The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast

Rev Priestess Zionarrah (@thehoelistichealthcoach), The H.eaven O.n E.arth H.O.E.listic Health Coach is an ordained minister, founder of Taste and See Heaven on Earth Ministries, ancestral medicine keeper and holistic health coach, and educator,

Bringing Heaven to Earth by Honoring Heaven Within,

Educating at the intersection between science, spirit, sex & sensuality,

Their practice centers Afro-Indigenous Pleasure Based Hoelistic Healing & Expressive Artistry through the Activation of Ancestral Cellular DNA with Mystical Nourishment, Sexological Shamanism, Creation And Play.

They specialize in holistic, functional nutrition, intuitive somatic bodywork, hypnotherapy, sacred sexuality, and an original/channeled energy medicine modality called Vocal Toning Energy Massage, The H.O.E.listic health coach integrates modern access with ancient ancestral mystical traditions. Community shoutouts go to: @biotunes, @the9mindsradioshow, and @tabernaclelife.

Joanna La Torre, LCSW (they/she/siya) is a gender / queer multi-ethnic Filipinx scholar activist from occupied Ohlone territory in California’s Bay Area. She is a PhD student at the University of Washington’s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute and is working on a culturally-embedded intervention for substance-misuse at a Native-American residential boarding school. Mx. La Torre’s research focuses on the movements of decolonizing Filipino/x/a’s in diaspora, disproportionate mental / health burdens of queers and people of color, and community-driven healing initiatives. Joanna’s clinical practice centers on work with children and families, particularly teens and young adults, and she has worked within child welfare, carceral, and medical settings. In her most recent role at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, Joanna supported youth that are transgender, commercially sexually exploited, as well as those chronically impacted by racist policies.

This episode’s shoutout goes to the Center for Babaylan Studies (@babaylanstudies)

CW: eating disorders

Alex P. (they/them/dems) is Seattle-based and so Cali raised, doing healing and community organizing. Alex identifies as a Queer xicanx and they are not fucking with the gender binary. In this episode you’re going to hear Alex talk about their ancestral medicine and their journey recovering from disordered eating.

This episode’s shoutout goes to Alex’s Filipino crew, but more specifically:

@anakabayanseattle

@gabriellaseattle

@malay.seattle

@migranteseattle

Check them out and show them some love!

Have you ever heard of a Non-Compete Clause? In this episode I discuss what that is and why this replication of colonial values does NOT belong in medicine. This episode’s community shoutout goes to @Decolonizing_Fitness. Decolonizing Fitness is an incredible educational resource for coaches, trainers, studio owners, and anyone who is interested in unlearning toxic fitness culture. Decolonizing Fitness as a practice is about providing a supportive environment to individuals who have historically not felt welcomed in fitness spaces i.e. BIack people, people in larger bodies, people with disabilities, people with chronic pain, people over the age of 65 and people who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Please check out Ilya’s fantastic work and throw some cash their way.

CW: sexual assault, domestic violence, medical trauma

Kalei'okalani Matsui (she/her,in Hawaiian language, 'o ia / kona are non-gendered pronouns) is a Black, Japanese, Chinese, and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) woman born and raised in Wai`anae, O`ahu and residing now in Des Moines, Washington. She is a proud descendant, wife, and new māmā. Kalei is the Ra’atira of Huraiti Mana, a Polynesian Dance Troupe practicing cultural empowerment through lessons in ‘ori Tahiti, hula, and lei. Kalei explores her multicultural identity and intersectionality through the lens of her ancestors as she continues her deeply personal and ongoing cultural journey. In this episode we talk about her experiences as a gestational parent, the impacts of colonization on her care, and her connection to ancestral wisdom. This is the first episode of a two part story.

Community shoutouts: @ma_ressa (Maressa) a fellow 'ori Tahiti Ra'atira & new Māmā (Chamorro), Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians), Pasifika, Loina Wahine (feminine principle) Divine Femininity & birthing community, Pasifika/women-led local birthing center & services, @rainiervalleymidwives, and Dr. Sara Nichols at @pelvichealthclinic.

CW: sexual assault, domestic violence, medical trauma

Kalei'okalani Matsui (she/her,in Hawaiian language, 'o ia / kona are non-gendered pronouns) is a Black, Japanese, Chinese, and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) woman born and raised in Wai`anae, O`ahu and residing now in Des Moines, Washington. She is a proud descendant, wife, and new māmā. Kalei is the Ra’atira of Huraiti Mana, a Polynesian Dance Troupe practicing cultural empowerment through lessons in ‘ori Tahiti, hula, and lei. Kalei explores her multicultural identity and intersectionality through the lens of her ancestors as she continues her deeply personal and ongoing cultural journey. In this episode we talk about her experiences as a gestational parent, the impacts of colonization on her care, and her connection to ancestral wisdom. This is the first episode of a two part story.

Community shoutouts: @ma_ressa (Maressa) a fellow 'ori Tahiti Ra'atira & new Māmā (Chamorro), Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians), Pasifika, Loina Wahine (feminine principle) Divine Femininity & birthing community, Pasifika/women-led local birthing center & services, @rainiervalleymidwives, and Dr. Sara Nichols at @pelvichealthclinic.

This episode is just me sharing about discovering that I am autistic, structural barriers to diagnoses and care, and how that overlaps with decolonizing medicine. The community shoutout goes to Audacious Autistics Podcast. They have a wealth of educational content about autism by autistics so check them out and consider joining their Patreon. To support The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast and to find out more about my work go to linktr.ee/jameepinedahealingarts.

kuwa jasiri Indomela (the one/elle/beauty) engages in international writing and speaking opportunities that affirm People Of Heritage (Of Colour). As an intersex, Ghanaian-Cuban the one is immersed in their Ancestral traditions, liberation and rest. The one is also the Founding Steward of Artistic Apothecary and currently resides on Taino territory, Borikén (Puerto Rico). In this episode we discuss the 7 types of rest, spirituality, and our connections with nature. If you are interested in learning more and supporting kuwa jasiri’s work you can find the one on Patreon. Our community shoutout goes to the Indigenous Dine Supporters Network and Urbe Apie.

Links:

Patreon.com/AuthenticCreations

Artisticapothecary.org

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAIfS-6_9yfDqP4yI2LpffA

https://www.urbeapie.com/

In this episode Tiana Dodson (she/her) and I talk about diet culture, our bodies, and how capitalism and colonization shape our relationships to them. Tiana is a fat, queer, biracial (Black and Chamorro), parent. Her work as a Body Liberation Coach and Facilitator destroys the belief that you have to be skinny to be happy and healthy, loveable, or worthy. Through her work with the Fat Freedom programs, she guides people feminine-of-center to reconnect with their bodies, destigmatize fatness, and learn about the harms of health being a measure of worth...all while finding how they can live their best fat lives. Our community shoutout for this episode goes to Anuradha Kowtha of The Kowtha Constellation and the Sowing Post Capitalist Seeds.

In this episode I talk with Carolyn Collado (they/them), the founding steward of Recovery for the Revolution. They are a queer, non-binary Afro-Taino neurodivergent human in long-term recovery. They believe recovery from a decolonized, anti-oppression lens can point the collective towards liberation. We cover a lot of different topics in this conversation including what it means to be embodied, tips on how to practice embodiment, and why AA isn’t for everyone. Our community shoutout for this episode goes to La Conextion and Sober Black Girls Club. Check them out and send them some love!