Your Story Medicine

The waiting list is officially OPEN for the Ritual Retreat, our first international experience that will be in Costa Rica from November 6 - 13, 2023! Hello, future ancestors! Lately I've been in sloth training, and that means slowing down while learning how to still feel safe doing so. It's been over three months since I've returned from my sabbatical, and coming back to Los Angeles was a lot to take in after being unplugged. And so many of you may know that I ended up spending time on a farm watching over nine goats, five chickens, five cats and two dogs for my friend Montez as she was out of town. I tried to use that time to refocus on coming back strong, but instead I preferred to hang out with the goats. I would highly encourage you to listen to my last solo episode about lessons in farm sitting if you'd like to hear more about that experience. And what many people don't know is that I actually left the farm to work at an event in Florida where I was asked to help coach a training for about 100 aspiring speakers. But I ended up with Laryngitis that whole entire week. Main topics discussed: Scaling a business: is it worth it?Finding congruency between hedonism and spiritual livingTrusting that less is more as a collective desireHow to release responsibility for other people's sufferingWhy I'm hosting an international retreat centered on storytelling and sensuality The waiting list is officially OPEN for the Ritual Retreat, our first international experience that will be in Costa Rica from November 6 - 13, 2023!  Join Jumakae and friends for a week immersed in the Caribbean coast and rainforest alongside other women and gender expansive folks as we reconnect with ourselves as a future ancestors through mindfulness, movement, and the power of storytelling at the Goddess Garden.

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I am with Karissa. She supports families in documenting the beautiful milestones of life as their personal biographer. Karissa's intention with her camera is that her subject, whether it be a family, an entrepreneur or a woman giving birth feels seen. Much more than a collection of moments, photographs become part of a family's historic archive. And as a creative entrepreneur, Karissa has supported small businesses with strategy, branding, and marketing. Her creative nature and personal journey have led her to incorporate energy healing, meditation, sound healing, and other personal healing modalities into her work. And more importantly, Karissa is the one person I have trusted into the sacred spaces I've created for my own students, my own clients with the retreats that I have facilitated. So if you are curious, who it is that takes my photos and takes the photos of my clients and then comes to the retreats to capture this magic, it is this woman, Karissa. Main Topics Discussed: The Importance of doula work in communities of colorGrief after giving birth and acknowledging emotionsBalance between documenting moments and being present in the momentCombining passion for photography with doula workThe Importance of Rituals in Rest and Connecting with Self Conclusion: Balancing work and personal life can be a struggle. It's important to acknowledge and respect your own needs in order to live harmoniously. Action Integration: Give yourself permission to feel the things that come up for you. It's okay to not be okay. And it's okay to invite people to come in and help support you with love and compassion. Learn more about Karissa Raya: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karissamraya/ Ritual Retreat: 8 magical nights of transformation in Costa Rica | November 6 - 13, 2023 Sign up for the waitlist for priority registration and receive $500 off!

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, we explore the disconnection between people and death and how it has led to fear and suffering with our guest, Mary Telliano. This episode invites us to reflect on our own mortality and examines death in a new light that allows us to connect with ourselves and our loved ones, and to celebrate the sacredness of the moment. Mary has a mission; to rebrand death. Through training other death doulas, to education on grief, as well as the Anam Cara Podcast. Mary is midwifing the rebirth of dying well. In order to rebrand death we must first normalize it. Mary is connecting people to the universe that resides within them, and serving as a reminder that death is here, it is something we get to experience and it is ready to be carried in a new light.  Main Topics Discussed: Death as our greatest life coach (and preparation for our own)Honoring the choices of our loved ones in transitionHealing our relationship to lossWhen to call upon a death doulaChoosing our legacy as future ancestors Conclusion: Death is not the enemy; it is a mystery to be embraced. We can use our understanding of death to live life more fully. Cherish the moments, be present, and create a life that you want to be remembered for. Action Integration: Reframe the way you view death, and seek to establish that death is a natural part of life that can be approached with clarity, intentionality, and care. Learn more about Mary Telliano: Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mary_telliano/ Doors are open to Bud to Blossom, my 5 month mentorship program for radical healers, coaches, and consultants that are ready to share their story medicine, grow their legacy through the art of speaking, and do the work to makes their ancestors proud. Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kristen Nichole, a south Florida-based movement artist, social and community psychologist, and entrepreneur. In 2019, Kristen earned a certification in group fitness instruction from the American Council on Exercise and a certification in pole instruction from XPERT while completing graduate school. In 2020, Kristen earned a Ph.D. in community and social psychology with an expertise in identity development and storytelling from North Carolina State University. Kristen is the founder of Polecology, a platform for liberation through the art and psychology of sensual movement. Main Topics Discussed: Dance as a form of storytellingFinding liberation through the art and psychology of sensual movementHow pole dancing can be so much more than just a performance to satisfy the male gazeReclaiming your body autonomyMaking pole more inclusive Learn more about Kristen Nichole Visit her website: www.thepolecologist.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepolecologistphd Doors are open to Bud to Blossom, my 5 month mentorship program for radical healers, coaches, and consultants that are ready to share their story medicine, grow their legacy through the art of speaking, and do the work to makes their ancestors proud. Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Samantha Chung, affectionately known as “Simplifying Sam”. She is a mindset and manifestation expert on a mission to help more people wake up and live fully as their authentic self. It is her belief that we experience resistance, pain and suffering when we ignore who we truly are. Her coaching style seeks to uncover and discover who you were before your limiting beliefs, conditions, and fears so that you can step into the most powerful version of yourself and attract anything. Main Topics Discussed: Aligning your work and your passionWhy scarcity is a misunderstanding of where money and wealth come fromTapping into vulnerability as a superpowerReframing mental health as mental fitnessSeeing alignment as a lifelong journey Learn more about Samantha Chung Visit her website: www.simplifyingsam.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/simplifying.sam Doors are open to Bud to Blossom, my 5 month mentorship program for radical healers, coaches, and consultants that are ready to share their story medicine, grow their legacy through the art of speaking, and do the work to makes their ancestors proud. Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Hello future ancestors! It's been about three weeks since I've left the farm, where my last solo podcast episode about “integration” after my sabbatical was recorded - and I miss it so much. So much to the point where I will literally wake up and smell FARM. Main topics: Why is it that I started a business in the first placeGetting a glimpse of what my life could be like as an elderThe practice of equanimity in BuddhismWhat goats can teach about healthy boundaries, unconditional love, & how to be presentWhat it meant to find sacredness in the mundane. Doors are open to Bud to Blossom, my 5 month mentorship program for radical healers, coaches, and consultants that are ready to share their story medicine, grow their legacy through the art of speaking, and do the work to makes their ancestors proud. Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Spring Washam. Considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities; Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California. She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. Spring is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an organization that offers Buddhist teachings with attention to social action and multiculturalism. She is a member of the teacher's council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, offering teachings on Buddhist philosophy, Insight meditation and loving-kindness practices. Spring is also the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America. Main Topics Discussed: Discipline and consistency as devotionIs Ayahuasca an intoxicant?: Incorporating plant medicine into Buddhist practicesBecoming a bodhisattvaHow Harriet Tubman is leading us to liberation todayLiving on a diet of dharma Learn more about Spring Washam: Visit her website: www.springwasham.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/springwasham If you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you've been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Jayda Shuavarnnasri, aka “Sex Positive Asian Auntie”, a Queer Southeast Asian sexuality and relationship educator. She works to liberate folks from sexual shame by creating space for authentic conversations about sexuality, relationships, identity, and healing. She is also the co-producer of Don't Say Sorry podcast, which centers the experience of Southeast Asian women navigating relationships, mental health and sexuality. Main Topics Discussed: How Thai and Buddhist culture influences sexual expression in womenUsing sensuality to reach liberationHow to fall in love without falling into a co-dependent patternDefining “solo polyamory”Getting clear on what intimacy means to us Conclusion: We all could learn more about what intimacy means to us. We can't just be pouring from our overflow. We also need space to deepen our well. Without stillness, we eventually end up pouring from a shallow cup. In what ways are you making the space to dig deep so that, when we pour, we're not just operating from a place of service, from a desire to deepen our relationship with ourselves. Action Integration: To choose silence is to choose oppression. Show up as a badass ancestor in the making and shift the story for your future lineage. Learn more about Jayda Shuavarnnasri: Visit her website: www.auntiejayda.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jayda_kissed If you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you've been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

