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In a fragmented world that needs to fix deficits in peace, development and governance, China's visions, proposed by President Xi Jinping at the 19th G20 Summit, of building a just world of common development and promoting a fair and equitable global governance system are of great relevance to making the world a better place, according to analysts. The G20 Summit, hosted by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Tuesday, took place amid shifting geopolitical dynamics and economic uncertainty, providing an opportunity for world leaders to get together to discuss solutions to address urgent global challenges, including economic stagnation, trade disruptions, food security, reform of multilateral institutions and climate governance. As leader of the second-largest economy and the largest developing country in the world, Xi's attendance and his interactions with other leaders at the summit were in the spotlight. Addressing the summit, he outlined China's eight actions to support global development, including pursuing high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, implementing the Global Development Initiative, supporting international cooperation on poverty reduction and food security, and supporting the G20 in carrying out practical cooperation for the benefit of the Global South. He called for improving global economic, financial, trade, digital and ecological governance to build a world economy characterized by cooperation, stability, openness, innovation and eco-friendliness.Evandro Menezes de Carvalho, a professor of international law at Fluminense Federal University in Brazil, said that taking a systemic view of global governance, Xi highlighted key actions in each of the main areas of global governance in his speech. "China has already given concrete demonstrations of being a country committed to the development of a more inclusive international order. In addition, it has been very active in promoting green development with significant investment in technology and environmental protection," he said. The professor noted that global economic development depends on a balanced, stable financial and trade system that takes into account the needs of developing countries in order to promote a more inclusive international order, highlighting the importance of Xi's remarks on improving global digital and ecological governance with the Global South and developing countries involved. "Global digital governance and ecological governance, which are increasingly linked to each other, if well directed towards the common good, could contribute to opening new paths for the future for humanity as they increasingly exert influence in today's world." Under the Brazilian presidency, the Rio G20 Summit adopted the motto "Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet", focusing on three priority themes: energy transition, fair sustainable development (with an emphasis on combating hunger, poverty and inequality), and reform of multilateral institutions. China, standing at the forefront of the Global South, has been advocating for greater representation of developing countries in global governance to promote an international order that is truly democratic, inclusive and multilateral. From advocating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence to proposing the construction of a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation, and building a community with a shared future for mankind, China's consistent goal has been to build a more equal and just world, ensuring that developing countries have a greater voice in global affairs, observers said.At the Rio G20 Summit, Xi urged the World Bank to carry out a shareholding review and the International Monetary Fund to carry out quota share realignment in line with the agreed time frame and road map in order to increase the voice and representation of developing countries. He said that China, alongside Brazil, South Africa and the African Union, is proposing an Initiative on International Cooperation in Open Science to help the Global South gain better access to global advances in science, technology and innovation. Anthony Moretti, an associate professor in the Communication and Organizational Leadership Department at Robert Morris University in the United States, said that Xi is spot on when he suggests that isolationism is not what the global community needs right now. This is especially true for the developing world, Moretti added.Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan, executive director of the Center for South Asia and International Studies in Islamabad, Pakistan, said that Xi has made proposals for an open, inclusive and non-discriminatory environment for international economic cooperation through a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. His proposals support developing countries in better integrating into digital, smart and green development to bridge the North-South gap, and they constitute a holistic and comprehensive policy badly needed for economic recovery, poverty reduction and job creation, Khan said, adding they reflect the global need for complete transformation from isolation to integration, from Cold War mentality to international cooperation. As the Ukraine crisis and Palestine-Israel conflict remain protracted, Xi highlighted at the Rio G20 Summit that "global security governance is part and parcel of global governance". The G20 should support the UN and its Security Council in playing a greater role, and support all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of crises, he said. China and Brazil, together with some other Global South countries, have launched a group of "friends for peace" on the Ukraine crisis, with the goal of bringing together more voices for peace.Khan said that the proposal of the group of "friends for peace" is innovative and well-timed, which must be listened to and implemented for achieving peace in Ukraine and Palestine. Marcos Cordeiro Pires, a professor of international political economy at Sao Paulo State University, said that the China-proposed Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative and Belt and Road Initiative are becoming international public goods that offer a path to building actions that help overcome the immense challenges faced by humanity. These initiatives are a counterpoint to selfishness and unilateralism by pointing out that development is essential to overcoming hunger and poverty, that no country can guarantee its security at the expense of others, that peaceful coexistence between civilizations presupposes respect for the uniqueness of each culture, and, above all, that building infrastructure is one of the best ways to guarantee progress and address inequalities, Pires said. The Chinese president also urged G20 countries to "see each other's development as opportunities rather than challenges and view each other as partners rather than rivals", highlighting the need to observe the basic norms of international relations underpinned by the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and defend the international order based on international law. Xu Feibiao, a senior researcher and the director of the Center for BRICS and G20 Studies of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said that China, unlike traditional Western powers, remains committed to safeguarding a multilateral system with the UN at its core, following the path of peaceful development, and advocating for the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. It calls for a new type of international relations and upholds the principles of "extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits" in global governance, Xu said, adding these efforts and principles are gaining broader recognition and respect from countries all over the world, offering hope for the G20 to regain its relevance in global governance.The Rio G20 Summit adopted a leaders' declaration, with the G20 leaders reaffirming their strong commitment to multilateralism and pledging to reform the global governance system. The leaders pledged to work for a reinvigorated and strengthened multilateral system, rooted in the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law, with renewed institutions and a reformed governance that is more representative and effective, according to the declaration. They also pledged to reform the UN Security Council to align it with the realities and demands of the 21st century and make it more representative, inclusive and effective, the declaration said.

The G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro will help foster global consensus and bridge differences, creating a favorable environment for entrepreneurship that can help tackle today's global challenges and support sustainable development, said Gao Jian, director of the Entrepreneurship Research Center on G20 Economies at Tsinghua University.清华大学二十国集团（G20）创业研究中心主任高建表示，里约热内卢G20峰会将有助于凝聚全球共识、弥合分歧，为创业创造良好环境，从而帮助应对当今全球挑战、支持可持续发展。"The G20 is a broad international mechanism that includes both developing and developed countries, ensuring representation from various regions and continents. Each participant plays a unique role. Therefore, the annual G20 Summit and its agenda are indeed beneficial for global economic development," Gao said.高建认为，“二十国集团是一个广泛的国际机制，既包括发展中国家，也包括发达国家，确保了各地区和各大洲的代表性。每个参与者都发挥着独特的作用。因此，一年一度的G20峰会及其议程确实有利于全球经济发展”。"This year's theme — 'Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet' — indicates that in global development, every economy aims to create more employment opportunities, secure a good position in global trade, and avoid falling behind. However, this must not come at the expense of sustainable development, which requires addressing employment issues and the green and digital transition," said Gao, who is also professor at the department of innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy at Tsinghua's School of Economics and Management.“今年以‘构建公正世界和可持续星球'为主题表明，在全球发展中，每个经济体都希望创造更多就业机会，在全球贸易中占据有利地位，避免落后。然而，这绝不能以牺牲可持续发展为代价，其需要解决的问题包括就业、绿色转型和数字化转型。”清华大学经管学院创新创业与战略系高建教授说。"Only through global cooperation and joint efforts can we achieve sustainability. And in this process, companies need to update technologies, reduce carbon emissions and foster new innovation.“只有通过全球合作和共同努力，我们才能实现可持续发展。而在这一过程中，企业需要更新技术，减少碳排放，促进新的创新。”"Innovative entrepreneurial companies are essential for providing new solutions to solve these problems. For instance, China's globally leading electric vehicle industry, largely driven by startups, exemplifies this," Gao said.“创新型创业公司对于提供解决这些问题的新方案至关重要。例如，中国的电动汽车产业在全球处于领先地位，而这主要是由初创企业推动的。”高建表示。The Entrepreneurship Research Center on G20 Economies was established in 2017 to promote the implementation of the consensus reached by G20 leaders at the Hangzhou Summit the previous year.二十国集团创业研究中心成立于2017年，旨在推动落实二十国集团（G20）领导人在前一年的杭州峰会上达成的共识。In the G20 Entrepreneurship Action Plan adopted at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting in 2016, it pointed out that waves of technological change, economic globalization and industrial and demographic changes present new challenges and opportunities for G20 economies in both the short and longer terms. The plan urged for G20 members to redouble efforts to support a more innovative pattern of inclusive economic growth, with new engines of development and new pathways for job growth.2016年，二十国集团（G20）劳工就业部长会议通过的《二十国集团创业行动计划》中指出，技术变革、经济全球化以及产业和人口结构的变化，给二十国集团经济体带来了短期和长期的新挑战和新机遇。该计划呼吁二十国集团成员加倍努力，支持更具包容性和创新性的经济增长模式，为发展提供新引擎，为就业增长开辟新途径。Jointly established by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and Tsinghua University, the research center tracks and analyzes the progress of the G20 Entrepreneurship Action Plan and shares valuable entrepreneurial practices and experiences among G20 members.该研究中心由人力资源和社会保障部与清华大学共同设立，其研究主要包括跟踪和分析G20各成员国《创业行动计划》的进展，总结和分享各国具有借鉴意义的创业实践和经验。Since its inception, the center has hosted an annual G20 Entrepreneurship Roundtable to review and evaluate the progress of G20 members in implementing the entrepreneurship action plan.自成立以来，该中心每年主办一次G20创业圆桌对话，审查和评估G20各成员国在实施《创业行动计划》方面的进展。"Overall, G20 members are keeping pace with the times in entrepreneurship, especially in emerging industries like the digital economy and green transition. In terms of entrepreneurial policies, developed countries tend to have more detailed and systematic policies, while developing countries may lag in this aspect," Gao noted.“总体而言，G20成员国在创业方面与时俱进，尤其是在数字经济和绿色转型等新兴产业领域。在创业政策方面，发达国家往往有更详细、更系统的政策，而发展中国家在这方面可能相对滞后。”高建指出。"China, as a G20 member, has significant advantages in providing entrepreneurship services. For example, China emphasizes tailored policies for different groups, such as incubation services for young people, women and new university graduates, provided by social institutions. This is considered an advanced practice internationally," Gao said.“中国作为G20成员国之一，在提供创业服务方面具有显著优势。例如，中国强调为不同群体量身定制政策，如由社会机构为青年、妇女和大学应届毕业生提供孵化服务。这在国际上被认为是一种先进的做法。”高建说。"China's reform and opening-up policies are also conducive to global economic development and openness. As an inclusive nation promoting globalization, China's development benefits global entrepreneurs. Events like the China International Import Expo and the Canton Fair also stimulate international entrepreneurship," said Gao.“中国的改革开放政策也有利于全球经济的发展和开放。作为一个推动全球化的包容性国家，中国的发展惠及全球企业家。中国国际进口博览会和广交会等活动也激发着国际创业精神。”高建表示。global consensus全球共识entrepreneurshipn. 创业tailorv. 定制，使适合digital transition数字化转型

President Xi Jinping has called on the countries of the Global South to work together to practice true multilateralism, and to advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.Xi made the statement in a congratulatory message sent to the two-day Global South Media and Think Tank Forum, which opened on Monday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Noting that the Global South is growing with strong momentum, Xi said that the grouping plays an increasingly important role in the cause of human progress.He highlighted that China has always been a member of the Global South and will always belong to the developing world.In the face of global changes of the century, pursuing modernization and working for a more just and equitable international order are the sacred historic missions of Global South countries and the common issues of the times for Global South media and think tanks, Xi said.He expressed the hope that the forum's participants will build consensus and jointly amplify the "voice of the Global South" while showcasing the "commitment of the Global South".Xi also urged the forum participants to contribute wisdom toward empowering the Global South to become a stabilizing force for peace, a backbone of openness and development, a constructive force in global governance, and a driving force for mutual learning among civilizations.The forum, co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency and Brazil Communication Co, was held under the theme of "Development and Revitalization: A New Journey for the Global South".It took place ahead of Xi's upcoming state visit to Brazil, where he will also attend the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.Under the Brazilian presidency, the G20 has adopted the motto "Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet", focusing on three priority themes: energy transition, fair sustainable development (with an emphasis on combating hunger, poverty and inequality), and reform of multilateral institutions.The Foreign Ministry said that Xi will deliver an important speech at the summit and engage in in-depth exchanges with leaders of various countries.Beijing hopes that the summit will send a clear message to encourage all countries to work together to address challenges and achieve shared prosperity, and to jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind, ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular news conference on Friday.Observers said that China and Brazil, in the vanguard of emerging economies, will lead the way at the G20 Summit in Rio on unity and collaboration among countries of the Global South in improving global governance.Xu Xiujun, a senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of World Economics and Politics, said that developed economies, which have long dominated global governance, are unwilling to assume more international responsibilities and are unable to provide more international public goods.The Global South is increasingly taking a lead in global politics, demonstrating significant strategic value in global governance, Xu said, adding that the Global South is becoming an important force driving global governance toward a more just, fair and effective direction.Last year, the GDP of emerging markets and developing economies, based on purchasing power parity, accounted for 58.85 percent of the global economy, according to the International Monetary Fund.

