In this episode I share small intentional practice I do at home to clear the atmosphere and have a loving and protective energy.

These small but intentional practices make a huge impact and are an amalgamation of my Texas life, Southern Louisiana heritage, and Candomble spiritual beliefs.

Enjoy!

Yay!!!!! We made it to 25 in 2021!!!!!

This episode is all about dissecting the popular Lesbian Masterdoc.
Regardless of where you fall on the sexuality spectrum, this document allows for women identifying people to reflect on how compulsive heterosexuality plays a part in our lives, decisions, and where we may not even realize it exists.


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This episode discusses the balance of reception and refusal.

Society has taught us that reception or the act of receiving is a significant attribute of femininity.  However, what if there is a balancing act that can take place?

I share my ponderings on refusal, boundary setting, and feminine energy through different perspectives for this episode.  
Enjoy!

In this episode I discuss healing and radical self-awareness, and compassion.

The Man Enough Podcast with Alok V. Menon- "The Urgent Need for Compassion"

In his episode I discuss the task of "coming out" to friends and family and approach it as the privilege of being invited in. 
People do not have to come out, as it defers to this idea that heteronormativity and heterosexuality is the default in sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and relationships.  However, if people choose to come out, let's be soft places for them to land.

Resources:

• Lesbian MasterDoc
• The Man Enough Podcast with Alok Vaid-Menon
• Dr. Angela Davis at Black Queer Town Hall
• Dr. Angela Davis and Women's Liberation
• Dr. Kim Tallbear
• Dr. Kim Tallbear on Moving Beyond Settler Sexualities

For the second part of this episode, I talk about the fallacy of the black welfare queen trope and I share more on labor being exploited to make the United States function.

I also share information on models from other countries and past civilizations that practiced/practice social welfare systems that catch and take care of their citizens as an example to pull from to create change.

Episode Resources:
Article on who really receives government assistance and welfare in the US
Welfare assistance statistics 
More on demographics receiving welfare assistance and the history of inequity in the US

In this episode, a synopsis of the Elizabethan Laws is given and how it became the groundwork to current social welfare legislation and common perceptions of those in poverty.

I discuss how we view "the poor", how we tie personal worth to a person's labor output, the value America puts on labor, and the affect it has on contemporary society. 

Articles referenced in this episode:

Auctioning off Families
Poor Relief in Early America
HHS Poverty Guidelines
1601 Elizabethan Poor Law 

Part 2: Includes older civilization structures of community, current cultures that practice other forms of social welfare, the Welfare Queen stereotype, and criminilzation of the poor.

Deconstruct. Deprogram. Decolonize.
That's the name of the game.
On this story time episode, I share the lessons I've learned, from going to school in an evangelical southern city and going on a mission trip that changed my viewpoints forever.

This episode is a little bit of it all.  It is a true stream of consciousness and I share more on Dr. Bruce Lipton's work of the subconscious and the conscious mind.

I share Dr. Lipton's information on us operating 95% in our subconscious and working to deprogram subconscious beliefs. It puts a whole new spin on operating with intention for me.

Resources for Dr. Bruce Lipton:
Your Subconscious Brain Can Change Your Life
Reprogramming Your Mind
https://www.brucelipton.com/

This is a bonus episode expanding on Episode 16 Decolonizing the Body.

I have danced for over a decade professionally and along with dance, I have also done gymnastics, cheer, and ran track.  I wanted to share a few things I have learned from being a choreographer and dance teacher and highlight the important role we have as dance teachers and movement facilitators of any kind.