This conversation blew me away! Please do yourself a favor and take time to absorb the beautiful vulnerability in this conversation. Join me Wyld Lee as I step into this space with Keath Silva. Keath is a Trans herbalist, writer & activist offering private sessions & community workshops for personal & collective healing & social change. All Keath's offerings can be found at keathsilva.org ; on Facebook + Instagram @keathsilva and find his poetry @transanimysticalpoetics
This is a beautiful and tender sharing with two humans who have deep respect for each other and have been able to witness each other blossoming in the last few years. Keath is a profound healer + mentor...I can truthfully say I would not be as I am today without his influence and support on my journey. We hold the intention of these conversations to normalize that sometimes it is awkward relating to one another if we don't hold shared lived experience. Through curiousity and compassion, we want to hold these healing conversations as a place to be awkward, to receive education without shame... to create safe space where it's ok to make a mistake and learn from it since we are all messy humans learning together.
One piece that particularly touched my heart was learning that many dear friends have pulled away from him during his transition due to this sense of discomfort in not knowing what to say. The fear of doing things wrong caused a rift despite the fact that the essence of Keath as a person has not changed. Deep compassion flooded me.
I also left this conversation feeling deep compassion for men and testosterone forward humans (unsure of the language there - I am learning! If you have a correction, please email me at [email protected]) after hearing how deeply this hormone can affect the thinking process and reaction of the person when it surges. That the need for Initiation and learning how to wield this fire is so needed amongst these humans. Really has me seeing my partner, my sons and even those men who have harmed me in a different way.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
Below are links to all the teachers referenced in the conversation, spaces to deepen your transliteracy and racism education, who influenced Keath at the herbalism conference (shiny), where to purchase Ms. Beatrice's book as well as places to support with your time and dollars as we work together to dismantle oppression - in particular if you are a white BEing; supporting Indigenous Peoples through donation, education and active participation is critical today and everyday.
https://www.theuwc.org/donate
https://www.dylanwilderquinn.com/transintimate
https://www.holisticresistance.com/
https://www.facebook.com/canoejourneyherbalists/
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/fire-heart
https://instagram.com/reesabobeesa?utm_medium=copy_link
https://transresilience.com
https://www.confluenceproject.org/