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Economia Underground, um podcast institucionalista Neste episódio temos o prazer e a honra de debater o texto "The Role of Vested Interests in the Evolution of the Notion of 'Just World'", de nosso querido colega e amigo Felipe Almeida. Conforme seu título nos antecipa, neste trabalho se apresentam os significados daquilo que seria um "mundo justo" em diferentes perspectivas econômicas, compreendendo sua existência correlata com a ideia de interesses escusos. Nos siga no Instagram: @economiaunderground

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an author, activist, spiritual teacher and practitioner, racial equity consultant and trainer, and intuitive healer. She approaches her life and work from a place of knowing we are, can, and must heal individually and collectively. Michelle teaches workshops and immersions and leads retreats and transformative experiences nationwide. As a dismantling racism educator, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups. Michelle was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Michelle published the first edition of Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; and the 2nd edition of Skill in Action in November 2021, published by Shambhala Publications. Her second book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021. Her third book, We Heal Together: Rituals and Practice for Building Community and Connection, published by Shambhala Publications, explores the deep knowing and truth that we are interconnected; we belong to one another. We Heal Together offers rituals and practices meant to dream us into a new way of being to benefit the highest and fullest good. Her latest book, A Space For Us: A Guide For Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups, was published by Beacon Press in August 2023. Michelle leads courageously from the heart with compassion and a commitment to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes for many because of the harm it creates. She inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. In this conversation, Michelle and Anjali discuss: Kleshas as an inquiry: Michelle's new book on kleshas What does healing mean when the world is ablaze? Our collective nervous systems Michelle's writing as a practice of reclamation and re-connection Her go to rituals during the writing process Role of community care and collective How does she practice care as a space holder? Connect with Michelle on her website or on Instagram @skillinaction You can receive 30% off if you pre-order Illuminating Our True Nature from Shambhala Publications. Use TRUENATURE30 at checkout. Free Resources for Teachers We are grateful for the support of our podcast partner OfferingTree — an all-in-one, easy to use business platform for classes, courses, memberships and more. Check it out at www.offeringtree.com/accessibleyoga.

In my second returning guests group chat, I delve into the complex world of therapy with colleagues David Teachout and Christine Sefein. We explore the concept of therapeutic neutrality and its relevance in today's therapy landscape. Is therapy dead? How are therapists able to maintain neutrality in an age of biases and cultural influences? And what are the limits to neutrality?We discuss the ethical obligation of therapists to disclose their opinions and biases to clients. How does this disclosure impact the therapeutic relationship and the client's journey towards healing?We touch on the delicate balance between safety and challenge in therapy, highlighting the importance of creating a space where clients feel secure yet encouraged to grow. What happens when clients bring in past experiences that shape their perceptions of therapy? How do therapists navigate these preconceptions and build trust with their clients?The conversation takes an intriguing turn as we address the ethical implications of therapists having a public presence. How does being Googleable impact the therapeutic relationship? And what are the boundaries and responsibilities of therapists in the digital age? Join us as we unravel these thought-provoking questions and explore the evolving landscape of therapy in today's world. Tune in to discover the answers to these compelling inquiries and gain insights into the intricate world of therapy.Christine Sefein Wolk, LMFT, is a US-based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in grief and trauma work. She has experience in various settings including residential facilities, outpatient treatment, and private practice. Christine has held positions such as Clinical Director and Clinical Supervisor. As Teaching Faculty at Antioch University, she discusses the ideological capture of therapy training in her book chapter in Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Anti-therapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice. She is also a co-host on the Critical Therapy Antidote Podcast, exploring psychological trends with fascinating guests. Join CTA.David Teachout is a mental health therapist and photographer, exploring the link between creativity and mental flexibility. Previously a Christian fundamentalist, he now embraces a diverse understanding of humanity. With masters degrees in forensic psychology and counseling, he is pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology. Visit his blog and podcast at www.lifeweavings.com and www.humanitysvalues.com.Books mentioned in this episode:The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkCynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Anti-therapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice[00:00:00] Is therapeutic neutrality dead?[00:05:27] Therapeutic Neutrality and Informed Consent.[00:10:27] The relevance of childhood in therapy.[00:14:42] Trauma and resilience in therapy.[00:19:24] Victim mindset vs resilience mentality.[00:22:50] Chronic illness and social perception.[00:25:35] The Just World fallacy and fear of mortality.[00:31:45] The elements of therapeutic relationship.[00:33:45] Therapeutic relationship boundaries.[00:37:27] Trauma-dumping in therapy and relationships.[00:40:57] Depth vs brief therapy and the medical model.[00:42:02] The impact of prior experiences on transference.[00:46:07] Gender-affirming care for minors.[00:49:09] Public presence and perceptions.[00:52:21] Assumptions about the therapist.[00:55:26] Therapy versus consultation.[01:03:33] Porn addiction and attraction.[01:04:47] Porn addiction debate.[01:09:04] Therapy and criticism. To support this show, please leave a rating & review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe, like, comment & share via my YouTube channel. Or recommend this to a friend!Learn more about Do No Harm.Take $200 off your EightSleep Pod Pro Cover with code SOMETHERAPIST at EightSleep.com.Take 20% off all superfood beverages with code SOMETHERAPIST at Organifi.Check out my shop for book recommendations + wellness products.Show notes & transcript provided with the help of SwellAI.Special thanks to Joey Pecoraro for our theme song, “Half Awake,” used with gratitude and permission.Watch NO WAY BACK: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care (our medical ethics documentary, formerly known as Affirmation Generation). Stream the film or purchase a DVD. Use code SOMETHERAPIST to take 20% off your order. Follow us on X @2022affirmation or Instagram at @affirmationgeneration.Have a question for me? Looking to go deeper and discuss these ideas with other listeners? Join my Locals community! Members get to ask questions I will respond to in exclusive, members-only livestreams, post questions for upcoming guests to answer, plus other perks TBD. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America's strengths and shocked by the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. In this conversation based on his new book, Economics in America, the Nobel Prize-winning economist explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation's uniquely disastrous health care system—and narrates Deaton's account of his experiences as a naturalized U.S. citizen and academic economist. Deaton is witty and pulls no punches. In his incisive, candid, and funny book, he describes the everyday lives of working economists, recounting the triumphs as well as the disasters, and tells the inside story of the Nobel Prize in economics and the journey that led him to Stockholm to receive one. He discusses the ongoing tensions between economics and politics―and the extent to which economics has any content beyond the political prejudices of economists―and reflects on whether economists bear at least some responsibility for the growing despair and rising populism in America. Blending rare personal insights with illuminating perspectives on the social challenges that confront us today, Deaton offers a disarmingly frank critique of his own profession while shining a light on his adopted country's policy accomplishments and failures. Shermer and Deaton discuss: the science of science is economics • winning a Nobel Prize • what economists do, and how they determine causality • Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand • why a college education matters • meritocracy and “Just World” theory • minimum wage • healthcare • poverty • inequality • opioid crisis, alcoholism, suicide • inflation and interest rates • modern monetary theory • think tanks. Angus Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus and Senior Scholar at Princeton University. He is the author (with Anne Case) of the New York Times bestselling book Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality, and his new book Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality, all from Princeton University Press.

The Role of Critical Thinking for a Just World  Host Nancy Kahn talks about the role of critical thinking for creating a just world. Critical thinking skills support us in making better decisions and interrupt patterns of thinking that empower us to question our assumptions and to think for ourselves instead of being influenced by cognitive biases, assumptions, and logical fallacies. We can be more effective at meeting important human needs and finding effective and equitable solutions to important issues. Listeners are invited to call in​ to the show at 3:30 pm (1-800-958-9008)  Friday's at 3:00 pm, on KPFA (94.1 FM Berkeley and beyond, or livestream at kpfa.org) OR CATCH US after the show airs on the KPFA.org archives or iTunes!   The post The Role of Critical Thinking for a Just World appeared first on KPFA.

Our premium season recapping Love Is Blind season 1 comes to a close on Patreon with Jessica and Marc! Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to listen to the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTVAliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix.Our theme song is Just World by Erika Heidewald, a satire of propaganda based in the Just World fallacy - available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, or for download on BandcampWant us to read your neurodivergent perspective on the podcast? Send us an email! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comFind us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love

Our premium season recapping Love Is Blind season 1 continues on Patreon with Barnett and Amber (and Jessica and LC!). Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to listen to the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week!https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTV(We recorded this episode before we found out that Barnett actually sold his house to pay off *his* debts, not Amber's - don't miss yesterday's tangent episode to catch up on how the producers manipulated that storyline.) Aliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix.Our theme song is Just World by Erika Heidewald, a satire of propaganda based in the Just World fallacy - available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, or for download on BandcampWant us to read your neurodivergent perspective on the podcast? Send us an email! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comFind us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 *STARTING MAY 24!*Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love

This our first premium episode of Aliens Watching Reality TV for Patreon subscribers - we're recapping Love is Blind season 1! We're trying something a little different and covering the season couple by couple instead of episode by episode and of course we had to start with everyone's favorite couple, Lauren and Cameron. Subscribe to our Patreon for just $5 a month to listen to the rest of this episode and get an additional full-length episode every single week! https://www.patreon.com/AliensWatchingRealityTVAliens Watching Reality TV is hosted by Erika Heidewald and Josh Shahryar, two reality show newbies who grew up feeling like aliens (turns out we're just autistic and ADHD) and love analyzing human behavior by watching reality TV dating shows on Netflix.Our theme song is Just World by Erika Heidewald, a satire of propaganda based in the Just World fallacy - available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, or for download on BandcampWant us to read your neurodivergent perspective on the podcast? Send us an email! alienswatchingrealitytv@gmail.comFind us on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@erikaheidewaldhttps://twitter.com/erikaheidewaldhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jshahryarhttps://twitter.com/JShahryarhttps://www.tiktok.com/@aliensrealitytvhttps://twitter.com/aliensrealitytvhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ibZRt1YLPPlw_tGSMnynATil Death Do Us Part! Love ya!#AliensWatchingRealityTV Season 1: Perfect Match Season 1Season 2: Love Is Blind Season 4Season 3: Love on the Spectrum US Season 1 *STARTING MAY 24!*Season 4: The Ultimatum: Queer Love

In this episode of her Global Shifts series, Just World ed President Helena Cobban looks at the events and developments of the past week that illustrate the big shifts now underway in the global balance. This week, she looks at the continuing fallout from the visit that French Pres. Emmanuel Macron paid recently to Beijing, and also at this week's visit there by Brazilian Pres. Lula Da Silva. Then, she looks at three big ongoing developments in West Asia, concerning Yemen, Syria-- and the current worrying increase in U.S. military deployments in the Persian Gulf region.Ms. Cobban rounds off the episode by taking a step back to survey the 500-year history of Western colonial involvement in the Asian and Indian Ocean regions and the current signs that that era is starting to come to an end.Support the show

Sarah Jaffe is mother to one daughter.  She began her career as an attorney for children in the foster care system, advocating for some of the most vulnerable children in our nation, but it was not until she became a mother, that she took real stock of, and became deeply troubled by, the stark differences between the lives of the children she met at work and the lives of the children she met in her parenting life.  She began to question whether her only duty as a parent was to get “the best” for her own child or whether she had an obligation to make decisions that would help create a more equitable society for all children. Her questions led her to write her first book, Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege, and Building a Just World.  This book is the topic of this episode.

