Self and Other

Self and Other

By Erin WilsonEducationSelf-Improvement
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Self and Other episodes

  • Questioning cultural constructs of motherness Part 2

    In part two of my reflections and observations I talk more about how we - as mothers and we as carriers of the creative, nurturing other energies can give ourselves permission to receive support and position ourselves to be more clear and committed to what we need for ourselves. 

    39 min
  • Questioning the cultural constructs of Mother-ness Part 1

    In this episode I share my personal experiences, questions, musings and frustrations around what it is like to be a mother, how we regard mothers and where I have noticed massive imbalances in our whole ideologies around mother-ness. This will be a two part episode because I couldn't get it all out in one. 

    Even if you are not a mother or have no intention of being one - you certainly have a mother or had a mother at one time and you have friends and family members who are mothers so I bet you will find something for yourself in here. 

    Enjoy

    47 min
  • Cultural Appropriation and Your Personal Freedom

    IN this episode I will use personal stories and well known public examples to talk about cultural appropriation, how it can be defined and how this relates to our own personal freedom and potential to live the lives that feel most free and true. 

    48 min
  • Have you been inspired by an imperfect person?
    This episode was inspired by my desire to share the poetry of Walt Whitman with all of you. His work has been an enormous inspiration to me and I sometimes feel almost cosmically connected to him. The way he describes his experience of being a nomadic, citizen of the world speaks to my soul! Anyway, here I was, recording myself reading aloud from Leaves of Grass and I kept coming across these phrases and words that sounded racist to me. And I felt so many things - like "Can I share this on my podcast?" "How can I appreciate his work and the growth it has offered to me throughout my life if he was a freaking racist?" "Can we separate the teachers from their teachings?" And more. What ensued was me sitting on it for a few days and then recording all of this podcast at once wth very little editing. I hope it is interesting to you. Let me know what it brings up! And decolonize your mind! And don't be afraid to question everything.
    47 min
  • Self, Otherness and Privilege
    In this episode I introduce myself to you, telling you my background, my experience as a traveler and ethnographer and how and why I came to create this podcast. You will learn what it means - to me - to wear culture colored glasses and hear about my belief that we can use our awareness of this to create pathways to freedom and truth for ourselves and others. Can you relate to me? What have you learned about privilege from your travels and intercultural experiences?
    31 min

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