She's Heard Podcast

Torey Ivanic (www.openspace4.com) is the author of “No Big Deal From Athlete to Advocate: A Memoir of Childhood Betrayal and a Journey to Justice.” Torey is a mom, wife, and founder of Open Space. Torey coaches people to navigate life changes with a sense of fun, adventure, and appreciation and respect for nature. She grew up in Ohio, worked her way west to California, then replanted her family in Colorado a few years ago. Through her coaching practice, Torey inspires people to grow, heal, and live more authentic and intentional lives. Writing "No Big Deal" has been cathartic for Torey and has brought greater clarity to her work and life purpose.

In this episode Torey shares about her process of acknowledging the abuse she experienced as a young gymnast from her coach, the impact it had on her life and others, and what it took for to heal, thrive, and seek justice. Torey now uses her personal experience as well as her formal training as a homeopath, to help folks navigate change and thrive. You can purchase her book on or after July 31st, 2018 at amazon.com.

Torey’s story is a Me Too memoir. And the Me Too movement has always been about healing. This is one example of how one woman pursued healing and justice while bringing hope and helping others on their journey as well. Torey illuminates the uncomfortable tricky pitfalls and nuance of trusting, loving, AND being afraid of her abusive coach. I love and stand with Torey’s BOLD commitment to raising awareness on consent, reclaiming healthy sex, living with compassion, and dramatically reducing sexual violence for future generations. I’m honored to share this story of healing and justice with you.

If you or someone you know is navigating sexual abuse or trauma, here are some resources to start healing and thriving.

If you are in acute trauma or triggered now:

Wings Foundation

https://www.wingsfound.org/

If you’ve healed on some level and wanting to thrive:

Parillume

https://www.parillume.com/

If you want to work with Torey:

Homeopathy First

https://homeopathy1st.com/

If you want to work with Rachel Shanken (author of the foreward of the book “No Big Deal”):

MindBodyWise

https://mindbodywise.com/

Other movements and resources to end and heal sexual violence:

https://themetoodialogues.com/

https://www.vday.org

https://www.onebillionrising.org/

http://yogatotransformtrauma.org

This week the call to action is to pause, reflect, and take inventory of what areas of life are calling for a deeper level of healing within you and your life. Acknowledge it in some way - to yourself, your journal, a loved one, someone you trust, then take one step towards getting support in the area you want to heal.

Healing and thriving is not only possible, it’s your birthright.

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Torey Ivanic (www.openspace4.com) is the author of “No Big Deal From Athlete to Advocate: A Memoir of Childhood Betrayal and a Journey to Justice.” Torey is a mom, wife, and founder of Open Space. Torey coaches people to navigate life changes with a sense of fun, adventure, and appreciation and respect for nature. She grew up in Ohio, worked her way west to California, then replanted her family in Colorado a few years ago. Through her coaching practice, Torey inspires people to grow, heal, and live more authentic and intentional lives. Writing "No Big Deal" has been cathartic for Torey and has brought greater clarity to her work and life purpose.

In this episode Torey shares about her process of acknowledging the abuse she experienced as a young gymnast from her coach, the impact it had on her life and others, and what it took for to heal, thrive, and seek justice. Torey now uses her personal experience as well as her formal training as a homeopath, to help folks navigate change and thrive. You can purchase her book on or after July 31st, 2018 at amazon.com.

Torey’s story is a Me Too memoir. And the Me Too movement has always been about healing. This is one example of how one woman pursued healing and justice while bringing hope and helping others on their journey as well. Torey illuminates the uncomfortable tricky pitfalls and nuance of trusting, loving, AND being afraid of her abusive coach. I love and stand with Torey’s BOLD commitment to raising awareness on consent, reclaiming healthy sex, living with compassion, and dramatically reducing sexual violence for future generations. I’m honored to share this story of healing and justice with you.

If you or someone you know is navigating sexual abuse or trauma, here are some resources to start healing and thriving.

If you are in acute trauma or triggered now:

Wings Foundation

https://www.wingsfound.org/

If you’ve healed on some level and wanting to thrive:

Parillume

https://www.parillume.com/

If you want to work with Torey:

Homeopathy First

https://homeopathy1st.com/

If you want to work with Rachel Shanken (author of the foreward of the book “No Big Deal”):

MindBodyWise

https://mindbodywise.com/

Other movements and resources to end and heal sexual violence:

https://themetoodialogues.com/

https://www.vday.org

https://www.onebillionrising.org/

http://yogatotransformtrauma.org

This week the call to action is to pause, reflect, and take inventory of what areas of life are calling for a deeper level of healing within you and your life. Acknowledge it in some way - to yourself, your journal, a loved one, someone you trust, then take one step towards getting support in the area you want to heal.

