The Opt-In

 Aurora + Kelly went LIVE to wrap-up Season 3 of the Opt-In Podcast.  Missed it? You can catch up with the wrap-up here!⠀This season we touched on so many different aspects of community over the last few months + we want to highlight a few pieces of wisdom that struck a chord in us.⠀⠀Follow the Opt-In on Instagram, Facebook, + Twitter @theoptin.Produced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer + Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Imagine you're a woman in your 30s, an entrepreneur, and you found a planet to live on where you felt great in your mind and body, you had friends that lifted you and your business up and you were surrounded by a diverse group of women that you learned oodles from. Well, welcome to the Rebelle Con community. Shannon Siriano Greenwood is the Founder and CEO of the Rebelle brand, offering a boutique conference experience (Rebelle Con), an in-person membership community (Rebelle Community), and podcast (Rule Breaker by Rebelle) that reaches millennial and Gen X professional women. She's here with Aurora + Kelly to talk about healing, being vulnerable + why there are no experts. Learn more about Rebelle Con here.Follow the Opt-In on Instagram, Facebook, + Twitter @theoptin.Produced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer + Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Everyone has a birth story.  A warrior for sexual and reproductive health, Carmen Green, Vice President of Research & Strategy at National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC), is creating solutions to optimize Black maternal and infant health stories through training, research, policy advocacy and community-centered collaboration.  Aurora + Kelly dig deep into her experience in operationalizing anti-racist frameworks and Black feminist theory in healthcare, policy, and culture.  She's is a writer, reproductive justice activist and doula in training, whose continued commitment is to Black families experiencing wellness and joy and we are here for it.Learn more about Carmen Green and her work at here.Follow the Opt-In on Instagram, Facebook, + Twitter @theoptin.Produced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer + Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Jeff James was one of the good white guys—or so he thought. But when he asked an African American friend how he could help fight the rising tide of racism, he had to think again. "Simple," she shot back, "get rid of whiteness."  Thus began his journey to discover, name, and dismantle the racial category that had defined and advantaged him for a lifetime. Aurora + Kelly sit with Jeff as he shares his discoveries on just how deeply the forces of race have shaped his own choices and how the things we can't see yield the most power.  Us well-meaning white people have a lot of work to do and it's past time to Opt-In.Find out more about Jeff James here: www.givingupwhiteness.comOpt-In on Instagram, Facebook, + Twitter @theoptin.Produced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer + Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

In such turbulent + expansive times, we call on every drop of equanimity we can muster.  Reverend Rhetta Morgan has been gathering tools for healing + inspiration over a lifetime and joins Aurora + Kelly in cultivating hope + connection as a pathway back to wholeness. Regardless of election results, there is transformation to be birthed.  This work of bringing our whole selves to joyful expression contributes to internal, communal + global healing, helping us envision liberation and feel into the futures we are wanting to build. Opt-In on Instagram, Facebook, + Twitter @theoptin.Produced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer + Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in. Connect with Rev. Rhetta Morgan on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Rev-Rhetta-Morgan-62807784639/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Named one of TIME Magazine's top 100 Influential people of 2020, Sister Norma Pimentel has been providing food, shelter, dignity + compassion to migrants seeking refuge in the US. Aurora + Kelly are invited into Sr. Norma's grounded and joyous space to discuss the community which refugees of all different countries create under hazardous circumstances, why we are stuck in our individualism and what we can do to wake up to our sense of belonging. She urgently asks are we on the side that is defending life? Watch Sister Norma Pimentel's Ted Talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/norma_pimentel_restoring_human_dignity_at_the_us_southern_borderLearn more about Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley here: http://www.catholiccharitiesrgv.org/Home.aspx/Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.Produced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

