Crystals, C***s and Climate

We're back! Kind of...We were asked to be an artist in Do The Green Thing's The Colour of the Climate Crisis exhibition launched in Glasgow during COP26. So we've created a physical piece paired with audio with clips from the podcast. In this episode, we share more about the exhibition and our approach to it. The exhibitionArt has always helped us to interpret the world and get closer to its truths.The Colour of the Climate Crisis grapples with one of those truths: that we are facing a crisis of climate and nature, and that the people most affected, most at risk and least responsible for it are people of colour.We know that racialised and minoritised communities are already on the frontlines of climate change. Their experiences, ideas and leadership must be central to the global response to it.As world leaders meet at COP26 to discuss the climate crisis, this exhibition offers them an opportunity: to be quiet, and listen. To be humble, and learn. To be brave, and commit to meaningful action.This is an opportunity for us all to acknowledge the truth that racial injustice is climate injustice, and to begin to change it.Our approachComing from a background in human-centered design and systems thinking, my creative practice focuses on synthesising insights gained from conversations with a range of people and finding the patterns and commonalities of personal experiences. These insights aim to highlight the root causes of our collective oppression, experienced as barriers to empowerment, abundance, and connection. My piece for this exhibition stems from conversations from the Crystals, Clits, and Climate podcast, which I've hosted for the last few years, focusing on the conversations with environmental, intersectionality, and spiritual activists. The people I spoke with, including but not limited to Joycelyn Longdon, Lusugu Kayani, Aalayna Green, Zachi Brewster, Sadie Sinner, and Leila Sadeghee brought up our colonialist history and how we still experience the ramifications of it today. In addition to the explicit racism still happening, we also must face the internalised racism we are so often unaware of. And when we are unaware of it, we cannot address it. Colonialism creates a hierarchy between people, dehumanising them and disconnecting us from our nature and our planet.Through messaging on a mirror, this piece invites the viewer to reflect on and explore their own internalised definitions of desire and success and how we often unknowingly participate in systems of oppression, including forms of oppression that disconnect us from ourselves, others, and our home planet.

Vanessa Cuccia is the founder of Chakrubs, the original crystal sex toy company. Chakrubs are sex toys made from natural crystal that bring a sense of sacredness to your playtime.  These beautiful, hand-crafted tools are created with the intention of opening oneself up to the healing properties crystals provide. Crystals have perfect molecular structures that have positive effects on our electro-magnetic fields. When our energetic bodies are at ease, we are at ease, we are open to healing, to peace, to love, to all of life's pleasures.

Natasha Thompson is an astrologer and tarot card based between Colombo and London. As an Australian / Sri Lankan, Natasha's readings are grounded in both Western and Easternfoundations of astrology, as well as the global principles of mythology. Growing up in Sri Lankaembedded her in Astrology, as it is common practice to consult natal charts for all matters of life.With a mother who is also a keen enthusiast, it's no wonder Natasha and her sister, Ashira,became astrologers in their own right. Together they formed Astrosisters, where she and her sister bring their own approaches to ancient system/s, ultimately helping people learn aboutthemselves.Whole sign Astrology (Hellenstic Astrology) has become Natasha's base for her natal chart and synastry readings, in addition to tarot. She believes that we are the masters of our own destiny, with free will, nonetheless astrology combines ancient modalities, maths, astronomy, and mystical planetary energies to give us blueprint for who we are, and who we can be.Key takeaways:A synastry reading involves examining two charts and the compatibility/challenges in the interaction between them. Synastry readings are usually aimed for partnerships of a romantic nature, as it gives individuals an understanding of how two people work together and the dynamic of the union based on their astrological makeup.There are no 'good' or 'bad' signs for lovers. Synastry readings help you and your partner to understand how each other approach the world so you can be mindful of where you might see things differently. Astrology isn't fortune telling, it's providing awareness of where you have compatibility and where you may have challenges.Resources:https://www.astro-sisters.com/