Hello future ancestors!! Welcome back to Your Story Medicine, episode one of season 3 If you are new to my work, welcome. I am June also known as Jumakae - which is a combination of my first, middle, and last name. My medicine is supporting future ancestors like you with finding clarity in your message and confidence in your speaking so that you can share your story, grow your legacy, and heal generations before/after you. And as your dedicated life doula, I hold space for the contractions that arise in your body as you begin to birth a new story for your life. I am just returning from my first ever sabbatical, where I completely shut down my calendar for the past six months to explore this question of “Who am I when I'm not in service?” Episode Highlights: Phone or flight? Disconnecting from technology to reconnect with my medicineLessons learned from being stuck in Peru during a political lockdownIntegrating from my first ayahuasca experience in the jungles of Costa RicaUnderstanding what it means to be bodhisattva I have some incredible guests that I'm excited to bring on this season, where we will dig deeper into plant medicine, ancestral healing, and entrepreneurship as sacred activism. You don't have to be an entrepreneur btw, but at least can be mindful of the individuals and resources that are available to support you with being rooted in times of change. We are retiring my 12 week signature program, Roots to Rise, to birth other sacred offerings that are going to require more of my time and energy, such as my own retreats, ceremonies, and workshops. Instead, I am only running ONE mentorship program this year, Bud to Blossom, which is my six month mastermind to support changemakers, visionaries, and healers with scaling their existing offerings. This is especially helpful for those who already have a service, such as a private therapy, consulting, or coaching practice, and are now wanting to expand their medicine to include retreats, speaking, and workshops while learning how to get paid for it. People are craving in-person experiences now that the pandemic has eased out, so let's make that transition together. I also love working with educators and professors who are ready to teach their wisdom outside of formal institutions while creating a sustainable model to make that happen. We are in the process of unlearning to learn, while divesting resources to where it is we choose. And while I can help people with creating a profitable and ethical business plan, what's most important to me is that we FEEL abundant beyond the numbers in our bank account. I'd rather financial abundance be the byproduct of us living in alignment and integrity with our values. And if you'd like a taste of what this can look like, then sign up for my upcoming free upcoming workshop on “How to Birth Your Sacred Offerings,” happening on Thursday, March 16 where I'll teach you how to create a blueprint of possibilities that's aligned with the seasons of nature - which has allowed me to take winters off cuz I just notice that my body doesn't like to work at that time. You'll also get a replay to my last two workshops, How to Connect with Your Ancestors and Finding Clarity in Your Medicine — and all of these are going to be available until Bud to Blossom begins at the end of April. So if you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you've been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

Hello future ancestors, I know it's been a while - but I definitely have some updates on life and so many things that are unfolding, or better yet, unraveling. As many of you know, I started Your Story Medicine with a deep curiosity about how to connect with my ancestors especially as someone who was born and raised in the United States, away from my parents' homeland and the kind of village support they were raised with. In my previous solo podcast episode I announced that I would be taking a sabbatical for the remainder of the year to tend to my wellness and to reconnect with my own ancestors. My intention was to return to Thailand to study with Homprang, the traditional midwife that originally taught me womb healing when I was propelled into this path after being fired from my nonprofit job in 2017, and I was so excited to be a student again. The last time I had been back to my motherland was before Your Story Medicine was even birthed which happened at the peak of my Saturn Return five years ago. You can listen to my first episode ever to hear more, since this is what essentially sparked my path into ancestral reclamation and entrepreneurship. I essentially created the very space I needed at that time of my life, in a predominately white industry that was abundant with cultural appropriation and misrepresentation. I thought that returning to Thailand this time would be a way for me to be reminded of my medicine, but spirit clearly had other plans for me. And In this past month, my life has taken a very different turn. Main Topics Tasting my own bitter medicineNarratives that repel us from allowing love and abundance inResourcing my nervous system from the ways it has been interruptedConnecting with my ancestors through my elders Your story medicine is a small family business, and I thank you for being a supporter, whether you've listened to this podcast or have been a client that has trusted me with your stories. In the meantime, I invite you to subscribe to our email list if you're not on it yet by going to yourstorymedicine.com where you'll be the first to know about my return and upcoming offerings, or follow me on Instagram @jumakae where I'll rarely be posting nowadays. May you find the resourcefulness within you, and may you remember that by simply existing in this moment, you are already your ancestors' wildest dreams come true. Until next year! Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Janelle Ross and Jasmine Amirah. In 2020, the two longtime friends founded Sol & Sound, a Los Angeles-based sound healing festival for the culture featuring a live DJ set, immersive sound bath, afro-ecstatic dance, breath work, live music performances, BIPOC marketplace, and more! Main Topics Discussed: Defining “sound healing”Providing entrepreneurial opportunity to the BIPOC communityBuilding a business with social impactGetting clear on your vision for lifeDeciding whether to monetize your event or initiative Learn more about Sol & Sound: Visit their website: www.solandsound.com Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/solandsound