Para que servem os impostos? Quando surgiu a ideia de criar os Impostos? Existirão sistemas tributários perfeitos?‘A segunda profissão mais antiga do mundo deve ser a de cobrador de impostos', diz Hugo van der Ding. E a economista Joana Pais vai aproveitar para falar da História dos Impostos ao longos dos tempos. Acredite ou não, essa viagem passa por lareiras, janelas e problemas de saúde à conta disso; e depois, a Joana faz uma viragem em direção àqueles que ‘até' gostam de pagar impostos por causa da confiança que têm em quem os rodeia (não apenas nos governantes), às diferentes complexidades dos sistemas tributários chegando, imagine só, aos impostos mais ‘bonzinhos' como os que taxam o vício. Um episódio divertido sobre Impostos? É possível. Para o comprovar, venha ouvir.REFERÊNCIAS E LINKS ÚTEIS:Dados sobre carga fiscal e outras medidas:Taxing Wages 2022 Impact of COVID-19 on the Tax Wage in OECD Countries (2022). OCDE.Taxing High Incomes. A comparison of 41 countries (2019). European Policy Information Center (Epicenter).European Values Survey Efeitos dos impostos:Oates, Wallace E., and Robert M. Schwab (2015). The Window Tax: A Case Study in Excess Burden. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29 (1): 163-80.Diamond P e E Saez (2011). The Case for a Progressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendations. Journal of Economic Perspectives 25(4): 165-90.Mankiw, N. Gregory, Matthew Charles Weinzierl, and Danny Ferris Yagan (2009). Optimal taxation in theory and practice. Journal of Economic Perspectives 23(4): 147-174. Impostos na Escandinávia:Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen. 2014. How Can Scandinavians Tax So Much? Journal of Economic Perspectives,28 (4): 77-98.Europa vs. EUA:A Alesina , E Glaeser e B Sacerdote (2001).  Why Doesn't the United States Have a European-Style Welfare State? Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2001, No. 2.Benabou, Roland and Tirole, Jean (2005).Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 11208.Complexidade:People systematically overlook subtractive changes (2021). Adams, G. S., Converse, B. A., Hales, A. H. & Klotz, L. E. Nature 592, 258–261 (2021).Impostos sobre o açúcar:Christopher Conlon Nirupama L. Rao Yinan Wang (2021). WHO PAYS SIN TAXES? UNDERSTANDING THE OVERLAPPING BURDENS OF CORRECTIVE TAXES. NBERGonçalves, J., & Pereira dos Santos, J. (2020). Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? The impact of a soda tax on prices and consumption. Social Science & Medicine, 264, [113332]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113332 Questões comportamentais:Cait Lamberton, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and Michael I. Norton (2014). Eliciting Taxpayer Preferences Increases Tax Compliance. Harvard Business School. Working Paper 14-106.Li, Sherry Xin and Eckel, Catherine C. and Grossman, Philip J. and Larson, Tara (2013). Who's in Charge? Donor Targeting Enhances Voluntary Giving to Government. BIOS JOANA PAISJoana Pais é professora de Economia no ISEG da Universidade de Lisboa. Obteve o seu Ph.D. em Economia na Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona em 2005. Atualmente é coordenadora do programa de Mestrado em Economia e do programa de Doutoramento em Economia, ambos do ISEG, e membro da direção da unidade de investigação REM - Research in Economics and Mathematics. É ainda coordenadora do 

In our last episode with Kat McGinty, we explored larger scale methods to creating survivor-safe communities. In this follow-up, I wanted to take the same topic down to an individual basis, and explore the ways that we as individuals can help create communities where survivors will feel safe. Following the publication of the Open Letter in Support of Amber Heard as well as the release of the film "She Said", I've been feeling a renewed hope for a sexual violence free future. In order to get to that world free of gender-based violence, we must all do the work to dismantle any prejudices we may have through thought diffusion and non-judgmental mindful stances. Topics/Triggers: Amber Heard Open Letter She Said (2022) Film about New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor Breaking the Story on Harvey Weinstein Why the Carceral System is Not the Solution Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Saying the Uncomfortable Things Out Loud How White Feminism & White Supremacy Hurts Survivors Checking Our Privileges and Believing Survivors The Myths of a "Just World" and False Reports Non-judgmental Mindful Stances Going Against Our Automatic Thoughts + Beliefs ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you took anything away from today's podcast, please share it with someone who may need to hear it. And if you really want to support the podcast please give us a rate/review. If you or anyone you know is suffering through trauma contact the National Sexual Assault hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or online for 24/7 support. (This podcast is not a replacement for psychotherapy or mental health care. You can obtain a referral for mental health care provider from your primary care physician, or search on Psychology Today's Find a Therapist directory) Find more Initiated Survivor content here and on Instagram!

Author, church planter, flimmaker, teacher, and faith-based entrepreneur, Josh Buck joins Amy Fritz to talk about his new book, Everyday Activism: Following 7 Practices of Jesus to Create a Just World. Buck shares how he was radicalized by studying the life of Jesus and what it means to embrace the Gospel of Jubilee. Do you want to help us Share The Show? If you love the Untangled Faith Podcast (and, of course, you do) the most encouraging thing you can do to keep the podcast going is to spread the news to others. Send a text to your friends and family about the podcast, leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, and post about the show on social media. Once you've done any/all of these things, fill out this form to enter a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card! Two entries will be chosen at random on December 10th, 2022. Here's the form: https://forms.gle/d2WbAXNRmMk263Gq9   Other episodes you might like: 56: The Reshaping of the American Church. Guest: Bob Smietana – Untangled Faith Podcast 57: Start With Hello. Guest: Shannan Martin – Untangled Faith Podcast 49: Kyle J. Howard shares about his work in advocacy for Spiritual Abuse survivors & Racial Trauma survivors. – Untangled Faith Podcast   Leave a review for the podcast: https://podcasts.app.com/us/podcast/untangled-faith/id1561001170 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://untangledfaith.substack.com Join us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/untangledfaith   Where you can find Josh Buck: Web: https://jwbuck.org https://madeforpax.org Everyday Activism: Following 7 Practices of Jesus to Create a Just World https://amzn.to/3Ug3kX7 Where you can find me: https://untangledfaithpodcast.com https://instagram.com/untangledfaith  https://instagram.com/amyhenningfritz https://twitter.com/faithuntangled https://twitter.com/amyfritz https://facebook.com/untangledfaith Host/Creator: Amy Fritz Producers: Michelle Pjanic, Phil & Susan Perdue, Pam Forsythe   zRtC5fdKKafoNM48B4v2

In this episode with Michelle Casandra Johnson, we cover the importance of the grieving process and having practices that support it. We discuss how our practices have shifted since Covid-19 and the things we hope will not go back. Michelle talks about working with our ancestors and learning from their traumas and resistance as well as her special connection to her honey bees. Michelle wrote the foreward for my forthcoming book, The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga out with Shambhala Publications in May 2023. It was wonderful to connect with her here. Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Mercedes, Spotify, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; the second edition of Skill in Action, published by Shambhala Publication, comes out November 2nd, 2021. She teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's latest book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, came out in July 2021. Her upcoming book, We Heal Together: Rituals and Practices for Building Community and Connection, published my Shambhala Publications, is available for pre-order now and comes out in April 2023. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world. Michelle's Website & Instagram ----------------------------------------- Your support is deeply appreciated! Find me, Lara, on my Website / Instagram You can support this podcast with any level of donation here. Opening and Closing music: Other People's Photographs courtesy of Daniel Zaitchik. Follow Daniel on Spotify.

We want to build boys -- AND a just world. It's easy to be overwhelmed by seemingly insurmountable challenges, and tempting to not take action on big societal issues like inequity because, well, what can we do anyway? But while it's true that none of us can individually create the systemic changes that are needed to address thorny social issue, our individual parenting choices have power. Sarah W. Jaffe was working as an attorney for children in foster care in New York City when she became pregnant with her first child, and she was struck by the tremendous gulf between the experiences of the kids she served and the concerns of parents in her personal peer group. She thought, "Something is really wrong here with the level of anxiety that parents in my peer group are feeling versus the overall societal lack of concern about foster kids," says Jaffe, author of Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege, and Building a Just World.  The truth is that the decisions we make for our kids affect other kids and families too. Take education, for instance: Parents with the economic means to do so often enroll their kids in private schools or "good" public schools with active PTAs that help provide funding for things like playground equipment, arts programs, and teachers. Their kids get a pretty decent education, but children at other schools may not get an equal or commensurate education. Moving Past Fear to Build a Just World "We are encouraged, as parent consumers, [to think that] there's never enough," Jaffe says. More education and experiences, our culture tells us, is always better. Marketers, Jaffe says, "prey on fear" and parents' innate desire to help their children. So affluents parents often invest a lot of time, energy, and resources into programs and services that may give their children a slight boost, while children a few blocks away lack the basics. That's not good for anyone's kids, in the long run. Jaffe suggest parents consider their values when making parenting decisions. When choosing childcare, for instance (if you have a choice!), consider things like the pay and working conditions of childcare workers. If you have the money to spend, it may be better spent at a center that pay its workers fairly than at a prestigious preschool. Jaffe also recommends that affluent and white parents look past their preconceived notions about which schools will or won't work for their children. In our culture, well-off parents are "encouraged to see ourselves as consumers of schools that need to cater to our demands, rather than investors in a crucial systems," she says. It might be best to invest your resources into the public school system. The fear of our children "falling behind" is pervasive, but it doesn't have to drive your parenting decisions. "Being in community with people, feeling invested in creating systems that work for everyone, is a really powerful antidote to that fear," Jaffe says. "Try to step away from the fear and into a sense of community." In this episode, Jen, Janet, & Sarah discuss: Why we need to care about ALL kids How parents contribute to educational inequity Increasing educational equity Learning to identify "enough" Childcare inequities Questions to ask when choosing childcare How parents can advocate for their sons' needs while still working for a just world Supporting public education Equitable school funding Links we mentioned (or should have) in this episode: Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege, and Building a Just World -- Sarah's book sarahwjaffe.com -- Sarah's website (includes the link to her Parenting Values Journal) Gender Equality, Boys, & Men -- ON BOYS episode featuring Richard V. Reeves (mentioned at 15:50) National Domestic Workers Alliance -- includes links & ideas for how you can make your home a good workplace for a nanny, house cleaner or caregiver, as well as advocacy tips

There are lots of books available now on how to talk with children about issues related to race, but Sarah W. Jaffe noticed a gap: there weren't any books geared toward non-academic audiences talking about how the choices that predominantly well-off, predominantly White parents make impact other people. From childcare choices to school to college, at every step of the way we make decisions that reflect Wanting What's Best for our own child, but very often these decisions are rooted in the fear of our child falling behind in some way, and when we try to elevate our own child we often do it at the expense of others.   Sarah's book uncovers the ideas that underlie the seemingly innocuous decisions we make so we can ensure that our choices are really aligned with our values. It also provides a great counterpoint to the book that I'm in the process of writing, which will be on the ways we either pass on or disrupt the tools of White supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism to our own children through the daily interactions we have with them that don't seem to be about anything related to these topics. Publication date September 2023: stay tuned!   Click here to order Sarah W. Jaffe's book https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Whats-Best-Parenting-Privilege/dp/164160767X?crid=15ZVQXNCBK0HL&keywords=wanting+what%27s+best&qid=1656710123&sprefix=wanting+what%27s+best,aps,122&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=yourparent0e9-20&linkId=3f09296002c357a6b949e20d0afee823&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl (Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege, and Building a Just World) (affiliate link).

