Radiant Mix

We are celebrating our 40th episode with Life Coach & Counselor Brittany George of Mixed Mental Health. Brittany works with mixed-race women as they embark on their journey of self-discovery. She has created a space that honors the mixed woman’s exploration of identity, community, rituals, inner-child reparenting, relationships, and ancestry.

Multiracial women have such distinct experiences and addressing our mental health is of the upmost importance. In this episode you will hear how Brittany’s life opened up once she made an effort to explore unanswered questions in her family, plus lots of insight on the power of therapy and coaching to heal and transform our lives.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• How to navigate social anxiety & microagressions
• The power of embodying a sense of belonging
• Brittany shares about the life-changing experience of meeting her father for the first time
• The transformational benefits of understanding your heritage
• Can the mixed community bridge society’s divide?
• The magical powers of the therapy & coaching

LINKS:

Mixed Mental Health

@MixedMentalHealth

@RadiantMix 

@Hope.McGrath 

Ignite Love, Passion & Purpose Course by Hope McGrath

Now that Kamala Harris is the Vice President Elect, there is a lot to celebrate with this triumphant accomplishment.  In this Radiant Mix episode, I have a special guest host, my dear friend Rekha Malhotra, otherwise known as DJ Rekha. We talk about Kamala Harris, multiracial identity, politics, anti-blackness & the caste system within the Indian community & America, the importance of social activism and the effects of one shattered glass ceiling for women of color.

Rekha is a DJ, producer, curator, and educator. They have been credited with pioneering Bhangra music in North America via Basement Bhangra club night - the party lasted 20 years! Rekha has done remixes for countless artists and has performed at the Obama White House and throughout the world. Rekha has a Masters in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and produces the weekly podcast Bhangra and Beyond.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Celebrating the rise of Kamala Harris and real talk on the mixed perspective from the biracial and South Asian prospective.
• Anti-blackness in the South Asian community and throughout America
• The role of privilege, mixed race identity, caste systems, class, professional accomplishments on how Kamala Harris and Barack Obama rose to the highest political offices in America.
• Colorism & subconscious authenticity tests for multiracial individuals and immigrants.
• Power and racism in America
• How can we all get involved to continue to fight for our rights and democracy.

LINKS:

DJ Rekha on Instagram

FairFight.com - Help take back the Senate in Georgia through Stacey Abram’s organization Fair Fight Action. 

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@Hope.McGrath

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This important episode of Radiant Mix features Kimberly Peeler-Allen, who has been working at the intersection of race, gender and politics for over 20 years. Kimberly is the Co-founder of Higher Heights, the leading national organization dedicated to building Black women’s collective political power from the voting booth to elected office. 

This episode explores the importance and the plight of black women who lead in the political realm. We talk about life, racism and sexism within politics, hope for the future and so much more. Kimberly is currently a Visiting Practitioner at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, serves as Board Chair of the ERA Coalition, and is a board member of the Fund for Women's Equity and NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation. So excited to share this episode with you right before the most important election of our lifetime. Vote like your life depends on it.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Reflections on life as a black girl with a white-passing mom and similarities to the mixed experience
• The importance of embracing the multifaceted black experience
• The double bind female politicians face, especially Kamala Harris in this moment
• The vital role of women of color in politics 
• The Breona Taylor case and the distrust by many of our judicial system
• Tips on active measures we can all take to support the black lives matter movement
• The power of believing in the hope and the promise of America

LINKS: 

Twitter: kimberp_a 

Kim’s website: Peeler-Allen.com

Higher Heights for America

#blackwomenlead

Discovery Call with Hope: “Ignite Love, Passion & Purpose” Online Course 

@RadiantMix 

@Hope.McGrath

This week on Radiant Mix, I am so happy to bring back an important episode that aired last year featuring the lovely Sebene Selassie, a celebrated meditation teacher and author of her new book You Belong: A Call for Connection.

