Disobedient Femmes

I spoke with a man this week who offered me advice based on his many years of experience in “the business” . When he was first starting out, he told me that many people had helped him. Now wanted to give back. I believed his motivations were sincere. The problem was his help.Ostensibly, the conversation was to help me. But he spent most of his time talking about his successes and the difficulties he experienced.To every question I asked, he shook his head, and with the heavy side told me that as an outsider, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to do what he had done. According to him, I had to have certain credentials, the kind that those in the business recognized. Without them, it would be impossible for me to be taken seriously by people in “the business.” “But,  good luck,” he said, and I believed he meant it.I decided to disregard everything he told me.Not because he was wrong about what he knows. I'm sure his advice is based on the reality of his experience. I'm sure that if I did some research, I would find evidence that the obstacles he perceives are quite real. In the past, I have pledged allegiance to these kinds of discouraging realities. Where did they leave me?Frustrated. Timid, Beholden to the opinions of authorities, who may be willing to share their secrets provided I follow their advice. Because I believed that these authorities, like this man were right, I concluded, I must not not know enough and so I discounted my own opinions,  and retooled my dreams according to the rules of their reality I didn't dare do anything I was likely to fail at which as it turned out, were all of the things that were worth doing. Here's what I now know.: To whatever extent you dare to do what you love you set into motion energies that are unpredictable and powerful. doing the things that excite and light you up, create a momentum that travels under an inside barriers and around the limitations that tell you what is and is not possible. In ignoring naysayers, including the voices of doubt within me, I  am giving credence what might be possible.This may or may not give me a way around the obstacles.  But my path is not circumscribed by these obstacles, but by something else.: My visions, my desire,  the reality that I am reaching for, even if it doesn't yet exist.The naysayers could be right. They probably are.  But, even with the reality  the “real world” on their side. I no longer care. The exhilaration of trying to do what no one thinks is possible, even me, teels like it's changing the so called “real world.”It's making me feel happier. And it's making me braver than I've been in a long time. It's one clear indication that I am indeed on my way to becoming a real badass.P.S. I've created a kind of compass for helping myself discern what advice I will take in and what advice I will disregard.  I've included some of the questions I ask myself. I've also included a template for you to use to create your very own compass too.  Download it below.Compass of Discernment This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with stylist and founder of Have a Stylegasm, Jennifer Koch. They discuss:* What style is and how it's connected to how you showing up and being visible* What a stylist does and why fashion matters* How style doesn't necessarily require spending a lot of money and her “Shop Your Closet” Workshop* How she incorporates energy work into her work with her clients* How style can promote self acceptance and greater appreciation of the body you haveTo find out more about Jennifer Koch's work, visit her on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haveastylegasm/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

In this episode of  Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with social media  and personal branding photographer Julia Mae Hunt. Among other things,   Suzanne and Julia discuss:How taking a photograph makes you vulnerableWhat social media photography isHow storytelling is part of both photojournalism and social branding photographyThe surprising ways having your picture taken can help you to develop confidenceThe kinds of simple changes that over time can make a big difference in physical health as well as emotional emotional well-beingHow changes in lifestyle and eating habits have to be enjoyable to be sustainableHow emotional eating needs to be understood and addressedThe importance of loving your body regardless of weightTo find out more about  Julia's work visit:https://www.juliamaephotography.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

In this episode of  Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with women's weight loss and body love coach, Sarah Hass.  Suzanne and Sarah discuss:How Sarah's son's diagnosis of childhood diabetes started her on the path to building a healthy lifestyle for her familyThe kinds of simple changes that over time can make a big difference in physical health as well as emotional emotional well-beingHow changes in lifestyle and eating habits have to be enjoyable to be sustainableHow emotional eating needs to be understood and addressedThe importance of loving your body regardless of weightTo find out more about Sarah's work visit: https://sarahhaaswellness.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

