The Sister Body Podcast

During this week’s episode, Diggy Lloyd sits down with Halley Roberts Strongwater, Clinical Herbalist and Founder of Loam.Earth . Loam is a clinical herbalism practice founded in 2019 by Halley Roberts Strongwater. Loam is a plant medicine shop, but it is also a keepsake, a totem of something bigger. Loam was started to keep all of us connected to our roots, to the ground beneath our feet—the soil and life constantly surging around us. Halley is a third generation New Mexican who recently relocated back to her hometown of Santa Fe. She shares with us the reasons for moving back to the rich lands of New Mexico. Halley gives us a glimpse into her world and ethos of wild harvesting and the importance of leaving no trace. Loam believes in empowering individuals to take responsibility for their health and wellbeing, and Halley shares with us how she does this in her own life. Diggy and Halley’s intimate conversation spans many topics including home births, the cultural appropriation of smudging culture, and the difficulties of asking for help.

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Maggie and Diggy have a long standing creative relationship. Maggie Ha is an Executive Creative Director and is considered to be an innovative creative with expertise in building and recruiting highly effective creative teams, creating and defining brand identities and aesthetics, and visual storytelling through content production. In this episode, she shares with us how listening and honoring her intuition is the guiding light when hiring and creating new creative teams. Diggy and Maggie express how each collaboration becomes a creative extension of themselves. We discuss the Ritual of viewing art, and how surrendering to the full experience, no matter the outcome, always leads to inspiration. Maggie recently completed her Masters of Science in Impact Focus Investing and shares her powerful experience of awakening while working in the Fashion world. The episode concludes with Maggie sharing her personal birthing experience when welcoming her first child into the world during the height of Covid-19 in New York City.

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Bess Matassa is a New York-based astrologer and tarot reader. After completing a PhD, she went rogue and began creating star-studded experiences ranging from birth chart walking tours to zodiac perfume-making classes and tarot dance parties. She is the co-author of The Numinous Astro Deck (Sterling, 2019), the author of Zodiac Signs: Leo and Virgo (Sterling, 2020). Bess and Sue sit down and discuss everything from her Plutonian death and rebirth with Astrology being at the center. They discuss how to locate creativity in your own chart and how to build off the basics of understanding the energetics of each sign. Bess shares a beautiful example of her personal understanding of creativity and her process of hollowing and filling which leads to a generous, pure expression of creative beauty. Bess also shares the path to her PhD and how she fused mystic realms with urban planning. Bess wraps up the episode by sharing her personal spiritual practices and how she taps in to understand the energetics of each day.

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Sue and Dr. Caitlin Gordon, owner of Amaluna Wellness, cover some massive topics around comprehensive wellness, healing and holistic health. Dr. Caite is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to acupuncture and functional medicine. Sue asks her all about hormone balance, thyroid issues in women and the rising numbers. They touch on insulin, blood sugar imbalances, intermittent fasting and creating GOOD v.s. BAD stress in the body. Dr. Caite brilliantly explains what is good for your health is good for the planet! They also dive into the “macros” conversation, debunking fad diets, and how to learn about and eventually heal your own unique physical, mental and emotional symptoms. Lastly, Dr. Caite really lays out the Western Medicine model v.s. Long term integrative care and the difference in worldview and approach. Lastly, they touch on running your business, and how to expand without a hyper focus in the bottom line. As well as genuinely focusing on the sustainable health of your entrepreneurial life, as a mirror of your own ecosystem.

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Diggy sits down with the Founder of The Wild Muse Journal, Lavinia Tan. “The Wild Muse Journal is an editorial destination dedicated to the pursuit of self-actualisation and purpose. We are storytellers and this journal believes in the value of the collective experience” - wildmusejournal.com / Together they discuss the movement of Slow Creativity and how to honor your cyclical pattern of creation within. Lavinia shares her personal distinction between productivity and creativity and how that relates to running a digital platform. Diggy and Lavinia discuss how to unite beauty and truth when creating work. In order to receive the divine spark of inspiration, Lavinia shares her spiritual practices that keep her channels open. As creators, they share ways to expand the conversion beyond the reach of social media. Lavinia gives you an honest look into creating one her favorite stories published to date, which later became featured in The National Portrait Gallery in London.