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, and yoga teacher and practitioner. She has led dismantling racism work in many settings for over two decades and has a background and two decades of practice as a clinical social worker. Michelle's work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart.  She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. She has led Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Yoga Alliance, and Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017 and her newest book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021. She teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide and is on the faculty of Off the Mat, Into the World. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. In 2020 she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. In This Episode:  The awareness that comes with awakening and how this relates to social justice. Why embodiment is the key to healing racism.  If White bodied folks don't have the resiliency to do this work, what will it take? Rest as a necessary tool for activism. The work that White bodied people have to do. The work that the BIPOC community has to do.  The practice of remembering and how we can have grace and compassion for those who are remembering. FULL SHOW NOTES Skill In Action Instagram Skill In Action Website Laura Chung Instagram Brittany Simone Anderson Instagram The Werk Podcast Instagram Awaken and Align Instagram Awaken and Align Website YouTube Channel Connect with Awaken and Align & The Werk: If you enjoyed the podcast and you feel called, please share it and tag us! Subscribe, rate, and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Your rating and review help more people discover it! Follow on Instagram @awakenandalign @thewerkpodcast Let us know your favorite guests, lessons, or any topic requests.

Dr. Randal Joy Thompson is a global wanderer who has been moving from country to country working in international development since the 1980s. She has worked and lived in India, Cameroon, Morocco, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Liberia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Jordan and worked short term in a number of other countries. She loves exploring new cultures and working with teams of local nationals who always teach her new things about the world and what is important to value. As a scholar-practitioner, she recently focused on "leadership on the commons." Her book Proleptic Leadership on the Commons: Ushering in a New Global Era was published in October 2020 and her upcoming co-edited book (with Devin Singh and Kathleen Curran) Reimagining Leadership on the Commons: Shifting the Paradigm for a More Ethical, Equitable, and Just World will be published on September 29, 2021.  Her 2018 co-edited with Julia Storberg-Walker book Leadership and Power in International Development: Navigating the Intersections of Gender, Culture, Context, and Sustainability won the 2018 Academy for Human Resource Development R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award. She has published articles and chapters on women in El Salvador, Afghanistan, Morocco, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Myanmar.  Her company, Dream Connect Global, creates networks to help people achieve their dream. She earned her Ph.D. in Human and Organization Systems from Fielding Graduate University, a MA in Philosophy and MBA from the University of Chicago, a MA in Biblical Exposition from Capital Seminary and Graduate School, and a BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.  She is currently a Fellow at Fielding's Institute for Social Innovation. She is a mother of two sons and a grandmother of five grandkids. To learn more about her work,  visit Randal's Website. A Powerful Quote From This Episode"Commoners are living with the values, the relationships, that they would hope society would evolve into. That prefigurative. And it's a powerful way of change. But when you translate that into leadership, it's 'proleptic.' Because you have that vision of that perfect society that you want to create. And that vision drives your leadership, it drives the way you are, what you're being on every level...on the personal level, on the inner relational level, on the social level. Once you have that vision so clear, glimpses of it keep coming to you."Resource Mentioned in This EpisodeBook: Governing the Commons by Elinor OstromSample Eco Village: EcoVillage at IthacaAssociation: International Society for the Study of the CommonsCity of the Future: TelosaAbout The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals with a keen interest in the study, practice, and teaching of leadership. Connect with Scott AllenWebsite

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, and yoga teacher and practitioner. She has led dismantling racism work in many settings for over two decades and has a background and two decades of practice as a clinical social worker. Michelle's work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart.  She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. She has led Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Auburn Seminary, Kripalu, Yoga Alliance, and Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017 and her newest book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021. She teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide and is on the faculty of Off the Mat, Into the World. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with embodied approaches to racial equity work, creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. In 2020 she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. In This Episode:  The awareness that comes with awakening and how this relates to social justice. Why embodiment is the key to healing racism.  If White bodied folks don't have the resiliency to do this work, what will it take? Rest as a necessary tool for activism. The work that White bodied people have to do. The work that the BIPOC community has to do.  The practice of remembering and how we can have grace and compassion for those who are remembering. FULL SHOW NOTES Laura Chung Instagram Brittany Simone Anderson Instagram The Werk Podcast Instagram Awaken and Align Instagram Awaken and Align Website YouTube Channel Connect with Awaken and Align & The Werk: If you enjoyed the podcast and you feel called, please share it and tag us! Subscribe, rate, and review the show wherever you get your podcasts. Your rating and review help more people discover it! Follow on Instagram @awakenandalign @thewerkpodcast Let us know your favorite guests, lessons, or any topic requests.

Luke (lukeroelofs.com & Majestic Equality) is a philosopher of mind at the Centre for Mind, Brain & Consciousness at New York University. Although Luke works primarily on philosophy of mind & metaphysics, their areas of interest include ethics, social & political philosophy, early modern philosophy and philosophy of gender & sexuality. Their book, "Reason, Empathy, and the Minds of Others" is under contract with Oxford University Press. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." As well as the video above the audio is on our Podcast here on Apple and here on the other platforms. We discuss: 0:00 Welcome 1:32 Luke's Intro - Philosophy of Mind Linking epistemology (how can we know) and ethics Empathy Consciousness as "the state that we're in whenever we're aware of anything… and any possible variation… of states like that" 3:41 What's Real? Growing up fairly non-religious, but not anti-religious Talking to "modern" Christians who focused on "the spirit of Jesus' ethos" Seeking out more forthright religious perspectives Being a fairly convinced atheist since 14 yrs "There's very little evidential weight in the specific claims of religious revelation" The idea the universe was contrived by a benevolent being… doesn't seem supported by the very morally mixed character of existence "The great majority of existence is neither good nor bad - it's just dust in space" Mysterious ways & ineffability Theodicies as reminiscent of the excuses humans make for abuse The "Just World" bias leads us to make excuses for suffering Faith as belief without evidence or faith as trust in & loyalty to your group 14:00 What (and Who) Matters? Going vegan at 13-14 to spite an annoying person who pointed out the logical inconsistency of being vegetarian "Fine… just to spite you I'm going to be vegan" ... and much more. Full show notes on Sentientism.info. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at sentientism.info. Join Luke on our "I'm a Sentientist" wall using this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Come join us! Thanks Graham for the post-production.

We each have maybe a handful of teachers in our lives that fundamentally shift the way we see or experience— Michelle Cassandra Johnson has been one of those teachers for me.Michelle is a true embodiment of grace, fire, compassion, and grit, and is a radiant example of how to to show up with skillfulness and heart in a dysfunctional world.Her new book Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief was released just this week, and I am so excited to dive into and savor it starting next weekend when I've carved out some special time and space to do so.I hope you enjoy this conversation with Michelle, and that if you arent' already familiar with her books and other offerings, that this will be the first of many times you get to experience her gifts.“Our culture conditions us to notice what is going on from the head up and not from the throat and heart down. The only way out is through, by way of the feelings. If we are going to make social change, we need to cultivate a practice of feeling... When one connects with their feelings as yoga teaches us to do, one can connect with their heart. If one is connected with their heart, they have the opportunity to be changed and to shift their perspective. They have the opportunity to feel the pain of living in a world that is designed to break the spirit through violence, oppression, and injustice.”— Michelle Johnson (from Skill in Action)About Michelle Cassandra Johnson (she/her)Michelle is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, and yoga teacher and practitioner. She has led dismantling racism work in many settings for over two decades and has a background and two decades of practice as a clinical social worker. Michelle's work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart. She published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017 and her newest book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021.Michelle teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide and is on the faculty of Off the Mat, Into the World. In 2020 she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge.Links + Additional Resources:View these show notes on our website at https://gaiacenter.co/blog/bodyful-06Follow Michelle on Instagram @skillinactionFinding Refuge book and 40-day sadhana (sliding scale pricing)Finding Refuge podcastSkill in Action bookMichelle's upcoming eventsMichelle's race equity training

We each have maybe a handful of teachers in our lives that fundamentally shift the way we see or experience— Michelle Cassandra Johnson has been one of those teachers for me.Michelle is a true embodiment of grace, fire, compassion, and grit, and is a radiant example of how to to show up with skillfulness and heart in a dysfunctional world.Her new book Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief was released just this week, and I am so excited to dive into and savor it starting next weekend when I've carved out some special time and space to do so.I hope you enjoy this conversation with Michelle, and that if you arent' already familiar with her books and other offerings, that this will be the first of many times you get to experience her gifts.“Our culture conditions us to notice what is going on from the head up and not from the throat and heart down. The only way out is through, by way of the feelings. If we are going to make social change, we need to cultivate a practice of feeling... When one connects with their feelings as yoga teaches us to do, one can connect with their heart. If one is connected with their heart, they have the opportunity to be changed and to shift their perspective. They have the opportunity to feel the pain of living in a world that is designed to break the spirit through violence, oppression, and injustice.”— Michelle Johnson (from Skill in Action)About Michelle Cassandra Johnson (she/her)Michelle is an activist, social justice warrior, author, anti-racism consultant and trainer, intuitive healer, and yoga teacher and practitioner. She has led dismantling racism work in many settings for over two decades and has a background and two decades of practice as a clinical social worker. Michelle's work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart. She published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017 and her newest book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief was published by Shambhala Publications in 2021.Michelle teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide and is on the faculty of Off the Mat, Into the World. In 2020 she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge.Links + Additional Resources:View these show notes on our website at https://gaiacenter.co/blog/bodyful-06Follow Michelle on Instagram @skillinactionFinding Refuge book and 40-day sadhana (sliding scale pricing)Finding Refuge podcastSkill in Action bookMichelle's upcoming eventsMichelle's race equity training

This week, the United Church of Christ journeys through its next biennial General Synod meeting. This is a meeting of the denomination's leaders to vote on and set the recommended polity of what the denomination stands for - which in summation - is a Just World for All. UCC General Minister and President, The Rev. John C. Dorhauer, offers a prayer for this important meeting. Listen to the podcast... Read the transcript on ucc.org: https://www.ucc.org/into-the-mystic-a-prayer-for-synod/

Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021. She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Recently, she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world. In this episode we discuss: Stewarding grief. Acknowledging brokenheartedness to begin healing. Presence of the heart and finding refuge. Spiritual practices to bring you back home to the body and into the collective body. How oppression takes the breath away. Being in relationship with your ancestors. Collective care and justice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of PGAP, host Michael Bayliss talks to Dr. Ted Trainer from The Simpler Way. And what is the simpler way? Is it a descent into sacrifice, frugality and deprivation? Or is it a systemic change away from a wasteful, globalised growth based economic system towards localised self-sufficiency, self-governance, lives of leisure and reconnection with the natural world? Ted reassures us to much relief that it is definitely the latter! The previous three ‘Tasmanian Perspectives' episodes of PGAP included interviews with amazing people doing amazing local projects in amazing practical ways within their local communities. While this was all very encouraging, some of the interviewees also expressed some grave concerns for the future for the planet and our well-being. From my perspective, it was great to follow these interviews up with one of my heroes, Dr. Ted Trainer, who provides a broad picture theoretical framework to the many exciting transition projects already happening at the grass roots.He also shares a sense of cautious optimism to the seismic shift in collective consciousness since he began advocating for limits to growth in the 70s. After the interview, I reflect a little on my own personal journey over the last 10 years in intentional communities, permaculture projects, urban gardening project and system change organisations. I reflect on the many positives and ‘wins' for the communities, as well as the challenges as we try to relearn how to live and work together in community in balance with the rigours and demands of the current, modern society. I also keep everyone up to date with one of my favourite love/hate obsessions, that being the utter ridiculousness of the housing market. Normally I'd apologise for using a public soapbox as a therapeutic catharsis tool, but given my many conversations with people on this issue, I somehow don't think I'm just speaking for myself here! Did you enjoy the interview with Ted Trainer and want to find out more? Glad you asked! A link to The Simpler Way can be found here (http://simplerway.org/) and here (http://thesimplerway.info/) A link to The Simplicity Institute can be found here (https://simplicityinstitute.org/). Ted has a profile page here (http://simplicityinstitute.org/ted-trainer) To find out more about Ted himself, he has a Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Trainer) I really love his book Transition to a Sustainable and Just World (https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Transition_to_a_Sustainable_and_Just_Wor.html?id=I_JBYgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y&hl=en) The transition town movement was discussed in the interview. Find out more at the Transition Network (https://transitionnetwork.org/) Paul Ehrlich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich) is an inspiration to Ted Trainer and to Sustainable Population Australia who support this Podcast (Thanks SPA!). Find out more about Erlich's pioneering work here. There was an article in the Scientific American bunking growth based economics. Essential reading here (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-delusion-of-infinite-economic-growth1/#) In the intro I mentioned the shortage of timber. Read more about that here (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-21/australia-victoria-housing-building-boom-timber-supplies-cost/100229612?fbclid=IwAR0C8aNcnceZHiyF3adQ_zt8Ftsp8Mi4qNjveaYHQx3Vcv_b-CnQWEroq8Y) *Like PGAP? Thoughts, feedback? * Write to us on our contact page here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact) Why not jump right down the rabbit hole and subscribe here? (https://pgap.fireside.fm/subscribe) If you're feeling up to a review, please rate and review PGAP on Apple Podcast here (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099) Share this podcast wildly with your friends, family, colleagues and networks. PGAP would like to thank Sustainable Population Australia (https://population.org.au/) for supporting this podcast, and for allowing a platform to explore the broader post-growth landscape. Special Guest: Ted Trainer.

Michelle Cassandra Johnson shares about knowing your capacity and creating space to grieve in a community of support. You'll also hear about: Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason, other than being Black How we have been conditioned to grieve in isolation On finding liberation and freedom in grief  TV as medicine   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment   When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world.   In this episode, we talk about: Responding to heartbreak Remembering your roots, and bringing forth your medicine Michelle shares some stories of personal grief How Michelle's newest book was guided by Spirit Integrating grief into healing work Why we're resistant to grief On being conditioned to grieve in isolation Finding freedom and liberation through grief On calling in support from our guides and helpers Why our capacity to hold grief is limited How the Spirit can hold grief, even if our body cannot On understanding your capacity for grief Hypervigilance and why BIPOC folks need more space for rest How our capacity shifts, depending on the identities we embody On identifying what is grief and how it shows up Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason Grieving for the end of our life Acknowledging grief and asking -  is there heartbreak today? On permission to grieve Cry-constipation On being witnessed and grieving in a community of support TV as medicine Seeking support for grief and depression The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual effect of unprocessed grief  Michelle shares about the upcoming 2nd edition of her book Skill in Action  And so much more! Bonus Secret Episode! Get the grounding and clearing meditation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Michelle's offerings at www.michellecjohnson.com Connect with Michelle on Instagram @skillinaction // https://www.instagram.com/skillinaction/ Connect with Michelle on Facebook @skillinaction Pre-order Michell's new book Finding Refuge Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret     References: 23andme https://www.23andme.com/ Finding Refuge Book https://www.finding-refuge.com/ Shambhala Publications https://www.shambhala.com     Usher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_usher Trayvon Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin Sharmonic work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism Skill in Action https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Healing in Community Online Summit https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Yoga International https://yogainternational.com/ This is Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us DSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 Finding Refuge Podcast https://www.michellecjohnson.com/finding-refuge-podcast Skill in Action 2nd Edition https://www.shambhala.com/skill-in-action-15838.html Sādhanā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81 Rohini Moradi https://www.magicinclined.com/ Rohini on the Earth Speak Podcast https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/rohini-moradi-sweeney-31 Akashic Records Workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/akashic-records Bhagavad Gita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Dharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma Michelle's Intuitive Healing offerings https://www.michellecjohnson.com/intuitive-healing Subscribe to Michelle's newsletter https://www.michellecjohnson.com/subscribe Earth Speak Ep14 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/michellejohnson14     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It's Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

Michelle Cassandra Johnson shares about knowing your capacity and creating space to grieve in a community of support. You'll also hear about: Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason, other than being Black How we have been conditioned to grieve in isolation On finding liberation and freedom in grief  TV as medicine   ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment   When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world.   In this episode, we talk about: Responding to heartbreak Remembering your roots, and bringing forth your medicine Michelle shares some stories of personal grief How Michelle's newest book was guided by Spirit Integrating grief into healing work Why we're resistant to grief On being conditioned to grieve in isolation Finding freedom and liberation through grief On calling in support from our guides and helpers Why our capacity to hold grief is limited How the Spirit can hold grief, even if our body cannot On understanding your capacity for grief Hypervigilance and why BIPOC folks need more space for rest How our capacity shifts, depending on the identities we embody On identifying what is grief and how it shows up Michelle shares her experience of being stopped by the police for no reason Grieving for the end of our life Acknowledging grief and asking -  is there heartbreak today? On permission to grieve Cry-constipation On being witnessed and grieving in a community of support TV as medicine Seeking support for grief and depression The physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual effect of unprocessed grief  Michelle shares about the upcoming 2nd edition of her book Skill in Action  And so much more! Bonus Secret Episode! Get the grounding and clearing meditation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Learn more about Michelle's offerings at www.michellecjohnson.com Connect with Michelle on Instagram @skillinaction // https://www.instagram.com/skillinaction/ Connect with Michelle on Facebook @skillinaction Pre-order Michell's new book Finding Refuge Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret     References: 23andme https://www.23andme.com/ Finding Refuge Book https://www.finding-refuge.com/ Shambhala Publications https://www.shambhala.com     Usher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_usher Trayvon Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin Sharmonic work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism Skill in Action https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Healing in Community Online Summit https://www.skill-in-action.com/the-book Yoga International https://yogainternational.com/ This is Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us DSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 Finding Refuge Podcast https://www.michellecjohnson.com/finding-refuge-podcast Skill in Action 2nd Edition https://www.shambhala.com/skill-in-action-15838.html Sādhanā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81 Rohini Moradi https://www.magicinclined.com/ Rohini on the Earth Speak Podcast https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/rohini-moradi-sweeney-31 Akashic Records Workshop https://www.earthspeak.love/akashic-records Bhagavad Gita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Dharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma Michelle's Intuitive Healing offerings https://www.michellecjohnson.com/intuitive-healing Subscribe to Michelle's newsletter https://www.michellecjohnson.com/subscribe Earth Speak Ep14 https://www.earthspeak.love/shows-1/michellejohnson14     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It's Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

This week, Michelle C. Johnson, (https://www.michellecjohnson.com/) joins us for a beautiful and indulgent conversation around connecting to our ancestors. We talk about: dismanteling racism connecting to ancestors healing ancestral trauma connecting to source building altars prayer and chanting beekeeping her incredible new book, Finding Refuge and so much more! Meet Michelle: Michelle C. Johnson is an author, yoga teacher, social justice activist, intuitive healer, and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. As a dismantling racism trainer, she has worked with large corporations, non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. Michelle’s new book, Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief, published by Shambhala Publications, comes out on July 13th, 2021.  She was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019 and has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Recently, she created her own podcast, Finding Refuge, which explores collective grief and liberation and serves as a reminder about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times and of the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing, and wholeness are at the center of how Michelle approaches all of her work in the world. To connect with , please visit: https://www.michellecjohnson.com/ To pre-order Michelle's new book, Finding Refuge, please visit: https://www.finding-refuge.com/ ▶▶▶ Please rate, commnet, and share this episode to share the magic, and join the Magic Inclined community to connect with magic humxns from all aroud the world: https://magicinclined.mn.co All music provided by www.lukesweeney.com Luke's spodify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HUCUssIZ14hidQEb4IpwZ

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I’ve often joked that Parenting Forward is a social justice parenting manual. However, I wish The Sandbox Revolution had existed before I wrote it. That book is even more like a social justice parenting manual.  This week I am talking with its author, Lydia Wylie-Kellermann. She was raised in a family where she was heavily involved in activism and fighting against injustice from a very young age. This taught her to value community and justice work and shaped the woman she became.  In this episode, we talk all about her book and the efforts she is putting in towards social justice. Tune in to learn all about what a difference it can make to raise your kids for a just world. Show Highlights: Lydia’s experience being raised by activist parents. How having a foundation of faith grounded in justice and liberation impacted her life. What it was like losing her mom at the age of 19. The 3 sections of her book. Why she is inspired by parents who are present with their kids. How to empower our kids to fight for justice. Why sensitive kids inspire me so much. The new and continuing challenges Lydia sees in our world since she wrote her book.  Links (affiliates included): The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World - https://thesandboxrevolution.com Geez Magazine - https://geezmagazine.org Parenting Forward Conference Sessions - https://www.parentingforwardconference.com/2020-sessions Join us at the Parenting Forward Patreon Team - https://www.patreon.com/cindywangbrandt Parenting Forward, the Book - https://amzn.to/3g0LJPn *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

S1 Ep. 12: Faith On this episode of Supernatural Therapy, Dr. Janina Scarlet and host Dustin McGinnis discuss season 1 episode 12: Faith. Dr. Scarlet reflects on blame culture, the “Just World” belief, survivor’s guilt, and how our choices & actions determine our character. It is sometimes scary to face the reality that we can't … Continue reading Supernatural Therapy Podcast Season 1 Episode 12: Faith The post Supernatural Therapy Podcast Season 1 Episode 12: Faith first appeared on Superhero Therapy.

Do good things only happen to good people? Do bad things only happen to bad people? And are all honorable actions eventually rewarded? The Just World Belief states that your actions are inclined to bring morally fair and just consequences to you, or others. But what happens when something unexpected and traumatic happens to you? . To be honest, I'm not so sure where I fall with this belief/hypothesis? Nonetheless, in this episode I try and make sense of the Just World hypothesis, while leaving you with a few thoughts to ponder. . Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness journal. It’s dedicated to examining the workability of the mind’s proposed solutions to problems, and offers an opportunity to step back from giving over your life to negative thoughts. . Wanting to integrate mindfulness into your life? Sign up to receive my free Mindfulness Framework video. . Watch this video to learn more about Mental Events Therapy.  . Watch this video to learn more about the benefits of online therapy with Mental Events. . As always, we’d like to hear from you. Send your questions via email - hello@mentalevents.com. . Connect with Mental Events on social media: Instagram @mentalevents Facebook @mentaleventstherapy.