How do we heal the trauma of a country built on stolen land with stolen people? Look no further for a holistic plan for America, than Dr. Gail Christopher.  Dr. Gail is the visionary and architect for the Truth Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Commission, a resolution going in front of the US House of Representatives. Healing is a natural process, whereas our structures of human value is not. Aurora + Kelly sit down in pure reverence with Dr. Gail as she drops truth bombs one after another inciting hope, health, love + justice for ALL. Find out more about Dr. Gail Christopher here: https://drgailcchristopher.com/Follow her on twitter here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Colette Pichon Battle is a climate justice WARRIOR. A generational native of Bayou Liberty, Louisiana, she is founder + ED of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, developing programming focused on Equitable Disaster Recovery, Global Migration, Community Economic Development, Climate Justice + Energy Democracy.  Colette works with local communities, national funders and elected officials in the post-Katrina/post-BP disaster recovery. An Obama fellow and TED Women speaker, she develops advocacy initiatives that intersect with race, systems of power + ecology, and Colette's here with Aurora + Kelly to break it down: climate. justice. Find out more about the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy here: https://www.gcclp.org/Watch Colette Pichon Battle TED talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/colette_pichon_battle_climate_change_will_displace_millions_here_s_how_we_prepareand check out the Jemez Principals here: https://ecology.iww.org/PDF/misc/jemez.pdfFind us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Water is LIFE. As a water scientist and protector, Dr. Kelsey Leonard seeks to establish Indigenous traditions of water conservation as the foundation for international water policy-making. Fighting for legal personhood of water, Dr. Kelsey Leonard represents the Shinnecock Indian Nation on the Mid-Atlantic Committee on the Ocean, which is charged with protecting America's ocean ecosystems and coastlines. With Aurora + Kelly captivated, Dr. Leonard discusses building Indigenous science and knowledge into new solutions for water governance and sustainable oceans.Learn more about Dr. Kelsey Leonard here: http://www.kelseyleonard.com/Follow her on Twitter here.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

We are getting SCHOOL-ed with co-authors, lifelong educators, parents, + great friends Alli Frank + Asha Youmans. Their debut novel, Tiny Imperfections, offers a lighthearted take on race, family, and friendship in the world of elite private schools—a product of their shared experiences as educators and also their differences: Asha, a black woman from Seattle and Alli, a white woman from rural Washington. From elitism in private schools to racism in the publishing industry, Asha + Alli use their stories from in and out of the classroom to encourage each of us to actively seek out differences and to find our inner teacher and student.Learn more about Alli + Asha here: https://alliandasha.com/Buy Tiny Imperfections here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

How do we raise our kids to talk, play, learn and rise up for racial justice? Aurora + Kelly virtually sit with Tia Mathisen, the managing director at The Philadelphia Citizen, whose interest resides in connecting people and building community. Tia is deeply intrigued and ignited by the disparities within the socio-economic structures in society and seeks solutions to combat them. As a social-justice facilitator and co-founder of the Philly's Children's Movement, she is committed to civic engagement and an optimistic believer in the common good. She is also the mom of three amazing disruptors in training who know just how to protest.  Find out more about the Philly Children's Movement here: http://phillychildrensmarch.org/Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Jenna Arnold pulls the curtain back on the proverbial White Woman of Oz to reveal why America's most powerful demographic seems to think they're, well, powerless. She is the author of Raising Our Hands, an educator, social entrepreneur, activist + mother who lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Jenna was one of the National Organizers of the Women's March in 2017 and Oprah named her as one of her “100 Awakened Leaders who are using their voice and talent to elevate humanity”.  Aurora + Kelly have a lot of questions about white women for Jenna and she gets into how white women can stop avoiding hard conversations, start accepting responsibility, and find their place on the new frontlines.Learn more about Jenna Arnold's work here: https://www.jennaarnold.com.Buy Raising Our Hands here.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

For Aurora, community is love, family and life.  For Kelly, community is joining a pool or gym. To break down what community means and how we need it more than ever, they're joined by great friends on the journey small-biz owner Bonkosi Horn of Freedom Apothecary and yogi/entrepreneur Mariel Freeman of Three Queens Yoga to have an intimate conversation about what community means to them and what we yearn for during this fearful time of massive growth and expansion. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