Healing and thriving is not only possible, it’s your birthright.

music from bensound

Michelle Cassandra Johnson (www.michellecjohnson.com) is the author of "Skill in Action, Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World". Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit and heart. Her experience and awareness as a black woman, allow first hand knowledge of how privilege and power operate. She understands the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual toll that oppression can take on individuals and the collective.

Michelle is a social justice activist, empath, yoga teacher, intuitive healer and has a background as a licensed clinical social worker. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, Michelle holds healing and wholeness at the center of her work. She’s spent many years on the front lines of justice movements craving a space for healing through ritual, ceremony and sacred practice. While working in many non-profits with missions focused on justice, she didn't find a space that centered healing as a guiding tool to create justice. So, she created her own space and way of working.

Michelle leads anti-racism trainings and yoga workshops focused on the intersection of justice and yoga. She also offers intuitive healing sessions to support social justice workers, healers and activists to help sustain the good work they do in the world. Michelle also began her own teacher training in 2014 to inspire change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. There are a myriad of ways to work with Michelle and you can learn more at www.michellecjohnson.com

In this episode Michelle talks about how she came to yoga by way of the breath and how your breath can be a form of resisting oppression. She shares how yoga and social justice overlap. We talk about spiritual bypassing and ways to disrupt it. We also hear a little bit from her beloved dog Jasper. :-)

Michelle Cassandra Johnson (www.michellecjohnson.com) is the author of "Skill in Action, Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World". Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit and heart. Her experience and awareness as a black woman, allow first hand knowledge of how privilege and power operate. She understands the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual toll that oppression can take on individuals and the collective.

Michelle is a social justice activist, empath, yoga teacher, intuitive healer and has a background as a licensed clinical social worker. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, Michelle holds healing and wholeness at the center of her work. She’s spent many years on the front lines of justice movements craving a space for healing through ritual, ceremony and sacred practice. While working in many non-profits with missions focused on justice, she didn't find a space that centered healing as a guiding tool to create justice. So, she created her own space and way of working.

Michelle leads anti-racism trainings and yoga workshops focused on the intersection of justice and yoga. She also offers intuitive healing sessions to support social justice workers, healers and activists to help sustain the good work they do in the world. Michelle also began her own teacher training in 2014 to inspire change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. There are a myriad of ways to work with Michelle and you can learn more at www.michellecjohnson.com

In this episode Michelle talks about how she came to yoga by way of the breath and how your breath can be a form of resisting oppression. She shares how yoga and social justice overlap. We talk about spiritual bypassing and ways to disrupt it. We also hear a little bit from her beloved dog Jasper. :-)

Dr. Sapana Doshi is a professor at the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. She teaches and researches about the oppressive social, cultural, and political systems of global capitalism and the possibilities for liberatory social transformation. Dr. Doshi is a daughter of immigrants from India, She grew up feeling like an outsider, never really fitting into any single culture, social group or gender role. Conversely she also feels most “at home” at the borders of different cultures, languages, identities, desires and modes of being. She’s lived and worked in India, Brazil, the US, Nepal and speaks many languages. She is married to another woman of color of immigrant descent who she has been practicing and growing in love with for 15 years.

In this episode Dr. Sapana Doshi talks about how if there are fascist capitalist forces in the world, there are also mini-fascist regimes within our own mind and bodies that work to oppress the self and others at every moment, throughout the smallest cells of our body.

Dr. Doshi shares how she sets herself and her classroom up to discuss these deep and difficult topics. She shares how she is able to talk about white supremacy, global capitalism, and imperialism without collapsing under the weight of them. She shares her embodiment practices and encourages us to use our unique skills and focus on what’s directly in front of us. It's liberating and inspiring how simply her existence in the institution of marriage as a queer woman of color is transforming it, how the marriage process for her and her partner was a way for her to assert ALL of herself to her community and family while renegotiating what partnership and family mean to her. In her sharing about how heterosexism and patriarchy oppress her, we are able to recognize ways in which we are oppressed by it as well. And her recent experience in achieving tenure was a glimpse into an elite privileged academic group and process most don’t get access to or experience.

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Dr. Sapana Doshi is a professor at the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. She teaches and researches about the oppressive social, cultural, and political systems of global capitalism and the possibilities for liberatory social transformation. Dr. Doshi is a daughter of immigrants from India, She grew up feeling like an outsider, never really fitting into any single culture, social group or gender role. Conversely she also feels most “at home” at the borders of different cultures, languages, identities, desires and modes of being. She’s lived and worked in India, Brazil, the US, Nepal and speaks many languages. She is married to another woman of color of immigrant descent who she has been practicing and growing in love with for 15 years.

