Kimberly Ann Johnson is a bestselling author, doula, and entrepreneur. In part two of my conversation we discuss motherhood, sex, sexuality, high-achievement immigration, and many aspects of South Asian somatic work.

(00:00) Introduction

(1:00) Motherhood and Sex - Are you Allowed?

(1:38) Feminization of Sex after birth

(3:55) "Women Peak Sexually at 40" - Is that a Myth?

(4:25) Decoupling Sexuality from Fertility

(4:46) What is sexuality?

(6:43) How does changing libido change your activism/entrepreneurial work?

(9:27) Ovulation and a Peacocking Quality

(11:06) Kimberley's first Book Writing Experience

(13:43) Somatics of High-Achievement Re-Rooted bodies

(15:54) Nuances of Attachment and Belonging in South Asian Families

(17:41) Binaries in South Asian Therapy/Trauma Work

(18:28) Unlearning Colonialism in South Asian Trauma Work

(20:04) Breasts, Back, Gait, and Collective Somatics

(21:58) Importance of the Gut Feeling while choosing a therapist

(22:50) Trauma as a topic of discussion in India

(24:23) First generation Immigration and Re-rooted somatics

(24:58) Sangheetha, are you secular?

(25:34) Somatics of caste/class/colonialism in South Asian bodies

(28:13) The lost art of grieving - How colonial Imprints show up in the body

(29:49) Sangheetha's own journey of reckoning with privilege

(30:46) Kimberley's upcoming programs

(32:32) Closing and End Credits

We've created an autonomic intimacy checklist for couples, which gives you a framework to understand the nervous system to nervous system safety with your partner. You can download and use it here:https://www.sangparth.com/intimacy-checklist-pod

Thanks to Sound Creed for the music, you can visit them here https://www.youtube.com/@SoundCreedLLP

Curious about the work? Visit www.sangparth.com and book a free 15-minute call https://www.sangparth.com/15min-call

To know more about Kimberly Ann Johnson's work Visit https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/

For Full Transcript Visit https://www.sangparth.com/podcast/b/entrepreneurship-sex-spirituality---part-2-of-2

Kimberly Ann Johnson is a bestselling author, doula, and entrepreneur. In part one of my conversations, we discuss entrepreneurship, sex, spirituality, and the South Asian nervous system through the post-colonial lens.

(00.00) Introduction

(1:00) Building new models of Entrepreneurship

(6:10) Money making vs Impact in heart-centered Entrepreneurship

(6:44) Polarized World, post-pandemic and impact

(7:08) The post-pandemic social engagement nervous system

(8:46) Two sides of political correctness

(11:27) Biology of early attachment

(12:14) Sex and South Asians

(14:26) Sexuality vs Spirituality Binary

(15:53) South Asian Purity Culture

(16.57) Desire as Danger

(20:03) Gurus and Sexual Trauma

(21:31) Spirit vs Soul

(22:08) Dangers of the west idolizing the Indian Culture

(23:03) South Asian internalized colonialism

(24:12) Closing and End Credits

We've created an autonomic intimacy checklist for couples, which gives you a framework to understand the nervous system to nervous system safety with your partner. You can download and use it here: https://www.sangparth.com/intimacy-checklist-pod

Thanks to Sound Creed for the music, you can visit them here https://www.youtube.com/@SoundCreedLLP

Curious about the work? Visit www.sangparth.com and book a free 15-minute call https://www.sangparth.com/15min-call

To know more about Kimberly Ann Johnson's work Visit https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/

For Full Transcript Visit https://www.sangparth.com/podcast/b/entrepreneurship-sex--spirituality--part-1-of-two 

Welcome to episode four with Akilah Riley Richardson who is a couples therapist. In this episode, we go deep into Akiliah's model for decolonizing couples therapy work and explore concepts of her P.R.I.D.E model.

(00.00 )Introduction

(00:57) Liberatory Connections

(2:54) Theatre of Oppression

(5:08) The SOMOS model

(5:45) Intergenerational Compassionate Network

(8:06)P.R.I.D.E model

(9:47) Who's imagination is it?

(11:52) Fidelity to the client or the model?

