Let's Have The Conversation

Join me, Portia @Portia.Noir and Rebecca @white_woman_whisperer as we have a candid conversation about our DEI work we do on tiktok. What we believe is needed in truly unpacking, healing and decolonization. You've never had anti-racism work done like this! 

#desireebstephens #makeshifthappen #letshavetheconversation #dei #antiracism #decolonization #portianoir #whitewomanwhisperer #meetingmelanatedminds

Isabella and I discuss live on TikTok all of the nuances of Jewishness as a race and a people and the intersections between oppression.

Isabella Segalovich is an artist, designer, writer, and TikTokker who researches the intersections of politics and design. She graduated from Haverford College with a degree in Fine Arts and Visual Studies and learned about the intersections of race and design while working at Colloqate Design in New Orleans, a social and racial justice-based architecture and design firm. In the past year, she has built a TikTok platform of over 150 thousand followers, discussing how forces like white supremacy have shaped (and are reinforced by) professional design and architecture. She also writes and posts videos for Hyperallergic, an independent online arts journal. 

 #whoopigoldberg #jewish #black #intersectionalhealing #desireebstephens #makeshifthappen #letshavetheconversation

Myself and Rose Kaz of Lady Boss intl. discuss the personal reasons why I do not vibe with feminist, liberal views or allyship. Tune in and let me know what you think

#desireebstephens #makeshifthappen #letshavetheconversation #unpacking #decolonizing #unlearn 

When did you become "white"? 

Its an odd question when it is actually framed but it is a deep truth that needs to be confronted. In the system of whiteness there is a requirement to release your true culture and check your humanity at the door in order to gain riches. It feels very much like what good is it to gain the world but lose your soul. 

I wonder how often white people think about their own indigeneity? Do you ever question where you are from, what practices did you have before being American? Every group of people are indigenous to some land. Which is yours? What was your language? What were your customs? These are questions to open you up to you ancestral healing. 

Much of our disconnect is the disconnection from your humanity and when that happens you cant see the humanity of anyone else. If you are white person in America seeking to do anti racism work and equity work it would behoove you to seek your humanity FIRST. You can't be useful if you are simply empathetic for what has happened to others. Its best to be sympathetic and remembering what you have been disconnected from opens the soul to deep healing.

On this episode we are discussing how St Patric is a tool utilized to further the myth of whiteness within America. We discuss the old Gods of Ireland based on the storytelling of Candlelit Tales and how the Irish lost their identity within the system through forced assimilation and othering and in turn turned form the oppressed into the oppressors. 

Part of ancestral healing is learning that your ethnic culture very much attaches you to an origin story and reminds you that you are more than a construct created for and economic system. The more the construct of race spreads the further the energetic fields take over identity and erases truth and connection.

These conversations I have are created to reconnect with your true self and your story in order to release the systems that hold us all down.

#applepodcast #spotifypodcast #desireebstephens #letshavetheconversation #podcast #makeshifthappen #podcasters #podcastersofinstagram #podcasting #decolonize ⁣#personaldevelopment #amithedrama #listening #goals #jointheconversation #personalgrowth #meaningfulconversations #smalltalk #leadership #deepconversation #visionary #conversationstarters #paradigmshift #shadowwork #ascension #stpatrick #irishamerican #irishmyths

Discussing the nuances of racial identity here in America and across the pond in Britain. 

For many of us, holding multiple racial identities is the most accurate way to self identify, and helps us to navigate the social construct of race without constantly feeling like imposters or lacking in confidence or validation." -Daley 

#antiracism #authenticself #biracial #desireebstephens #blackmothers #makeshifthappen #letshavetheconversation #shadowwork #embracetheshadow #mixedrace #identity #blackirish #liverpool #brittain #racialidentity #systemicracism #interracial #interraciallove #juneteenth #tiktokers #mixedbabies #mixedchick #mixedgirl #mixedkids #mixedrace #multicultural #socialjustice #swirllife #unitedstatesofamerica #blackwomen 

Having a conversation about the many intersections of Blackness, christianity and the safety of day to day life 

I had such an AMAZING time discussing epigenetics (Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work CDC) with Sabr Lyon. They go into the depths of how you can do this healing through ancestry work specifically when you're white and we discuss many intersections, and cross some many lines and just have a really connective time getting to know each other and the work each of us do. We will be working in tandem come June on an ancestral healing program that will be inclusive and deal in intersections. Take a listen and let us know what you think.

Content warning there is a brief mention of child loss at 1:10

On this episode I, Desireé B Stephens sit down with Pam Iverson a trusted relationship coach and discuss the makings of healthy partnership. We speak on releasing constructs and developing a deep connection and relationship with yourself first. 

Today we discuss the various modalities that Jen Drinkard brings with her healing practice. We discuss shared practices, loss of culture through assimilation and the many lives we bring with us to this moment. Take a deep dive into quantum healing and shadow work healing.

#healing #pastlife #letshavetheconversation 

On this episode we speak with Leah and discuss a little kitchen table polyam, being queer and parenting. We delve into the great depths it takes to love multiple people with depth and honesty and really how to live your most authentic life by simply, allowing!

#polyam #letshavetheconversation #desireebstephens #mskeshifthappen