How can pleasure lead us to greater personal power?In this episode of The Shaman's Notebook, leading sexuality and embodiment coach, Grace Willow talks about the journey that led her to heal herself and then develop the tools and experiences to heal others.In the interview Grace talks about:Barely surviving a car accident where she suffered a traumatic brain injury, and a whole host of other problems that left her unable to care for her young daughter, work, or function in her daily life.The energy healing that turned everything around helped her to awaken and remember her own healing powers. The importance of pleasure in being able to heal and thriveWhat embodiment meansHolding a higher vision and helping those she works with remember their true selvesFor more about Grace's work, visit:gracejwillow.comFor more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

How do brief encounters with strangers change us?In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, I speak with essayist, teacher, and editor Colleen Kinder who has just published Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us. In the interview, Ms. Kinder talks about: How she came up with the idea to do a book of letters about encounters with strangers from a meeting with Pico IyerThe different ways someone may be considered a stranger Travel writing vs. stories of placeWhy sometimes we are able to tell truths to strangers that we may not tell to people who know us wellHow brief encounters with people who don't know well or at all can profoundly change our livesFor more about Colleen Kinder's work visit https://www.offassignment.com/ and http://www.colleenkinder.com/For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

“Horses, in their capacity to heal, become a mirror of ourinner life. This is where and how the work begins. The horsethat chooses us reflects our deepest self to us.”While in Costa Rica for a month to work on writing a book Rosalyn Berne decided to go to take a break and go horseback riding. What happened on that trip, changed the course of her life. She discovered her abilities as a horse whisperer. In this episode of the Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Rosalyn Berne, horse whisperer, write,r and professor of ethics. In this interview Rosalyn Berne talks about:The incident that led to her being able to hear and speak to horsesThe process of hearing and communicating with horsesThe important lessons she learned from speaking with horsesA mistake she made that taught her an important lesson about the nature of respect Her science fiction novelHer work as an ethicist and bringing her work with horses into the academyFor more about Rosalyn's work visit http://rosalynberne.com (rosalynberne.com)For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with prolific writer and artist Susie Hodge who has just published Art Quake.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Anna Reser and Leila McNeill, authors of Forces of Nature: The Women: The Women Who Changed Science.In this interview, Anna and Leila discuss:The reasons why so few women scientists have been included in the history of scienceSome of the fascinating women scientists whose work is featured in Forces of NatureThe institutional barriers that often barred women from the spaces where scientific discoveries and innovation were recordedThe difference that women's perspectives and experiences make in how science is practiced and understood.For more about Anna Reser and Leilla McNeil's work, visit https://www.ladyscience.com/podcast (https://www.ladyscience.com/podcast),http://annareser.com/ (annareser.com/) and http://leilamcneill.com (leilamcneill.com)For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

What would you risk to be free?In this episode of Disobedient femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with author Trisha Thomas about her latest book, What Passes as Love.Set in antebellum Virginia, What Passes as Love tells the story of Dahlia Holt a light-skinned black woman who works as a servant in the home of a large slave owner who is in fact her father, waiting on his daughters who are also her sisters.Among other things Ms. Thomas talks about:How she got started as a writerHer nine-book Nappily Book series, one of which was made into a Netflix movie.The photograph of three sisters that lead her to write the novelHow love is similar but also different at presentHow the past history of slavery in the U.S has continued at present.For more about Trisha Thomas and her books visit:https://www.trisharthomas.com/For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