In this episode Dr. Sapana Doshi talks about how if there are fascist capitalist forces in the world, there are also mini-fascist regimes within our own mind and bodies that work to oppress the self and others at every moment, throughout the smallest cells of our body.

Dr. Doshi shares how she sets herself and her classroom up to discuss these deep and difficult topics. She shares how she is able to talk about white supremacy, global capitalism, and imperialism without collapsing under the weight of them. She shares her embodiment practices and encourages us to use our unique skills and focus on what’s directly in front of us. It's liberating and inspiring how simply her existence in the institution of marriage as a queer woman of color is transforming it, how the marriage process for her and her partner was a way for her to assert ALL of herself to her community and family while renegotiating what partnership and family mean to her. In her sharing about how heterosexism and patriarchy oppress her, we are able to recognize ways in which we are oppressed by it as well. And her recent experience in achieving tenure was a glimpse into an elite privileged academic group and process most don’t get access to or experience.

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Meet Jerri Chou, Reiki Master, experience designer, and founder at www.feastongood.com. Jerri is originally from New York, and now primarily lives in L.A. Jerri started The Feast, which is a moment collective that brings people together to connect with their authentic selves, and each other as well as something greater than themselves, with the intention to live with more joy, fullness and purpose.

In this episode Jerri shares about key moments on her unique journey that helped her to embody and live with more wholeness and presence.

Grab your fav beverage, cozy up, really listen, and tune in to this soul nourishing conversation where we discuss how to heal our selves as well as the greater collective.

Music from bensound.com

Meet Jerri Chou, Reiki Master, experience designer, and founder at www.feastongood.com. Jerri is originally from New York, and now primarily lives in L.A. Jerri started The Feast, which is a moment collective that brings people together to connect with their authentic selves, and each other as well as something greater than themselves, with the intention to live with more joy, fullness and purpose.

In this episode Jerri shares about key moments on her unique journey that helped her to embody and live with more wholeness and presence.

Grab your fav beverage, cozy up, really listen, and tune in to this soul nourishing conversation where we discuss how to heal our selves as well as the greater collective.

Music from bensound.com

Meet sacred rebel, courage and authenticity coach Debbie Burns (www.debbieburns.me). Debbie is the best selling author of “The Path to Courage”. She’s been described as a Molotov cocktail in Hello Kitty packaging, dropping glitter truth bombs on a mission to help us believe in ourselves so strongly that the world can’t help but believe in us too.

Deb’s navigated trauma, has weaved hard earned truth into commercial fiction and is now coaching visionary women and artists to wake up and create meaningful impact through their work. She blends personal development principles with energy, intuition and a whole lotta love to help build courage to be seen on the journey of expression, personal freedom, leadership, and belonging.

In this episode Deb pulls back the curtain on her personal journey of traversing PTSD and suicide. She shares the process of unraveling relationships based in contractual expectations vs authentic belonging. She shares about doing the deeper work of creating and living by her own rules. Her commitment to a deeper love of self, and an immovable stand for living life true to herself is contagious. Check out her best-selling book, "The Path to Courage: 7 Steps to Follow Your Soul Song and Live Your Happily EPIC After" at amazon.com. So excited to share this firecracker of a soul with you!

Meet sacred rebel, courage and authenticity coach Debbie Burns (www.debbieburns.me). Debbie is the best selling author of “The Path to Courage”. She’s been described as a Molotov cocktail in Hello Kitty packaging, dropping glitter truth bombs on a mission to help us believe in ourselves so strongly that the world can’t help but believe in us too.

Deb’s navigated trauma, has weaved hard earned truth into commercial fiction and is now coaching visionary women and artists to wake up and create meaningful impact through their work. She blends personal development principles with energy, intuition and a whole lotta love to help build courage to be seen on the journey of expression, personal freedom, leadership, and belonging.

In this episode Deb pulls back the curtain on her personal journey of traversing PTSD and suicide. She shares the process of unraveling relationships based in contractual expectations vs authentic belonging. She shares about doing the deeper work of creating and living by her own rules. Her commitment to a deeper love of self, and an immovable stand for living life true to herself is contagious. Check out her best-selling book, "The Path to Courage: 7 Steps to Follow Your Soul Song and Live Your Happily EPIC After" at amazon.com. So excited to share this firecracker of a soul with you!