Heart. Change. Consciousness. with Dr. Trish DeRocher Inspired Activism as a Spiritual Path

In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness. Dr. Trish dialogues with Dr. Aziz Fatnassi about the limits of institutional DEI efforts (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), innovative pedagogical strategies for cultivating spaces of intercultural learning inside and outside of classroom settings, and the power of community driven initiatives. 

 

Dr. Fatnassi's applied work in international development engages topics of youth, migration, education, cultural resilience, and human rights activism.  Over the past 10 years Dr. Fatnassi has led and consulted on multimodal projects engaging these issues for government, industry, non-profit, and community stakeholders across North America, Europe, and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.

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In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness., Dr. Trish interviews Dr. Sahar D. Sattarzadeh, a self-described "academivist" (academic activist) about her work in recentering the inherent nobility of peoples and communities "from the periphery" that are too often solely portrayed as damaged and victimized, without delegitimizing the systemic injustices and inequities they face--and why these issues of representation and nobility are of spiritual significance.  Sahar is an Assistant Professor of Education Studies at DePauw University and Research Associate at the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) at Nelson Mandela University.  

In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness. Dr. Trish talks with Dr. Reese Kelly about his practice, Embodied Values, with services spanning from individual bodywork and coaching services to institutional consulting services to help communities become inclusive, equitable, and in alignment with their mission and values.  

Reese has 20 years of experience in higher education and most recently served as the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Equity and Inclusion at Champlain College.  Reese identifies as a white, queer, neurotypical trans man born and raise in middle-class suburbs outside of Detroit.  He is the product of public K-12 education, a graduate of Colby College, and holds a masters and doctorate in Sociology from SUNY Albany.  

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In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness. Dr. Trish talks with Emily Garrett about the importance of working with the pelvic floor to heal embodied trauma.

 

Emily Garrett is a 500 hour Advanced Certified Yoga Instructor, Ceritifed Pelvic Floor Yoga Teacher, and dedicated meditator in Shabhala Buddhist tradition.  She teaches workshops and classes on Vinyasa yoga, Yin and Restorative yoga, and meditation.  She loves working one on one with practitioners to guide them toward activating their full potential.

 

 

In this month's episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness. Trish talks with Senayit Tomlinson, a musician, artist, web weaver, shamanic healing practitioner, land steward, and racial justice advocate committed to building networks for community healing wisdom based in reciprocity instead of capitalism.  This episode highlights the work Senayit is doing at Mountain's Way Sanctuary in Orford, New Hampshire in the foothills of the White Mountains on unceded Abenaki land, where she holds space for BIPOC healing and facilitates racial justice accomplice trainings through which white-bodied people undertake energetic reparations for the harm that inherited legacies and structures of white supremacy continue to enact.

In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness., Trish dialogues with self-care coach Johanne Osias, owner of Chez Fabine "where happiness lives," about what makes her so passionate about self-care, what self-care really means, how self-care became a mainframe of her life, and why self-care is so critical to our individual and collective consciousness.

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In this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness., Trish dialogues with anti-hunger advocate and nutrition coach Jess Pino-Goodspeed on the reality of food scarcity in the US from a systemic, policy-based perspective, the importance of wellness sovereignty, and the role of spirituality in this work.

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Black Theologian Cornel West has said, “Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public, just like tenderness is what love feels like in private.” This February episode explores what can make accountability feel so scary, and how practicing tenderness with ourselves can guide us to practice deeper forms of justice and accountability that hold the potential to transform collective consciousness.

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In light of the recent events at the Capitol, the significance of this Inauguration Day, and in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, this episode of Heart.Change.Consciousness. discusses the importance of healing whiteness and in recognizing ending white supremacy as a spiritual issue at this cultural moment.

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In this episode Trish dialogues with activist and poet Rajnii Eddins about the role of spirituality and the imagination in ending white supremacy, and the conscious decision to choose joy in the face of injustice.

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