What would it take for a robot to be able to make you a sandwich?In this episode, Suzanne LaGrande interviews science writer Kathryn Hulick, who has just published Welcome to the Future: Robot Friends, Fusion Energy, Pet Dinosaurs, and more.In the discussion, Ms. Hulick talks about:How her love of science fiction led her to write about science for kids and about the great need there is for more books about science written for kids. The process of writing Welcome to the Future and how she took popular topics such as robots, cities in space, living forever, endless clean energy, and food for all and did extensive interviews with scientists to help assess the feasibility of these ideas.The possibilities and dangers of artificial intelligence and the surprising complexity involved in “simple” human activities like making a sandwichGenetic engineering, what's feasible and what's desirableGiving students a nuanced understanding of the science and the ethical questions involved in making decisions about the technology of the future. For more about Kathryn's work, visit http://kathrynhulick.com/.Twitter: @khulick Instagram: @kathryn_hulickTikTok: @kathryn_hulickFor more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer, blogger, online art curator Sarah Elizabeth who has just published The Art of the Occult, a visual sourcebook for the Modern Mystic. The book draws together artists from a variety of occult sources and practices: from theosophy and kabbalah, from alchemy; spiritualism to sacred geometry. It introduces the ideas behind different occult traditions and showcases the artists who have been influenced by them. Included in the book are symbolic and mythical images of the Pre-Raphaelites; the automatic drawing of Hilma Af Klint and Madge Gill; Leonora Carrington's surrealist interpretation of myth, alchemy, and Kabbalah; and much more.In the interview, Ms. Elizabeth discusses how her interest curiosity about art and artists that she loved, combined with her interest in occult themes inspired this book, how art juxtaposes different realities, and how it helps ask important questions particularly in times of upheaval. For more about Sarah Elizabeth's work visit https://unquietthings.com/ or https://linktr.ee/ghoulnextdoor (https://linktr.ee/ghoulnextdoor)For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande interviews Creative Coach and founder of PDX Vox, Marie Schumacher. Marie discusses why cultivating creativity is important, how she works with the inner critic, and ways that people can overcome anxiety and cultivate wonder. For more about her work, visit https://www.pdxvox.comFor more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Disobedient Femmes begins its the third season! Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer and author Kate Hodges who has just published Warriors Witches, and Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females. Ms. Hodges discusses how both feminism and stories about monsters and ghosts helped inspire her book, which is a compendium of fascinating female figures from World mythologies. The book includes figures from mythology such as Cassandra as well as actual women who have become legends such as Yennenga, a warrior, princess, and mother who lived over 900 years ago in Burkina Faso. Other characters includeBewitching, banished Circe, an introvert famed and feared for her transfigurative powers. The righteous Furies, defiantly unrepentant about their dedication to justice. Fun-loving Ame-no-Uzume makes quarreling friends laugh and terrifies monsters by flashing at them.The fateful Morai sisters spin a complex web of birth, life, and death. From feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Vodou goddesses, Warriors, Witches and Women retells each heroine's story and raises important questions about how we may draw on these stories to understand the lives of women at present. For more about Kate Hodge's work, visit https://katehodges.org. (https://katehodges.org.)For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

More than ever, comedy is a powerful source of influence and social critique. Suzanne LaGrande interviews Caty Borum Chattoo and Lauren Feldman, authors of A Comedian and An Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Borum Chattoo and Feldman talk about the ways that comedy breaks through digital clutter and and offers a hopeful and sustainable way of calling attention to serious issues. They also talk about different kinds of comedy and the emergence of new voices, political perspectives and forms of political activism as a result of new forms of digital media. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Why do people cheat?Does love at first sight exist? What makes for a healthy relationship?Suzanne LaGrande interviews poet and writer Laura Mucha, author of Love Understood:The Science of Who, How and Why We Love. Does love at first sight exist? What makes for a healthy relationship?Suzanne LaGrande interviews poet and writer Laura Mucha, author of Love Understood:The Science of Who, How and Why We Love. On this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Mucha talks about how she interviewed hundreds of strangers, from the ages of 8 to 95 in more than 40 countries, asking them to share their most personal stories, feelings, and insights about love and relationships. Drawing on psychology, philosophy, anthropology and statistics, Love Understood combines evidence, theory and everyday experience and is the perfect read for anyone who is curious about how we thing, feel and behave when it comes to love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

