Unquiet Sisterhood Podcast

This one's for all of the moms out there who are managing family life through a global pandemic. Graeme Seabrook and I discuss what she's hearing from moms all over the country and how we can support the moms in our lives right now. About Graeme Graeme Seabrook is a writer, speaker and founder of The Mom Center, an online support community for mothers. Graeme is passionate about helping mothers transform their experience of motherhood. She writes and speaks about postpartum mental illness, recovering from recovery, the myth of work-life balance, and mother-centered motherhood. Graeme believes a mom's experience of motherhood is just as important as a child's experience of childhood. Graeme facilitates groups online and offline, advocates for maternal mental health at national conferences, and works with mothers around the world to transform their motherhood experience. Graeme is an internationally-certified life coach (ICF) and is also trained in Mental Health First Aid and Peer Support. Patreon - patreon.com/graemeseabrook Twitter - twitter.com/graemeseabrook Instagram - instagram.com/graemeseabrook

Doing the work - whether it's personal growth or social justice - needs to be balanced. Andréa and I talk about the intersection between self-trust and activism, how to keep going with anti-racism work even though you're afraid of doing harm and lots of other things along the way. About Andréa You know that kid that's always asking adults "why?" at the most inconvenient times? Andréa Ranae is the Founder and Director of Whole / Self Liberation, a platform and organization dedicated to creating resources and programming to support people as they heal, grow, get free and lead. As a trailblazer in the Personal Development Industry, over the past 5 years, she has worked with hundreds of mission-driven people looking to use their gifts, skills and resources to make an impact in the world. Andréa is the host of a podcast titled A Call to Serve, the author of a poetry chapbook titled Love, Manifesting: A Collection of Poems and Prompts for Those Seeking Love and Justice and she's also a singer/songwriter (and that's what really keeps her going when the world is a bit too heavy to hold). Follow Andréa: IG: @andrearanaej + @wholeselfliberation  andrearanae.com + wholeselfliberation.com  

In this episode, I'm talking with artist, expressive arts guide and creativepreneur Susie Stonefield Miller about creativity as a medium for personal growth. About Susie Susie can be the midwife to your creative spirit! In both online and in-person programs Susie holds space for transformation through creativity. She accompanies clients on the deep dives of life. Susie helps clients focus on the process, not on the product, digging into the rich soil of relationship with your soul and your shadow because, that’s exactly where the silver linings of life hide. The roots of your truth. Susie is all about the messy middle of transformation. The goo inside the chrysalis. No longer caterpillar, but not yet butterfly. She wants you to spread your gorgeous wings, but knows how hard the journey to that moment is. And before you get there, you have to do the work. The work of the goo. Working with Susie is like having a guide for that journey of transmutation. Someone to hang out with you in the chrysalis. We all want to be transformed, but do we want to do that alone? No, of course not. Susie knows the path well, having transformed her own life and learned to tell her truth through the power of creativity. Susie is a certified person-centered expressive arts facilitator and a lifelong artist. She's a 4 on the Enneagram (no surprise there!) and she lives and works in Northern California. Susie also has a real life art haven in the wine country where she teaches art journaling and holds retreats. Follow Susie: www.unfoldart.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/susiestonefieldmiller FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/creativeliferaft IG: https://www.instagram.com/creativity_midwife/

In this episode, Maya Amos and I talk about trauma - what it is, what causes it, how it lives in our bodies and how it shows up during a pandemic. About Maya Maya Amos is a somatic psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor for mental health professionals both at the YWCA of greater Austin and in her private practice. She specializes in trauma resolution, and nervous system regulation. Maya is certified Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) practitioner. Maya has been integrating Somatic Experiencing into other cutting edge approaches including Trust- Based Relational Intervention®, Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning Experience, Internal Family System, Organic Intelligence®, NeuroAffective Relational Model, as well as more traditional psychotherapy methods. Maya is passionate about somatic and neuroscience. She sees body centered awareness as a path for change and healing at the individual, familiar and cultural level. YWCA of Greater Austin Website: ywcaaustin.org Instagram: @ywatx Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YWCAatx/