In today’s episode I interviewed two Skill in Action facilitators — Charlie Redd and Lauren Kay Roberts. We discussed the work of Michelle C. Johnson and her book -- Skill in Action: Radicalizing your Yoga to Create a Just World. Charlie and Lauren facilitate trainings based on this work.We spoke about the events of January 6th, what it's like to run a yoga studio in the time of COVID 19 and yoga, social justice, activism & right action.Inner Peace Yoga Therapy is hosting a workshop with Charlie and Lauren on January 30, you can find out more and register here.Support the show (https://innerpeaceyogatherapy.com)

Many forms of victim blaming can be seen all around us. Just World Hypothesis (Belief in a Just World) may be a contributing factor to this phenomenon.

The Radical Secular presents a special bonus episode with Christophe Difo and Sean Prophet, guesting on the Blinded by the Light Podcast with Bayard Lewis and Justice Bartlett. This episode was taped on November 19, 2020, and was originally https://youtu.be/0mVahJZGReY (posted )November 24, 2020. We discuss the process of leaving cults and harmful religions. We dive into their personal stories of leaving Church Universal and Triumphant and how they came to terms with embracing a more healthy worldview. Topics include: - Stories behind the scenes of the CUT hierarchy - Rationalizing the failure of prophecy - How bomb shelter lunacy led to disillusionment - Hypocrisy that undermined legitimacy - How homophobia can undermine fundamentalism and be a tipping point for people to leave religions. - How physical distance from believers helps one to break free - Inner conflict about social justice - The Just World fallacy - Taming the voice of shame - How members were publicly shamed for normal sexuality - Sexual repression - Inability to discuss life issues with family members - Hidden rage, anger, and insecurity of messengers - A cosmic/spiritual caste system ____________________________ Email: theradicalsecular@gmail.com Instagram: @radical_secular https://www.facebook.com/theradicalsecular (Facebook) Twitter: @RadicalSecular https://the-radical-secular.captivate.fm (Podcast) All standard podcast venues: Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon, Gaana, Saavn

Our guests Sean Prophet and Christophe Difo of the Radical Secular discuss the process of leaving cults and harmful religions. We dive into their personal stories of leaving Church Universal and Triumphant and how they came to terms with embracing a more healthy worldview. Topics include:  - Stories behind the scenes of the CUT hierarchy - Rationalizing the failure of prophecy - How bomb shelter lunacy led to disillusionment - Hypocrisy that undermined legitimacy - How homophobia can undermine fundamentalism and be a tipping point for people to leave religions. - How physical distance from believers helps one to break free - Inner conflict about social justice - The Just World fallacy - Taming the voice of shame - How members were publicly shamed for normal sexuality - Sexual repression - Inability to discuss life issues with family members - Hidden rage, anger, and insecurity of messengers - A cosmic/spiritual caste system

We believe that we each have a responsibility to play our part in creating a more racially just world.⁣ ⁣ We need to start with ourselves, we need to do the inner work, we need to learn, we need to listen. ⁣ ⁣ When we start with ourselves it gives us an opportunity to look at our own circle of influence, our own behaviours, and our own belief systems.⁣ ⁣ If we look at our own circle of influence and the impact that we have individually on the world, this extends and applies to our business - this is a place where you can start to create change. ⁣ ⁣ We invite you to be part of this work, to share your knowledge and experiences so that together we can learn and support one another to become more aware of the issues and to commit to showing up for this work - becoming an imperfect ally, diversifying our businesses and adjusting our values to support equity, diversity and inclusion.⁣

Bill Myers Inspires  In America today, what is the role of faith leaders in addressing the divisive political climate, racism, and white privilege? What does manifesting white privilege look like and how must faith leaders and others work to dismantle it? The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, author and theologian, currently serves as ninth General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. John began his ministry serving First Congregational United Church of Christ and Zion United Church of Christ in rural Missouri. He then served as Associate Conference Minister in the Missouri Mid-South Conference, and then Conference Minister of the Southwest Conference of the UCC prior to his election as General Minister and President. Dorhauer received a B.A. in Philosophy from Cardinal Glennon College (1983), and has a Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary (1988), the same year John was ordained in the United Church of Christ. John received a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary (2004); his area of focus -- white privilege and its effects on the church. With a personal theology shaped in the passionate conviction that God is love and God is just, John has embodied the United Church of Christ's vision of “A Just World for All” throughout his ministry. On October 17, 2014, Dorhauer conducted the first legal same sex wedding in the state of Arizona when he performed the wedding service of David Laurence and Kevin Patterson. In his first term as General Minister and President, recognizing increasing sensitivities in this country around race, John initiated the collaborative creation of a curriculum, “White Privilege: Let's Talk – A Resource for Transformational Dialogue”. Designed to invite UCC members and others to engage in safe, meaningful, substantive, and bold conversations on race, the curriculum and accompanying facilitator's guide have been used by both UCC and non-UCC audiences. https://www.ucc.org. copeland@ucc.org   ~ More About Bill Myers Inspires ~  Emmy Award-winning actor Bill Myers is an accomplished actor, jazz musician, filmmaker, writer, educator, and speaker. As a bi-racial man who is both black and white, Bill leverages his background, talents, and voice through creativity, compassion, and connection as activism for social justice to focus on uniting the divide and compelling change. In a civic leadership capacity, he has served as President of the African American Jazz Caucus in NYC, member of the Indianapolis Cultural Development Committee, and served as President of the Indianapolis Downtown Optimist Club. In addition to his Emmy Award, Bill has received many awards and notable commissions for his work including being commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to create an original work for Dr. Martin Luther King Day entitled “The Music, Martin & Me.” Bill Myers seeks to encourage, enlighten, and empower others through the power of entertainment to affect social justice. You can find him at his website Billmyersinspires.com, Bill Myers Inspires on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/billmyersinspires/, Twitter https://twitter.com/bmyersinspires1, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/billmyersinspires/  , or via email billmyersinspires@gmail.com. To get more of Bill Myers Inspires, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/bill-myers-inspires/    

Bill Myers Inspires  The topic of racism in America is inescapable because it was a key ingredient that was baked into the cake at the beginning. This is understood by Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer, who has spent a large portion of his life studying and examining racism in America as part of his ministry as he now serves as General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. in this show, we will explore Dr. Dorhauer's observations of the civil rights movement, white privilege and reparations. The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, author and theologian, currently serves as ninth General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. John began his ministry serving First Congregational United Church of Christ and Zion United Church of Christ in rural Missouri. He then served as Associate Conference Minister in the Missouri Mid-South Conference, and then Conference Minister of the Southwest Conference of the UCC prior to his election as General Minister and President. Dorhauer received a B.A. in Philosophy from Cardinal Glennon College (1983), and has a Master of Divinity degree from Eden Theological Seminary (1988), the same year John was ordained in the United Church of Christ. John received a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary (2004); his area of focus -- white privilege and its effects on the church. With a personal theology shaped in the passionate conviction that God is love and God is just, John has embodied the United Church of Christ's vision of “A Just World for All” throughout his ministry. On October 17, 2014, Dorhauer conducted the first legal same sex wedding in the state of Arizona when he performed the wedding service of David Laurence and Kevin Patterson. In his first term as General Minister and President, recognizing increasing sensitivities in this country around race, John initiated the collaborative creation of a curriculum, “White Privilege: Let's Talk – A Resource for Transformational Dialogue”. Designed to invite UCC members and others to engage in safe, meaningful, substantive, and bold conversations on race, the curriculum and accompanying facilitator's guide have been used by both UCC and non-UCC audiences. In addition, John has partnered with the UCC Board of Directors in providing oversight for the articulation of the denomination's statements of Purpose, Vision and Mission – critical elements for the UCC's evolving organizational strategy. To activate the new vision, John invited the denomination's participation in a collective biennial mission initiative, Three Great Loves. In partnership with the UCC Board of Directors – and informed with responses from across the church to the question “what does a transformative UCC need to be in ten years?”-- John has called the church to accomplish essential strategic priorities over the next 10 years to position the church for a transformative future. These include attaining inclusive excellence, developing robust technology infrastructure that benefits every expression of the church, curriculum and training towards “A Just World for All”, strategic organizational alignment consistent with purpose, vision and mission, and platforms to foster and encourage innovative church. The Shaping Our Future Campaign has been launched to generate $4 million in new philanthropic support for marketing, technology and leadership development programs critical to the health and vitality of every expression of the church. More recently, recognizing a need for thought leadership to consider, inform and shape our responsibility for lifelong, cradle-to-the-grave theological formation, John called for a summit on theological formation, From the Ground Up, which was launched in spring 2018. At present, his focus is on re-establishing the primacy of the Local Church and the mutuality of relationship amongst the expressions of the church, undertaking an assessment of the denomination's assets devoted to resourcing local church ministry relative to the needs of the local church, and operationalizing the alignment of the national setting consistent with the newly established strategic priorities for the UCC. John now serves as Vice-Chair of the National Council of Churches (NCC), and has co-chaired the NCC's United to End Racism campaign. He has been identified by the Center for American Progress as one of the religious leaders to watch for in 2017. John insists that the Holy Spirit envisions a future in which the United Church of Christ matters. He is calling on the denomination to rethink itself and to consider new ways of being church in light of institutional religion's changing landscape and emerging shifts in the generational populations – believing that an emergent church is already coming alongside the institutional church. John's book Beyond Resistance: the Institutional Church Meets the Postmodern World is a call to the body of Christ to accept what the Spirit of the Risen Christ is doing to birth something new, vital, and relevant – all towards nurturing Beloved Community. dorhauerj@ucc.org.   https://www.ucc.org/  ~ More About Bill Myers Inspires ~  Emmy Award-winning actor Bill Myers is an accomplished actor, jazz musician, filmmaker, writer, educator, and speaker. As a bi-racial man who is both black and white, Bill leverages his background, talents, and voice through creativity, compassion, and connection as activism for social justice to focus on uniting the divide and compelling change. In a civic leadership capacity, he has served as President of the African American Jazz Caucus in NYC, member of the Indianapolis Cultural Development Committee, and served as President of the Indianapolis Downtown Optimist Club. In addition to his Emmy Award, Bill has received many awards and notable commissions for his work including being commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to create an original work for Dr. Martin Luther King Day entitled “The Music, Martin & Me.” Bill Myers seeks to encourage, enlighten, and empower others through the power of entertainment to affect social justice. You can find him at his website Billmyersinspires.com, Bill Myers Inspires on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/billmyersinspires/, Twitter https://twitter.com/bmyersinspires1, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/billmyersinspires/  , or via email billmyersinspires@gmail.com. To get more of Bill Myers Inspires, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/bill-myers-inspires/

What does feminism have to do with Revelation? A lot, actually! In this bonus episode, I walk us through some of the female imagery in the book and discuss how feminist interpretation can help us understand the book in ways that lead to justice and equality for all persons.https://www.hermeneuticofresistance.com/Episode Bibliography:Wes Howard-Brook and Anthony Gwyther, Unveiling Empire: Reading Revelation Then and NowMichael J. Gorman, Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and WitnessAmy-Jill Levine, editor, A Feminist Companion to the Apocalypse of John.Tina Pippin, Death and Desire: The Rhetoric of Gender in the Apocalypse of John.Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza, Revelation: Vision of a Just World.

