Revillaging

Revillaging

By Adele Jarrett-KerrSociety & Culture
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Revillaging episodes

  • The kindness of strangers – Connecting online with Lucy AitkenRead
    “I’ve begun to understand that when you’re making radical decisions with your life…it’s so countercultural that in order to, I guess, do it in a really sustainable way, you need to bring in as much support, as much cheerleading, as much intention, in your own heart as you possibly can.” – Lucy Aitkenread

    Lucy AitkenRead is an unschooling thought leader, living in New Zealand. Through her online community Disco Circle, she offers unschooling support for parents looking for more information and connection around the radical decision to protect their children's freedom in education.

    In this episode Lucy Aitkenread and I talk about:

    The need for support in radical living

    The kindness of strangers on the internet
    The validity of internet support
    Doomscrolling!
    Connecting with people through rage
    The risks involved in taking conversations online
    Talking and listening as a way of learning to trust ourselves
    Embodied online practices – leaning into the body as guide

    “We do not have to raise kids in this ‘power over’ way. We do not have to have institutions where they learn how to control and be controlled, how to judge and be judged. You don’t have to. There is another way.” Lucy Aitkenread

    Important links:

    Disco Circle

    Lucy’s YouTube
    Lucy’s Instagram
    Adele Jarrett-Kerr’s Patreon (for journal prompts and access to the virtual fireside chat on Sunday 29th May at 7pm BST, and to support the podcast)

    To chat more, follow me on Instagram and Twitter.

    58 min
  • The systems we uphold - Ravideep Kaur

    In this episode of Revillaging, Adele Jarrett-Kerr chats with Ravideep Kaur, a presence coach and anti-oppression consultant who lives in Scotland and invites others to mindful activism. Her special focus is on decolonisation and reclaiming power and her approach is underpinned by her Sikh spirituality.

    We talk about activism and activation as the still, ordinary and contemplative actions that change the world through authentic connection with the people around us, like our children. The idea that big equates effective is colonial.

    Conversation touch points include:

    • Listening to the body’s wisdom
  • Questioning why we’re in a rush and why we’re being rushed
  • The challenges of discussing complex topics on social media
  • Our need to be “the best in class”
  • The invitation to be vulnerable
  • The role of spirituality in our activation

    • Listen now:

    Follow Ravideep on Instagram and visit her website to find out more about her coaching and anti racism work, and to book on to one of her courses.

    To reflect further on this episode and support Adele's work generally, you can join my Patreon. You can also follow her on Instagram and Twitter. She's @adelejk in both places.

    Share with others you think would benefit from listening to this conversation.

    49 min
  • The systems we uphold – Ravideep Kaur

    In this episode of Revillaging, Adele Jarrett-Kerr chats with Ravideep Kaur, a presence coach and anti-oppression consultant who lives in Scotland and invites others to mindful activism. Her special focus is on decolonisation and reclaiming power and her approach is underpinned by her Sikh spirituality.

    They talk about activism and activation as the still, ordinary and contemplative actions that change the world through authentic connection with the people around us, like our children. The idea that big equates effective is colonial.

    Conversation touch points include:

    • Listening to the body’s wisdom
    • Questioning why we’re in a rush and why we’re being rushed
    • The challenges of discussing complex topics on social media
    • Our need to be “the best in class”
    • The invitation to be vulnerable
    • The role of spirituality in our activation
      • 49 min
    • Ancestral muscle memory with Jonie Broecker
      “Being biracial and my sexual identity and also being a survivor of sexual abuse as a child, there are many times where I’ve tried to escape my body and just longed to be a spirit that was floating around in this world without any visible markers other than how people feel around me. And being a mother has really, especially birthing a life and growing a life really has challenged me on how I not just see my form but how I love and adore this body that I not just see my form but how I love and adore this body that I have.” – Jonie Broecker

      Adele Jarrett-Kerr chats with artist, musician, bodyworker and unschooling mother Jonie Broecker about meditation practice, ancestral reconnection and embodied spiritual healing.

      Read the full show notes

      1 hr
    • Trust Yourself – Essie Richards on unschooling
      “For me, certainly, [unschooling is] about leaning in as far into authenticity as is possible with as big a compassionate heart as is also possible.” – Essie Richards

      In this episode Essie Richards talks with Adele Jarrett-Kerr about how deconditioning from religion and deschooling has supported her self-trust. Essie is an unschooling parent of two, an intersectional environmental activist and founder of a project that provides food for people experiencing food poverty. This is a conversation about shame, finding our way of being in the world, how we learn to heal and to deal with conflict, and about meeting our own needs. Essie’s story is such a gift, whether or not you’re a parent or whatever education path you and your people are taking.

      Read the full show notes

      1 hr 7 min
    • Trust Yourself - Essie Richards on unschooling

      In this episode Essie Richards talks with Adele Jarrett-Kerr about how deconditioning from religion and deschooling has supported her self-trust, and changed the way she accesses community. Essie is an unschooling parent of two, an intersectional environmental activist and founder of a project that provides food for people experiencing food poverty. This is a conversation about shame, finding our way of being in the world, how we learn to heal and to deal with conflict, and about meeting our own needs. Essie's story is such a gift, whether or not you're a parent or whatever education path you and your people are taking. 

      Listen here

      Links:

      The Pantry on Facebook

      The Pantry on BBC Radio Cornwall
      No Going Back Sundays on Instagram
      No Going Back Sundays on Facebook
      Lucy AitkenRead's Disco  for unschooling support
      You can support the Revillaging podcast on Patreon. You can also access more content on there. If you enjoy Revillaging, please subscribe and leave a review, wherever you listen to your podcasts.

      Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

      Music: Ophelia by Les Haydn

      1 hr 7 min
    • God is a Black Woman – Christena Cleveland on decolonising spirituality

      Episode 7 of Revillaging features social psychologist, author, activist and public theologian Dr Christena Cleveland, chatting about decolonising our spirituality.

      This episode is a reflection on community and how it is distorted by the colonial imagination and white patriarchy. We need to ask why we might show up in communities and feel no belonging. The conversation is also about becoming more self-directed in our spirituality and practising to discern and meeting our own needs, which includes asking, what divinity do we need?

      Read the full show notes

      44 min
    • God is a Black Woman - Christena Cleveland

      Dr Christena Cleveland talks with Adele Jarrett-Kerr about decolonising our spiritual imagination, how white patriarchy distorts belonging and why we need the sacred Black feminine.

      Find the show notes on http://adelejarrettkerr.com/episode7

      And come chat with me over on Instagram or Twitter. I'm @adelejk in both places. You can also support this podcast and access more content over on my Patreon.

      44 min

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