What happened to women who got pregnant before Roe v Wade? Suzanne LaGrande interviews filmmaker, community activist and writer Lani Jo Leigh about her memoir, Unfit: The Tale of One Pregnant Teen in the Bible Belt Before Women Had Choice. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Leigh talks about what it was like to be get pregnant as a young woman in the Bible Belt, the family and larger social pressures that lead her to spend six months in a home for unwed mothers where she was forced to to give her child up for adoption. As one of 1.5 million girls and young women who were sent to maternity homes and coerced into relinquishing their babies, she talks about the enforced silence, shame and long term emotional and social consequences of this experience. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews speaker, midlife coach and writer Janna Lopez, author of Me, My Selfie, and Eye: A midlife conversation about lost identity, grief and seeing who you are. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Lopez shares an intimate portrait of midlife identity loss, which she characterizes not as a crisis, but as a necessary journey for self discovery. According to Lopez, part of the midlife journey involves letting go of old identities, and the grief that accompanies that loss in a culture that doesn't make room for grief. She also talks about how transitioning through one's identity loss is made more difficult by social media's constant influence. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

What if we changed our story about why we eat? Suzanne LaGrande interviews clinical psychologist Dr. Anita Johnston specializes in eating disorders and women's issues. Johnston is author of Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform their relationships with Food Through Myths, Metaphors and Storytelling. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Johnston explains what “disordered eating" means, the connection between eating disorders and diet culture, and why food isn't really the problem; it's a red herring that diverts us from the real, complex issues underlying disordered eating. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

What if we believed women? Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer Jaclyn Friedman, co-author of Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change The World. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Friedman discusses how women speaking up to publicly expose behavior that was previously only whispered about -- is both changing our culture and also sparking a backlash. The book draws on the contributions of many important voices in feminism today and explores how trusting women is the critical foundation for future progress.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

What would make a feminist, non-practicing Jew-ish New Yorker decide to join an evangelical mega-church in Houston, Texas?Suzanne LaGrande speaks with musician and writer Cameron Dezen Hammon, author of This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Cameron Denzen Hammon talks about her search for love, and community and her story of finding and losing faith.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande speaks with coach, facilitator and self described “radical pleasurist,” about her mission to increase pleasure in her life and in the lives of those in her community. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Treyger discusses her journey from people pleasure to radical pleasurist, the importance of pleasure, and the need to expand our understanding of what it involves and how it can lead to a more satisfying and joyful life. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews feminist writer Caroline Criado-Perez, author of Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed For Men. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes,Criado-Perez discusses how data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. At the same time, hidden gender biases in data helps perpetuate gender inequality. Much of the data we rely on treats men as the default and women as atypical. As a result, gender bias and discrimination are baked into our systems and women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews award-winning writer, teacher, and community activist Apricot Irving. She is the author of Gospel of Trees: A Memoir, a lyrical meditation on ecology, loss and the tangled history of missions in Haiti, which won the 2019 Oregon Book Award. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Irving talks about what it was like to grow up in Haiti, her father's mission to preserve wild spaces through tree planting, the history of colonialism and the complex relationships within her own family. She also discusses the destructiveness of believing one can do it right and how how failure can be the wisest of teachers. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande speaks with journalist, writer, media educator Lisa Loving, author of Street Journalist: Understand and Report the News in Your Community.In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Lisa talks about her career in grassroots journalism, the future of journalism and news media in general, and why it's important for ordinary people to understand and report the news. Lisa Loving is a former newspaper editor, host of news and public affairs radio shows including Democracy in Motion and Wednesday Talk radio on KBOO Community Radio, and travels around the country giving workshops and lectures on Street Reporting.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews award-winning screenwriter, film director, and director Gemma Whelan. Whelan is the artistic director and founder of the Corrib theater, a theater in Portland Oregon dedicated to producing plays by contemporary Irish playwrights.In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Whelan discusses immigrating from Ireland to study theater in the Bay Area, being one of the few women theater directing students at UC Berkeley, why she founded the Corrib Theater and how contemporary Irish plays are an important mirror for what is happening in the U.S. at present. Gemma Whelan is an Irish-born theatre director and educator. Gemma has directed more than seventy-five stage productions and is also an award-winning screenwriter, film director, and published novelist.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