Say hello to Michelle C. Johnson, our guest for Episode 21! She went DEEP to offer: -- why she doesn't buy into dominant culture's definition of "productivity"; -- how collective grief is connected to freedom and liberation; and -- her practice for staying grounded in a noisy world. Her bio: Michelle Johnson is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner, and an intuitive healer. With over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker, she has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Her awareness of the world through her own experience as a black woman allows her to know, first-hand, how privilege and power operate. Michelle has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. She has worked with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others. Michelle published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017; she teaches workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. She is on the faculty of Off the Mat Into the World, and she serves as the Co-Director of 18 Springs Healing Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Michelle was a Tedx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019, and she has been interviewed on several podcasts in which she explores the premise and foundation of Skill in Action, along with creating ritual in justice spaces, our divine connection with nature and Spirit, and how we as a culture can heal. Michelle leads courageously from the heart with compassion and a commitment to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes for many because of the harm it creates. She inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, the heart, healing and wholeness are at the center of how she approaches all of her work in the world. Her #TNWIDTakeaway: "I want to just encourage people to be in their wholeness and to really nourish and honor the different parts of themselves that need to flourish and come forth, like in their work and their practice." For more information, including the show notes, click here: https://stephanieghoston.com/tnwid-episode-21 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/support

The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast BONUS: Anti-Racism & Yoga with Michelle Johnson   Description: In light of everything that has been happening in the US and across the world with the Black Lives Matter social justice movement and calls for anti-racism, how does yoga fit in? What can yoga teachers do to hold space for these conversations that need to happen and how do yoga and anti-racism really work together? This special bonus episode is a Live Q&A session with Michelle Johnson to tackle these questions.   Michelle Johnson is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner, and an intuitive healer. She has over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker. With her deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart and her awareness of the world through her own experience as a black woman, she helps others understand how privilege and power operate. Her book Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World was published in 2017 and addresses these specific topics.   As yoga teachers (and studios), how can we move into the realm of social justice? What  can we do to create businesses that promote anti-racism, and create inclusive spaces in yoga? Michelle shares her insights about these topics, as well as privilege, dealing with white guilt, and addressing cultural trauma, and so much more.   This rich conversation with Michelle may make you feel uncomfortable, but it is important to sit with our discomfort to learn and grow, and start doing the work in this space.   Special thanks to Offering Tree, for sponsoring this bonus Q&A session.   Key Takeaways: [1:19] This episode was originally done as a Facebook Live video in The Connected Yoga Teacher Group. [00:05:23] Shannon introduces her guest for this episode - Michelle Johnson. [8:48] Michelle has been doing this work for a long time. What has her experience been like in the past few weeks with so much new interest in her work? [11:40] How does anti-racism relate to yoga teachers and yoga studios? [14:08] What are some ways in which we can continue doing this work? [17:42] Yoga teachers may think they are already doing the work, but it is also a matter of seeing what they couldn't see before. Michelle shares an example of how capitalism may be showing up in our yoga businesses as a form of oppression. [21:14] How can we go about creating real inclusion without falling to tokenism? Michelle speaks to the importance of balancing mindfulness and urgency. [26:54] What is Michelle's advice for people who want to do the right thing, but are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing? [30:56] Some yoga teachers are finding it difficult to hold space for others, and are struggling with dealing with their own white guilt. What are Michelle's thoughts on that? [36:55] How does yoga specifically address guilt and shame? [40:26] What can the yoga teacher community offer in terms of speaking to cultural trauma? [43:26] A yoga teacher asks about adding a social justice component to her YTT. Is it appropriate for them to do so, or should they invite someone else to facilitate the conversation? [46:25] Michelle explains the term BIPOC. [51:09] Michelle shares more about how biracial people who has not felt connected to any community can participate in these conversations about race. [54:50] Where can yoga teachers begin? [58:16] What are some beneficiaries you can donate to? [58:58] Get in touch with Michelle and find out more about her trainings via her website. [1:00:44] How do you think we can hold space for these conversations that need to happen, and move more into a space of social justice? Links: Offering Tree Where to Donate, How to Help — George Floyd, by Offering Tree Michelle Johnson book club Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World, by Michelle Johnson Work with Michelle Johnson: Race Equity, Dismantling Racism, & Social Change Consultant Live Interview with Michelle Johnson - What can we as yoga teachers do to help with anti-racism? DismantlingRacism.org Love the Life You Live Podcast    Gratitude to our Sponsor Schedulicity   Quotes from this episode: "We're coming to this space with different emotions, feelings, lived experiences that define how we show up in this particular moment." - Michelle   "Racism is also connected to every other form of oppression, and ... any system of supremacy, they're all interlinked." - Michelle   "I lead with race as a way to deepen our lens and understand how systems of oppression work, with an awareness that really what I'm talking about is how power works, and that is similar with every other form of oppression." - Michelle   "Creating an inclusive space is different than making it look like it's a space that's inclusive." - Michelle   "Black, indigenous and people of color need white people to do their work, and that guilt can get in the way of doing work." - Michelle   "The language shifts, and language when it shifts, is an indication that culture is shifting." - Michelle

Father’s Day, Summer Solstice, Social Justice and Spirituality all come together on this special Sunday! Join us for a seasonal blessing and powerful talk bringing together these different aspects of our lives into one experience of Truth and Spirit. The words we choose have the power to heal and the power to oppress. Right now there is a global movement for racial justice. As spiritual people, how do we use our language to support healing and do our part to create a world that honours all? Join us this Sunday as we continue our exploration of Michelle Cassandra Johnson’s Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World because social justice and spirituality come together in our mindful language. www.csl-whiterock.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/csl-whiterock/message

What does creating a just world mean to you? How do we use our spiritual principles and practices to address the injustice we see in the world? The urgency of these questions are rising and we are being called to expand our focus from our individual experience to the collective experience. Join us as we delve into Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World by Michelle Cassandra Johnson. “It asks that we take the powerful practice of yoga [or spirituality] and use it to create a world that makes space for all, that values all and that speaks truth to power.” Let us gather and use our mindful intentions to create a whole new world for everyone. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/csl-whiterock/message

My interview this week is with Michelle C. Johnson. Pronouns: she/her "Michelle C. Johnson is a social justice warrior, author, dismantling racism trainer, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner, and an intuitive healer. With over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker. Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Michelle's awareness of the world through her own experience as a black woman allows her to know, first-hand, how privilege and power operate. Michelle has a Bachelors of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.   She has worked in several non-profits and served as an elected official and on many non-profit boards of directors. Michelle leads Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups, including the ACLU-WA, Duke University, Google, This American Life, The Center for Equity and Inclusion, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Lululemon, and many others.  Michelle self-published Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World in 2017, and is currently working on her second book for Shambala Publications. www.michellecjohnson.com CLICK HERE to Support JourneyDance with Jeanine the Podcast on Patreon Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeanine-t-abraham/message

This episode centers around 3 dates, and the events that took place on them: August 5th (India's revocation of Article 370), September 22nd (Howdi Modi rally in Houston TX), and September 27th (Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the UN General Assembly). Our guest, Professor Junaid Ahmad,Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Politics, and Secretary-General of the International Movement for a Just World gives historical context to these events and shares his analysis on where we are now. Guest- Junaid Ahmad Host/Producer- Tariq I. El-Amin Executive Producer- Abdul Malik Mujahid Music Manuele Atzeni - NeVe - http://bit.ly/2ujOH9y Image Edited by Tariq El-Amin

Michelle C. Johnson is a social justice activist, anti-racism trainer, yoga teacher and author Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World. With over 20 years of experience leading dismantling racism work and working with clients as a licensed clinical social worker, Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit, and heart. Michelle leads Dismantling Racism Trainings with large corporations, small non-profits, and community groups. She teach workshops in yoga studios and community spaces nationwide. And she gives talks and interviews to address the heartbreak dominant culture causes and to inspire change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness. In this interview we talk about: - Michelle's yoga journey - How dominant culture harms the collective good, not just the oppressed - What is skill in action - How yoga guides Michelle off the mat - How yoga can guide us in facing social injustices - How racism steals from the wholeness of our experience

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is shaking things up in the yoga world and speaking all the truths about toxic culture and white supremacy so that real healing is possible. She is a social worker, yoga teacher, long time race equity trainer and author of the book Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World. And she is showing us what radical self care really looks like.Buy her book.Follow her.Take a course/training.If this episode resonates for you, we’d love for you to take a screenshot and tag us on Instagram stories @ctznwell and @skillinaction, and click below to tweet:"We are bigger than white supremacy." Michelle C. Johnson with @kkellyyoga on #CTZN Podcast. Check it out: ctznwell.org/ctznpodcast @ctznwellMore about this episode:Michelle discovered that it is impossible to heal when you’re navigating a system that wasn’t designed to heal you. So, she wrote a book called Skill in Action to help us redefine and reclaim what yoga and wellness really looks like in a toxic culture. Yoga and contemplative practice is a pathway to healing, but only when we are willing to do the difficult and uncomfortable work of acknowledging the truth of a culture that is dominated by ideologies of whiteness and individualism. The pain of that culture of separation demands to be felt and that is the only way towards healing.She challenges us to hold the reality that we are both one human interdependent family AND (and this is a big “and”) that we are living very different experiences based on how institutions and culture are set up for our particular identity and social location. There is shared experience in how we get free AND there are unique roles and responsibilities that we each play given our location and that is a part of the “skill in action” that we need to cultivate.The truth is, we are not really doing yoga, we are not really being mindful and we are not really well unless we center a level of consciousness that acknowledges the truth of who we are and how we got here. Otherwise, we are just replicating the toxic systems that we are trying to transform.But Michelle reminds us that we are bigger than white supremacy and we can be better, We can construct something better. And we have to...for the sake of all us.Join CTZNWELL on PatreonFollow CTZNWELL on InstagramSign up for CTZNWELL’s weekly email WELLread and check out our free action guides at ctznwell.org.

In this episode I talk with Michelle C. Johnson, author of "Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World." Our conversation is centered on the yamas and niyamas, otherwise known as the ethical precepts of a yoga practice. We delve into the meanings we make of them, our own understanding and (re)interpretations, and how we understand the intersections of spirituality, yoga and social justice. For more information on Michelle, visit: www.michellecjohnson.com You can find information on her upcoming workshops at the website above, and also here: solaschool.com/skillinactionreading Michelle Cassandra Johnson is a social justice warrior, empath, yoga teacher and author. She leads antiracism trainings across the country and works on the front lines of movements with individuals and groups to incorporate healing practices as tools for social justice. Along with these paths, she is also an intuitive healer, and uses her gifts to support other healers and activists. Michelle’s awareness of the world has been largely shaped through her experience as a black woman. She knows first hand how power and privilege operate, and she has a deep understanding of how oppression and trauma impact the mind, body, spirit and heart. Michelle’s book, Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World, is rooted in this understanding and aims to inspire change by allowing people to reintegrate their humanity and wholeness within a world that is so often fragmenting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/embodied-astrology/message

Michelle Cassandra Johnson (www.michellecjohnson.com) is the author of "Skill in Action, Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World". Michelle has a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit and heart. Her experience and awareness as a black woman, allow first hand knowledge of how privilege and power operate. She understands the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual toll that oppression can take on individuals and the collective. Michelle is a social justice activist, empath, yoga teacher, intuitive healer and has a background as a licensed clinical social worker. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, Michelle holds healing and wholeness at the center of her work. She’s spent many years on the front lines of justice movements craving a space for healing through ritual, ceremony and sacred practice. While working in many non-profits with missions focused on justice, she didn't find a space that centered healing as a guiding tool to create justice. So, she created her own space and way of working. Michelle leads anti-racism trainings and yoga workshops focused on the intersection of justice and yoga. She also offers intuitive healing sessions to support social justice workers, healers and activists to help sustain the good work they do in the world. Michelle also began her own teacher training in 2014 to inspire change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. There are a myriad of ways to work with Michelle and you can learn more at www.michellecjohnson.com In this episode Michelle talks about how she came to yoga by way of the breath and how your breath can be a form of resisting oppression. She shares how yoga and social justice overlap. We talk about spiritual bypassing and ways to disrupt it. We also hear a little bit from her beloved dog Jasper. :-)