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Melissa Ruiz, the founder and visionary of Melissa Ruiz Empowerment, a soulful business coaching powerhouse that mentors mystical offbeat entrepreneurs to start and scale their business through a spiritually universal lens. Through her coaching programs, she empowers spiritual entrepreneurs to step into their leadership and pour their knowledge back into their own networks, with a large focus on the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities. Main Topics Discussed: Why refusing to focus on the end-result almost always leads to greater successHow to stop being a slave to every now moment and achieve freedomSeeing money as a tool that you can use to leave a legacyThe magnetic power of authenticity in all that you doWhy releasing your need for control leads to a better life Learn more about Melissa Ruiz: Visit her website: www.iammelissaruiz.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/iammelissaruiz

Hello, future ancestors… and happy Lion's Gate Portal that just recently passed. I'm just returning from my very first wilderness backpacking trip ever!  If you listened to my last solo podcast episode about my time in Channel Island entitled: “Emergence: Reflections from a Post-Apocalyptic World”, immersing myself in nature is where I feel the most abundant. And it's more than just pitching a tent, but the pilgrimage that it takes to get there. The days and months of training my mind and body for these experiences so that I can enjoy those evenings around the fire with a belly full of rehydrating food and laughter after a long day of trekking makes it all worth it.  On the days where I just didn't want to move my body leading up to this, I remembered the greater destination ahead - and so “one foot in front of the other” became a mantra to affirm that these small steps would eventually move from one mile to a hundred - or in our case, 25 miles. It's also transferred into my personal life and legacy as I have a lot of time to clear my mind on these walks without any distraction. Every time I've left, I come back feeling rejuvenated in my purpose and commitment to decolonization: Where indigenous people worldwide are at the center of these stories, where my connection to the cosmos deepens, and where my desire to care for Mother Earth strengthens. After all, it's where we all will return when we become ancestors: back to stardust and soil. ✨ Main topics discussed: Reflecting on the impermanence of lifeHow often do you take time to meditate on deathAnger as an indicator of something that is not in alignmentHow you were able to forgive versus holding on to guilt, shame, and resentment.Becoming masterful at tending to your fires. By the way, my sabbatical is coming up in a month and before then I'll be hosting a mixer on Saturday, August 27 for anyone that I've had the privilege to work with. I've hired my photographer, Karissa of Olive La Vida, to capture people in their medicine and we'll also have some other alumni offering their medicine, from sound healing to tea ceremony and a dinner provided by Plantberri - who also catered our retreat. Spots are limited and this will also serve as my going away party so I'd love to see you there. Secure your spot here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/retreatmixer Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Listen to episode #66: "Emergence: Reflections from a Post-Apocalyptic World": https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/season-2-ep-66-emergence-reflections-from-a-post-apocalyptic-world

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Nisha Mody, a feminist healing coach, writer, facilitator, librarian, podcaster, and speech-language pathologist living on the home of the Gabrieliño/Tongva peoples, also known as Los Angeles. As the daughter of Indian immigrants, she has experienced the deeply internalized effects of colonization and heteronormative structures. Nisha's lived experience, clinical experience, fascination with language, collective mindset, and passion for connecting with others combined with her anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and feminist beliefs are central to her work in this space. Main Topics Discussed: Stopping ourselves from treating self care as merely “after-care”Setting the right boundaries in order to cultivate healthy relationships with loved onesDiscovering and embodying your core valuesHow the Care Bears perfectly illustrate collective care in actionSeeing all of our feelings, including negative emotions, as opportunities for growth Learn more about Nisha Mody: Visit her website: www.nishaland.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/healinghypegirl

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Gary Ware, Founder of Breakthrough Play, a corporate facilitator, keynote speaker, certified coach, and self-proclaimed Creative Catalyst. Gary has over 14 years of experience in the corporate world holding various leadership positions. Being a multifaceted individual, Gary also comes with nearly a decade of experience as a performer in improv theatre. After experiencing burnout in his pursuit for success and happiness, he realized that what was missing was play. Committing to a life of play is what led Gary to discover his passion for facilitating. Gary uses the power of applied improvisation and other playful methods to assist people in unlocking creativity, confidence, and better communication. Gary was recently featured as one of the Top 100 HR influencers of 2021 by the Engagedly HR software platform. Main Topics Discussed: Overcoming the guilt of diving into play to live a life with joy and abundanceThe choice between overwhelm vs. easeMoving from a playground of possibilities to a proving groundHow improv helps us see the “offers” in the world Learn more about Breakthrough Play: Visit their website: www.breakthroughplay.com Buy the book Playful Rebellion: www.playfulrebellion.com Follow Gary on Instagram: www.instagram.com/garyware

Main topics discussed: Questions that have kept me up at nightThe risk of negative feedback in running an online business and being very visibleWhat the Chumash people of Limuw (Channel Island) taught me about Emergent StrategyLiving in a modern day post-apocalyptic worldHow colonization shows up in me Questions to other healers, space holders, and coaches that are using entrepreneurship as sacred activism. Who has a say when it comes to providing feedback to our services? Is it paid clients only? Is it a community? Is it anonymous strangers on the internet that claim to have been triggered by what was said? Are triggers an indicator of something that is wrong, or an invitation for further introspection? What is considered harm anyway?  Do other people actually cause harm, or is it self-inflicted when we create narratives in our mind about other people's intentions that actually don't have anything to do with us at all? Am I gaslighting myself? How much healing is actually the responsibility of the individual who was harmed vs the person who supposedly caused harm and what is the community's role in achieving some form of justice? What is community anyway? Are you still listening? Who gets to be the expert of decolonization? Should I refrain from even using it as a non-indigenous person to this nation? What are the ways colonization has played out outside of the United States? How does US imperialism still impact other countries? What is white supremacy's role in the ways we experience lateral violence and oppress one another as people of the global majority aka people of color? What about colonization that existed prior to European conquest? Where and how does the colonizer show up within me? Am I conflict avoidant, or am I just protecting my energy? These are some of the questions that have kept me up at night, hence why slowing down and taking a big fat sacred pause has been a necessity for my own mental and spiritual health. And sometimes, the answers are the questions themselves. Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Listen to episode #26: "Canceled: Odyssey of the Martyr "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-story-medicine/id1539168619?i=1000520814631