Lusungu Kayani was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and moved to the U.S. at the age of 4. She is an urban planner and international development practitioner with more than a decade of experience. She has served as an advisor with international organizations such as the United Nations Center for Human Settlements, Vital Strategies, UNICEF and most recently, with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Her work focuses on the role cities play to ensure an equitable and sustainable future for our planet, especially through the lens of health and well-being. In recent projects, she has worked to better understand how urban environments can specifically support the health and development of children and adolescents. Currently, I am assisting in the development of tools to guide cities in monitoring implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  In her spare time, she likes to read, write, volunteer with her local parks and trails committee and enjoys teaching yoga.Key takeaways from our conversation:The rapid shifts in populations moving from rural to urban areas requires an adjustment in urban planning and the need to update systems, such as waste systems, to consider the behaviours and norms of new and bigger populations.Cultures and countries already have many sustainable systems, for example circular economies, they just haven't been labeled as such. We need a mental shift to look at how we can build off of existing sustainable systems, rather than always trying to build something new. But having new sustainability terms can help provide language to existing behaviours.We can apply circular economy principles can not only be applied to products but also to spaces and systems.  How can we build offices, homes, etc to be adaptable to changing needs so that it can be used for longer?Stories and storytelling can provide representation on who can be solution providers and empower young people to take action within their own communities. It can help to plant the seeds with youth of how to live in a way that is aligned with a sustainable and regenerative future.Resources mentioned:Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the circular economy

We're so excited to share this episode with you all! We're joined by Chastity Twist. Chastity Twist started burlesque in 2012 after growing up as a dance and theatre kid. She began teaching burlesque and chair dance at the Vancouver Burlesque Company in 2017 and is the current Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival (or VIBF.) In 2018 she began working at a strip club as a topless blackjack dealer and private dancer.  2012 was also the year she began work as an independent indoor sex worker, and has participated in sex work since then in various capacities, as a sugar baby, escort, erotic masseuse and pro-domme. She is currently working on her business and the festival and waiting for pandemic restrictions to lift so that live classes and performances can be a thing again. Key topics:The difference between sex work and sex trafficking (answer: consent!)The whorearchy which says one form of sexual expression or work is better than another. For example, burlesque is acceptable but escorting may not be, etc.Privilege within sex work and the difference between indoor and outdoor sex work.How sex work and laws around it impact all of our daily lives, such as through urban planning and road traffic laws.Sexual empowerment and connecting with your own sexuality. Where to find Chastity:https://www.instagram.com/chastity_twist/

In this episode, our host Hannah Phang, shares her reflections on conditioning and framing them as the conditions we set for ourselves and others in order to be worthy or of value. Hannah shares some insight from the book Five Levels of Attachment by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr and the opportunity to take responsibility for our conditioning by understanding them as knowledge we have an attachment to. We can be attached in varying degrees, and becoming aware on how attached to a belief we are helps us work towards unconditional love and acceptance. 

Aalayna (Ah-Lay-nah) Green (she/her) is  a self proclaimed unapologetic scholar activist and intersectional conservationist. She’s pursuing a BS in Zoology at Michigan State University. She’s passionate about human-environment relationships, and she studies the interconnections between wildlife crime, human-wildlife coexistence, and critical race theory and gender studies. She is the co-Environmental Education Director for Black Girl Environmentalist and seeks to position BIPOC women and nonbinary folk at the forefront of the environmental movement.Key Takeaways:Being sustainable is often positioned as a new way of doing things and often requires purchasing new items. Aalayna shares with us examples of how BIPOC communities already have sustainable lifestyle behaviours, and these need to be considered and celebrated in the sustainable lifestyles movement. Conservation solutions haven't been considering the role of women. Like in many industries, efforts to solve problems are created by men and for men. This limits our ability to address systemic and interconnected issues because we aren't looking at the problem in its entirety and are missing out crucial perspectives and key stakeholders when creating solutions.Women, non-binary, and BIPOC folk are reclaiming their space in the environmental movement and looking at how intersectional identities are impacted by environmental issues can help us have deeper conversations about the potential solutions.Classism is incredibly present in the environmental industries. To work in the space often requires higher education which often requires a level of privilege in order to access those institutions. Because BIPOC do not have as easy access to those spaces, they are often not considered for environmental jobs. However, BIPOC are more likely to be impacted by environmental issues, but their perspective is often left out of solutions and environmental work because of the lack of higher education. And the people creating the solutions have never experienced the problems they are trying to address and will also not experience the impact and consequences of the solutions.Links and resources:https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlenvironmentalist/https://www.instagram.com/aalayna.green/

Joined by recurring voices on the podcast, Chantal Russell and Chris Skidmore, we explore how the well known hero's journey has provided the underlying energy pattern for our society and how the heroine's journey may provide us with the insight we need to transition into a sustainable and just society.