How is our new digital media world is changing our world for better and for worse? How do we create, resist or change social norms around digital devices? Suzanne LaGrande interviews psychologist, activist, speaker Doreen Dogen-Magee, author of Deviced: Balancing Life and Technology in Today's Digital World. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Dogen-Magee discusses how technology has allowed us to be connected to more people and more kinds of people that ever before. Yet, social anxiety and depression are on the rise, and there is evidence to suggest it is connected to our increasing reliance electronic media in place of face to face communication. How can we set limits to media use when we are required to be responsive to a variety of media at school, work and within our interpersonal relationships? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews Ayser Salman, writer, editor, and author of The Wrong End of the Table: A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit In. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Salman traces her unlikely journey from Baghdad to Hollywood, by way of Ohio, Saudi Arabia, and Kentucky. First comes Immigration, then Naturalization, and finally Assimilation—trying to fit in among her blonde-haired, blue-eyed counterparts, but always feeling left out.Part memoir and part how-not-to guide, The Wrong End of the Table is everything you wanted to know about Arabs but were afraid to ask, as well as the story of every American outsider on a path to find themselves in a country of beautiful diversity.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Why do we love music? Why do we turn to music to comfort ourselves after a breakup? Why does music have the power to unite a group of people? In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande interviews opera singer and neuroscientist Indre Viskontas, author of How Music Can Make Us Better. Viskontas discusses the connection between neuroscience and music, why people prefer some kinds of music and hate other kinds, how music is used in healing and can make society as a whole better.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews researcher, editor, and writer Katherine Rowland, author of The Pleasure Gap: American Women and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution.In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Rowland discusses why how American culture is more sexually liberal than ever, yet millions of American women experience the sexual malaise clinically known as low sexual desire. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred women and dozens of sexual health professionals, Rowland argues that the pleasure gap is neither a medical malady nor a psychological condition but rather a result of our culture's troubled relationship with women's sexual expression. This provocative exploration of modern sexuality makes a case for closing the gap for good.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande speaks with award-winning composer, singer, performance artist and founder of the Big Mouth Society, Emily Lau. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Lau discusses her career as a professional classically trained singer, the life-changing event that lead her to composing and her work as director of Big Mouth Society, a community-supported collective of musicians that that celebrates a diversity of viewpoints and furthers social discourse by mixing artistic exploration with commentary on issues of the day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

n this episode of Disobedient Femmes Suzanne LaGrande talks to award- winning journalist, professor at New York University, and author of the recently published book, Diversity Inc, The Failed Promise of a Billion Dollar Business.Some of the topics discussed in the interview include:How the call for greater diversity and inclusion in public and private workplaces became a billion dollar business. Why these programs have overwhelming failed to make necessary changes in workplace diversityActual solutions that would create real inclusion and true diversity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande interviews journalist, writer, and editor Lily Dancyger about her recently published collection of essays, Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger. The twenty-two essays in this collection from writers of diverse ages and backgrounds explore the things that make the writers angry and represent the varieties of women's anger and the different ways they find to express it. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Dancyger discusses why some of the reasons why women's anger has been suppressed and why it's important for women to be able to express the full range of their emotions.For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below.Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in craft magic and other healing arts https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon).For even more about me, as well as strange, mostly true stories and magic spells visit me at http://suzannelagrande.com/ (suzannelagrande.com) Thanks so much for listening!★☆★ CONNECT WITH ME ★☆★Website ➜ https://www.suzannelagrande.com/ (https://www.suzannelagrande.com/)Podcast ➜https://www.shamansnotebook.com/ (https://www.shamansnotebook.com/) Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehealingsalon)Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/ (https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_lagrande/)Pinterest ➜ https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/ (https://www.pinterest.com/suzannelagrande/)Original theme music composed by Edward Givens. For more about his work, visit: https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/ (https://edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

Suzanne LaGrande talks with journalist, teacher and renowned feminist writer Ariel Gore about her new book, Hexing The Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells and Magical Elixirs to Embolden Resistance. In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Gore talks about how magic has always been a resource for the disenfranchised and the different ways it may be used to harness power and vanquish institutional oppressions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com

It's 2021 and you're ready to hear from the people who have been taking care of you and the world for as long as we can all remember — women. Listen to interviews with kick-ass woen artists, activists and storytellers and social change makers who are reimagining the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.disobedientfemmes.com