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Aki Hirata Baker, a multi-modality healing facilitator, teacher and speaker, whose work is based on the anti-racist spiritual liberation principle. She uses various energetic healing modalities, flower essence therapy, Ayurvedic medicine, yogic principles, and lineage practices of medicine way and Toltec tradition to facilitate healing, which she considers to be the basic ingredient of social change and collective liberation. Aki is the founder of MINKA Brooklyn, a collectively-run healing space that centers the work to heal from all forms of social oppressions to restore an un-capitalistic approach to the “business of being well.” Main Topics Discussed: Defining “energy healing” and the history of ReikiThe difference between “cultivated” and “channeled” energy healingHow to begin the process of decolonization in our energy healing pathDecolonizing our mindset by ridding ourselves of binary thinkingWhy every energy healing practitioner ought to take an anti-racism or decolonization class Bit more on our teaching philosophy, please take a look HERE. Today, I am asking you for your support - can you help us spread the word? Can you share about our work and West Coast visit on IG?https://www.instagram.com/p/Cem9_DdM7Kp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link - about West Coast classes https://www.instagram.com/p/CefOw1rs0Mn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link - our teaching philosophyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CZrkdulLgYj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link - how we explain energy healingIs there a space in your newsletter to share? (All the info is below for you to share)Would you like to join us? (Let us know how we can make it accessible for you - we'll try our best to make it work!)Maybe you have friends and family who are interested in this work? As a thank you for being a part of our community, we are sharing with you the secret discount code for you to share only with your community members. If you are in a financial position to pay full fee, please do so as this always helps us to offer more financial assistance for those who face finical hardship because of historical and current systemic barrier to access resources. Here's the list of offerings and discount code: Quantum Leap Activation (Joshua Tree) and/or Decolonized Usui Reiki Weekend Intensive in LA (individual level registration) - Community 10% discount code - SCREIKI10 Level 1 https://minka.as.me/reiki1LALevel 2 https://minka.as.me/reiki2LAQuantum Leap Activation Decolonized Usui Reiki WEEKEND PACKAGE (originally $550 bundle rate with additional 10% at $495) https://app.acuityscheduling.com/catalog.php?owner=18684302&action=addCart&clear=1&id=1307167 Please note that signing up for the payment plan does not automatically enroll you in the class; rather the system will email you a unique certificate code to then register for both classes with, using the booking links above.This is a private link not available to the public, only for those you choose to share it with. **If you have taken Reiki 1 & 2 with us in the past and want to re-take the course again (OR you have been a MINKA work exchange in the past), we have 50% discount for you. Please email us privately!**If you know any folks with lived experience as Black, Brown and Indigenous who is interested in bringing this work to their community, and has financial barrier for attending this course, please also email us for further discounts. Thank you in advance;) and feel free to reach out with any questions. Aki & Manu

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Leslie Priscilla, a first generation non-Black Chicana mother to three bicultural children. Leslie shares her medicine by offering coaching, workshops, support, and advocacy for Latinx/Chicanx families locally, nationally, and internationally both in-person and online via the Latinx Parenting organization. She founded this bilingual organization and movement intentionally rooted in children's rights, social and racial justice, the individual and collective practice of nonviolence and reparenting, intergenerational and ancestral healing, cultural sustenance, and the active decolonization of oppressive practices in our families. Main Topics Discussed: Defining “Gentle Parenting”Embodying Decolonized Nonviolent parenting Alternative means to violence intervention with youthThe role that Latinx parents have in changing chancla culture What it means to be raising future ancestors Learn more about Latinx Parenting: Visit their website: www.latinxparenting.org Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/latinxparenting Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Apply to Roots to Rise: www.yourstorymedicine.com/roots2rise

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Charlotte James. She has been a harm reductionist and psychedelic explorer for over 10 years, but her path through this work has certainly not been linear. After leaving harm reduction years ago because of rapid burn out, she is returning to this work with a new energy—thanks to the power of healing with Sacred Earth Medicines. Main Topics Discussed: Defining “Sacred Earth Medicine”How purging leads to liberationBecoming more intentional with your Sacred Earth Medicine journey Learn more about The Ancestor Project: Visit their website: www.theancestorproject.com Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theancestorproject Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Apply to Roots to Rise: www.yourstorymedicine.com/roots2rise

Hello future ancestors! Welcome to another solo podcast episode of Your Story Medicine. I'm your host, Jumakae - and I wanted to expand on what it means to charge for your worth. If you were not at my last workshop where I dug deeper into this, one of the things I mentioned is how it is inherently problematic to even talk about charging for our worth. Why? Because your worth is priceless. Your value cannot be quantified. If we are equating our self worth to our net worth, then we will continue to allow the numbers in our bank account to reflect how it is we feel about ourselves. And that, my friends, is a symptom of internalized capitalism… Now, is capitalism a bad thing? As someone who came from communities that identified as anti-capitalist, I made the mistake of believing that money is evil and bad. Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Apply to Roots to Rise: www.yourstorymedicine.com/roots2rise

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Dr. Kiki Steiner, DMA, (she/they/siya [sha]) a holistic vocal coach, decolonization consultant, and choral conductor. She is currently serving as an adjunct instructor of music at Millikin University in the Choral Conducting and Music Education area. As the founder of Decolonizing Kiki LLC, her work as a holistic vocal coach focuses on empowering others to connect with their voice through releasing shame around one's voice as well as facilitating self-led healing. Main Topics Discussed: Life as a “transracial adoptee”Using your voice to manifest liberation for your communityRerooting oneself in a predominantly white culture Learn more about Kiki: Visit her website: www.decolonizingkikillc.com Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonizing_kiki Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Apply to the summer cohort of Roots to Rise (final one of the year!) : www.yourstorymedicine.com/roots2rise

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Meenadchi, a facilitator and somatic practitioner whose work centers the softness of meeting our best selves and deepening into our collective light. Using a blend of family constellation therapy and Non-Violent Communication, Meenadchi weaves workshops in which participants are invited to reconnect with the intuitive wisdom of our bodies and to cocreate intergenerational healing by changing the way we speak to ourselves, each other, and the universe. Meenadchi is the author of Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication (2019). Main Topics Discussed: Healing intergenerational trauma togetherGiving yourself permission to release your limiting beliefsKnowing whether your trauma is speaking, or your intuition Learn more about Meenadchi: Website: www.meenadchi.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/marshmallowamman Free gift of somatic healing practice to release ancestral baggage: https://mailchi.mp/9b129f043eec/kox11pm3nf Lavender chai recipe mentioned in the episode: www.meenadchi.com/my-chai-and-scones Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking FREE upcoming workshop on May 19, 2022: “How to Charge For Your Worth” www.yourstorymedicine.com/iamworthy