Saran James-VaughanSaran is a Holistic Nutrition Practitioner and Herbalist whose primary focus is helping women support optimal hormone and reproductive health, reduce stress, and live according to their natural rhythms and cycles.Through diet, lifestyle changes and personal alchemy tools, Saran supports the journey of identifying the root cause of chronic illness, helping the body, mind and soul return to balance. She believes that discovering personal truth, based on your life story and unique composition is the gateway to unfolding the vision for your life.Key takeaways from the conversation:The simple practice of mindful eating can help us better listen to our bodies, to understand our gut health, which can then help us listen to our gut feelings/intuition.We can build a practice of investigating our bodies and how our menstrual cycle, food, stress, and external factors are impacting our hormones and health. And then pay closer attention to how our hormones throughout our cycles impact how we interact with external factors as well as our own thoughts.When we can align with the frequency of nature, we can tap into the energy of creation, which allows us to manifest the life we want.Intuition is a muscle we need to grow and strengthen. We can use our analytical mind to bring awareness and space so that we can listen for our intuition.Food offers us a sensory experience and can disrupt our bodies or help to heal it and connect us more deeply with our bodies and intuition. Appreciation and honouring our bodies and our ancestors will help our ability to hear the wisdom they have to offer. Being opposed to alternatives to Western medicine can stem from colonialist thinking, that there’s only one right way to do things, and that indigenous knowledge and practices are not worthy.Find Saran here:https://www.wellnessbysaran.com/https://www.learnwithsaran.com/https://www.instagram.com/wellness_by_saran/For more on Crystals, Clits, and Climate:https://www.crystalsclitsclimate.com/https://www.instagram.com/crystals.clits.climate/https://medium.com/crystalsclitsclimatehttps://www.patreon.com/crystalsclitsclimate

This episode is in celebration of International Women's Day and is the live recording of an event from Parsons School of Design XReality Center to launch “What Would The Egg Do?”, an online exhibition featuring a vast range of innovative and thought-provoking artworks, opens to the public Women’s International Day, March 8th. The exhibition celebrates the neglected wisdom of the egg and honors nature’s cycles.Artists featured:Ye'ela WilschanskiEmily ArlingtonMa'ayan S FeiginJuliana LunaRinat ZemachTo visit the online exhibition go to hubs.mozilla.com/NiarJ7Q/golden-solid-nation

It is always such a joy to chat with Zachi Brewster and this conversation was definitely an eye-opening one. We chat through a load of things but I think the biggest take away for me was thinking through our personal stigmas and societal stigmas. There are some things that we think are okay or not okay for other people, and then we hold ourselves to a different set of expectations. ⁠⁠Have a listen if you're interested in getting rid of unhelpful stigmas, how to adjust your own thinking and address your own limiting beliefs, and aligning your actions with love.⁠Episode key takeaways:Always start with why. If you find yourself with a belief you hold about yourself or about others, start with asking why you feel that way or think that. Keep asking why until you understand where that belief stems from.On topics you have stigmas around, try to think back to your first instance or interaction with that topic. Did that interaction give you a sense of fear or love around that topic (hint: it was probably fear)? Assess whether that fear based opinion still serves your highest self or whether it's time to replace it with one of love.As your thoughts, actions, ideas, opinions come up, as yourself if it is stemming from a place of love. Are there conditions around whether something or someone deserves love? See if you can reframe what you find with unconditional love.⁠For more information about Zachi's new organisation Dopo:Dopo website: https://www.wearedopo.com/homeDopo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doposupport/

We're thrilled to have artist, performer, stripper, and sex worker rights advocate Samantha Sun back on the podcast. In this episode, we dive into Samantha's personal journey of 'coming out' as a stripper and sharing more about it on social media. This leads us to an informative conversation about American internet laws and how they often do more harm than good.

Our episode launching today is in celebration of Valentine's Day coming up this weekend. Oh you know that hyper commercialised holiday promoting the idea that in order to be successful you need to be in a couple. Well my friends, turns out that's all a bunch of capitalist bullshit to make you feel like you're not enough!So in this episode, we have Chris Skidmore of On The Souls Terms back on to tell us the story of Cupid and Psyche. Cupid, also known as Eros from Greek mythology, is actually a hot sexy man god who ravishes Psyche and they have secret sexy times. And contrary to what I thought it was about, this story isn't about heteronormative love, it's about one's own relationship to the erotic. ⁠Resources and links:Chris Skidmore - On The Souls Terms: https://onthesoulsterms.com/

We're back!In this season three opener, host Hannah Phang and producer Emma Love kick off the season with a bit of chat on what's in store for this season. Hannah then dives into an intro to systems thinking, the philosophy that led to the creation of Crystals, Clits, and Climate. Systems thinking is an approach or way of thinking that brings awareness to the role of structures that create the conditions we are facing, that we experience. It provides context to the things happening in our world and why they are happening.⁠For more information or resources on systems thinking check out:http://donellameadows.org/Thinking in Systems

LAST EPISODE OF SEASON TWO. Hot damn, time flies when you're having fun / in a pandemic and everyday feels exactly the same

Today's community convo shares reflections from 2020 from some regular voices on the podcast including host Hannah Phang, producer Emma Love, yogini Chantal Russel, and sustainability tech pro Hilary Tam.

