Things That Will Help

We need conscious boundaries in our life - it’s a potent practice of deep self-care. In this episode, Buffy talks about how we can bring more consciousness into our lives through reimagining boundaries, the role of feedback, and the role our people play in this conversation. Your sense of boundary whispers its needs - and when you tend to them, the results reveal themselves in all corners of your life.

In this episode, Buffy references Cheryl Strayed and Martin Pretchel.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

Buffy speaks up about racial justice and talks about making her way uncomfortably through allyship. If you’ve been struggling with how to be an effective ally, how to have hard conversations, or how to use your platform, this episode will help.

🌱 The articles Buffy referred to are “I Need White Mamas to Come Running” by Christy Oglesby and “Stop Doing Warrior Pose If You Are Not Going to Fight” by Farnosh Family.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

Buffy brings on her long-time friend Jada Dixon, who discusses things that will help during these rapidly changing times. Jada shares her experience as a black artist and how social and racial justice informs her work.

🌱 There are many resources to educate yourself on white supremacy, racism, and ways to become an effective ally.

• This doc serves as a resource to white people/parents to deepen anti-racism work. It includes books, videos, podcasts, and so much more. (Seriously, bookmark this page: it's got it all.)
• A comprehensive list of resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children
• How to Talk to Kids About Race: Books and Resources That Can Help
• A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
• A White Families’ Guide For Talking About Racism
• If you have the means, giving is one of the most effective ways to participate. We suggest the following orgs:
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Campaign Zero
  • The Black Doula Collective
  • Showing up For Racial Justice (SURJ)
  • Project for Immunity and Accountability
  • ACLU of Colorado 
  • NAACP
  • Black Lives Matter 5280 

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🌱 Jada is an actor, director, playwright, teaching artist, facilitator, and professional certified coach based on Colorado. As an artist, Jada believes that the best art is created through respect, collaboration, a strong desire to play, and an unwavering spirit of curiosity. She strives to embody these qualities in all that she engages in. She strives to dig deep into the intersection between art and social justice as a way to facilitate change, spark conversation, challenge preconceived notions, and engage minds, spirits and the souls of others through the power of storytelling. Jada has worked as a director at Miners Alley Playhouse and Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. As an actor, she has worked at multiple venues including Stories on Stage, Aurora Fox Arts Center, Denver Center for Performing Arts, Curious Theatre Company, where she is an artistic company member, and with Local Lab Theatre, where she is an Associate Artist. Additionally, Jada is a two-time True West Award Winner and was accepted into the 2019 Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab; Models of Collaboration.

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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Jada Dixon (Guest). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (w

There is a season for everything, and in this episode, Buffy discusses the magic that happens when we recognize and name the season of life we are in. You have seasons where ideas and priorities live and die, where you focus on many things all at once, and times where you’re balanced and smooth. You have detailed times, and times of sweeping strokes. Times where you focus on other people, and times where you don’t. When you step into permission and acceptance of what you’re in the middle of, you cultivate a life of deep trust and presence.

She encourages a level of permission and acceptance in the exact season you are in. There are so many ways to build a good life, and you get to patch it together however it works for you.

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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

Buffy talks about legacy and what becomes available when we shed layers of old stories. 

Language that bypasses the reality of how hard things can be or feel is not helpful, and it can even be destructive. But if we can allow the grief of the darker times like this to be felt, and eventually turn our language and stories towards something hopeful, the stories we tell can become ones of hope and resurrection. You are the author, and you hold the pen.

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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Leah Vogt (Guest). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

In this episode, Buffy distinguishes permission as something that doesn’t necessarily have to come from outside, and the potency of giving oneself permission. We tend to think that other people aren’t as messy as we are in their own process - and of course, that makes us feel more alone and like we’re a bigger mess. She talks about the courage required to create a deep and felt allowance of being in the mess, the process, and the muddiness of your life. Ultimately, permission is in service to a beautiful layer of sweetness and softness.

In this episode, she references Erika Randall. The poem she shares at the end is called “I Worried” by Mary Oliver.

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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

Buffy teases apart “The Ground Truth” from “The Official Truth,” and why it’s so important to get clear on our personal Ground Truth. She discusses the idea of a Whole Body Yes, how your inner circle can support and hold your truth, and how to distinguish when to share your Ground Truth and when to hold it close.

In this episode, Buffy mentions Martha Graham.

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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). The cover art was designed by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

Buffy discusses releasing the podcast in the midst of a pandemic, and how taking life - and its problems - bite by bite can be just what we need to move forward. Bite-sized pieces are one of the simplest ideas we can stand on. And, while this soul medicine of bite-sized pieces is ideologically simple, Buffy grounds the practice in a variety of stories. Plus, she discusses the birth story of Things That Will Help podcast.

In this episode, Buffy references Brene Brown and Anne Lamott.

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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). The TTWH podcast image was created by Danielle Alling (www.ritualmade.com).

Welcome to Things That Will Help with Buffy Barfoot. TTWH is a podcast that explores what it’s like to be human. Buffy and her guests discuss how to find tools to feel clear, grounded, and happier. Each week, expect two episodes full of rich story-telling and embodied practices that bring the themes Buffy discusses to real life. These stories ahead do not negate the hard or the darkness, but rather point to the lighthouses along the way.”

To inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please email [email protected]. To keep up with Buffy and her offerings, follow her on Instagram at @buffymiranda or visit her website at www.buffybarfoot.com.

Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover Art by Danielle Allling (www.ritualmade.com).