o heaux-ly night

welcome to our last episode of the O Heaux-ly Night podcast. For this episode I am leading a guided meditation inspired by the Christmas star that led the Magi to Jesus. In this episode I reflect on what this story teaches me about pursuing hope, healing and liberation. There is also an invitation for guided journaling. _____ CONNECT WITH CAMILLE Twitter, Instagram, TikTok: @hellocamilleh Patreon: www.patreon.com/hellocamille Website: www.camillehernandez.com

I speak with Rose J Percy about the theology of survival. We talk about what it is, how it has shaped our lives, and what steps we are taking towards our individual and collective freedom. ----- Resources Sisters in the Wilderness by Delores S. Williams https://bookshop.org/books/sisters-in-the-wilderness-the-challenge-of-womanist-god-talk/9781626980389 Coaching from Erna Kim Hackett - Liberated Together https://www.liberatedtogether.com/ Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving Adulthood by Patrick B. Reyes https://bookshop.org/books/nobody-cries-when-we-die-god-community-and-surviving-to-adulthood/9780827225312 ----- CONNECT WITH CAMILLE www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, TikTok, Twitter: @hellocamilleh CONNECT WITH ROSE www.rosejpercy.com Instagram, Twitter: @rosejpercy

This episode was created in memoriam of author, educator, and activist bell hooks. Camille reflects on the weight of the pursuit of liberation, Black feminist thought, womanist theology, and what it means to affirm wholeness in places that are no longer whole. ----- Resources Appalachian Elegy by bell hooks https://bookshop.org/books/appalachian-elegy-poetry-and-place/9780813136691 Christ Our Black Mother Speaks by Christena Cleveland https://www.christenacleveland.com/shop/christourblackmotherspeaks ------- Connect with Camille www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, TikTok, Twitter: @hellocamilleh

Today's episode is a meditation inspired by my experiences birthing three children. This is a meditation and bodywork activity called a "somatic release" that helps people breathe deeply, ease tension, and find safety within their body. -------- CONNECT WITH CAMILLE Website: www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, TikTok, Twitter: @hellocamilleh Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hellocamille

I talk with my dear friend Jia Johnson about the topic of love and rage. Oftentimes, the two feelings are placed in opposition to one another, but Jia dismantles that idea to help us understand that there is not only connection but also goodness within our rage. ------- SHOW NOTES Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens https://bookshop.org/books/love-and-rage-the-path-of-liberation-through-anger-9781623174095/9781623174095 Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks https://bookshop.org/books/teaching-to-transgress-education-as-the-practice-of-freedom/9780415908085 The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones https://bookshop.org/books/the-1619-project-a-new-origin-story/9780593230572 ------- Connect with Camille Website: www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, TikTok, Twitter: @hellocamilleh Connect with Jia Website: www.jiajohnson.com Instagram: @jiaajohnson Twitter: @lejiajohnson

Today I talk with Nallely Lopez about the process of spiritual direction to find out freedom. Nallely López is a Lawtina, Spiritual Director, Pastor, and Eldest Daughter of Immigrant Parents. I serve Jesus and my community wholeheartedly as both a challenger and advocate. As a Lawtina, she strives to be a protector of the people who fight like Nehemiah did with a sword in one hand and a tool in the other. For the past years, Nallely has been reclaiming her Pentecostal background as she taps into the spiritual strengths of Hispanic/Latino ministry leaders and students, exploring Pentecostalism and Charismatic theology, identifying the work of the Holy Spirit within the contemplative stream and build upon the strong communal values with the Hispanic/Latino community. ---------- CONNECT WITH CAMILLE www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, Twitter, TikTok @hellocamilleh CONNECT WITH NALLELY Instagram: @wonder_nelly ---------- Resources... Finding a Spiritual Director SDI: https://www.sdicompanions.org/ Grafted Life: https://www.graftedlife.org/spiritual-direction/esda Books: Reclaiming Your Story: https://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Your-Story-History-Spiritual/dp/0664256414/ref=asc_df_0664256414/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312090128763&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13904754597974466831&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031000&hvtargid=pla-570458009895&psc=1 Journey with Jesus: Discovering the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius: https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Jesus-Discovering-Spiritual-Exercises-ebook/dp/B003URQJ50 Resource Centers: National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org/about-sexual-assault Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - 24/7 Hotline: https://www.rainn.org/

The practice of hope requires us to journey through grief. Today's meditation is inspired by the verses in Matthew 2:17-18 which confirms a prophesy foretold in the Hebrew Bible (Jeremiah 31:15). Together we're reflecting on the hope we've built in this year by naming our joy, acknowledging what we grieve and seeing the connections we've made along the way.