Samantha Sun is an artist, performer, stripper and in our conversation we speak about East Asian culture and community, decriminalising sex work, and how to support strippers and sex workers. Resources and linksSamantha SunIG: @samantha.ssunTwitter: @spiderlilysamThe Bitten PeachIG: @bittenpeachukEast London Strippers CollectiveIG: @ethicalstripper Website: https://www.eastlondonstripperscollective.com/LIFE DRAWING with ELSCIG: @lifedrawingwithelscTickets: https://www.meetup.com/Life-Drawing-With-ELSCCYBERTEASE (an online, virtual Strip club)IG:@cybertease_Website: https://www.cybertease.co.uk/MAGGIES.TO (Torontos Oldest Sex-Worker Organisation)IG: @maggiestorontoWebsite: https://www.maggiesto.org/HARPIES (LGBTQ+ Strip club, with a focus on trans dancers and audiences)IG: @harpiesintheskyTHE STRAP HOUSE (Queer black strip club)IG: thestraphouseSOLDIERS OF POLE (Stripper Union based in LA)IG: @soldiers_of_poleWebsite: soldiersofpole.comS.W.A.R.M (Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement, UK based)IG: @swarmhiveWebsite: https://www.swarmcollective.org/

In this interstitial episode, Hannah is joined by our producer and editor Emma Love. Building on a conversation started in our last episode with Ed Gillespie, Hannah and Emma discuss their experiences with grief. They discuss their own grieving processes and how they grieve both internal and external changes. Picking up on the discussion with Ed, we explore what this means for grieving the world we know before the pandemic hit and who we each used to be.

Ed Gillespie is a writer, communications specialist, serial entrepreneur, and futurist. Ed takes the complex, interconnected, interdependent nature of the many challenges the world faces, from climate change to disruptive innovation, and make common sense of them.Currently, Ed’s focus is helping organisations rapidly understand the new Covid-19 world, how we need to ‘unlearn’ the things that caused mistakes of the past, asking the right questions, and moving beyond the discomfort of today into being the better, more resilient, responsible and sustainable businesses of tomorrow. Ed co-presents two leading podcasts, 'The Great Humbling' and 'Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts - How to survive the apocalypse'.In this episode, we talk about:Consciousness and consumptionGrieving the world as we knew itHaving conversations about consciousness and the future at workMaking sense of what happened in 2020 and what's to come in 2021.You can find out more about Ed here: https://twitter.com/frucool and http://www.onlyplanet.co.uk/

In this short and sweet episode, we are honoured to share the telling of the story of Sati and Shiva, told by Schuyler Brown. Schuyler has been featured on the podcast a few times now, and she's a corporate shaman, helping facilitate the transition towards a balance of feminine and masculine in society. You can learn more about Schuyler and her work here:https://www.artofemergence.com/

Renee is a permaculture and plant nursery apprentice and has spent the last year and a half studying regenerative land practices. At her current apprenticeship, Renee assists with permaculture and #agroforestry projects on highly degraded land. Renee publicly advocates for mindful and sustainable living. Previous Renee was a model and sustainable living influencer.In this episode we talk about:What regenerative agriculture and permaculture are and why they are so importantRenee’s personal journey from model, to sustainable living influencer, to permaculture and regenag apprenticeCommonalities between the relationship to our bodies and our relationship to the EarthInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/renee.elizabethpeters/

In this community convo, we're joined again by Rinat Sherzer. In this episode we get a bit more personal, discussing a topic that we've had a lot of questions about recently - freezing your eggs. Rinat joined us for our first interview episode ever on the podcast to talk about her initiative, @whatwouldtheeggdo, but in this episode, we get a bit more personal. Rinat walks us through her own experience of freezing her eggs and shares some advice for anyone who is thinking about doing it too.

