It is an absolute joy and honor to share my conversation with GG Renee Hill. GG is a writer, author, facilitator and teacher. She is someone I adore and look up - I am a real GG fangirl. GG talks to us about holistic self-care and bringing your highest and truest self to everything you do. She is soothing and honest and a calming presence - you need this conversation in your life! GG shares an exercise from her new book The Self-Care Check-In Guided Journal that you can do today. 

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I have not made a sourdough starter. I have not started a new exercise regimen. What I have started doing? Watching tv. This episode is all about asking yourself what you need right now and then... giving it yourself. Which for many women, is revolutionary.

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It's the summer of 2020 and as we continue to deal with the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic many white people are starting to realize the role they have played in systemic racism in the US. I am here today as a white woman sharing a story about uncovering my own privileged thoughts in the days following the killing of George Floyd. This story is also about the role of self care in doing anti-racist work. If self care is a way to access our inner thoughts, it offers an opportunity to critically examine and change them. Ready to start your own self care practice? Go to https://www.orchidstory.com/selfcare.

Donna Washington is an internationally known, multiple award winning storyteller, spoken word recording artist, and author. Donna is a master of her craft and brings a critically important personal narrative to the podcast today. I may not know the right way to talk about race, but I do know that stories connect us and bring us closer together. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had this opportunity to speak with Donna about the racial divide in our country and the impact it has on her as a mother. Share Donna's story and find more of her work at: http://donnawashington.com/

This week we are fortunate to have storyteller Jessica Robinson with us to share a poignant story about the relationship with her father and to talk about storytelling from the stage in front a live audience. Jessica is a professional storyteller, presenter, host, educator, workshop leader, and story coach. She's the founder of Better Said Than Done (www.bettersaidthandone.com), a community of professional storytellers based in Fairfax, VA. The theme of "waiting" in the story Jessica shared will resonate as we are all stuck in a holding patterns with COVID-19 and waiting for what our new normal will look like. Jessica's story brings hope that things can and do change. You can find Jessica on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at BetterSaidThanDone.

Elena Kyrgos, psychotherapist, coach and nutrition expert is back on the podcast this week. We are talking about the tangible ways you can help build your resilience. Elena's tips help get our bodies out of fight, flight and freeze so we can come back to baseline and not stay in a stressed state. If you haven't listened to Episode 23 start there first because we jump right in today.

I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy during this time of immense uncertainty, week 5 of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Find more about Elena here: http://elenakyrgos.com/

I am thrilled to bring you a two-part series with Elena Kyrgos on how trauma impacts our nervous system. Elena is a psychotherapist, coach, and nutritional therapy practitioner. Today for Part One, Elena talks gives us some background on our nervous systems' response to stress and what happens inside our bodies during fight, flight or freeze. This is fascinating and incredibly applicable as we navigate the effects the COVID-19 crisis is having on our collective selves. Find out more about Elena: http://elenakyrgos.com/.