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Didier Sylvain, a life alignment coach, leadership trainer, and creative healing practitioner based in Los Angeles. His life mission is to create and hold transformative learning space for people to claim their power and give their greatest gifts to the world. He leads Coherence, a leadership activation experience for creatives-of-color, as well as other deep dive programs that guide individuals and groups to become fuller and more integrated versions of themselves. He has coached and taught leadership at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Notre Dame. Didier is also a multidisciplinary artist, music producer, PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology (Columbia University), and certified practitioner of sound healing and qigong. Main Topics Discussed: Celebrating the voice you were gifted withFinding the force (ex. music) that integrates every part of youHow to emcee your lifeAchieving coherence Learn more about Didier: Visit his website: www.didiersylvain.com Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/__didiersylvain__ Flyscapes https://open.spotify.com/album/5FAx7Vx4Ukd4tyurzecRLa?si=ad39182e0ecb41bc Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Join us for our FREE workshop on Finding Clarity In Your Medicine on Thursday, April 28, 2022: www.yourstorymedicine.com/ancestor

I know I said that I would be dropping episodes every other week to honor spaciousness, but I felt so called to share my experience of facilitating my most recent retreat with you that took place in Joshua Tree, CA - land of the the Serrano, the Cahuilla (Kuhweeah), the Mojave, and the Chemehuevi people prior to settler colonialism.. And it just so happens that our retreat took place when Aries entered the New Moon. While I'm no astrologer, I was told that the significance of this time is that it's a transition or closure of events that took place last year in June and July. As we sat around the fire, tears welled in my eyes reflecting on what my life has been like in these past nine months, like a baby literally being reborn. Main Topics Discussed: How does the journey of reconnecting with our ancestors reward us with life and relationships beyond our wildest imaginationReleasing the need to compartmentalize yourself, and embracing how multidimensional you can beGetting scorched by fire: the season of consuming information is done  I encourage you to go to www.yourstorymedicine.com to binge on the other episodes, where we've now categorized them based on topics, so that you can begin your journey of remembrance and reclamation today. Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Join us for our FREE workshop on Finding Clarity In Your Medicine on Thursday, April 28, 2022: www.yourstorymedicine.com/ancestor RETREAT TEAM: Plantberri's Instagram Page (Rathana): www.instagram.com/plantberri Karissa of Olive La Vida Photography: https://www.olivelavida.com/ Kati, Ceremonialist: http://www.katherineinezmesa.com/ Joshua Tree Sound Alchemy: https://www.joshuatreealchemy.com/

Welcome to Season Two of the Your Story Medicine podcast. I am your host Jumakae, and my medicine is supporting change makers, conscious entrepreneurs, and radical healers in finding clarity in their message and confidence in their speaking. I want you to be able to share your story, grow your legacy, and heal generations before and after you! Main Topics Discussed: The beauty of entrepreneurship and sacred activismHow we can leave behind a legacy once we become future ancestorsThe truth about “self-care” and finding time to rest I have been processing a lot about what “seasons” mean to me. I have just completed a workshop for the California Faculty Association called Dreaming as Strategy: Envisioning Ourselves as Future Ancestors. I stayed up late the night before putting together PowerPoints last minute (which I rarely do, by the way) because I felt like I needed it in order to prove that I was a professional or that I knew my stuff. And as fate would have it, when it came my turn to present technical glitches happened to where I had to rely on my story medicine. And without any script, I just shared, from my heart, the story of my time as a community organizer, working in transformative justice after I was released from my job as a rape crisis hotline counselor when I was in the nonprofit world. But even when I was doing transformative justice work, I felt like there was something missing. If you're not on my email list yet, I would love to gift you with one of the very first meditations I created, where we call upon our chosen ancestors. I'll be sure to leave a link in the show notes. Your feedback is an absolute gift, and I will see you in the next episode. You can email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae. Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking Intro/Outro by Marcus Fung of Higher Calling Music www.highercallingmusic.net

Welcome to our final episode of Your Story Medicine, the podcast, at least for this season and to what this will evolve into. We shall wait and see because December is the season of rich rest.  So if you are listening to this episode, I hope that you are also carving out this time of the year to intentionally reflect on how much of the growth that you have experienced and the lessons that have learned and the stories that you get to compost as well as the new ones that you get to create for the next year. And I hope that we can all walk into 2022 feeling well rested and acknowledging how far we've come. Because it's so easy to focus on what we haven't accomplished, and where we're supposed to be in life or maybe telling ourselves a story that we're behind. Versus recognizing that there is some version of you from not that long ago that prayed for exactly what it is you have today. So take a moment to really count your blessings and be in such deep gratitude that you are here. You've made it. Main Topics Discussed: What is self trust?How is it that we can move from independence to interdependence?The beauty of being a part of a community See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-56-interdependence-why-self-trust-is-not-enough Sign up for our weekly stories: www.yourstorymedicine.com Follow June on Instagram @Jumakae and our podcast @yourstorymedicine  Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com Apply for Bud to Blossom Mastermind : https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom 

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Mystic, a Grammy-nominated hip hop artist. She is also an activist, scholar, community educator, and beloved daughter of Oakland, California. Having released her debut album, Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom in 2001, and Beautiful Resistance in 2014, she is known for including themes of healing, community, and justice in her music. She is also known as a member of Digital Underground, and called the “DU Goddess”. As a scholar, Mystic's research has focused on the use of policymaking for equity and elementary education, and the use of culturally-relevant arts education for students of color. Main Topics Discussed: Mystic's journey as an artist, her work with Digital Underground, and her initiative for the youthLiving out love and joy as acts of resistanceHow artists typically process traumaThe underrated value of arts education for the youthRewriting your story from one defined by trauma to one defined by love Learn more about Mystic: Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thatgirlmystic

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Juniper Wong, a Chinese-American licensed clinical social worker turned intimacy coach and teacher who specializes in healing attachment trauma and developing deeply satisfying intimate relationships with self and others. Main Topics Discussed: An explanation of the four attachment stylesPinpointing the source of your co-dependencyMeeting your needs and rewriting destructive narratives Learn more about Juniper: Visit her website: www.juniperwong.com

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Mimi Young, a Taiwanese-Canadian spirit communicator, and shamanic occultist. She is the founder of Ceremonie, an esoteric brand focused on imparting ancient and practical wisdom so clients can actively receive support from spirits and healing energies, heal negative patterns, and celebrate their path. Mimi works at the intersection of core shamanism, ancestral wisdom, dream work, chaos magic, and other Chinese mystic practices to communicate with the unseen, offering education & mentorship, private readings, and skin & aura care. Main Topics Discussed: Why embracing our darkness is just as important as embracing our lightFreeing yourself from the anti-aging culture and stepping into a pro-aging lifestyleHow to use dreams to explore dormant parts of ourselves Learn more about Mimi: Visit her website: www.shopceremonie.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shopceremonie Business Mentorship: https://shopceremonie.com/learn/evoking-your-business-project/ Upcoming Writing Retreat: https://shopceremonie.com/learn/writing-with-spirit-retreat/