Ailey is a Registered Clinical Counsellor holding a Masters of Counselling Psychology. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical Schools Certificate program in Global Mental Health: Trauma Recovery. She is enrolled in a joint Master of Arts and Doctorate in Depth Psychology with Emphasis in Somatic Studies program at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She holds two Honours Bachelor Degrees in the fields of Women’s Studies, Communication and Psychology from the University of Ottawa (Université d'Ottawa). She has completed the requirements to be a certified Focusing Oriented Therapist, Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Her education and life experience lead to a specialized clinical focus on sexual trauma integration, female sexuality and embodiment.Ailey's work aims to harmonize the divide between your body, mind, and heart by utilizing; somatic psychotherapy, eco-feminist psychology, anti-oppressive ideologies, interpersonal neurobiology, and mindfulness-based embodiment practices.Where to find Aileyhttps://www.aileyjolie.com/https://www.instagram.com/aileyjolie/Resources mentionedBook: When the Body Says No by Gabor MateBook: The State of Affairs by Esther PerelRae Johnson on embodiment

In this episode featuring podcast host Hannah Phang and producer Emma Love, they cover how societal conditioning keeps you feeling too small or too large and how tools like astrology can help you return to yourself. Emma shares how she first met Chris Skidmore, our last interviewee, and how her work with him through cranio-sacral therapy and astrology has supported her journey.

Chris Skidmore is a Holistic Psychotherapist, Astrologer and Craniosacral Therapist. Chris weaves together the magical and the practical, helping to make healing practices effective and efficient for modern culture. Chris's practice is called On The Souls Terms. He is a PACFA registered Psychotherapist with a diploma in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and a 15 year (and counting) love affair with astrology.https://onthesoulsterms.com/

In this community conversation, Schuyler Brown joins us again to share her thoughts on understanding climate change through masculine and feminine energy. To learn more about Schuyler and her work visit:https://www.artofemergence.com/

In this episode we speak with Solitaire Townsend, Co-Founder of Futerra, the global change agency on a mission to make sustainability so desirable it becomes normal. In our conversation, Solitaire shares her thoughts on why understanding sex and status is so crucial in making environmental sustainability happen. We also dive into what this year of great transition might mean and what comes next for business, society, and individual lifestyles. Resources:Solitaire's TedX talk, The Naked Environmentalist, how sex will save the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA1wYpfJ-BgFuterra: https://www.wearefuterra.com/

We always love speaking with Chantal Russel! We wanted to get her take on where our society is currently with balancing feminine and masculine energy. We reflect on our previous episode featuring Philip Attar and his thoughts on our experience being like a pendulum swinging. At the moment were more on the side of the masculine but we're starting to make the journey back to the feminine. Chantal offers another framing, considering the balance as more of an expansion and contraction. We talk about both masculine and feminine, especially wounded energies vs empowered, and dive into the dark feminine. Chantal shares stories about the goddesses Durga, Kali, and Dhumavati who can inspire us to lean into darkness, shadow, and the unknown. If you're interested, Chantal recommends the book Awakening Shakti by Sally Kempton.Other resources mentioned: If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon BlackieFoxfire Wolfskin by Sharon BlackieWell Women Wisdom School by Chantal Russell starting October 15

Philip Attar is a Mindset Coach & Heart Meditation Guide who helps conscious entrepreneurs overcome the blockages and overwhelm holding them back from a life and business of impact and purpose.

In our latest 'Our View' episode featuring our host Hannah Phang and producer Emma Love, reflects on the last interview episode with Sadie Sinner The Songbird, founder and curator of The Cocoa Butter Club. One aspect they dive into is the importance of representation and Hannah's experience as a mixed-race woman and the lack of representation in media growing up.

Just a quick note to let you know that we're taking a couple of weeks off from putting out new episodes. We're gearing up for an incredible second half of season two which we will kick off in September.Keep in touch with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystals.clits.climateJoin our community through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crystalsclitsclimateSee you soon!

Sadie Sinner the Songbird is not only a singer and performer herself, but she’s also the founder and curator of The Cocoa Butter Club which features cabaret performers of colour, including dancers, singers, a range of artists to celebrate and give voice to creatives and performers who are not always recognized. She focuses on decolonising and moisturising performance spaces as well as advocating for mental health.Sadie Sinnerhttps://www.instagram.com/sadiesinner/https://www.instagram.com/thecocoabutterclub/Individuals, organizations, and resources mentioned:House of Burlesque in London with Tempest RoseArtist, writer, and performer Travis AlabanzaBurlesque performer Lily SnatchdragonBurlesque performer Demi NoireSinger Darren CharlesYo Sissy music festivalDrag/Burlesque artist Luna & Roman Tik Tok Ubuntu philosophy BBZ Club Night - Bold Brazen Zamis or BabesPxssy Palace Club NightBook The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A SingerSong Four Women by Nina SimoneSong Everything by Alanis Morissette Pan-Asian Burlesque Club The Bitten PeachDrag Queen Shay ShayBurlesque performer Evelyn CarnateThe drag cabaret The Chocolate Box

In this community conversation with Sustainability Strategy Director at Arm, Hilary Tam, we discuss the globally agreed definition of sustainability through the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We explore the opportunity of technology to help achieve these goals by 2030 and also the watch-outs to ensure we don't use it to amplify existing inequalities.