(12:28) Closing and end credits

We've created a guide called Rerooted Somatics - The Immigrant Nervous System, which walks you through first-generation rerootedness in all its various aspects. You can download and use it here: https://www.sangparth.com/rerooted-somatics-guide-pod

Thanks to Sound Creed for the music, you can visit them here https://www.youtube.com/@SoundCreedLLP

Curious about the work? Visit www.sangparth.com and book a free 15-minute call https://www.sangparth.com/15min-call

To know more about Akilah Riley Richardson's work Visit https://akilahrileyrichardson.com/

For Full Transcript Visit https://www.sangparth.com/podcast/b/relational-privilege-part-2-of-2

Welcome to episode three with Akilah Riley Richardson who is a couple's therapist. In this episode, we talk about what it is like to be a woman of color from the global majority in terms of the thinking and work you bring as a therapist/coach, how minoritized stress affects intimacy, and ways to re-imagine our approach to couples work.

(00.00) Introduction

(1:29) Akilah Riley Richardson and What is relational privilege

(4:09) Decolonizing therapy/coaching spaces

(6:22) Decolonizing birth and trauma

(8:54) The progress from anti-colonial to pro-minoritized

(12:38) Relational healing as providing safe spaces for career growth

(20:35) Decolonizing Intimacy

(22:00) Closing and End Credits

We've created a guide called Rerooted Somatics - The Immigrant Nervous System, which walks you through first-generation rerootedness in all its various aspects. You can download and use it here: https://www.sangparth.com/rerooted-somatics-guide-pod

Thanks to Sound Creed for the music, you can visit them here https://www.youtube.com/@SoundCreedLLP

Curious about the work? Visit www.sangparth.com and book a free 15-minute call https://www.sangparth.com/15min-call

To know more about Akilah Riley Richardson's work Visit https://akilahrileyrichardson.com/

For Full Transcript Visit https://www.sangparth.com/podcast/b/Decolonizing-therapy-part-1-of-2

Welcome to episode two, where Sangheetha talks about leadership, power, attachment, and the power of doing the work to show up as an embodied leader, what some somatic patterns and considerations are while working with BIPOC/BAME, non-able bodied, non-cishet male bodies and which kind of leaders would benefit from somatic work.

(00:00) Introduction

(00:55) 4 Redefining Leadership

(1:55) Leadership and the body

(02:39) Why we need to understand Power to engage in leadership

(03:06) Power VS Early Attachment

(07:06) Early attachment power binaries and the Nervous System 

(7:55) Power Ambivalence and Privilege Ambivalence and How it shows in the Body

(9:33) Wounded leaders we all know about

(10:18) Wounded leaders you do not hear about

(10:53) Beyond parent-bashing stereotypes in therapy/coaching

(11:39) Somatics in BIPOC or Non-Cishet-White-made bodies

(12:50) Which leaders invest in Somatic work?

(14:20) End credits

We have created an assessment for "High Functioning Workplace Stress" which you can download and use here: https://www.sangparth.com/ptsd-checklist-pod

Thanks to Sound Creed for the music, you can visit them here https://www.youtube.com/@SoundCreedLLP

Curious about the work? Visit www.sangparth.com and book a free 15-minute call - https://www.sangparth.com/15min-call 

For Full Transcription Visit https://www.sangparth.com/podcast/b/leadership-attachment-power

Welcome to "Nerve to Lead". You meet your host Sangheetha Parthasarathy in this episode, a bit more about her journey and what you can expect out of this podcast.

(00:00) -  Introduction

(00:42)  - Episode Outline

(2:01)- Sangheetha's story

(3:44) - Births of Laya and Swara

(5:11) -  The power of being witnessed by a safe feminine presence

(6:18) - From social commentary to becoming a therapist/coach

(7:05) - Who is my listener?

(8:16) - What to expect in this podcast

(10:30) - Closing and credits

Thanks to Sound Creed for the music, you can visit them here https://www.youtube.com/@SoundCreedLLP

Curious about the work? Visit www.sangparth.com and book a free 15-minute call https://www.sangparth.com/15min-call

For Full Transcription Visit https://www.sangparth.com/podcast/b/get-to-know-your-host-sangparth