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Taj Savitri. She is known as a “Business Priestess” for her ability to support future female leaders of our planet bridge into the physical concepts and ideas that cannot yet be understood by the human mind. Her gifts of psychic mediumship and understanding of the holographic nature of reality makes her work in leadership, business, and inner evolution truly unique. Her work has helped thousands of women step into a level of wealth that overflows into projects that help create a more loving and unified planet, anchored in service. She also serves as Mexican Medicine Woman, Conscious Investor of the “New World', and an influential figure for Ascension. When she is not in High Priestess mode, she is developing “Mother Tree”, an intentional 22 Acre community on Maya land in Tulum, MX. Main Topics Discussed: How to reclaim your ancestral lineage and the gifts that they possessed if you have no physical connection to those ancestorsHow to express or teach wound healing your own way without appropriating the customs of other culturesHow to embrace your unique path of mastery and stop becoming a slave to other people's truths. Conclusion: Embrace your path of mastery by learning to trust yourself. Take note of what every emotion and experience teaches you about yourself, about others, and about the world. Instead of looking to hire coaches or mentors all the time, learn to trust the voice within yourself. And your best voice comes through when you're at the zero point when you feel good and at home in your body. Action Integration: Get to your zero point by solidifying your daily rituals and practices. We put ourselves in danger when we let our mind sway us to and fro according to the latest distraction or heightened emotion that leads us astray from our path. Reconnect to your truth every single day and everything will fall into place. Learn more about Taj: Visit her website: www.tajsavitri.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/taj.savitri

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Tanai and Wesley, the Founders of The Salt Lounge in Long Beach. As experienced Reiki Masters and Intuitives, they work to educate, empower, and promote wellness from the inside out and outside in. Main Topics Discussed: Why Tanai and Wesley gave up the prestige of making their dream income in corporate America for a new life with no clear plan at the outsetSetting boundaries as a Reiki MasterHow Tanai and Wesley healed their relationship with money by creating a money deck Learn more about The Salt Lounge: Visit their website: www.thesaltloungelb.com Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thesaltloungelb Check their recent announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVvHwQNpslB/?utm_medium=copy_link Your Story Medicine : http://www.yourstorymedicine.com/ See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-51-how-spirit-lead-us-to-a-better-relationship-with-money-with-tanai-and-wesley-holder

In this solo podcast episode, I discuss about: What does the season of Rich Rest mean?Other ways for us to live in abundance beyond the numbers in our bank account.Embodying abundance and letting go of the scarcity of timelines. So lately I have found myself going into a spiral of comparison of what everybody else is doing or how much they're making all the ways that they're putting themselves out there, and here I am feeling like I'm not doing enough.  And recently I met with two other friends with small businesses that have made multiple six figures, but … they haven't taken a vacation in years. So while their businesses have been a financial success, there has yet to be time carved out for them to actually enjoy the financial abundance that they called in.  And when I was reflecting back on my year, it has definitely been the most abundant. Did I hit multiple six figures? No, but it was actually by choice.  Because I had to sit and ask myself, what is it that's going to make me feel most abundant versus what is it that's going to make me the most money? See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-50-rich-rest-redefining-abundance Sign up for our weekly stories: www.yourstorymedicine.com Follow June on Instagram @Jumakae and our podcast @yourstorymedicine  Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com Waiting list for Bud to Blossom: www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossomwaiting

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Julie Tran, Co-Founder of RV Life with Freedom Frequency along with her husband Chris. They are elder millennials, foster parents on a chapter break, and former corporate professionals turned entrepreneurs and breakthrough coaches. In early 2021, because of the pandemic and a major life event, Julie and her husband sold their dream house for the liberation of RV life. They are currently digital nomads RVing full-time in their 27-foot Airstream named Stelluna. They've learned that RV life is 50% how-to and 50% mindset. They have a Facebook community as well as a YouTube channel where they not only teach the ins-and-outs of RV life, but also coach on nurturing your freedom frequency mindset from within. Main Topics Discussed: The various events that led to Julie's decisions to quit corporate, foster children, and live the RV lifeFinding freedom within, and not just withoutWe cannot predict the future. We can only make space for magic.Decluttering and letting go of your most valued possessionsMaintaining a strong relationship with your partner when living in a tiny space togetherThe four steps to restoring your power between you and your significant otherThe power of trusting your knowing Learn more about RV Life with Freedom Frequency:Join their Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/freedomfrequencyzone Check them out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RVLifewithFreedomFrequency Your Story Medicine : http://www.yourstorymedicine.com/

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Pia Schiavo-Campo. She was recently named one of the Top 100 Responsible Health and Wellness Influencers of 2020 by New Hope Network. For the last decade, she has been authoring a blog that empowers women to take up as much space as they damn well please. As a fat woman of color, she uses an intersectional approach to explore various subjects, including race, equity, mental health, motherhood, and conventional notions of beauty and wellness. Pia is a certified transformational coach and supports others with tapping into their intuition as well as organizations so that they can access their inner wisdom and let go of their limiting beliefs. Main Topics Discussed: What it's like to grow in the U.S. as a half-African-American, half-Sicilian woman“Body liberation/body neutrality” versus “body positivity”Reframing and reclaiming the word “fat”Why diet culture is so harmful and why we shouldn't demonize comfort foodHow to improve your wellness beyond what you put in your bodyHow Pia built a successful agency on vulnerability Learn more about Pia and her offerings: Visit her website: mixedfatchick.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mixedfatchick October 22: Rewriting Your Food History for Liberation (FREE workshop) Click here to register: t.ly/kQwI 

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kati Mesa, Founder and Owner of Love, Awareness & Purpose Healing Arts, which provides alternative services such as meditation, bodywork, retreats, and community gatherings to help one to bring balance to their mind, body, and essence to achieve their complete potential. Learn more about Kati and her offerings: Visit her website: loveawarenesspurpose.net Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/journeywithkati