Joycelyn LongdonInstagram: @climateincolourNewsletter: https://climateincolour.substack.com/aboutPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/climateincolourResources:Other individual accounts to check out: @blackonblackcreative@greengirlleah@itsecogal@queerbrownvegan@browngirl_green@mikaelaloachOrganization accounts to check out:@intersectionalenvironmentalist@yaleenvironment360@mongabay@itsfreezinginlaResearch papers:Postcolonial computing: a lens on design and developmentTranscendence and Sublime Experience in Nature: Awe and Inspiring Energy

In the first of its format, Our View, Crystals, Clits, and Climate founder Hannah Phang shares more about her personal journey and the milestone moments that revealed the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and sustainability to her. She's joined by podcast editor and producer Emma Love who gives insight into setting up Crystals, Clits, and Climate.

Schuyler Brown“Justice is a feminine figure”Website: www.artofemergence.comInstagram: @schuylerbrownTwitter: @schuylerbrownResourcesBooks:Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business. By Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia. Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess. By Demetra George. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. By Clarissa Pinkola Estés The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future. By Riane Eisler. 5Rhythms Dance-- is a movement meditation practice drawing from indigenous and world traditions using tenets of shamanistic, ecstatic, mystical, and eastern philosophy. Goddesses & Myths: Kali (Goddess ‘who liberates souls’)Shakti & Shiva Guan Yin (Kuan Yin) (Goddess of Compassion)Essays:By Schuyler on the Feminine in the Workplace for Medium (online content platform)https://medium.com/@schuyler_brown/the-rise-of-the-feminine-work-part-one-7a7876e4ec9https://medium.com/@schuyler_brown/the-rise-of-the-feminine-work-part-two-83dba523ac9b

In our first Community Conversation of the season, we're joined by Zachi Brewster, abortion and miscarriage doula and sex and pleasure advocate and educator. In our chat, we reflect on what was brought up in our previous episode with Leila Sadeghee, what's being brought to light today around the sexualization of black bodies, and the role of religion in shaping our relationship to sexuality. You can listen to our full interview episode with Zachi in season one episode six as well as on our season one finale episode.A New FormatCommunity Conversations are shorter episodes where previous speakers join us again share their perspectives on recent episodes and current events.

Leila Sadeghee is a healer, ritualist, yoga teacher, and initiated priestess. Leila is known for being able to make esoteric spiritual teachings immediately accessible and focused. Leila is dedicated to dismantling systemic oppression as a spiritual practice. Based in the UK, Leila leads ritual healing events, immersions in spiritual practices, yoga teacher training, and magical retreats online and around the world. We will link in the show notes where you can find out more about her work.Key Quote:"How do I align with a world beyond oppression in thought, word, and deed?"Where to find Leila:https://www.instagram.com/leilasadeghee/www.vesselofworth.comwww.leilasadeghee.comwww.thepracticesoffreedomandwellbeing.com Resources Mentioned: Me and White Supremacy workbook by Layla F. Saad To Follow:Jonelle Lewis @jonelleyogaToral Shah @theurbankitche@nurturing.me@thesoulspaceKimiko Tao Fujimoto @templemileend

Today, we're launching season 2 of the Crystals, Clits, and Climate podcast! In this first episode, you'll hear from our founder Hannah Phang on the big themes that emerged out of season 1 that we will continue to explore in the season ahead.

Our season one finale brings together some of the expert voices we heard through the season to discuss the key learnings we've had over the past few months as well as our tips and advice around spirituality, sexuality, and sustainability. This community conversation is hosted by Hannah Phang, featuring: Emma Love, the Crystals, Clits, and Climate podcast producerHilary Tam, Sustainability Strategy Director of ArmZachi Brewster, Abortion and Miscarriage Doula, and sex educatorChantal Russel, Founder of The Well Women Wisdom School

In this episode, we're joined by Charly Cox who is the founder of Climate Change Coaches, which teaches coaching skills to people who want to influence and empower others to act in favour of the environment. Climate change is a topic that leaves many of us feeling powerless and stuck. We know that people do consider climate change to be the most urgent issue of our time, however, we also know that people are feeling especially powerless and stuck right now because of coronavirus. Charly covers how she coaches people through climate anxiety and how you can apply that to what you may be feeling now. There are some really helpful insights and please let us know if you have any other tips that you recommend that we can share with the community.And if you’ve been listening throughout the season and have been enjoying what you hear, we would be honoured if you could rate and leave a review. In addition, we’d love your honest feedback so feel free to get in touch if you have ideas or suggestions of what you’d like to hear more of.

