Judith is a gifted sound healer who brings her heart, talent and experience to this episode. We connect with one another by speaking, hearing and listening about 'tuning in' to truth ... with even more than the five senses; what authentic connection looks like, how 'circle practices' work, what a 'council' gathering is, and more. Judith has trained, practiced and studied music in a connective, restorative way for years including, "indigenous ways of using sound and music for community, for health, for healing, for joy, (for) vitality." Drumming towards the end is a glorious bonus. 

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Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/hometown

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(Recorded 4/13/22) Judith Piazza, Heila Rogers, Jenny Decker

In this episode we talk about why some people pressure someone to ‘forgive.’

How people can be shut down with comments like, “My, you’re opinionated!” -- and other similar labels designed to control and silence. We talk about how to respond to someone when they reveal abuse, how not to compare grief & loss and therefore negate someone’s pain, and what real forgiveness looks like.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/hometown

License code: U5ESYKFAO2UN3UCH

(Recorded 2/19/22) Heila Rogers, Tiffany Gunter

Listen in as we enjoy one another’s company (scoring high on the Bechdel test, although we’re not on film!), laugh about mistakes, continue after correcting them … and just by hitting “record,” validate the importance of one another’s voices.

We talk about the fear of being seen & allowing our voices to be heard.

We discuss the empowerment of climbing trees & introduce two powerful influences for good in our lives, one who loved Barney the purple dinosaur and one who appreciated the play Cyrano de Bergerac. We touch on what it’s like to be labeled and marginalized as women and girls.

(The word we were looking for was counter-cultural. Women speaking at all is counter-cultural.)

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/hometown

License code: U5ESYKFAO2UN3UCH

(Recorded 2/19/22) 

Heila Rogers, Tiffany Gunter