How does race make white people act against their own interests? Rachel shares about her own experiences of needing a safety net and the perceptions that kept her from accessing it. 

You can learn more about the course here: www.becomingfreehumans.com/intimateallies.

So much going on in the world! This week's hotlist touches on nervous systems, the illusion of "the times changing" in the race conversation, and Kanye is apparently running for President. We literally can't make this stuff up, but we do give it to you exactly as we see it. 

In this week's deep dive, Kianga and Rachel talk about what it means to take the elevator to the bottom - both as an individual and collectively - as well as why you'd want to do it, and practical tools to supporting yourself and others on this ride to the underground.

Mask-shaming, BLM is not an all-encompassing movement, and racist white people congratulating themselves on not being racist. This and so much more as Rachel and Kianga break down the weekly hotlist.

The weekly re-hash of all things pandemic, racism in America, and who knows what else is coming...  This week, Kianga and Rachel discuss pain portals, loneliness, how trying to win the argument is definitely not the way, and so much more.

Our upcoming online course on having intimate conversations about race is here: www.becomingfreehumans.com/intimateallies

In their deep dive today, Kianga and Rachel explore the potential re-entrenchment happening around race. We've collectively come out of the closet about feelings on race, and as this has happened, some have experienced feeling misunderstood, others have been attacked, others have decided it's not safe to have these conversations in public because they will be shamed for being where they are in their journey around race in America. Rachel and Kianga discuss the very real danger (and missed opportunity) of digging in our heels with our current beliefs and retreating - largely because we haven't figure out how to talk to each other about this yet. 

For more information on Kianga and Rachel's new course, Intimate Allies, go to www.becomingfreehumans.com/intimateallies.

We're not going back to normal, folks seem to have forgotten about coronavirus, and white people are starting to say the words "white people." Tune in for what stood out to Kianga and Rachel this week. 

Also, we mention our new course, Intimate Allies in this episode. You can find it here: www.becomingfreehumans.com/intimateallies.

It's been a week that has felt like it's lasted years! In the context of the unfolding events around racial equity, we talk leadership, shame, defensiveness, overcompensation and boundaries. No one is doing any of this perfectly, and we have to learn to have compassion with each other so we can all move in the same direction. 

Dreaming of a world free from sexual trauma, Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates joins us to share about what this moment in history is calling for from her, both as someone who's income stream practically vanished overnight when Coronavirus hit and someone who is committed to participating  and leading in the unfolding of human consciousness. Also, in the wake of George Floyd's murder and the ensuing protests, we talk about what it means to create an inclusive and safe community, and how that's different than just saying all are welcome. 

You can find Dr. Hazel-Grace here: www.drhazelgrace.com

"It is neither policy nor protest." President Barack Obama said these words in his address to the nation yesterday. Yes, policy matters and is what makes possible the impact of improving circumstances, but it is protest that often ignites the fire to create policy change. Both are significant. 

Today we examine the intersections of spirituality/awakening consciousness communities and the context of one's lived experience. And we've chosen to wander in this question distinctly because we have long understood that you can't have a purely spiritual experience in a human body, while leaving your actual physical experience out of the equation. And we also understand that there is so much more beyond what can be seen and lived that contributes to one's reality. We have no answers, but we ponder some important questions about where the possible overlapping point is to create and realize new paradigms of thought and policy that are grounded in the observation of circumstances as they are.