Michelle Cassandra Johnson, the recent author of Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World. Michelle is a yoga teacher, social justice activist, a licensed clinical social worker and Dismantling Racism trainer. She approaches her life and work from a place of empowerment, embodiment, and integration. With a deep understanding of trauma and the impact that it has on the mind, body, spirit, and heart, much of her work focuses on helping people better understand how power and privilege operate in their life. She explores how privilege, power, and oppression affects the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and energy body. She recently published her first book Skill in Action and is currently on a national book tour.   Find Michelle Website: www.michellecjohnson.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2724808 https://www.facebook.com/skillandaction/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mysticcassandra http://www.instagram.com/skillinaction Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Skillactionyoga http://www.twitter.com/MichelleCboro   Learn More About One-on-One Coaching:  http://dirtinyourskirt.com/coaching/   Get Your Own Dirt in Your Skirt Mug: http://shop.dirtinyourskirt.com   Show Supported by:  Four Sigmatic - http://www.foursigmatic.com Use code: DIYS to save 10% on your order   Groove Life – www.groovelife.com Use Code: DIYS10 to save 10% on your order   Find all the Dirt in Your Skirt Partners Here.     Full Shownotes:  http://www.dirtinyourskirt.com Join the Facebook Group:  http://www.dirtinyourskirt.com/tribe Support the Show: http://www.dirtinyourskirt.com/support   

The truth is racism still exists. It exists in our subconscious - as a memory in our bodies from our ancestry. It exists from past traumas of our ancestors still yearning to be healed. It exists in our conditioning, our society and how many of us were raised... Many people have been in denial of its existence, but with Trump taking office, what has seemed to be under the surface for many has only become more and more real. People of color have seen and experienced it all along, and thankfully, more and more of us have been waking up to this truth. Not long after I set the intention to further educate myself about white privilege and racism, I received an email out of the blue from a friend I haven't talked to in years ...connecting me to Michelle and her work. So what can we do? I sat down to talk with Michelle Johnson to learn more about privilege, oppression and racism and her unique approach of integrating the teachings of yoga with social justice. I am so grateful to share her wisdom with you all today.   “Racism is not just impacting people of color. The system of oppression is not just harming people of color, it's harming all of us because we are connected. We’re just not conditioned to see that connection.” In this episode we discussed: Michelle's story: What it was like growing up and feeling different and not fitting in Michelle's definitions of privilege and oppression How Michelle integrates healing and embodiment into anti-racism trainings How to approach the discomfort, fear and emotional charge of race conversations About Michelle's new book, Skill in Action Actual steps we can take to create change in our world and way of being The role of speaking up on behalf of everyone even when we ourselves are not the oppressed Michelle's vision of hope and how she stays motivated in a world where there is still so much suffering and injustice “One must be connected with their breath to feel their body. A connection to the body allows one to feel their heart. A connection with the heart allows one to become clear about their values so that they may connect with their humanity. When one sees their own humanity and realizes that others are suffering around them they have the opportunity to connect with the oneness of all beings and our shared humanity. From the breath, body, heart and awareness of humanity, one must take action. No one can exist without taking action. Skill in Action.” ~ from Michelle's Book, Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World Stay in touch with Michelle: Michelle's Website Michelle's Book on Amazon From Michelle: I have a deep understanding of how trauma impacts the mind, body, spirit and heart. My awareness of the world through my experience as a black woman allows me to know, first hand how privilege and power operate. I understand the toll that oppression can take on individuals and the collective physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I am a social justice warrior, empath, yoga teacher and practitioner and an intuitive healer. Whether in an anti-oppression training, yoga space, individual or group intuitive healing session, healing and wholeness are at the center of how I approach all of my work in the world. I've spent many years on the front lines of justice movements craving a space for healing through ritual, ceremony and sacred practice. While working in many non-profits with missions focused on justice I didn't find a space that centered healing as a tool to create justice. So, I created my own space and way of working. I create healing spaces in many different ways working with individuals and groups. I lead anti-racism trainings, yoga workshops focused on the intersection of justice and yoga and I offer intuitive healing sessions to support social justice workers, healers and activists who are on the front lines and struggling with how to sustain themselves as they do their good work in the world. I have a background as a licensed clinical social worker and I have been teaching yoga for ten years. I began my own teacher training in 2014 and recently wrote a book about yoga and justice, Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World. I inspire change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness in a world that fragments most of us. There are myriad of ways to work with me. I hope to support you on your healing journey and path towards wholeness in whatever capacity allows you to live your fullest life.   Podcast by Meredith Rom - Rising Women Leaders | Spirituality | Personal Growth | Yoga | Entrepreneurship -  Personal growth, intuition, stories, voice, women, yoga, feminine leadership, spirituality, online business, and meditation

The very first Podcast For a Just World! This episode begins a 4 week series coinciding with Advent and focusing on just borders and intersecting issues. There is a longer introduction to the form and foundations of the podcast as well as a conversation with the Rev. Deborah Lee from the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity in Oakland, CA.

Photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office     Please Support The Show With a Donation   This week we talk to Kurt Gray Kurt Gray is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received his BSc from the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University. He studies the mysteries of subjective experience and asks such deep philosophical questions as: Why are humanoid robots creepy? Why do ghosts always have unfinished business? Why do grandma's cookies taste the best? And why do adult film stars seem stupid? His research suggests that these questions—and many more—are rooted in the phenomenon of mind perception. Mind perception also forms the essence of moral cognition. In science, he likes to wield Occam's razor to defend parsimony, asking whether complex phenomena can be simplified and understood through basic processes. These phenomena include moral judgment, group genesis, and psychopathology. He has been named an APS Rising Star and was awarded the Janet Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Research.  He was also given the SPSP Theoretical Innovation Award for the article "Mind Perception Is the Essence of Morality." His work has been generously funded by the John Templeton Foundation. He recently published the book,  The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels and Why it Matters In This Interview, Kurt Gray and I Discuss... His book, The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels and Why it Matters People who we perceive as having a mind similar to ours The uncertainty about the minds of others The two fundamentally different factors in how we see minds Agency: the capacity to act and to do Experience: the capacity to feel and to sense The moral responsibility connected to these two things Thinking doers Vulnerable feelers Didactic completion The objectification of women That child abuse often occurs with parents who view their children as having a higher agency than they are capable of having The danger of inferring intention Moral typecasting That we treat our heroes poorly The Just World theory How we rationalize our behavior That we give more sympathy to people who are at a greater distance from us The poorer you are, the more likely you are to believe in God Seeking control as a motivation How to increase self-control The implementation intention study The when and the then and how it takes away self-control entirely What the self is from the perspective of his work The analogy of particle board for the self The way people respond morally is the most essential to our perception of who they are (vs physical traits) That we perceive the world rather than understand it directly     Please Support The Show with a Donation    

In this episode of the Just World podcast, Helena Cobban talks to Dr. Sarah Ahmed, another very inspiring young Iraqi who's been working to provide direct relief to the news waves of refugees and internally displaced people inside Iraq. Dr. Sarah is the Director of Operations for a UK-based charity called the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. She talks with passion and conviction not only about the work she's been doing with some of the deeply traumatized survivors of ISIS's torments, but also about her opposition to the idea that bombing or any other military operations can improve the situation of the many Iraqis whose plight she knows only too well. As all the talk continues in the western countries and elsewhere about using military violence to try to “defeat” ISIS, Dr. Sarah's voice and analysis both definitely need to be heard. Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

The convocation for the 2013 MLK celebrations, the convocation was a panel discussion by Denison alumni addressing the theme: The Courage to Create a Just World. True change-making comes from collaboration and networking with like-minded individuals. The adage that two heads are better than one really is true when it comes to strengthening communities in holistic ways. By thinking, planning, and working together, the individuals and groups that make a community can accomplish goals that neither could achieve alone. During our convocation, alumni panelists helped the audience directly connect the life and legacy of Dr. King to their civic engagement. This discussion provided an opportunity for Denison community members to hear people knowledgeable about special social, economic and political justice issues affecting surrounding areas and beyond. The panelists included Jeremy Blake, Coral Breuer, Tamela Colling and moderator Lyn Robertson. In conjunction with the college's 2009 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, video interviews with four Denison alumni explore their lives and their histories with the university, and current seniors reflect on their time at Denison through audio interviews. Dr. Sheila Little, a member of the class of '72, holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and is a researcher in molecular biology. Ruth Fraley McNeil, a member of the class of '86, formerly worked with Ohio Representative Deborah Price and was the project manager of the Compassion Capital Grant for the Ohio Governors Office. Dr. Orlando Taylor, a member of the class of '57, is a pioneer in the field of communication and a leader in higher education. He is currently the Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. Founder and president of Raise Productions, a gospel music production company in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Raymond Wise, class of '83, is a composer and choirmaster. Students Darrin Collins '09 from Oak Park, Ill.; Courtney Herring '09 from Clarkston, Mich.; Charisse Mandimika '09 from Zimbabwe; and Donterio Porter '09 from Little Rock, Ark., offer insightful and engaging narratives about their experiences at Denison.

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend Avodah’s Partners In Justice event, and had an opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in the program. We had the opportunity to speak with current and former AVODAH fellows about their experience and why they decided to participate in this important inititive. AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps strengthens the Jewish community’s fight against the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. We do this by engaging participants in service and community building that inspire them to become lifelong leaders for social change whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values. Participants in our service Corps program live out and deepen their commitments to social change and Jewish life through a year of full-time work at anti-poverty organizations in Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, DC. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values. After participants complete this intensive year-long program, Pursue: Action for a Just World provides a broad platform for long-term leadership in social change and Jewish life.

This week, Aaron Herman had the opportunity to attend Avodah’s Partners In Justice event, and had an opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in the program. We had the opportunity to speak with current and former AVODAH fellows about their experience and why they decided to participate in this important inititive. AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps strengthens the Jewish community’s fight against the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. We do this by engaging participants in service and community building that inspire them to become lifelong leaders for social change whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values. Participants in our service Corps program live out and deepen their commitments to social change and Jewish life through a year of full-time work at anti-poverty organizations in Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, DC. This work partners Corps members with service providers and residents in low income communities and equips our Corps members and alumni to emerge as lifelong agents for social change, whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values. After participants complete this intensive year-long program, Pursue: Action for a Just World provides a broad platform for long-term leadership in social change and Jewish life.

--{ CFR's Voracity for a Planned Society: "Weaving a Plan Around Convention, Men in Shadows Evaded Detection, New World Order, No Variety, Intelligentsia to Rule, Planned Society, After Riots, Youth, All-Naivety, Demanding a Just World of Sustainability, Idealism Used for Good or Harm, Summed Up in Orwell's 'Animal Farm,' Old Wise Men Guide Youth to Utopia, When Regime is In, You Have Dystopia, Drab Collectivism Demands, in Its Fashion, You Serve the State for Daily Ration" © Alan Watt }-- Council on Foreign Relations, RIIA, Carroll Quigley - Global Society, Wars - Equality in "Utopia" - Scientific Dictatorship, Control of Money (and World), Economists. Current and 1930's Depression - Rothschild, Cecil Rhodes - Industrial Consortiums - International Bankers, Financiers, J.P. Morgan, Montagu Norman. Media, Persuasion, Bernays - Woodrow Wilson, Mandell House, Lord Grey - Milner Group - Academia, Control of Public Opinion. Chatham House, OSS, CIA, MI6, Agents - British Empire, Winston Churchill - Iraq - India - CFR, Fraternities, Circles, Technocrats - London Air Raid, Trenches, Gas Masks. Drafting Up Borders, Amalgamation of Americas - Rhodes Scholarship, Bureaucracy, Fronts - Youth Revolution, New Economic System, Leaders. Oceanic Bloc, United Europe - Spin on History - World Federation, Ben Franklin. (Book Excerpts: [Continued] "Tragedy and Hope" and "The Anglo-American Establishment" by Carroll Quigley.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Jan. 22, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)