In this solo podcast episode, I discuss: How I ended up in the Red Table Talk for Jada Pinkett Smith's 50 birthday: https://fb.me/RTTHairWhy I shaved my head (and how I'm processing this experience)The impermanence of Night Blooming Cereus, aka “Queen of the Night”The wisdom of loneliness When you let go, you make spaciousness for new people, places, and opportunities to arise. When you're choosing to vibrate at a different frequency, the universe will begin to mirror that in the physical realm as evidence for you of how shifts are happening. It's like the ancestors are just waiting for you to surrender so that they can finally step in and assist with your ascension. See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-46-why-i-shaved-my-head Sign up for our weekly stories: www.yourstorymedicine.com Follow June on Instagram @Jumakae and our podcast @yourstorymedicine  Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Dr. Renee Lemus and Dr. Cristina Rose of Las Doctoras. They are on a mission to reclaim their ancestral cultures, create spaces to heal from generational trauma, and live into liberating practices. Dr. Renee and Dr. Cristina host a podcast, a book club, and online writing courses. They create spaces to discuss healing from the wounds of generational trauma while grounded in ancestral wisdom, feminist scholarship, and a commitment to dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy, and all forms of systemic oppression. Learn more about Las Doctoras and their offerings: Visit their website: lasdoctoras.net Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/las.doctoras Enroll to the Sacred Writing Course https://lasdoctoras.net/sacredwriting

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Luna Grace, a transformational, alignment, and leadership mentor with a Master's Degree in Spiritual Psychology and the creator of The Alignment Code and The Self Initiation Affirmation Deck. She works to support her dharma of working within the intersection of the human and the holy. Her mission is to offer spaces of self-initiation to service-oriented changemakers who hear the call to step more fully into aligned leadership through their unique expression and maintenance of their values, so they can run legacy-leaving lives, families, communities, and organizations. Learn more about Luna and her offerings: Sign up for Resurrection: www.lunaloveleadership.com/resurrection Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/lunaloveleadership Resurrection: BEGIN YOUR DESCENT AUTUMNAL EQUINOX Click HERE to Register

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Elissa Weinzimmer, an award-winning vocal health educator, presence coach, and the founder of Voice Body Connection. After suddenly losing her own voice at age 21, Elissa began studying the mechanics of voice. Over time she developed a unique, concrete approach that empowers performers, leaders, and speakers to optimize their voices and share them more authentically. Learn more about Elissa and her offerings: Visit her website: www.voicebodyconnection.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/voicebodyelissa Elissa is hosting a FREE masterclass next Wednesday, September 15 on how Speaking Your Truth Doesn't Make You Unprofessional.  Click here to reserve your spot Check out our past interviews:: “Speak from Your Vagina” “The Voice of My Ancestors” Subscribe to our weekly love notes: www.yourstorymedicine.com

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Susanna Barkataki, an Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition who supports practitioners to lead with equity, diversity and yogic values while growing thriving practices and businesses with confidence. She is founder of Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute and runs Yoga Teacher Training programs around the world. Susanna is the author of the book Embrace Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. Susanna is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who created the groundbreaking Honor {Don't Appropriate} Yoga Summit with over 10,000 participants. Learn more about Susanna and her offerings: Visit her website: www.susannabarkataki.com and www.ignitebewell.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/susannabarkataki

Do you have to be fully healed to be a healer? And how do you emerge from what may feel like the dark night of the soul?So I'm currently sitting in my childhood bedroom looking at the pile of over 10 years worth of accumulated things before my eyes. Lately, I haven't had very much motivation to organize or put things away, questioning whether or not it's even worth it when the future feels so uncertain. Because while I've had the biggest income thus far in my business already surpassing over six figures in half the time as last year, and serving the most amazing clients around the world - what people don't often see is the human behind the healer. How do you show up to share your offerings when you don't always feel good, and when it feels like life is getting in the way of the quantum leaps taking place? This week, I'm sharing some personal updates as I balance being a spiritual entrepreneur, a daughter of immigrants and elders with new responsibilities, and the fragility of love. Here's what letting go is teaching me. How to further our connection: Visit my website: http://www.yourstorymedicine.com/ Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Dez Davis, a transformational thought leader, speaker, and creator of The Rich Witch Life, a coaching and consulting company based in Los Angeles. For over a decade, Dez has studied and applied practices of energy psychology, neuro-linguistic programming, and advanced transformational coaching to ignite the impact to income and influence potential of purpose-driven entrepreneurs, service providers, and established community organizers. She draws upon her dynamic life experience as a Queer Woman of Color and unique expertise as a spiritually-centered high-performance entrepreneur to champion a new era of inclusivity, awakened to wealth creation, and heart-centered leadership in business. Learn more about Dez and her offerings: Visit her website: www.therichwitchlife.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/therichwitchlife

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Eliana Chinea, a Brown Latinx anti-racism educator, producer, and certified Yoga instructor who has over 10 years of experience in the wellness industry and over 400 hours of training in Yoga, trauma, and anti-racism. She began teaching and consulting after noticing a need for diversity and representation in the wellness industry. She now teaches Yoga teachers/practitioners and wellness entrepreneurs how to decolonize their practices, create equity for teachers of color, and build inclusive spaces in the community. She is the Founder of Embody Inclusivity and Project Manager of Legacy Trips. Learn more about Eliana and her offerings: Visit her website: www.embodyinclusivity.com Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/eliana.chinea Visit her Patreon: www.patreon.com/constanzaeliana

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Liz Jones and Farrah the Frequency. Liz Jones is a certified hatha and vinyasa yoga teacher, sound healer, and spiritual mentor. She helps people tap in to their truth and higher self through energy work. She's an intuitive traveling goddess who has been to 12 countries around the world. Now she curates sacred travel experience for women of color on their spiritual journey to activate and step in to their expansion in her favorite countries around the world.  We're also being joined by Farrah the Frequency. She began her business during the peak of lockdowns last year after returning back from Costa Rica, and hit six figures within the first couple of months attuning others to become Reiki Master Teachers. Now, she is pivoting her focus more on creative expression and embodiment practices to nurture the inner child and align with the souls highest dharma. Learn more about Liz and Farrah: Join us at the Get Grounded Goddess Peru Retreat: www.wetravel.com/trips/get-grounded-goddess-peru-retreat-liz-jones-pisac-92167253 Follow Liz on Instagram: www.instagram.com/bylizjones Website: www.bylizjones.com Follow Farrah on Instagram: www.instagram.com/farrahthefrequency/?hl=en Listen to our conversation to learn more about their upcoming Plant Medicine Retreat for Women of Color in Peru in November 2021!