In this special episode, Laura Gomez-Horton explains how the mental effects of the COVID-19 crisis are showing up and we talk about how to take care of yourself. About Laura Laura Gómez-Horton is a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board-Approved Supervisor through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. She received a Bachelor and Master of Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and 1997, respectively. She is currently the clinical director at the YWCA Greater Austin whose adopted mission is “eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.” Laura has extensive experience providing bilingual services and working with individuals, children, families, and groups in the areas of domestic violence, sexual assault, depression, anxiety, PTSD, immigration, parenting, cultural identity, prenatal/postnatal mental health, grief and loss, and self-advocacy. Previously, as the Social Services Coordinator at the Texas Civil Rights Project, Laura established the social services program for their statewide offices and developed the Austin Promotora program, a grassroots self-advocacy group comprised of women who had qualified to adjust their legal status in the U.S. as authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). She also worked at the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the clinical faculty and provided therapeutic services through SafePlace (now the Safe Alliance), a local non-profit addressing issues of domestic violence and sexual assault in Austin. In addition, she provided therapeutic bilingual services through independent practice and co-founded Within Your Reach/A Su Alcance, a program providing bilingual personal-development workshops. Her experiences in the Austin area culminated in developing a focus on providing therapeutic services and advocating for clients who are Spanish-speaking, immigrant, and/or marginalized. Laura has participated in training videos, and various English and Spanish-language radio and television news interviews discussing mental health issues and current events impacting the community. She has provided extensive presentations/workshops and has developed, coordinated and facilitated various therapeutic and support groups. She currently co-facilitates the monthly dialogues on Issues of Racism and Discrimination at the YWCA Greater Austin. Laura is also a Member of National Association for Social Workers (NASW) and sits on the advisory board for the R.E.A.L. (Social Justice) Committee for NASW-TX. She also sits on the board for Wells Branch Elementary PTA and Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project. YWCA of Greater Austin Website: ywcaaustin.org Instagram: @ywatx Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YWCAatx/  

This week, I'm talking with Eli Trier about the magic that happens when we create authentic and engaged conversations to build communities. About Eli Eli Trier lives in the wonderful city of Copenhagen, Denmark and is a community builder for Quiet Revolutionaries. She helps introverts with big dreams to get connected and build thriving, engaged communities around their businesses, so that they can make a massive impact, find their dream clients, and make their corner of the world a better place. A long-time business owner, Eli knows first-hand the power of human connection to build a business, and her unique approach got her featured in The FT Guide to Business Networking. She specialises in creating powerful, strategic online community projects and loves every minute of her work (even the boring bits). When she's not working you can find her curled up with a book, painting, or hanging out with her husband Lars. Follow Eli: Website: http://elitriercommunities.com Instagram: @elitriercommunities  Eli's latest case study: Jo Casey on how her community project filled her client roster for a whole year.   Mentioned in the episode: Eli's Book: The Gratitude Project: A Year Of Saying Thank You To The People Who Changed My Life   Jen's Facebook Group: Unquiet Sisterhood Facebook Group

In this episode, I'm talking with Sarah Bishop about how neurodiverse women can embrace their brilliance and find success without succumbing to overwhelm. About Sarah Sarah Bishop is a leader, a coach, a change worker. Her Hogwarts house would be Hufflepuff and her favourite Doctor is Ten. She lives on the North West of England coastline with her (absolutely adorable) dog Mabel. As well as being the founder of This Balanced Life and doing change-work and coaching with folk, Sarah is also a full time deputy head teacher - the UK equivalent of a vice-principal. She's been a senior leader in education for ten years and worked across 5 different settings. Sarah is also an associate writer on a mental health curriculum for adolescents. As a "tick-a-bit-differently" female, Sarah has had to find ways to do working life and leadership her way and that has meant meandering away from the traditional path to find tools to best support her. That led her to becoming a master practitioner in NLP, a qualified hypnotherapist and a reiki practitioner. Sarah weaves those frameworks and skills into her change-work and coaching, as well as using them to supporting her in showing up as fully as she can as a leader.   Find Sarah: Website: https://www.thisbalancedlife.co.uk/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/thisbalancedlifeuk/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ThisBalancedLife/   Mentioned in the episode: Highly Sensitive Person information website

This week, I'm talking with health coach and registered nurse, Jenny Mahan, about the difference between creating sustainable wellness practices versus buying into the health extremism that has consumed our culture. About Jenny Jenny Mahan is a Registered Nurse, certified Health and Wellness Coach, and owner of Pine Creek Wellness. She helps folks to reclaim their health, so they can feel better and do what matters most to them. Jenny believes in adding in holistic nourishment, starting with delight, and ditching diet culture and food and health extremism. No diets. No shaming. No "shoulds."  Hers is a Health at Every Size, body positive, Lifestyle Medicine approach to reaching health goals—emphasizing healthy behaviors, habits, and mindsets that go far beyond the conventional (and damaging) focus on weight loss at any cost. Jenny lives in far northern Wisconsin near the shores of Lake Superior with her husband and son on a tiny spring-fed,  Northwoods-shaded tributary of Pine Creek where they garden, raise chickens, make maple syrup, and live in their self-built small, passive solar, energy efficient home.   She is an author, gardener, singer-songwriter, and master soap artisan.  Jenny is passionate about promoting local sustainable agriculture and food justice, and enjoys hiking, canoeing, hammocking, preserving the harvest from the garden, and a zillion other crafty, DIY, and outdoorsy things.  When she's not working you can find her curled up with a book in the hammock, unless it’s snowing (which it does 7 or 8 months out of the year on Pine Creek), in which case she's likely sitting by the fire knitting. Links: Free NOURISH program: https://www.jennymahan.com/5daynourish Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pinecreekwellnesscoachjenny Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pinecreekwellness Sign up for a free chat:  https://www.jennymahan.com/chat