Sebene has been studying Buddhism for 30 years and has been teaching meditation workshops, courses and retreat for over a decade and is a popular teacher on the Ten Percent Happier app. For over 20 years she’s worked with children, youth, and families nationally and internationally for small and large not for profits. In this episode, Sebene drops some science and profound wisdom about the power of a spiritual path and community, self-care, insights on working through trauma, the art of welcoming challenges into our lives…not an easy feat.  Now more than ever we need mindfulness in our lives. Shift your mind. Get inspired by Sebene Selassie.

Show Highlights: 

•What inspired Sebene to practice Buddhism 

•The beauty and challenges of being different

•Get a glimpse of Sebene’s immigrant experience growing up and trying to adapt to a culture that you don’t know anything about  

•The necessity of having a sense of belonging 

•The journey of realizing she is and we all are born to belong 

•Reconciling individualism with the oneness of humanity 

•Looking inside yourself before you look to change the world 

•What it looks like to get involved in deep practice and commit to it 

•The truth behind intergenerational trauma 

•Methods of self-care, finding stillness and centering yourself 

•Methods of healing when dealing with physical challenges 

•Embracing your struggles as a beautiful experience 

•Finding joy within the circumstances of your life 

•Expert advice to kick-start a meditation practice

Links:

“You Belong: A Call for Connection” New Book by Sebene Selassie

SebeneSelassie.com 

@SebeneSelassie on Instagram 

Discovery Call for Hope’s New Online Coaching Program: Love, Passion & Purpose   

@RadiantMix on Instagram  

@TheRadiantMix on Facebook  

In this episode of Radiant Mix, Hope McGrath brings back to the forefront a conversation with her mother Helen Boxwill as they touch upon the touchy subjects of white privilege and the concepts of white fragility.  Helen Boxwill, a celebrated educator, lifelong activist, and mother of biracial children for a few decades as insightful and empowering thoughts on the topic.  She even dishes come good advice to navigate difficult discussions about race with loved ones, tips on raising mixed kids, and more.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Denial and resistance of white privilege
• The importance of freeing ourselves from the fear of talking about race across cultures
• Tips of how to navigate difficult conversations when ‘white fragility’ is front and center
• Transforming the oppression of racial difference and societal segregation
• Advice on raising mixed kids
• How to evolve past the comfort zone and nurture a multicultural existence if it is not the norm
• Navigating the typical mixed kid question…. “What are you?” 

LINKS:

Edward L. Nyankanzi Burundi Scholarship Fund for Burundi Refugees 

• Helen Boxwill of H2 Empower

White Fragility by Dr. Robin Diangelo

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh 

Angel Kyodo Williams

Anti-Defamation League

So excited to introduce to you my dear friend Alex Jamieson, who shares with us some insightful wisdom on how to find success navigating the difficult conversations in our lives. Alexandra Jamieson is the bestselling author of five books, including her new award-winning book Radical Alignment and co-creator / co-star of the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me.

She is a highly-sought-after creative and success mentor and motivational guide.  Her work has been praised by Oprah, The Today Show, The New York Times, CNN, Elle and more.  She is the host of Her Rules Radio, a #1 rated podcast and an award-winning watercolor painter who has created commissioned works for clients around the world.

In this 35th Radiant Mix episode, you get a glimpse into our friendship, actionable tips on how to be an effective communicator, and how we strive to come together, heal and thrive in this world.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Learn specifics about the “All In Method” of communication to offer you clarity and guidelines on how to handle tough conversations within your professional and personal life
• Alex’s experiences with navigating white fragility, talking about race, and the importance of putting in the effort to learn about anti-racism.
• The art of setting boundaries and listening to your body
• The power of using your voice…and dealing with losing friends along the way in order to stand by your truth and values.
• How to recognize spiritual bypassing
• Dreaming big and how to co-create the life you desire 

LINKS: 

