Queerify | Demystifying Wellness for QTBIPOC

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Happy Pride Queer Kittens!

For our final episode of season two we wanted to honor this month of celebration/protest by featuring a true beacon of hope in the SF community; the amazingly talented Niko Storment! 

Niko Storment (He/They) is a transgender event producer, videographer/photographer, and singer-songwriter. He is the founder and creator of Rosen Creative House (RCH), a creative agency aiming to center and uplift the art of queer women and transgender people. 

Listen in as Niko discusses his journey to wellness in the queer nightlife of SF, and how producing events/ safe spaces for his community brings him purpose and joy. 

Niko shares how centering trans joy in his work and life amidst the current political climate keeps him hopeful, and is his form of protest against the powers working against the trans community. 

We hope you enjoy this episode. Until next season Queer Kittens!  

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Niko Storment (he/they) is a transgender event producer, videographer/photographer, and singer-songwriter. He is the founder and creator of Rosen Creative House (RCH), a creative agency aiming to center and uplift the art of queer women and transgender people. Through RCH, Niko is able to produce a multitude of events and projects like The Trans Futures Stage at SF Pride, VAMP - A Queer and Trans Dance Party, The Trans Agenda - a trans podcast by Transclinique, The Queer Wellness Symposium, and many other projects. You can find out more about Niko at www.rosencreativehouse.com, or by following him on Instagram

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Spring has Sprung Queer Kittens, it's time to dust off the cobwebs of winter! This episode we will be giving you some tips on how to incorporate the energy of spring into your life and spirit. Join us as we talk to our associate producer Raphaella Landestoy, as she shares some of her favorite cleansing practices for your mind, body and home. We hope this episode will help recharge your life and bring you closer to your authentic self! 

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Raphaella Landestoy @la.vida.bruja14 (She/Her), Associate Producer of QUEST Wellness Podcast

She's an Afro-Latina, Colombian y Dominicana from the Bay Area. An energy healer, bad bitch witch from the House of Hufflepuff. She haas a love for hiking, traveling, and getting weird with those I love, has a big heart and even bigger hair.

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Join us on our part 2 of the mushroom spectrum where work to de-stigmatize psilocybin and bring attention to its powerful medicinal and spiritual capabilities.

We discuss the history of the psychedelic renaissance, different social/political impacts psychedelics have had in the United States, and give you useful tips and information on how to use mushrooms in your own wellness journeys. 

Plus our co-hosts, Vanessa, Kori and our guest, Stevie Cuo co-founder of Kinoko Chocolates dive into their own transformational and trippy stories using psychedelic mushrooms in their wellness practice. 

We hope you enjoy Queer Kittens! 

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Our guest this week is one of our amazing Executive Producers Stevie Cua (All Pronouns Accepted. They are also the Co-Founder of Kinoko Chocolates, a functional mushroom chocolate bar brand that is making the consumption of healthy mushrooms easy and delicious. Born and raised in San Francisco, Stevie aims to anchor their entrepreneurial endeavors in the power of intention, the optimization of self and community.

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On this week’s episode we’ll be talking all things mushrooms! Join us as we deep dive into the wonderful world of functional fungi and some of the amazing benefits they hold for not only our bodies, but also this planet. 

Our guest this week is one of our Executive Producers, Stevie Cua (All Pronouns Accepted), who is an all around fantastic human. Stevie is also the Co-Founder of Kinoko Chocolates, a functional mushroom chocolate bar brand that is making the consumption of healthy mushrooms easy and delicious. 

We will be going over our top 5 uses of mushrooms, and why incorporating these amazing fungi into your daily life will not only enrich your body, but also your soul. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Radically loving our bodies is an act of rebellion, and our guest this week is living by that mindset.

Listen in as we talk to Luca Yacón, the founder of Radically Fit Oakland, the Bay Area's radical community gym rooted in fat liberation & joyful movement for all queer, trans, black and brown folks and allies, regardless of experience, size or ability.

In this episode we discuss what effects fat phobia, anti-blackness, and white supremacy can have on our self worth, and what tools we can use to begin to liberate ourselves and our bodies.

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Luca Yacón (They/Them) Founder/Owner Radically Fit Oakland

Luca Yacón is the founder of Radically Fit, The Bay Area's radical community gym rooted in fat liberation & joyful movement for all queer, trans, Black and brown folks and their allies, regardless of experience, size or ability. They are a Queer, Trans, Non-binary, Guatemalan adoptee living in Oakland, CA. They love to lift heavy weights, hangout with their dog Logan, rest & build community.

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Happy Valentine’s Day Queer Kittens! In this episode of QUEST we bring attention to the most important expression of love there is; radical self love.

