. He has also had the amazing good fortune of performing in New York, Chicago, Orlando, internationally in Berlin and Oberhausen, Germany, on the beautiful Epic of Norwegian Cruise Lines, two previous National Tours and is now absolutely thrilled to be on BMG’s brand-new North American Tour. For him,all these opportunities leave him just... speechless. He would not be here without the love and support of his family and friends. He is grateful for you all! Some of Mike’s favorite hobbies include playing board games, watching Monster House, drumming for Crash Smash Explode and ghostbusting. He hopes you all enjoy the show and that you each get a chance to pick up a good book this summer. Blue Man Group is coming to the Kimmel Center December 27-December 31st-tickets available.

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Here are some resources for you on the blog:

Therapy, Seasonal depression, mental health during the holidays

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