Radical Alignment Book

Alexandra Jamieson

Alex’s Instagram

@RadiantMix

@Hope.McGrath

This week my co-host for the 34th episode of Radiant Mix is my daughter Ruby. I wanted to invite Ruby on the show again to share a mixed teen perspective on the present-day Black Lives Matter movement, navigating social activism on social media, traveling while interracial, and so much more. As a mother and an aunt, I believe it’s important to listen to our children, to learn about life from their perspective, and we as adults can learn so much from doing so. Ruby loves podcasts so she really wanted to add in a fun flash Q&A for us to share some strange, quirky facts about us.  We had fun with this one so we hope you enjoy this show.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• A teen perspective on the Black Lives Matter movement
• Real talk about colorism and racism in school and how we handle the student-led @blackat…. Instagram movement regarding NYC independent schools
• Awareness of difference….traveling while black with a multiracial family
• Observations on institutional shifts in regards to anti-racism
• Our thoughts on the Wall of Moms and the importance of a diverse community
• Learn fun facts about Hope and Ruby with our flash Q&A covering topics such a food, fashion, technology, hobbies, music and more

LINKS:

@RadiantMix

@Hope.McGrath

Black Lives Matter

Color of Change

So excited to introduce to you Kailey Hsu, a top fashion model who so openly shares about her unique mixed experience being Chinese and Hungarian. Now that is a mix!

For this episode, we talk about navigating life being considered ethnically ambiguous, how Kailey grew into being proud of who she is, race relations within the fashion industry, the importance of knowing your worth, the power of setting boundaries and her thoughts on how we can have hope for the future.

Enjoy this inspiring episode and gain a little behind the scenes look at the fashion industry….

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Life through the lens of an “ethnically ambiguous” model
• The power of self-worth and letting things go that don’t serve you
• How the feeling of belonging changes as we mature
• An insider’s perspective of the role race plays with casting & modeling within the fashion industry
• The importance of deep listening, being kind and going for your dreams

Links:

@KaileyHsu

@RadiantMix

Spark Session - Coaching Consultation with Hope

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This week we are proud to introduce Asha Frost, an Indigenous Medicine Woman and founder of Sacred Membership, a global online medicine circle community.  She has served thousands of people for the past two decades in her work as a native healer, homeopath, teacher, and leader and has studied with many shamans, medicine people, elders, and guides. In this episode, Asha shares the importance for us all to do our own soul work and deepen our spirituality for maximum healing. Lots of inspiration packed in this show and we get to hear wisdom from an indigenous woman’s perspective, which is often silenced in our society. No more…we can all be the change.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• Indigenous allyship with the Black Lives Matter Movement
• Navigating invisibility with pervasive white privilege 
• The break down of the philosophy of indigenous animal medicine and connecting to spirit
• Activism through spirituality
• The art of elevating self-worthiness, indulging in self-care
• The real-life repercussions of white supremacy for indigenous and POCs

LINKS: 

AshaFrost.com 

@asha.frost on Instagram

@RadiantMix on Instagram

In this episode, I am so excited to introduce to you Don Allen Stevenson III, a Specialist Trainer at DreamWorks Animation by day and a cutting edge Digital Creator by night. He loves future-proofing himself and others that follow his creative journey. For this show, you’ll be getting the unique mixed male perspective as we discuss the current #BlackLivesMatter movement, cool innovations in technology to educate and unite our society, and some powerful insights for living your best life. For those who love tech, this is a good one, since we have the ultimate techie in the house, as Don shares how he plans to utilize his creativity and tech innovations to strategize global solutions to systemic problems.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

• The importance of having the hard conversations with compassion: “Every time someone is racist towards me, I don’t get angry. I see it as an incredible opportunity to learn and teach.”
• The art of giving back to society through utilizing your creative talents
• Get the inside scoop about how innovators at the forefront of technology are strategizing to change the world through the “Gamification of History.” Yes, you heard it here first.
• Two key principles for landing your dream job and being in your creative flow
• How practicing open-heartedness can allow more joy in your life

LINKS:

Instagram: @donalleniii.

      @Radiant Mix

Books: 

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen 

Ready, Player, One by Earnest Cline 

Article in The Atlantic - How History Classes Helped Create a 'Post-Truth' America