I speak with Meleca Consultado, a Filipina-American educator and organizer, about how she uses celebration as a tool for resistance and remembrance. In this conversation we talk about preserving our Filipinx heritage through gathering, the importance of context & intentionality, the differences between hope and toxic positivity, why we need to expand the idea of registries beyond weddings & babies, and the cultural relevance of Filipino spaghetti (#IYKYK). ______ Meleca and I reference our strengthsfinder talents and the enneagram. If you're unfamiliar with both check out the link below Clifton Strengthsfinder: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252137/home.aspx Enneagram: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ ---------- CONNECT WITH CAMILLE www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, Twitter, TikTok @hellocamilleh CONNECT WITH MELECA Instagram: @therootedsojourner

In this episode I have a conversation with activist and theologian Heidi Lepe on our experiences with body policing within the church and how it perpetuated spiritual abuse, objectification, and hindered the healing path of sexual abuse survivors. Interwoven in this conversation is how the life of Mary inspires our collective liberation from these systems of dominance. ---- Latinas Evangelicas https://bookshop.org/books/latina-evangelicas-a-theological-survey-from-the-margins/9781608991365 ----- CONNECT WITH CAMILLE: www.camillehernandez.com Follow on instagram, twitter and tiktok at @hellocamilleh ----- CONNECT WITH HEIDI: Twitter @heidilepe Instagram: @shetheordinary and @heidilizabeth

Today's podcast is a meditation to help us visualize finding safety and setting boundaries. Loosely based off of the story of the Visitation (Luke 1:39–56) and Psalm 46, this interactive podcast combines mindfulness and journaling activities to pursue a path towards having healthy relationship with yourself and others. --- Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab https://www.nedratawwab.com/set-boundaries-find-peace

For today's interview I speak with Sharday Renee about all the things relevant to us as Black, Indigenous and Asian moms with trauma. We start the conversation with our experiences birthing our pandemic babies, how the Black maternal health crisis impacts our maternal care, why gentle parenting isn't enough for moms with trauma, and creating our own vision for a restorative-ancestral-wisdom-spiritual-healing-based motherhood. Sharday is a wife to one, mama to three young royalty. She is a social reformer currently returning home to the art of storytelling. This tradition is an artform that is deeply embedded into her through her afro-Indigenous roots. Sharday is most aligned within herself when she nurtures empowered-interwoven stories to inspire those around her to rise. Show notes: The Black Maternal Health Crisis in America https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/maternal-mortality/index.html

Join Camille as she speaks with Alicia T. Crosby about the harm caused by purity culture, their efforts to reclaim the parts of their sexuality they denied, and their exploits as heauxs. ---- Alicia T. Crosby (she/hers) is a justice educator, activist, and minister whose work addresses the spiritual, systemic, and interpersonal harm people experience. Through her teaching, writing, speaking, and space curation, Alicia helps individuals, communities, and institutions explore and unpack topics related to identity, justice, journey, and intersectional equity. This native New Yorker channels her creativity into her writing, speaking, and work with nonprofits, educational institutions, corporate entities, faith groups, and communities around the US. ---- Resources: Red Lip Theology by Candice Benbow https://bookshop.org/books/red-lip-theology-for-church-girls-who-ve-considered-tithing-to-the-beauty-supply-store-when-sunday-morning-isn-t-enough/9780593238462 Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown https://bookshop.org/books/pleasure-activism-the-politics-of-feeling-good/9781849353267

Welcome to a podcast about Christmas that isn't taking the time to read the gospels or engage in academic disputes. O Heaux-ly Night is a short devotional podcast series creating space for Women of Color to tell our liberation stories. This episode introduces why this podcase was created and how it plans to walk us through the advent season.