In today's episode Lydia + Sarah are joined by Lily Woi, a coach and trainer, who has helped leaders to re-evaluate, redesign, and realign their leadership strategy to help them advance their success. In a changing workforce, Lily discusses the importance of becoming intentional and purposeful in unleashing your potential as a leader.

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October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month and on today’s show our very own Sarah Swafford shares about her experience working with families who have lost a child from conception up to 30 days after birth.  Sarah offers our listeners helpful and unhelpful things to say to those who have suffered a loss and ways to check in and support them.  

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In today's episode Sarah + Lydia talk with Dr. Alan Weisser about ways to understand the meaning behind our emotions. By discovering the meaning we have attached to our experiences, Dr. Weisser discusses the transitions he has helped others make from disability or dysfunction to empowerment and motivation.

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In today’s episode Sarah + Lydia discuss grief and “loving life after loss” with Marie Alessi. Marie shares with us the myths in grief, her decisions and choices in responding to her loss, and the way in which to view adversity as an opportunity for growth and healing. If you are interested in talking with Marie or interested in learning more about her movement click on the links below.

Marie's Website

Facebook Group 

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In today's episode Sarah + Lydia talk with EFT/Tapping practitioner, Lauren Fonvielle.  Lauren shares the benefits of tapping, how to do it and guides us through an example of a tapping meditation to calm the mind, and body.  If you’re interested in learning more about tapping or scheduling a session with Lauren, click on the links below:

IG: @laurenic0le

FB:@LaurenFonvielle 

YouTube: Lauren Fonvielle 

MindShiftWithLauren.com

Lauren's Masterclass

5 Day Mindset Reset

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In today's episode Sarah + Lydia engage in a personal and relatable talk about the cycles and rhythms of life. In a time where the pandemic has affected every one of our lives drastically for the last two years, they reflect on why it feels so exciting and yet so scary to leave this part of our life behind and adjust to, yet another, new normal. They discuss why fear of change keeps us stuck, adopting new habits, ways to visualize our needs, and how to reframe your narrative.

Check out: Sonja Renee Taylor

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Episode #19 Overview: 

Guest Bio: Kara Wood

www.cimarutaremedies.com

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Kara Wood was made in Mexico, born in New Mexico and raised in California by a first generation Southern Italian American single mother who instilled in her early on: music and books are important, and we are abolitionists.

Kara means black in Turkish, beloved in Italian, and friend in Irish.  She is a mother and an animist folk herbalist who helps folks deepen and activate the ancestral connections inside their bodies.

Kara believes that we hold the ancestor realm inside of our bodies. That the elements, the plants, the trees and mushrooms are our ancestors and it all comes down to energy exchange.

Epigenetics, Mythology, and Living Folk culture direct and inform her work.  She is committed to collective liberation, reparations and rematriation; shifting culture away from white supremacy, away from injustice and intolerance.

Kara holds a BFA in fine art and documentary photography and was part of the first Cecemmana cohort, Ancestral Apothecary's three year clinical herbal certification program.

**On today's episode, Kara mentioned she is traveling to Sicily this summer and wanted the share the organization, Radici Siciliane, that she is traveling with. 

Final thoughts:

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Episode Overview:

Sarah + Lydia are joined by their friend and colleague, Viridiana Rubio, in an open and honest discussion about anti-racism work. They talk about how their experiences, personally and in the workplace, along with research, education and awareness building has helped them to understand the importance of having conversations about race and differences with children. Discussing these difficult but necessary topics will help the children in our lives to better navigate their curiosity and develop positive connections to our collective diversity.  We can each do our part in anti-racism work and help to create social change. 

Guest Bio: Viridiana Rubio

Viridiana is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist in the state of Texas. She received her masters in education from the University of Texas at El Paso in guidance and counseling in 2011. She has been working with children, adolescents, adults and families for over 10 years in the city of El Paso, TX and has been trained in many therapeutic approaches, including Sensorimotor psychotherapy, EMDR, and Child-centered play therapy.

Viridiana approaches her clients as holistic beings and helps them build awareness to explore wounds and trauma to allow a person to achieve healing within themselves.

Currently, Viridiana is a clinician at the Comprehensive Care Center where she serves the students of the YISD. She sees children from ages 4-19. At her side practice, The Root Counseling also services adolescent and adult clients.

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Episode Summary:

Episode Details:

[3:22] Abuela Madrigal. Introduction of the family matriarch and her role in perpetuating the family's ancestral wounds.

[11:47] Mirabel. Our main character and unintentional cycle-breaker.

[18:22] Luisa. Arguably the most relatable character to many; she is the strong, independent, overachieving woman who holds so much on her back.

[25:30] Bruno. A misunderstood character who brings to light hard truths and realities that Abuela does not want to face.

[35:56] Isabella. The perfect, people-pleasing, rule follower.

[40:43] Conclusion and Summary. Abuela reveals her traumatic experience to Mirabel.  As this occurs, Mirabel is able to understand how the experiences shaped her grandmother and subsequently the rest of the family over many decades.

The episode addresses the importance of ancestral trauma and the curiosity necessary to have conversations that move us toward healing.

References:

It Didn't Start with You - Mark Wolynn

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On this week's show, Sarah + Lydia are joined by their friend and colleague Kelly Martin, LPC-S, Registered Play Therapist of Playroom Lubbock.  Kelly shares about the 8 sensory systems, how they present in our bodies, and ways to cope with under/over active sensory systems.  In the episode, Kelly mentions a quiz to determine if you might be a Highly Sensitive Person and you can find that here.  

Kelly Martin is a counselor, play therapist, college professor, and mother of 2 sons. She works with children and parents at her private practice in Lubbock, TX.  She fulfills her sensory needs through yoga, CrossFit, soft blankets, and essential oils.

IG: @playroomlubbock

Website: http://www.playroomlubbock.com/

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