Annalise has been working as a Healer since 2006. She works from the perspective that difficult life experiences, cyclical life patterns, and core beliefs will often interfere with our ability to achieve our full potential and reach personal goals. She approaches healing from a foundation that considers mind-body-spirit connections and the impact they have over our emotions, beliefs and spiritual expression. Her personal and professional interests, beliefs and experiences moved her towards building her knowledge through the use of modalities that facilitate emotional, physical and spiritual integration. With a BA in Sociology, a Social Work Diploma and now studying Psychology, she blends her subtle body skills Reiki, Intuitive Healing, and Breathwork practices to guide you towards a deeper more rewarding relationship with yourself. She has found these approaches to be particularly effective in working through physical, mental and emotional blocks

Ali Hedone is the founder of the Holistic Sex Squad based in Sydney Australia and Bliss School facilitator. In our conversation we talk all things sex, sexuality, pleasure, orgasms, including how our beliefs around sex are formed. Ali offers some practices, exercises and prompts to help us reflect on our relationship to sex.Ali Hedone Instagram: @ali_hedoneEmail: ali.hedone@gmail.comResources mentioned:BlisSchool by Aida Luciehttps://www.belongtobliss.life/blisschoolThe BlisSchool Facilitator Training is for women who want to enjoy a more fulfilled and pleasurable sex life and become beacons for sexual liberation and wholeness for other women.OMG Yeshttps://www.omgyes.comThe Science of Women’s Pleasure. Finally- an honest, informative, research-based approach to women’s pleasure. Explore what feels good and why and make a great thing even better.

Bonus episode following our original conversation with Christina Disler, the founder of Werklab co-working space in Vancouver which is all about wellness and is also the founder of The Werk which is a digital publication with amazing content about shifting work culture. In this quick chat, we gain insight from Christina on how to use this time in self-isolation and working from home to re-connect and re-evaluate our relationship to work and our purpose.

In this episode, we're speaking with Christina Disler, the founder of Werklab co-working space in Vancouver which is all about wellness and is also the founder of The Werk which is a digital publication with amazing content about shifting work culture towards wellness and wellbeing. Christina has been on a really interesting journey herself and combines her background in HR with her passion and experience in wellness and spirituality to show how interconnected our work lives are with ourselves as people and souls on a planet. We speak with Christina about all things work culture, creating workspaces that foster wellness, and how spirituality, sexuality, and sustainability impact and influence our work lives as well as the type of work that we are doing.This interview is coming out at a really interesting time in the world. With everything that is happening in the world because of the coronavirus, there is a lot of time to reflect on work, our purpose, why we do what we do, how our work makes us feel. So I hope this is a helpful episode for anyone who is feeling a shift in their work at the moment. We are also going to be putting out some bonus content later this week with Christina about working from home and how to ensure we stay well.

Alexandra Fine is the co-founder of Dame Products. Dame is a sexual wellness brand that has some amazing products such a vibrators or pillow wedges that are designed based on users needs. Alex is originially trained as a sexologist and with her co-founder, Janet, who is an MIT trained engineer, they focus on the tools, the community for people to connect and share, and the education we all need about sex in order to help close the Pleasure Gap. In our chat, we talk about the pleasure gap is, the questions Alex gets most about sex and masturbation and tips she recommends most. Enjoy!Dame Products: https://www.dameproducts.comUse promo code CCC2020 at checkout for 15% offContent and Education:https://swell.damewellness.coArticles mentioned by Alex on SwellProstate Stimulation: https://swell.damewellness.co/the-p-spot-guide-that-everyone-needs/Feeling Shame After Watching Porn: https://swell.damewellness.co/why-do-people-feel-so-bad-about-watching-porn/Medical Grade Silicon: https://www.dameproducts.com/blogs/news/what-does-medical-grade-really-mean?_pos=2&_sid=e8ce55c1c&_ss=rFollow DameInstagram: @dameproductsTwitter: @DameProducts