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I reflect on the week I recently spent in Tulum, Mexico. Now, what comes to mind when you think of Tulum? Yogis? Pretty beaches? Sacred sites? Selfies of pretty people in pretty spots? For real; Tulum was on the list of places I wanted to visit because of how beautiful I thought the photos were! As well as to pay reverence to the sacred sites and the spirituality of the land. After a week spent at a business retreat with one of my coaches, Melissa Ruiz, I am reminded of how much of a façade social media can be. While I can only speak for myself, it just breaks my heart to see how much gentrification and colonization I see of this land. Now, I used to be one of those tourists with the big backpacks that have made traveling for the fun of it a part of their lifestyle. But now that I'm older and have my own business, I've become more interested in hearing about the history and culture of a place directly from the locals. I love trying to get a glimpse of different lands through the eyes of the ancestors who lived on those lands. .How to further our connection: Visit my website: www.jumakae.com Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Jeff Harry, Positive Psychology Play Whisperer and Founder of Rediscover Your Play. He combines positive psychology and play to help teams/organizations create psychologically safe workspaces through play and assist individuals in addressing their biggest challenges through embracing a play-oriented approach to work. Some of the topics he covers include how to deal with toxicity in the workplace, how to address office politics, how to play with your inner critic, how to help your staff rediscover their flow, and how to navigate these uncertain times through play. For his work, Jeff was selected by BambooHR & Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers of 2020. His work has most recently been featured in the NY Times, Mashable, Upworthy, & Shondaland. Learn more about Jeff and her offerings: Visit his website: www.rediscoveryourplay.com  Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeffharryplays Maslow's hierarchy connected to Blackfoot beliefs https://lincolnmichel.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/maslows-hierarchy-connected-to-blackfoot-beliefs/

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Vanessa Codorniu, an acclaimed psychic medium with 25 years of experience and more than 10,000 individual sessions. She is a Bruja and Latinx teacher of intuition and clinical hypnosis, with a focus on healing ancestral trauma/patterns through hypnosis. A secret weapon for CEOs and entrepreneurs all around the U.S. and the Latin American world, Vanessa is most passionate about helping individuals develop their own inner resources, especially through intuition development and mindfulness tools. Vanessa is the founder of Intuitive LeverageTM, an 8-week intuition bootcamp that gives structure to the invisible so participants can make their sensitivity their greatest advantage in life and business. Nacimos Magicos – Born Magical is her 8-week Intuitive Journey Deepening Our Gifts, Honoring Our Ancestors and Reclaiming Our Sacred Inheritance through The School of The Healing Artes. This renowned Argentine-American started doing readings at age 16 after her family confirmed that she was seeing and knowing things accurately about people who were no longer with them. She guides seekers to break through fears and connect to the practical power of their intuition so they can serve the world powerfully with their gifts. She created her school to stand for diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility for underrepresented BIPOC communities, and hopes to continue supporting the next generation of leaders and healers for years to come. Listen for more on her podcast, The Biz Bruja Podcast. Learn more about Vanessa and her offerings: Visit her website: www.thebizbruja.com  Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thebizbruja

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kristen Noelle, a transformational mindset and business coach & astrologer, speaker, and entrepreneur. She is the author of the bestselling book Stop Chasing Start Attracting. Kristen helps small business owners, entrepreneurs and side-hustlers release their money blocks so that they can effortlessly quantum leap into the next level of their life and business. She has helped hundreds of her clients double their income in a matter of months, using her proprietary three pillar method the Cash Flow Trinity™. Kristen is also a certified Business and Feng Shui Consultant and has an extensive background in both marketing and Chinese Metaphysics. Kristen's deepest mission is to help all visionaries step into their soul's purpose so that they can make the income and impact they were placed here to make. Learn more about Kristen and her offerings: Grab her book: www.book.kristennoelle.co  Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristennoelle.co Check her out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/421leekristen

Aloha from the beautiful Island of Oahu. I am currently here in Hawaii, where I was actually supposed to return home a week ago. But I decided to extend my trip by at least another week.  And while it can be so easy to simply see the highlight reels of my life, soaking up the sun, being at the beach, hiking, snorkeling with sea turtles, all the things, it's important to also know that being here is actually a big challenge for me. Because I'm so used to being in the role of somebody who gives and is holding space for others that I am still learning what it's like to hold space for myself to be safe with allowing myself to receive so that I can pour from my overflow. So I wanted to specifically talk today about comparison, as the thief of joy.  For many of us who are stepping into our medicine and our sacred offering, it could be so easy to get into the loop of, “ Oh, so and so is doing something similar to me or I will never get there because they have far more experience and a lot more confidence than me.”  Well, guess what? A lot of the people who you look up to have had to go through these initiations themselves and are constantly going through it. Apply to Roots to Rise, my 12 week storytelling & leadership program to tell your story, grow your legacy, and launch your sacred offerings from a place of alignment: ww.yourstorymedicine.com/rootstorise How to further our connection: Visit my website: www.jumakae.com Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

Access to you is an expensive privilege, because what has been poured into you goes beyond money. There's time. There's energy. There's all the ways you've worked so hard to create healthy boundaries so that you can live your life in peace. By the way, the more you choose to assert these boundaries, the more people are going to want to test them. These are people who are coming from a place of lack and scarcity who are going to want to pull you down to their level. And the more you spend your time trying to defend or prove yourself, the more taxing that is going to be in the long run. But if you are able to practice this and to intentionally pour into the life you want to create and the type of people who light you up, who value what you have to offer, the more you are going to attract those very things, and the more time we spend actually celebrating what it is we have and celebrating each other. That energy gets amplified for all of us when you win, when I win, we all win. It just means that it is possible for even more of us to step into these frequencies. Energy is going to grow where your attention goes. So where is it that you are going to choose to deposit your energy? And if you find yourself being around people than places where you constantly feel like you got to prove yourself or you can't take up space or you can't win, because if you do, that makes other people feel less than, then it is time to shift your surroundings because you are not responsible for other people's misery as much as you are for their joy. You can only be responsible for you. How to further our connection: Visit my website: www.jumakae.com Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Roshni Kavate, Founder and Creative Director of Cardamom and Kavate, a wellness platform dedicated to reclaiming nourishing practices rooted in ancestral wisdom for collective liberation. She believes grief is a portal to wholeness. Through rituals and storytelling, we can reconnect to our origins and be our wild selves. She sees the path to being whole as a radical art and political practice. Roshni speaks to us about how witnessing racialized trauma and its lasting impact on the health and wellness of communities of color—first in early childhood then as a palliative care nurse in the U.S.—drove her to launch Cardamom and Kavate. Her mission? To reimagine what it means to rebirth ourselves, embody our radiance, connect to our ancestral rituals, and live in our pleasure Learn more about Roshni and her offerings: Visit her website: www.cardamomandkavate.com  Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cardamomandkavate