Your Body Knows

Multi-talented Maura Chanz empowers women to follow their passions and curiosities as Director of Creative Media at 7th Sun Productions. Joined by host Shanetta, Maura opens up about how a nourishing upbringing led to her trusting her intuition and creative talents, while encouraging other women to do the same.  Get inspired to follow your passions and live your fullest self in this episode. 

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Instagram: @maurachanz

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Seer and Healer, Dr. Rosales Meza welcomes BIWOC to unlearn colonial programming by decolonizing their minds and liberating their spirits. Joined by host Shanetta, Dr. Rosales Meza opens up about being a medicine woman by way of DNA, along with how her ancestors and mothers have been her greatest teachers, preparing her for the work she does today. Hear the conversation as they share stories of retooling their thinking around colonial patterns, and prioritizing rest to create a new way of life.

Learn more about Dr. Rosales Meza and her work:
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Social justice advocate Evelyn LaChapelle offers the Motif community a glimpse into the impact the War on Drugs has had on people of color.  As a board member of The Last Prisoner’s Project, Evelyn and the non-profit are devoted to criminal justice reform for the over 40,000 people incarcerated for cannabis crimes at all stages, including clemency, release, reentry, and record expunging. In her conversation with host Shanetta, Evelyn opens up about the life experiences and relationships, that led to her 87 month prison sentence for a minor role in a marijuana distribution operation, propelling her into her life’s work. 

Learn more about Evelyn and The Last Prisoner’s Project: https://www.lastprisonerproject.org/ 

Evelyn on IG: evelyn_lachapelle

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On this week’s episode, eco-friendly entrepreneur Adina Diaz, invites BIPOC women to dedicate rituals of self-care, patience and love to themselves, as founder of Guided Flame Co. Born to parents of Mexican and Native American descent and raised in Arizona, Adina also takes the Motif community on her journey of paying homage to her ancestral roots and drawing upon her connection to the natural world since an early age. 

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Guided Flame Co on IG: @guidedflameco
Adina on IG: @natural_feeling_spa

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Black women with eating disorders. We don’t hear these stories enough, but they are out there. On this episode of The Motif Podcast, Lacou Flipse shares her experience with healing from binging, dieting and restricting, and using her learnings from self-work to create Enlightened Munch, an enlightened eating and lifestyle coaching practice. Host Shanetta also opens up about her recovery from disordered eating, and both shed light on how self-acceptance and loving tools helped them along their journeys. 

*Trigger warning - episode contains talk of eating disorders

Learn more about Lacou and Enlightened Munch
https://www.enlightenedmunch.com/pleasure-eating 

Lacou on IG: @lacouflipse

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Plant-Based Wellness Boss, Christine Yi is one of the youngest women of color cannabis entrepreneurs in the legal California market. In this episode, Christine takes us through her personal experience with the plant, and co-founding Potli, a premium cannabis brand with a focus on THC and CBD-infused culinary products. Christine and host Shanetta also chat about the shared experiences of growing up in Black and brown households and the lack of representation in essentially all industries for BIPOC folk. 

Learn more about Christine and Potli: 

https://www.potlishop.com/ 

Potli on IG: @getpotli

Christine on IG: @christineyi


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Social Justice Healer, Claudia Morales chats with host Shanetta about her life story prior to becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and her work as founder of Social Justice Healing, a private counseling and therapy practice based in Los Angeles. You'll also hear Claudia and Shanetta dive into how mental health professionals have their own journeys of healing, the importance of allyship in Latinx and Black communities and how we can all take care of ourselves right now. 

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https://socialjusticehealing.com/ 

Instagram: @socialjusticehealing 

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Conscious creator Jasmine Imani joins host Shanetta in a candid conversation, opening up about her 15-year fashion industry trajectory, motherhood, and her new-age beauty practice Jas Imani Beauty. In addition, Jasmine and Shanetta share stories from their 7-year friendship, experiences around accepting failure,  the ingrained empathy of Black women and owning their power.  

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Instagram: @jasimanibeauty

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In this opening message, host Shanetta McDonald introduces the community dedicated to sharing the stories of women of color, The Motif Podcast. A lively, safe space, the series will feature women of color from all walks of like, discussing topics such as career, relationships, sexuality, mental health, body issues, spirituality, self-growth and social justice issues.