We're back! New episodes of the Opt-in drop next week.The Opt-In is hosted by Kelly + Aurora, two socially, generationally and ethnically divergent besties getting real with honest, messy conversations. This season we're talking all about community.Subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms. And find us know on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookIf we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast. It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Aurora + Kelly are joined by Erica Taxin Bleznak and Lisa Lord, from Season 1's 10,000 White Women: Doing the Work episode, to reflect on Season 2 and share their growth from the last year.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Layla Saad is a globally respected writer, speaker and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change. Aurora + Kelly talk with Layla about her NY Times Bestseller Me + White Supremacy, spiritual white women, and Layla's work to 'become a good ancestor' -- living and working in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation for those who will come after she is gone.Find out more about Layla at www.laylafsaad.com.Buy Me + White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

BONUS MINI EPISODE! Penn State Football Head Coach James Franklin shares with Aurora + Kelly his goal of being the first African-American coach to win a National Championship, how to raise daughters without entitlement and what it's like to be Black in a white sports engine. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Anne Devereux-Mills, an author, speaker, advocate, entrepreneur and corporate leader, was sick of transactional and boring interactions with competitive white women.  After a career spent running advertising agencies in New York and faced with some of her biggest fears come true, Anne craved authentic friendships with deep connection and in 2012, founded Parlay House, a salon-style series of gatherings that now holds events for more than 5,000 women across the U.S. and Europe. Aurora + Kelly with Anne, dive into insights and original research to show how small actions create cascades of positive change for womxn and their communities.  For more information, visit www.parlayhouse.com Buy The Parlay Effect by Anne Devereux-Mills here.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Communication and Human Nature Expert, Award-winning journalist, NPR host and Best-Selling Author Celeste Headlee has us asking why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Why can't we just take a break? Aurora + Kelly dive into her process behind Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing and Underliving as Celeste illuminates a new path ahead, so we can stop sabotaging our well-being, put work aside, and start living instead of doing.  It's time to reverse the trend that's making us all sadder, sicker, and less productive, and return to a way of life that allows us to thrive.Buy DO NOTHING: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing and Underliving  here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Many white people want to do good - but are afraid to say the wrong thing.  Meanwhile, many people of color are exhausted from speaking up. Dr. Amanda Kemp teaches people of all races how to feed their spirits and have joy while they stand for racial justice so they're not exhausted or scared. A scholar, author, racial justice coach and mindfulness mentor, Dr. Amanda sits down with Aurora + Kelly to talk about open-hearted conversations, and consciously using power and practicing compassion to cultivate racial justice and authentic community. People of European decent, People of Color, all people -- prepare to be amazed. For more information on Dr. Amanda's work go to www.dramandakemp.comFind her free Master Class here: https://www.dramandakemp.com/racial-justice-from-the-heart-2And her TedX talk here: https://dramandakemp.lpages.co/tedx-video/Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Jay Coen Gilbert is co-founder of B Lab, a nonprofit organization that serves a global movement of people using business as a force for good. The vision for Certified B Corporations is to change the operating system, culture, and practice of business so that all companies compete to be the best FOR the world, and as a result society will enjoy a shared and durable prosperity for all. As a white dude who has been integral in creating infrastructure for conscious corporations all over the world and ran and sold a multimillion dollar startup himself, Jay sits down with Aurora + Kelly to unpack and unpeel the racist and unconscious rules (or lack thereof) of capitalism, his parents and their stalwart integrity, and how we can vote with each dollar every day. Find B Corp companies at https://bcorporation.net/Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Due Quach (pronounced ‘Zway Kwok') is an inspiring social entrepreneur and author of Calm Clarity: How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment and Joy. Due uses neuroscience and mindfulness to guide organizations to tackle complex social challenges like addressing unconscious bias, healing trauma and building resilience, and building genuine inclusion. A poor refugee from inner-city Philadelphia, Due turned to neuroscience to heal the long-term effects of trauma, graduate from Harvard College and the Wharton School of Business, and build a successful international business career. Aurora + Kelly sit with Due to talk about the Collective Success Network that she started to mentor and empower low-income, first-generation college students to successfully navigate college and enter professional careers. Elevate your brain - and day - with Due's inspiring story. You can find more information about Due's work at www.calmclarity.org. Get a copy of Calm Clarity here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

