In our second bonus episode of season one, Robyn chats with her dear friend and biz partner CéShaun Hankins of Cypher Mental Health about their relationship ("liberationship") and how they have navigated recent changes. Many of their liberatory relationship practices have been used through big life changes, starting, nurturing and releasing a business together, pandemic parenting and more! 

We'd love the learn the many ways you already practice liberatory relationships, so drop us a note if you feel like sharing!

Head over to https://ominiralabs.com/podcast/008 to download the episode transcript!

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In this Season 1 bonus episode, Ali and I have a chill conversation about how we integrate and practice liberatory values and dynamics in our relationship. We hope you are inspired to do the same in your relationships.

We'd love the learn the many ways you already practice liberatory relationships, so drop us a note if you feel like sharing!

Head over to https://ominiralabs.com/podcast/007 to download the episode transcript!

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We have reached the end of season 1 of Liberation Labs Radio! What a journey!

We've definitely saved the best for last. Today we have our first Roundtable Conversation all about Abolitionist Mental Health Care. Our guests in include Erica Woodland, Gabes Torres & Aida Manduley! Three brilliant, loving and fierce therapists, liberation movement workers and fabulous humans. Click on each of their names to learn more about their work in the world.

Stay close because we are releasing a couple bonus episodes over the next few weeks! The season 1 zine is coming to an inbox near you? Learn how to receive it below!

Head over to https://ominiralabs.com/podcast/006 to download the auto-generated episode transcript!

As mentioned in the Roundtable, click here to learn more about Pod Mapping a gift from Mia Mingus and her comrades: https://batjc.wordpress.com/resources/pods-and-pod-mapping-worksheet/

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This week we're talking about one of the most exhilarating aspects of abolition and liberation work: creating liberatory futures!

There is a love, a gentleness and reciprocal, sacred & abundant relationship in sustaining life together through birth, disease, disability and death. And that's just what co-creating liberatory healing futures is about - sustaining life together. 

We have created an episode canvas that has all of the links discussed in this weeks episode! Head over to https://ominiralabs.com/podcast/005 to download the canvas and the episode transcript!

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"The system is broken!" "The system is failing us." "The system is burning us out and harming our clients." "This ashy system is stealing my peace." Those exclamations are familiar to us all. We've heard them, read them, expressed them. But what do we actually mean? What is the system?

Lucky for you, listener, we're diving into THE SYSTEM in this week's episode of Liberation Labs Radio titled, "Mental Health Industrial Complex Abolition."

We have created an episode canvas that has all of the links discussed in this weeks episode! Head over to https://ominiralabs.com/podcast/004 to download the canvas and the episode transcript!

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The episode explores what happens when we call ourselves abolitionists - or more pointedly, what occurs when we don’t claim it as an identity. Robyn is joined in conversation with show producer, Ali Owens. 

Claiming 'abolitionist' as an identity has always been something that create feelings of unease. I began to dive deeper into abolitionist praxis throughout 2020, I came across a Twitter thread by Dr. Ashan Crawley that articulated arguments against claiming an abolitionist identity that deeply resonated with my thoughts and feelings, as well as those I had been learning from. You can check out the Twitter thread here.

This conversation provides insight into our stance on claiming any anti-oppression based process as an identity (ie: anti-racist, abolitionist, etc). We also highlight the political and situational nuances that necessitate identifying as an abolitionist. 

Some of adrienne maree brown's Emergent Strategy concepts are woven into our discussion. We highly recommend her book, which you can buy from most all online book retailers including AK Press: https://www.akpress.org/emergentstrategy.html.

Gratitude shout out to our FIRST show supporter: Lily Z! Thank you for your support and dedication.

The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at: ominiralabs.com/podcast/003

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In this episode, I discuss the importance of integrating abolitionist praxis into our full beings and lives (little by little) as part of generating liberatory culture together. We'll explore transitioning from liberatory "work" to liberatory life and relationships. This shift is integral to the creation of the anti-oppressive and liberatory environments and culture we need. 

The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at: ominiralabs.com/podcast/002

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What does abolition mean? This episode begins the conversation about what abolition means to me and us at Ominira Labs. I hope that this episode opens a dialogue between us so we can build our shared understanding of abolitionist and liberatory healing and care praxis. 

The transcript for this episode can be found on our website at: ominiralabs.com/podcast/001

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Catch a sneak peak of what this show's all about! Episode 1 aires on JUNETEENTH!