This Episode I welcome back my friend EVA ECHO (she/her).

She is a transgender activist, mental health and suicide prevention advocate, Ambassador for the London Transgender Clinic, Spokesperson for Gendered Intelligence and recently founded the Pass It On Campaign - a project creating & sharing conversations around the trans and non-binary experience. Please join as we continue the important conversation around inclusion and education as they relate to our own communities and across the world.

Eva Ech0 (she/her): IG - https://www.instagram.com/evaech0/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evaech0https://linktr.ee/evaecho

This Episode I am SO THRILLED to have four friends help me kick off a new reoccurring series: MYTHS & MISCONCEPTIONS of being TRANSGENDER.

We had SO many laughs during this episode and shared a lot of things that people often either misunderstand or assume about being transgender. This episode provides TONS of information, clarity and thoughtfulness around a community that is both marginalized and misunderstood.

My Guests and their websites:

René Amador (she/they):D1abla's D1ary Podcast - IG - https://instagram.com/d1abla.l0caTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@d1abla.l0ca

Marlow Phillips (he/him):Top Surgery Go Fund Me -https://gofund.me/287b9fafVenmo- blackeyenoroom  IG - https://www.instagram.com/blackeyenoroom/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@blackeyenoroom

Lyan Betz (he/they):IG - https://www.instagram.com/lyan_finally/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@lyan_happy

Eva Ech0 (she/her): IG - https://www.instagram.com/evaech0/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evaech0https://linktr.ee/evaecho

My guest for this episode is Alana Higginbotham (she/her). She is a Certified Life Coach, Published Author & Public Speaker. In this segment we discuss how she found her grove in the Coaching space and how her now VIRAL bite-sized videos entitled by her fans "Drive By Therapy" have now caught fire and why people are SO attracted to them.

https://alanahigginbotham.com/

https://www.instagram.com/alanahigginbotham/

I am SO thrilled to have my friend and Astrologer Xavier as my guest to open Season 2!

In this episode he tells us WHAT the FUCK happened with the planets in 2020 and why so many of us (especially Cardinal signs) were affected, And he tells us what's in store for 2021.

Take notes folx because there's some SUPER gems in here to help you prepare for the year.

To book a Natal Chart Reading, Tarot or other service with Xavier you can contact him at the websites below. He is running a special for the Full Moon! Tell him you heard about him on Face to Faces for the discount! 

booking: https://sleepymoonastrology.as.meInstagram.com/sleepymoonastroTwitter.com/sleepymoonstro

In this episode my guest is Shanik, a behavioral therapist for children on the spectrum, and she is also a suicide survivor. Please join us as we have an amazing discussion about childhood trauma and growing up from a young ageas someone who has to surviveBut also how that comes back up later in our lives as adults in our over -achieving, over-thinking and in relationship triggers. Shanik shares her story around bullying, cultural adjustments in highschool leading to depression and suicidal ideation.

Thank you in advance for holding a space for her today.

19 months ago Jackie lost her husband Lou to suicide. In this episode we talk about the grief process she has been through in the last months, and how she has navigated being a mother and now grandmother, working, all while she has been in the early stages of grief. She shares her amazing light on how she has kept going and positive. Its such an emotional and special conversation. Thank you for holding a space for us both as we process together.

PART 2 of the important discussion around the quick rise in adoptee suicides.

My guests are all transracial adoptees and advocates in the community working to shine a light on the mental health crisis within the Foster Care and Adoptee community. They are also all have struggled with their own suicidal ideation during their journey.

In this episode we discuss the problems in the system specifically around transracial adoption and how the entire mental health and suicide community is refusing to address the issue at hand: Adoptees are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide. 

Moses Farrow (he/him) www.mosesfarrow.com Jessenia Arias (she/her) www.iamadopted.net Karlos Dillard (he/him) www.karlosdillard.com

On this episode, my guest is Moses Farrow (he/him). Moses is one of the ten adopted children of actress Mia Farrow and later adopted by father Woody Allen.

Many are familiar with the controversial family history, because that is what society focuses on. That is NOT the purpose of this episode.

3 of Moses's adopted siblings took their own lives. This episode is a Faces of Fortitude session for Moses and I to discuss suicide loss.

*This is Part 1 of a two episode special breaking down the mental health crisis within the adoption and foster care system*

www.mosesfarrow.com

I am so excited and grateful to have as my guest, Chef Ayesha of The bay area based Round Midnight pop-up dinner series. In this episode we talk about the how mentally demanding working in the food and service industry is, and the culture around it. We discuss her covid pivot and the future of the industry and then chef and I tackle a fancy fall salad in the bonus video episode!

Bonus Cooking segment: https://youtu.be/xIQ9JNpnNm4

Chef Ayesha: https://www.roundmidnightdinner.com/

8 years ago Sandra lost her husband to suicide - her boys were 9 and 12 yrs old. Her best friend of 20 years. In this episode We bond over our stories and she explains how hard the grieving process is for the widowed with children. You don't get days off to grieve. You have to keep going for your children. She applied to be a face in the project and now shares her story on the podcast. We have such a special and poignant conversation. Thank you for holding a space for us both as we process together.

Instagram: @thewidowprojectwww.sandraandsteph.com