Join us as we chat with our amazing guest Kaylynn Marisol aka The Vulva Witch, a positive body image activist, sex educator and birth doula. In this episode we dive deep into Kaylynn’s journey towards radical self love and acceptance, while also learning some amazing self love practices that can aid you on your own path. We discuss the importance of healthy self-talk and recognizing how our society oppresses our worth, and how we can begin to dismantle that.

We love and support you Queer Kittens and hope that this episode will help you on your radical journey of self-love.

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Kaylynn Marisol (she/her) is a queer femme, wife, mama, birth doula, sex educator and positive body image advocate. I am a queer, femme, WOC, self-relationship and body-connection educator. I am on this earth to challenge the ways in which we view our bodies through a toxic, systemically oppressive lens. I am dedicated to advocating for the liberation of all bodies through accessible education, conversation and community.

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Happy New Queer! We are recharged and ready to bring you amazing stories and resources for 2023.

In this episode, our host V and guest co-host Kori Houston (our Executive Producer) catch us up on their holiday season and discuss alternative ways of thinking about new year's resolutions that can be more kind to the mind and heart.

They also discuss the idea of "Dry January" and how alcohol use has impacted their lives and health, all while giving helpful tools and resources for those wanting to change their relationship to drinking.

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Music produced and composed by our third amigo, BASK.

Podcast is produced in collaboration with Kinoko Chocolates & Puka Puka Creative.

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If you or someone you know is in crisis, dial 988 for free support at the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

In the last few months of this podcast…we have hit the highs and the lows in our quest for wellness with you. We want to thank you for embracing all of our stories and the folks that we’ve had on the pod so far.

This month we dove deeply into suicide ideation and prevention. We know the depths of emotions that could have triggered you. We hope it hasn’t been too taxing to listen to. We have been shedding more tears than We could have imagined throughout this month

We wrap-up 2022 with V and Allena sharing their QUEST highlights and biggest learnings. Plus a bonus guest, our dear friend, Melissa; Who we met and camped with this past May at Sum Of Us Festival. She wholeheartedly shares her journey to find wellness, community, resources and most importantly her own self worth.

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Music produced and composed by our third amigo, BASK.

Podcast is produced in collaboration with Kinoko Chocolates & Puka Puka Creative.

Episode transcripts available here.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, text/call 988 for free support at the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

“It's not enough to change the external environment. You must deal with changing the self-destructive processes, the inner patterns that erode the self and mental wellbeing.” - Dr. Israel Orbach (1943-2010)

On this week's episode of QUEST we continue our conversation around the more shadow aspects of the LGBTQ+ experience. Our hosts and guest will be discussing “suicide prevention / harm reduction practices” on this episode, while also going over some research / data around suicides in the LGBTQ+ community.

We get open and vulnerable with our guest Anna Richmond who is a Clinical Training, Competency Specialist and LGBTQ+ Navigator at TLC Child & Family Services. She speaks on some of her experiences serving the queer youth, while also providing evidence based treatment practices that she and the organization she works with offer. She also shares some of her own stories around mental health, and how coming out to the queer youth she serves was incredibly impactful to her wellness journey.

Anna also walks through the caring and thoughtful steps to take when reaching out to someone in crisis, what to do and what not to do.

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Music produced and composed by our third amigo, BASK.

Podcast is produced in collaboration with Kinoko Chocolates & Puka Puka Creative.

Episode transcripts available here.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, dial 988 for free support at the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

“Sometimes life's a masterpiece, you paint it in the dark” - Kolohe Kai

Here at QUEST we want our listeners to know from the bottom of our hearts that you are not alone. We strive to be a safe space and useful resource to our listeners, and hopefully help you on your journey towards radical self love.

In this episode we talk about the more shadow aspects of the human experience, and specifically how that relates to the LGBTQ+ community.

Our hosts will be  discussing “suicide prevention / harm reduction practices” on this episode, while also going over some research / data around suicides in the LGBTQ+ community.

They also dive into their own personal stories around some dark and light times in their lives, but just as importantly they will go over helpful tools they have used to help them navigate these experiences in the past and present.

Listen in as Kori Houston (He/Them) shares part of his quest towards radical self acceptance. Kori is a self proclaimed goofball who’s fumbled his way through adulthood. He is Lipan Apache and grew up in a small town of 1500 in Texas. He’s a traveler of space and time through his psychedelic journeys. He’s been a cultivator and student of plants and fungus. Kori is also a gogo dancer in the queer and trans community,  He is a ray of sunshine in our community. A co-founder of Kinoko chocolates where he makes functional mushroom chocolates, and a producer of this podcast. He’s a guy who’s really trail-blazed his path.

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