In this episode, author Andrea Owen and I share our stories about discovering that we were feminists.   About Andrea Andrea Owen is an author, mentor, and professional certified life coach who helps high-achieving women let go of perfectionism, control, and isolation and choosing courage and confidence instead. She has helped thousands of women manage their inner-critic to create loving connections and live their most kick-ass life. She is the proud author of How To Stop Feeling Like Shit: 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back From Happiness (Seal Press/Hachette Books) which has been translated into 18 languages, as well as her inaugural book, 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve, (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster). When she’s not juggling her full coaching practice or hosting retreats, Andrea is busy riding her Peloton bike, chasing her 11-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter or making out with her husband, Jason. She is also a retired roller derby player having skated under the name “Veronica Vain”. Andrea is also the host of the podcast Your Kick-Ass Life, available wherever you find your podcasts. Learn more about Andrea at http://yourkickasslife.com and join the fun and wisdom at http://facebook.com/yourkickasslife and http://instagram.com/yourkickasslife.  

In this episode, I talk with Darla Antoine about connecting with the nature and healing the earth, and ourselves, through our ancestors.  About Darla Darla Antoine, MA (Costa Rica) believes that food is an overlooked or forgotten vessel for ancestral and spiritual re-membering. She has an MA in Intercultural Communication from the University of New Mexico where she researched how food creates and sustains our cultural lineages and legacies. Darla is an enrolled Okanagan tribal member and grew up in her ancestral homelands in Washington State and now lives on a high mountain farm in Costa Rica. Giving her kids roots where she is rootless has motivated her work in ancestral healing as well as other land-based spiritual work. Check out and download Darla's Ancestral Reverence Mini-Course and Reclaiming the Sacred Technology of Food Master Class Series, both available here: darlaantoine.com/courses Follow Darla on Instagram:  @darlaantoine

This week, I'm talking with Kelly Pollock of the Two Broads Talking Politics podcast. We're diving into the politics of 2019, grassroots journalism and the path to electing a woman president. About Kelly Born on the 4th of July, Kelly has always been a firecracker, leading a revolution of girls sitting at the boys’ lunch table in 2nd grade and founding Young Independents in high school. Since earning her Masters, Kelly has spent the past 15 years as a university administrator. In the fall of 2017, Kelly co-created the Two Broads Talking Politics Podcast with her friend Sophy. As producer and co-host, Kelly quickly built the podcast into a nationally recognized interview show, featuring Democratic candidates, activists, and authors around the country. Kelly is the Director of Content for DemCast, a nonprofit grassroots media co-op. She lives in Chicago with her husband & two sons. The DemCast model is described at https://demwritepress.com/demcast-model-overview. Follow Kelly: Twitter: "@FeministKelly" and "@TwoBroadsTalk".  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwoBroadsTalk/ and  https://www.facebook.com/DemCastUSA/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twobroadstalkingpolitics/ Website: https://twobroadstalkingpolitics.com/ and http://demcastusa.com  

Guest Felicia Baucom joins me to talk about how our culture puts us on on the path toward burnout and what we can do about it. About Felicia Felicia Baucom is a certified coach and mentor. She specializes in helping women get off the train that’s hurtling towards burnout. Felicia helps women redesign their lives so that they can protect themselves from the effects of stress and overwhelm, and have a life that is filled with joy and satisfaction on their own terms. And without having to burn their existing life to the ground… unless they want to. Felicia do this through one-on-one coaching and corporate workshops. She integrates her knowledge of systemic issues with personal development so that clients understand how they both interact and create conditions for burnout. She looks at the root causes and develops strategies to navigate the world with more confidence and ease, and create a more sustainable life. Follow Felicia: www.feliciabaucom.com https://www.facebook.com/imfeliciab https://twitter.com/imfeliciab https://www.instagram.com/imfeliciab https://www.pinterest.com/imfeliciab https://www.linkedin.com/in/imfeliciab