Chantal Russell is an international yogini, best selling author, holistic nutritionist, and ayurvedic wellness consultant. She is passionate about awakening and reclaiming the sacred feminine, creative Shakti power within us all. Whether through yoga and meditation, simple daily ritual, moon gatherings, conscious lifestyle design, curiosity or conversation, her desire is to empower women with practical wisdom. Chantal shares her insights from her personal journey and her experience with cancer and motherhood. We go into her thoughts on eastern and western medicines, we talk about the impact that the climate crisis has on our bodies and our spirits and loads more.More about Chantal:Entrepreneur, Tantric Yogini, Mother, Cancer Thriver, Lover of all things Wellness. https://www.chantalrussell.comhttps://www.instagram.com/chantalrussell/https://www.instagram.com/thewell_women/Chantal’s Yoga and Wellness Studio on Bowen Islandhttp://thewellonbowen.comhttps://www.instagram.com/thewellonbowen/Resources mentioned in the episode:Joseph Campbell (The Hero’s Journey)Campbell’s book on the subject is a massive work of comparative myth called The Hero With A Thousand Faces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_FacesAs Chantal says, there are a few additional steps (beyond the Hero’s…) to the Heroine’s Journey. Some additional resources on this are: The Heroine’s Journey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroine%27s_journeyhttps://heroinejourneys.com/heroines-journey/Clarissa Pinkola Estés fantastic book: Women Who Run With The WolvesThe last chapter is a beautiful culmination of the myths and stories she’s been collecting and recounting here of the Wild Woman Archetype, that is her version of the Heroine’s Journey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Who_Run_with_the_WolvesMists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The book that led Chantal to begin her reclamation journey of her priestess-ness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mists_of_AvalonRobert Augustus Masters:Author of the book Chantal recommended regarding Spiritual Bypassinghttps://www.robertmasters.com/book/spiritual-bypassing/The reclamation of Mary Magdalene— as one of Jesus’s most influential apostles. ‘Not a prostitute, or public sinner, but a primary witness’ https://reclaimmagdalene.orgPriestess of Avalon Trainings with Glastonbury Goddess Temple. “Train in Glastonbury, the Gateway to the Sacred Isle of Avalon:https://goddesstempleteachings.co.uk/priestessofavalon/

Zachi Brewster is a miscarriage and abortion doula as well as a pleasure advocate. In this episode, we cover the basics of what a miscarriage and an abortion are and how she supports people who are going through that experience. We talk about how they are incredibly common but people feel like it’s something that they can’t talk about or need to keep a secret and the impact that has on those who have gone through it. Zachi shares some tips and advice for those who have gone through and those who haven’t but how we can support our friends and family who have. And in addition to all that, we discuss pleasure and what it means to be a pleasure advocate. #bigwombenergy

In this episode of the Crystals, Clits and Climate podcast, we’re speaking with Courtney Chew who is the founder of OCIN. OCIN is a lifestyle brand and eco-conscious swim label based in Vancouver, Canada. OCIN exists to connect human beings to our most open, free and conscious selves, to motivate awareness, break barriers, and inspire positive actions for our communities, our earth, and our oceans. We speak about how OCIN helps people reconnect to their relationship to nature and become mindful of how swimwear and sizing makes people feel. Resources from this episode:https://www.ocin.coEcoNyl regenerated nylon: https://www.econyl.com

Lisa Matzi is the lead product designer of Ferly, which is an audio guide to mindful sex delivered through a beautiful app. As the lead product designer, Lisa carried out extensive user research, speaking with hundreds of women about their relationships to themselves, to others and their relationship to sex. From the insights gained from that research, Lisa developed prototypes and eventually the final app. In our conversation we find out what mindful sex actually is, the main questions and commonalities that Lisa heard across the hundreds of interviews she did, how shame influences our relationship to pleasure, and so much more. No matter what your relationship to sex is, whether it’s something that makes you uncomfortable or something that you love to explore, there’s something in Ferly and in this episode for you. Have a listen, download the app and let us know what you think!Resources:Ferly app: https://weareferly.com/Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Come-You-Are-surprising-transform/dp/1925228010

Hilary Tam is strategy director at Futerra and helps to build the sustainability strategies formany organizations, such Google and IKEA. She knows the latest thinking on what’s happening in sustainability and how businesses can help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.Hilary will be a regular voice on the podcast, giving us the 101 on a variety of sustainability related topics. There is obviously a lot to cover here but we wanted to start with Hilary herself as she’s had quite an interesting journey to becoming the sustainability expert she is. From beauty queen to climate activist, to where she is now as a recognized sustainability professional, no matter what career you’ve had, Hilary has some really helpful insights into navigating different interests and different sides of yourself.For more information on Hilary and her work, visit www.wearefuterra.comMusic for the Crystals, Clits and Climate podcast is provided by Lauren Desburg. http://www.laurendesbergmusic.com