If we ever needed a narrator to help generations of American people understand where we've come from and the direction we are going, it is Heather McGhee.  A political strategist and distinguished senior fellow at think tank Demos, Heather demystifies the "American Dream" explaining how we have to work much harder to get no where near the generation before us -- and that's just the white folks.  She breaks down how the stories we are told impact policy, how the rules change as the middle class LOOKS different, and how that hurts every American while benefitting very few. She is writing a major book about the personal, economic and societal costs of racism to everyone in America, including white people. According to Heather, this is no time for cynicism -- we can all  opt-in to weave a new, stronger and more joyful social fabric. Follow Heather McGhee on Twitter @hmcghee.Watch Heather's TED Talk here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

THIS is the yoga we've been waiting for. Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer, gets into deep conversation with Aurora + Kelly about the intersections of yoga and justice, embodiment, liberation and spiritual bypassing. She has a deep understanding of trauma and the impact that it has on the mind, body, spirit and heart, and much of Michelle's work focuses on helping people better understand how power and privilege operate in their life. In a culture that literally takes marginalized people's breath away, Michelle explores how privilege, power and oppression affect the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and energy bodies. Take a deep breath... and listen.Follow Michelle C. Johnson @mysticcassandra and @skillinactionHer website is www.michellecjohnson.comBuy Skill in Action here.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

When Daralyse Lyons isn't doing splits or jumping out of airplanes, this former yoga teacher and eternal adrenaline junkie can be found with pen in hand furiously scribbling her latest novel. The "Transformational Storyteller" Daralyse talks with Aurora + Kelly about being "mixed" (half-Black, half-white) - her identity, her heritage - as both her life experience and latest children's book. Daralyse is raw and vulnerable, teaching us that we are each a rich mixture and every bit of it deserves honoring. Buy Daralyse Lyon's children's book, I'm Mixed.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Tech and innovation legend Nilofer Merchant is on a mission to reimagine a future of work that actually works… for all of us. We often listen to the loudest guy in the room.  Or the best looking.   And in reality, most of us are "covering!"  Few industries or brands understand what Merchant calls “Onlyness” – the experience, talent, perspective, and purpose lying untapped in our own people.  What if each of us claimed the spot on the world in which only we stand? Aurora + Kelly kick off Season 2 with a BANG -- Nilofer's insights will inspire your "Onlyness," and hopefully make you a catalyst for magnifiying everyone else's "Onlyness." Check out Nilofer's Harvard Business Review article on Ava Duvernay. And buy her book The Power of Onlyness.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Stay tuned for Season 2 of The Opt-in. The first episode premieres January 21, 2020.The Opt-In podcast is two socially, generationally and ethnically divergent besties getting real with honest, messy conversations about their different experiences with racism, food systems, white supremacy, alternative healthcare and more. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Aurora + Kelly join The Opt-In producer Rachel Ishikawa in reflecting on this past season and share their New Years Revolutions.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Having lived the first half of his life as a Black woman and now over a decade as a Black man, Jaiden Love redefines the term intersectionality. He offers his wisdom as a Diversity and Trans Inclusion Consultant for workplaces, groups, and businesses and works closely with families who have a child or spouse/partner that is living outside of the gender binary social construct.  Jaiden is here with Aurora + Kelly to demystify why we state our pronouns, being trans, what question you can never ask him, and so much more. Find out more about Jaiden Love and EMBRACE here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Joanne Ramos, author of NY Times bestselling novel The Farm, breaks down motherhood, money and meritocracy with Aurora + Kelly this week.  From dormitory housing for domestic workers, to a luxury retreat for surrogates to penthouse apartments for .0001%ers, Joanne knows just how to hook you into her imaginative world while questioning systems of privilege and deprivation. Buy The Farm by Joanne Ramos here. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

April Harter LCSW is an antiracism therapist and coach who helps white people break the rules of antiracism in order to show up authentically in their interracial relationships. Her work is controversial because her theories go against most traditional antiracism "rules." What is her source? Love. Find out more about April Harter here and follow her on Instagram @aprildawnharterlcsw.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