This week, I'm talking with writer and comedian Meghan Ross about her monthly all-women late-night show That Time of the Month, her new film, An Uncomfortable Women and about how women like us piss off the patriarchy (and how we can keep doing it). About Meghan Meghan Ross is a writer, producer, and comedian from New York, now living in Austin with her dog, Dreidel. She recently directed, produced, and wrote her first short film, An Uncomfortable Woman, featuring an all-women and POC cast and crew. She's also the host of the all-women late night show, That Time of the Month, and her writing has been featured in Broadly, Reductress, The Toast, and TV Without Pity. Follow Meghan: TW: http://twitter.com/meghanrross/ IG: http://instagram.com/meghanrross/ http://instagram.com/ttotmshow/ Website: http://meghanrross.com

This week, I'm talking with the multi-talented Tracie Nichols about getting older in our ageist culture and how to become a Rebel Crone. About Tracie Tracie Nichols is a business coach, aromatherapist, poet and rebel crone. Quietly fierce and offbeat with a predilection for puns (the worse, the better), she knows - in her bones - that if sensitive, introverted, aging women can shovel themselves out from under the crap the culture’s been tossing their way for millennia, they’ll rediscover the power of how they perceive the world, to change that world. Based among oaks and sycamores and a red sandstone-bottomed stream in the northeastern U.S, Tracie brings her unique perspective of being a highly sensitive, introverted, and multipotentialed crone to helping women like her through the wild and unpredictable borderlands of the deep change of life and business transitions. Founder of tracienichols.com, Essential Now, and Rebel Crone Rising, contributor for Kind Over Matter, Journey of the Heart: Women’s Spiritual Poetry, and The Tattooed Buddha. Tracie has a Masters Degree in Transformative Learning emphasizing Human and Organizational Transformation, is an Integrative Aromatherapy Certified aromatherapist with 30 years experience, a Certified Career Services Provider, published poet, and a hard-core, tree-hugging, Gaia-loving, wise-woman wild child. Follow Tracie: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EcoAudientTracieNichols/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracietnichols/   Resources from the episode: If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie Highly Sensitive (HSP) Assessment

In this episode, Stacey and I are talking about how our bodies can be a compass for what's going on in our lives and how to tap into living a delicious life. About Stacey Stacey Herrera is the creator of The Sensuality Project, a lifestyle movement for women. Through her sensuality focused work she helps women to explore their sexuality, enhance intimacy, and create deliciously fulfilling relationships.  Stacey is also the Owner of Fat Belly Bakery in Los Angeles and the host of the Sensuality Project Podcast. Stacey's Links:  website: staceyherrera.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staceynherrera Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaceyNHerrera IG: https://instagram.com/staceynherrera/

This week, Rebecca Bass Ching and I are talking about showing up imperfectly and how trauma can affect our bodies. About Rebecca Rebecca Bass Ching is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with extensive training in family systems therapy and mind-body approaches which take into account the whole person and the whole body in recovery.  She is also the founder of Potentia Therapy in San Diego. Rebecca is a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator+Consultant (CDWF-C) (based on the research of Brené Brown), Certified EMDRTherapist+Consultant-in-Training , Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) + iaedp™ Approved Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She is a founding board member and Past-President of the San Diego chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp). She has been an adjunct professor and has taught at Bethel Seminary San Diego for their Marital and Family Therapy department, Azusa Pacific University’s San Diego Regional Center for their Marriage and Family Therapy program and Point Loma Nazarene University in the Psychology Department. Resources from the episode: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. You Are the One You've Been Waiting For (Internal Family Systems) by Richard C. Schwartz

This week, Kate Anthony and I discuss being on the fence about leaving a marriage, how to take care of your kids through a divorce and what it means to be an unsuspecting feminist. About Kate Kate Anthony is a certified life coach who helps women decide if they should stay in or leave their marriages and then guides them through the divorce process should they choose to leave. Kate empowers women to find their strength, passion, and confidence even in the most disempowering of circumstances and helps them move forward with concrete plans, putting their children at the center (not in the middle) of all decisions. In addition to her certification, Kate has also trained as a relationship coach and is an expert in communication, co-parenting, and emotional intelligence. You can find Kate at www.kateanthony.com and on Facebook and Instagram. You can Subscribe to The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast on iTunes here, and take the 2-minute Should I Stay or Should I Go Quiz here.

