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Get Your Power Back With Lakhiyia Hicks
🎙️ The Rebchat Podcast Episode: Reclaiming Power, Belonging, and Self-Healing Through Art, Theatre and Community
Guest: Lakhiyia 🌟
Host: Cathy Dixon 🎤
🕒 Duration: 46:23
Episode Overview
In this powerful and moving episode, Cathy Dixon speaks with Lakhiyia, a spoken word consultant, public health cultural shapeshifter, and freedom art alchemist. Together, they explore the transformative power of art, self-healing, and collective empowerment in the face of systemic oppression. Through poetry 🎭, storytelling 📖, and heartfelt dialogue 💬, Lakhiyia and Cathy discuss themes of love 💖, belonging 🏡, and the importance of reclaiming one’s authenticity and power. ⚡
Timestamps
00:03 – Introduction:
Cathy introduces Lakhiyia, acknowledging her for the spontaneous energy of her poem and reflecting on themes of self-empowerment 💪, healing 💫, and community involvement.
01:03 – Lakhiyia’s Spoken Word Poem:
A powerful recital filled with emotion, reflecting on identity, survival, and the tension between forgetting and remembering one's past. 🎤
02:30 – Lakhiyia’s Journey:
Cathy dives into Lakhiyia’s background 📚, discussing her multifaceted career as a consultant, educator, poet, and advocate for systemic healing.
04:31 – Art as a Movement:
Lakhiyia shares how her work in art and community building is a movement toward collective healing and transformation 🎭💪.
08:54 – Belonging and Healing:
Lakhiyia emphasises the importance of calling all fragmented parts of oneself back home 🏡 for healing.
10:04 – Sources of Disconnection:
Cathy and Lakhiyia explore the root causes of disconnection in today's world 🌍, focusing on authenticity and the systemic forces that fragment us from our true selves.
14:14 – Reclaiming Authenticity:
They reflect on how society instils feelings of not being enough and how individuals can reclaim their power 💥 and wholeness.
19:47 – Tools for Self-Healing:
Lakhiyia discusses the tools 🛠️ she uses to help others reclaim their authentic power, including poetry 🎤, breathwork 🌬️, and creating safe spaces for healing 🧘.
29:18 – Surviving and Thriving:
Lakhiyia opens up about her personal story as a survivor of systemic oppression and abuse and how understanding trauma responses helped her heal. 💡
34:07 – The Journey Across America:
Lakhiyia shares stories from her travels across the United States 🗽🌉, spreading her message of healing and empowerment through spoken word, workshops, and community events.
“I show up with the mic 🎤 wherever I’m invited, sharing Get Your Power Back.”
“I show up with the mic 🎤 wherever I’m invited, sharing Get Your Power Back.”
40:19 – Participatory Poem:
Lakhiyia leads Cathy and the audience in a participatory spoken word performance 🎭, “Get Your Power Back,” an empowering call to reclaim personal and collective liberation 💥.
“This is my breakup letter with bondage… Get your power back!” 🔥
“This is my breakup letter with bondage… Get your power back!” 🔥
Key Takeaways & Quotes
“Art is a way to take you somewhere new, to transform and heal together.” 💖
“Belonging is our birthright, and freedom is something we must embody.” ✊
Connect with Lakhiyia
Resources & Mentions
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By RebCat Creations🎙️ The Rebchat Podcast Episode: Reclaiming Power, Belonging, and Self-Healing Through Art, Theatre and Community
Guest: Lakhiyia 🌟
Host: Cathy Dixon 🎤
🕒 Duration: 46:23
Episode Overview
In this powerful and moving episode, Cathy Dixon speaks with Lakhiyia, a spoken word consultant, public health cultural shapeshifter, and freedom art alchemist. Together, they explore the transformative power of art, self-healing, and collective empowerment in the face of systemic oppression. Through poetry 🎭, storytelling 📖, and heartfelt dialogue 💬, Lakhiyia and Cathy discuss themes of love 💖, belonging 🏡, and the importance of reclaiming one’s authenticity and power. ⚡
Timestamps
00:03 – Introduction:
Cathy introduces Lakhiyia, acknowledging her for the spontaneous energy of her poem and reflecting on themes of self-empowerment 💪, healing 💫, and community involvement.
01:03 – Lakhiyia’s Spoken Word Poem:
A powerful recital filled with emotion, reflecting on identity, survival, and the tension between forgetting and remembering one's past. 🎤
02:30 – Lakhiyia’s Journey:
Cathy dives into Lakhiyia’s background 📚, discussing her multifaceted career as a consultant, educator, poet, and advocate for systemic healing.
04:31 – Art as a Movement:
Lakhiyia shares how her work in art and community building is a movement toward collective healing and transformation 🎭💪.
08:54 – Belonging and Healing:
Lakhiyia emphasises the importance of calling all fragmented parts of oneself back home 🏡 for healing.
10:04 – Sources of Disconnection:
Cathy and Lakhiyia explore the root causes of disconnection in today's world 🌍, focusing on authenticity and the systemic forces that fragment us from our true selves.
14:14 – Reclaiming Authenticity:
They reflect on how society instils feelings of not being enough and how individuals can reclaim their power 💥 and wholeness.
19:47 – Tools for Self-Healing:
Lakhiyia discusses the tools 🛠️ she uses to help others reclaim their authentic power, including poetry 🎤, breathwork 🌬️, and creating safe spaces for healing 🧘.
29:18 – Surviving and Thriving:
Lakhiyia opens up about her personal story as a survivor of systemic oppression and abuse and how understanding trauma responses helped her heal. 💡
34:07 – The Journey Across America:
Lakhiyia shares stories from her travels across the United States 🗽🌉, spreading her message of healing and empowerment through spoken word, workshops, and community events.
“I show up with the mic 🎤 wherever I’m invited, sharing Get Your Power Back.”
“I show up with the mic 🎤 wherever I’m invited, sharing Get Your Power Back.”
40:19 – Participatory Poem:
Lakhiyia leads Cathy and the audience in a participatory spoken word performance 🎭, “Get Your Power Back,” an empowering call to reclaim personal and collective liberation 💥.
“This is my breakup letter with bondage… Get your power back!” 🔥
“This is my breakup letter with bondage… Get your power back!” 🔥
Key Takeaways & Quotes
“Art is a way to take you somewhere new, to transform and heal together.” 💖
“Belonging is our birthright, and freedom is something we must embody.” ✊
Connect with Lakhiyia
Resources & Mentions