From growing up a white girl in Charlottesville, VA, to becoming a Zen Buddhist Monk for eight years to creating the first for-credit Mindfulness Course in Portland, Oregon high schools, Caverly Morgan's path has been anything but predictable, yet intriguing and purposeful. Aurora + Kelly get intimate with Caverly as she divulges everything from flipping a coin to determine whether she would stay at the monastery to reconciling her relationship with the Black woman domestic worker in her childhood home.  Find out more about Caverly Morgan at https://www.caverlymorgan.org/Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Philadelphia 76ers partner and REFORM Alliance co-chair Michael Rubin talks with Aurora + Kelly and reveals how his friendship with Meek Mill shifted his perspective, his opt-in moment to help #FreeMeek, and ultimately, his mission to advance criminal justice reform by passing bills at the state level to eradicate laws and policies that perpetuate injustice.Find out more information about Reform Alliance at reformalliance.comFind us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Melissa DePino + Michelle Saahene tweeted the Starbucks arrest of two Black men for not buying a coffee.  The tweet was heard around the world to the extent that Starbucks shut down for a day of retraining. What has unfurled is their joint venture From Privilege to Progress (P2P), a national movement to desegregate the public conversation about racism. Listen to their vastly different experiences and how their worlds collided and converged to now call on all Americans to join on the path to antiracism by learning, showing up in their everyday lives and amplifying the voices of people of color on social media.Find information about From Privilege to Progress at fromprivilegetoprogress.org.Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Seth Berger is Managing Director of the Sixers Innovation Lab and Head Boys Basketball Coach at the Westtown School. Seth gets vulnerable and deep with Aurora + Kelly discussing being a white man at a rare intersection: fathering Black sons, supporting early career entrepreneurs in a field dominated by white men, and coaching aspiring athletes in a sport that notoriously exploits young Black men. Listen in to hear how Seth opts-in to living life on his terms while making a difference and having a damn good time doing it. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Aurora and Kelly sit down with their co-creators of 10,000 White Women: Doing the Work, Lisa Lord and Erica Taxin Bleznak, to talk about the harm caused by white women's unconscious racism, their role in upholding the patriarchy, and the power of accountability. 10,000 White Women is an introductory workshop series co-created by Erica Bleznak, Lisa Lord, Aurora + Kelly. The intention is to bring awareness to the unconsciousness that white women have to their racism and the pervasiveness of white supremacy in our society, and encourage the beginning of self-inquiry work.  From there, the hope is white women continue their introspection and find their own path into antiracism education and therapies. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Ever notice how at diversity trainings it always seems to be the white people crying - what's up with that? Well, there's a name for it: white fragility. This week we talk to New York Times best-selling author Robin DiAngelo author of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. We cover white supremacy, patriarchy, and the ways white women can opt-in to do better. Opt-In on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

Meet Aurora and Kelly, two socially, generationally and ethnically divergent besties, who GET REAL in this new podcast. Join in on messy, honest conversations about race, white supremacy, health, spirituality and so much more.In this episode, get to know your hosts, learn about their backgrounds, and hear the story behind what drove them to start the Opt-In. Stay tuned this season for guests spanning from artists, healers, radical thinkers and change makers.Opt-In with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support

The Opt-In invites white people, especially white women, to an intimate, ongoing conversation between a Woman of Color and a white woman who are unpeeling their collective conditioning, exploring  ongoing re-education, and stumbling on their traumas and blind spots, all while making more space for love, forgiveness, freedom, and truth. The Opt-In aims to show the messiness of human transformation through the lens of uncomfortable conversations happening in real-time.Opt-In with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @theoptin.TwitterInstagramFacebookProduced by Rachel IshikawaMusic by Jordan McCreeHosted by Aurora Archer and Kelly Croce SorgIf you enjoyed this conversation and would like to support Aurora + Kelly curating more conversation to propel your introspection, growth and being better a human, we invite you to consider donating a minimum of $8 to our Patreon account or the sky-is-the-limit for our Venmo and Paypal accounts at theopt-in.com! If we connect with you, please subscribe, rate + review The Opt-In podcast, It takes all of us together to make transformational change. Visit us at www.theopt-in.com to stay tuned in.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-opt-in/support