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Creative Kuponya founders Jamil and Sara Stamschror-Lott share the story behind how they got started as an organization that's changing the way people access mental health services. With a sliding scale and community funded model they can provide therapy to anyone, but they intentionally center those who are underserved by our systems and institutions.  Listen to the full episode to hear more about their work and how you can get involved.

Mentioned in this episode:
- Creative Kuponya - creativekuponya.com
- Resmaa Menekem - resmaa.com 
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter Levine

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Christine Lord is a somatic psychotherapist who helps people slow down and connect with how emotions are showing up in their bodies.  In this episode we talk about how somatic experiencing can help people process uncomfortable emotions like anger, grief, and sadness. 

Connect with Christine at christinelord.com

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Christopher Gunlock is a psychedelic preparation and integration specialist and Executive Director of the Psychedelic Society of Minnesota. We talk about the benefits of psychedelics, the risk or dark side, and how the Psychedelic Society of Minnesota is bringing people together in community to help mitigate harm and help people explore what's possible with psychedelics.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Psychedelic Society of MN 
• Creator's Space in St Paul, MN
• Connect with Christopher at openmindintegration.com

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Julia Miller is the founder of Julia Elise natural + herbal body care products.  She joins us to talk about accessible self care practices and how self care relates to community care.

Mentioned in this episode:
- See No Stranger by Valerie Carr
- Julia Elise Products can be found at juliaelise.com

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Julie Delene is a management consultant who's developed a system called Move As One, which draws on her experience in ballroom dance and Feng Shui to help teams move through stagnation or conflict.

We talk about how this idea of co-creation is gaining momentum (with a lot of ground work already done by the activist communities of the 60's and 70's).  It's also an ancient and natural way for us to operate, and the newer concepts of capitalism and colonialism are really what have left us feeling so disconnected.

There are many additional voices to listen to on this subject of co-creation.  adrienne maree brown is one we mentioned in the episode, but there are many more, and we encourage you to explore this topic from a variety of viewpoints.

Connect with Julie at move-as-one.com 

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Ihotu Ali is an integrative medicine practitioner, researcher, doctor in training, and cultural womb healer.

Fascinated by the connections between western and traditional medicine, she studied Afro-indigenous and global cultural practices for childbirth, ancestral and womb healing, alongside formal medical training in chiropractic care, neurological benefits of touch, and the neuroscience of spirituality and meditation.

In this episode we talk about the benefits of bodywork before and after birth, how to bring in cultural practices to support birth and postpartum, and why it's important to work with what we have from our own lineage rather than appropriating other cultural practices.

Connect with Ihotu at ihotuali.com and follow her on Instagram @ihotuali

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Anne Murphy is a celebrant, death educator, and home vigil guide who's passionate about helping people walk through death and grief in a supported way. 

We talk about what home vigils can look like, and how slowing down the physical transition between death and final disposition of the body can give families more time to process the loss. 

In our youth and productivity obsessed culture, we don't do death well.  And the reality is that we will all die at some point.  We will all experience a significant loss.  Anne gives some suggestions for how to begin wrapping our minds around this and how to have conversations with the people we care about before we're confronted with a terminal diagnosis or a sudden loss. 

Connect with Anne at athousandhands.com or on Instagram @annemurphy_athousandhands

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Erotic Blueprint™ coach Fauna Gold joins us to talk about how reclaiming their right to pleasure had a transformative and healing effect on all aspect of their life.  We discuss what the 5 Erotic Blueprint™ types are and how people can use this knowledge and understanding to deepen their experiences of pleasure.

Connect with @faunamagick on Instagram or @faunagold Facebook.

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Dr. Rachel Allyn is a holistic psychologist, writer, retreat leader, and pleasure expert, and she joins us on the podcast to talk about her new book, The Pleasure Is All Yours.

We talk about the reasons why so many of us are disconnected from our bodies and why practicing bodyfulness (similar to mindfulness, but focusing on the mind/body) is an important bridge to experiencing more pleasure in life. 

Connect with Dr. Rachel Allyn on her website: drrachelallyn.com

She's also on Instagram @drrachelallyn

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An interview with Julie Shannon Williams, a certified yoga therapist who runs a group called The New Face of Aging, which provides members the space and impetus for exploring their personal relationship with aging.  We talk about how yoga therapy works, what prompted her to explore the topic of aging in this way, and who we both look up to for examples of great attitudes towards aging.

Connect with Julie and find more info on her studio and program at julieshannonwilliams.com or santoshayogatherapy.com

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