In this episode, I'm talking with speech coach Talan Tyminski about competitive public speaking, running for office and how we perceive women when they're speaking in public. About Talan From speech impediment to presentation champ, Talan worked through her own shyness and anxiety to compete as a nationally ranked public speaker for eight years. She loved it enough to stick around and coach both competitively and professionally. She earned her Master's in political communication from Texas State University and works in Texas politics. From her graduate studies to independent coaching, Talan loves working with women in politics and helping them find their voice. She is an active member of Executive Women in Texas Government and most recently worked with Danielle Skidmore on her campaign for Austin City Council.  Her passions include snuggling with her one-eyed pug and taste testing iced coffees.  Learn more and follow Talan: Pitch ATX - public speaking coaching for women and non-binary professionals https://www.instagram.com/pitchatx/

In this episode, I'm talking with Isabel Foxen Duke about diet culture and her personal story of dieting, binge-eating, weight-cycling and finding her way out of fighting food once and for all.   About Isabel Isabel Foxen Duke is the Creator of Stop Fighting Food — a free video training program for women who want to "stop feeling crazy around food." After years of trying to overcome emotional eating, binge-eating and chronic weight-cycling through "traditional" and alternative approaches, Isabel discovered some radical new ways to get women over their "food issues" once and for all — not just by shifting the mindsets of individuals, but by challenging the dominant diet culture as a whole. A fixture and thought-leader in the greater body-positive movement, Isabel has been featured in the Huffington Post,  Elle Magazine, XOJane, and has been praised by Ricki Lake.   Learn more and follow Isabel: Isabel's writing and free guide, How To Not Eat Cake, can be found at www.isabelfoxenduke.com and you can watch her free video training series at www.stopfightingfood.com.

This week, I'm talking with coach and speaker Graeme Seabrook about motherhood and the myths that surround it. We dive into the experience of motherhood, the expectations that seem to come with being a mother, how our culture is failing mothers and what we can do about it. About Graeme Graeme Seabrook is a writer, speaker and founder of The Mom Center, an online support community for mothers. Graeme is passionate about helping mothers transform their experience of motherhood. She writes and speaks about postpartum mental illness, recovering from recovery, the myth of work-life balance, and mother-centered motherhood. Graeme believes a mom's experience of motherhood is just as important as a child's experience of childhood. Graeme facilitates groups online and offline, advocates for maternal mental health at national conferences, and works with mothers around the world to transform their motherhood experience. Graeme is an internationally-certified life coach (ICF) and is also trained in Mental Health First Aid and Peer Support.   Learn more and follow Graeme: Patreon - patreon.com/graemeseabrook Facebook - facebook.com/GraemeSeabrook Twitter - twitter.com/graemeseabrook Instagram - instagram.com/graemeseabrook

This week, I'm talking with coach Brigid Dineen about how women often surrender our power without realizing it in patriarchal culture. We discuss how strong boundaries can help us reclaim our power and that we don't have to give up our sense of belonging to create those boundaries. About Brigid Known for her deep empathy and grounded approach to personal growth, Brigid Dineen is a Resilience Coach for Strong Women. She has been teaching, coaching, and supporting women for over a decade as they learn to put themselves on the priority list. Brigid believes in a world where well-being comes first. She’s on a mission to help women reclaim their time, energy and peace of mind so that they can make a meaningful contribution to the world while also feeling fulfilled. As the creator of Breathing Room and Mindfulness for Busy People, she provides practical tools and strategies for self-care to help you reclaim your time, energy and peace of mind. She also hosts the podcast, Guts & Grace: How to Create Space for YourSELF in a World That Would Rather You’d Stay Small. Brigid is the creator of Unf*ckwithable - 9-month coaching/mentorship package to help you become a boundary queen and take exquisite care of yourself while getting clear on what you want & going after it (no sales page yet, but people can email me to learn more about it) Brigid offers a free PDF guide to help you deal with what's draining you so you can reclaim your time, energy and peace of mind: www.brigiddineen.com/lighten-your-load Learn more and follow Brigid: www.brigiddineen.com www.facebook.com/brigiddineen.shineyourlight www.facebook.com/groups/SelfCareForStrongWomen www.instagram.com/brigiddineen

For the inaugural episode, I'm talking with the fabulous Jo Casey. In this episode, we explore the unwritten rules that women encounter in our culture, what happens when we break the rules, and how we can create culture change.  About Jo Jo Casey is a podcaster, speaker, trainer, and certified coach.  In addition to being British, Jo is slightly nerdy and allergic to the marketing bullsh*t in the coaching industry. She believes that we need a new way of doing business – one that allows us to create companies that are sustainable financially, emotionally and energetically. Jo is the founder of The Meaningful Business Academy, and The Supernova Collective, creator and presenter of The Meaningful Business Podcast, speaker, and writer for Coaching Blueprint, Mind Body Green and Tiny Buddha (among others).