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Juliet sits down with Sue Hunt on this week's episode of the Sister Body Podcast. together they traverse expansive topics like, islamophobia in response to being a practicing Sufi in America. What it's like for Juliet to hold the seat of teacher inside her Sufi lineage as a female, when traditionally that has not been accepted within the order in the past. Juliet and Sue touch on ideas of racism, and cultural appreciation inside the worlds of new age spirituality. They both share personal experiences and pain points within the larger conversation around cultural appropriation. Juliet shares her Sufism studies and mystical exploration of her Southern Italian culture. Lastly all things creativity arise in this conversation talking about writing, publishing, and the healing qualities of sound.

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Ana Noble, has always been a muse of Sue’s. Her visual and mixed media art is full of purpose, vision, and generational healing symbols. Ana and Sue, sit down to intimately discuss the cityscape and its effect on human consciousness and creativity. As well as the profound effect of nature, as well as big lifestyle changes that move us away from contracted states of addiction and playing it small. Healing modalities that influenced her work. Long-term vision, and dreaming healing spaces. Ana shares the inner workings of her own creativity, her works in the world and their evolution. Partnership, and business partnership is a big part of the episode, and how to navigate the waters of collaboration with authenticity, and keep your own inspired vision intact. Ana and Sue traverse so many topics that are inherently related to art, realness, organic movement v.s. fitness, and the deep appreciation for life in all of its beauty! Dive in and begin to ask yourself about your own healing journey and how creativity supports it!

Lysa is a powerful incarnation of the Divine Feminine and what it means to live with an open heart! Diggy & Lysa have had a long standing creative relationship and friendship, and you hear all about those details at the beginning of this week’s episode. Lysa is a change agent, and has always been on the cutting edge of creativity in many industries. She speaks openly about her reasons for leaving the world of styling and fashion after so many years of such a successful career. She is as real as they come! Telling us the in’s and out’s of celebrity culture, marketing, influencer culture and the narcissist undertow of social media. She explains her experience as a Black woman in many worlds from psychonauts to working for NASCAR. She drops truth and knowledge around Black Lives Matter, prayer, ancestral healing and getting real with yourself! Diggy and Lysa have such a loving, respectful, open-hearted repore in this episode, it's as if you are sitting on the sofa with them, talking about the shit that really matters in life!

Literally, Lysa doesn't need a bio, her work is that prolific, and when you know you know! Diggy + Sue are honored to call Lysa a soul sister for life, and are beyond happy to share her voice, work and truth consulting with the Sister Body listeners!

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Paramatma Siri Sadhana sits down with Sue Hunt on the Sister Body Podcast to discuss radical questions and develop creative solutions to the cires of global suffering. Sue and Paramata discuss everything from America's current astrology. To the current Pluto Return, the early 2020 Capricorn stellium and insights on America's karma and oppressive heteropatriarchy. Exploring the illumination points of the personal natal chart that helps each one of us discover our creative impulses, our personal vision and how to bring the dream into reality. Discussions on the low vibrating aspects of Neptune and how we see addiction manifesting in social  narratives and personal identities . Paramatma explains the astrological cycle that parallels the social justice uprisings and dismantling of oppressive political systems. Finally they finish up with some big questions about artificial intelligence (AI) human sovereignty and a growing technologically dependent global society. Paralleling our American culture's epic dependence on big pharma and what's next for community health and the ethical maturity of our future organizing systems. To find out more about Paramatma Siri Sadhana you can find her current course curricula and offerings at www.paramatmasirisadhana.com and her music at prophetasonic.com and prithambhagauti.com

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Magic happens when sisters merge their creativity and learn to productively and loving work together! The Blank Sister’s come from totally different interests, study and work backgrounds. They decided to marry their skills and run a creative space together: Blank Studios! Blank Studio: hosts a range of industries, making us the backdrop to fashion photography and marketing campaigns, brand breakfasts, corporate off-sites, learning workshops, wellness events, and more. Our space is a creative chameleon that can flex to fit your needs. On Ep. 3 with Diggy the Blank sisters discuss how their collaboration successfully supports one another and the studio. They dive deep into the in’s and out’s of being business partners. They each share practices that support a healthy work/life balance. Personal creativity, and how to keep that fire lit, alongside their relationship to a thriving business. The Sister Body Podcast is so inspired by the behind the scenes of creative entrepreneurs, and especially this sister duo! In SOHO, NYC - Learn more: https://www.blankstudionyc.com/ “A classic loft in the heart of Soho, where creatives from all industries can work with ease and flexibility — insane natural light included.”

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