Embodiment for the Rest of Us - Season 4, Episode 3: Niyera Hewlett

Chavonne (she/her) and Jenn (she/her) interviewed Niyera (they/them) about their embodiment journey.

Niyera (they/them) is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in New Mexico and North Carolina who supervises counseling students, social work students, and licensed associates. They founded a queer and neurodivergent affirming mental health agency in Albuquerque that can be found at: youmeandtherapy.com. They work from an anti-oppressive, relational lens that helps inform how they approach supervision and therapy. They specialize in working with marginalized communities, complex trauma, dissociation, and much more. They are a trans non-binary neurodivergent human of Middle Eastern descent, raised by an immigrant mother. They reside in New Mexico with their spouse, two children, and three cats. In their spare time, they spend a lot of time imagining and writing fantasy stories as a special interest. 

Content Warning: discussion of genocide, discussion of ableism privilege, discussion of diet culture, discussion of fatphobia, discussion of racism, discussion of fatphobia in the career space, discussion of mental health, discussion of chronic medical issues

Trigger Warnings:

53:24: Chavonne uses “crazy” in a way that is ableist.

The captions for this episode can be found at

A few highlights:

3:54: Niyera shares their understanding of embodiment and her own embodiment journey

9:28: Niyera discusses how the pandemic affected their embodiment practices 

28:14: Niyera shares their understanding of “the rest of us” and how they are a part of that, as well as their privileges

31:42: Niyera discusses how the word “Rest” right in the middle of the podcast name feels, occurs, and shows up for her

42:55: Niyera shares how their own work and supporting clients has changed and challenged their relationship with their own embodiment 

1:00:47: Niyera discusses their experience learning and unlearning while calling out what is oppressive in our systems

1:13:50: Niyera discusses how listeners can make a difference based on this conversation

1:21:29: Niyera shares where to be found and what’s next for them

Links from this episode:

Ableism

Ample and Rooted

Autism

Binocular Vision Dysfunction

Depersonalization

Derealization

Neurodivergence

Persistent Drive for Autonomy (PDA)

Reflective Supervision

Music: “Bees and Bumblebees (Abeilles et Bourdons​)​, Op. 562” by Eugène Dédé through the Creative Commons License

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