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"The hardest part in the aftermath has been determining how to raise my voice and protest. I find that my emotive side is ready to scream at the world while my internal deliberative voice is telling me to "mind my manners" or "remember you still need your job."" That no matter what in 2020, we’re still treated as less than animals. That when I take off my military uniform I am George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery."" We are so easily killed and our lives have no value."This week, we reached out to black family, friends, and colleagues so that we could tell their stories. In part 1, we amplify the hard truths that have emerged since the widely-broadcast murder of George Floyd as well as Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. Resource mentioned:Scene on Radio: Seeing White: https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Today, we were short on groceries. No veggies left. No fruit. My vegan husband does not live well on pasta alone. So I put the kids down for a nap and went out back where Darryl was working on installing more pavers into our already fabulously-transformed backyard. "Im heading to Publix.""Ok," he said. "I'll check in on the kids."Just then, we heard a loud POP POP POP POP POP ricochet throughout our neighborhood. Probably the neighbors shooting off their firecrackers, I thought, but my heart still shot up into my throat. I shook it off and pulled out of the driveway, onto our main drive. As I was going 25mph down our neighborhood drag, a cop flew into the neighborhood going probably 75mph, lights and siren on. I panicked. I felt sick. I fought the urge to turn around and follow the cop. I didn't want my husband to think I was being melodramatic. I called him, he didn't answer. My mind raced. What if they see him, sweaty, in his workout gear on the side of the house from cutting pavers all day? What if they don't give him a chance to tell his story? What if I'm not there to vouch for him like the times I've had to in the past? What if the kids wake up and their dad is in the back of a cop car, or worse? I couldn't help it. I made my way to the store and started shopping, reassuring myself with the name of Jesus for an hour and a half (but silently freaking out and trying to keep it all together)...Hear more about today's incident from both of our perspectives and more about the aftermath of racism in America in this episode. Episodes mentioned:Being an Interracial Couple (episodes 1 through 4 on the top of our episodes page): https://www.successinblackandwhite.com/episodesScene on Radio: Seeing White: https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Christina & Deidra find their groove, talk Seeing White, self-care (or self-cure) and even cover a Kenny Rogers classic. We sing y’all! Tune-in to the part 1 of As Scene in Real Life - Woke from all sides. If you want to chime-in on the discussion or just want to be up on game listen to As Scene on Radio - Seeing White @ www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ --- 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/bagelsandplantains/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bagelsandplantains/support
Giving a heads up that this is a more intense conversation on sexual trauma and the decolonization of bodies. If you’ve recently experienced or are working through past trauma you may want to check with your support system (therapist, doctor, coach, mentor) before listening to this episode. Rachel Halder, a sacred sexuality specialist and empowerment coach, is a survivor of sexual trauma who has studied religion and the intersection of sexuality and spirituality. Join us for a powerful conversation on sexual trauma, sexuality + spirituality, the decolonization of bodies, racism and healing on Episode 74 of Ignite Intimacy! About Rachel: Rachel (many of who refer to as Rae) is a sacred sexuality specialist and empowerment coach helping spiritual seekers remove shame and blocks from their sexuality, reigniting passion and pleasure in a deep, holistic and integrated way. With an M.A. in Religion, she extensively researched sexual and spiritual healing through neuroscience, trauma recovery and embodied interspirituality, focusing on holistic healing for those marginalized or spiritually traumatized by the Christian Church through LGBTQ+ identification and/or sexual suppression or abuse. Rachel is also a graduate of the Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality, with a specialization in the jade egg. Connect with Rae: Website Free Ebook "Sacred, Sexy & Whole: Undressing Purity Culture, Redressing Redemption" Instagram: @thesacredandthesexy Facebook Free Facebook group community - Sacred Sexuality Sisterhood Resources: Sexual Assault Hotline - (877) 995-5247 Mosaic Mind, Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors Peter Levine, Ph.D., developer of Somatic Experiencing The Wheel of Consent - Betty Martin Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Disorder Scene on Radio ’Seeing White’ podcast series
I’m excited to share this Episode #39 of the Mother’s Quest Podcast with a special guest who I seemed destined to know, and who I’ll have the pleasure of meeting in person when we both speak at the upcoming Gaia Women Lead Conference in May, Alethea Cheng Fitzpatrick. The immigrant daughter of immigrant parents from Hong Kong, Alethea was born in London and grew up in a predominantly white community in the south of England. Today, she lives in Brooklyn, where she moved after university, with her husband and her two boys, currently aged 9 and 6. An Advanced Certified Coach with the Gaia Project for Women’s Leadership and a Myers Briggs Certified Practitioner, Alethea is also the founder of Photosanity, where she helps parents find presence, joy and connection through photographing their kids. She has a background in architecture, with a BArch from Pratt Institute, and almost 20 years of experience as a licensed architect in NYC. Alethea is a multi-passionate person who has arrived at a point in her life where all the parts of herself and her path weave together in unique ways. In this episode, Alethea and I explore the many ways that she finds presence in her life. We discuss how the current political landscape has caused uncomfortable but important personal growth in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion in both of us, how motherhood can turboboost our connection to ourselves and how we can use photography as a tool to bring mindfulness with our children and grace to ourselves as mothers. We also discuss what she’s discovering about how the Myers Briggs personality assessment, in women’s leadership and in parenthood, identifies our preferences and helps us make choices that energize rather than drain us. Finally, Alethea gives us all a challenge to reflect on our own “zone of genius” and will come back into the Mother’s Quest Facebook group on April 24th for a live conversation to help us make sense of what we learn. Make sure to join the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group to receive your invitation to that event. I was so energized by this conversation with Alethea. I hope you, like me, come away from this conversation excited and inspired to look at how the threads of your own life weave together, what your personality preferences are, and how you can become more fully present and in your zone of genius for a more E.P.I.C. life. This episode dedicated by: Katie Hanus for her grandmother, Marion Walden Cowan. Katie’s Blog, The Nature Wheel Facebook Topics Discussed in this Episode: How Alethea and I came to know one another through our mutual quest for activism after Trump was elected Who packs school lunches for Alethea’s children and how that may have been shaped by her growing up in a household with non-stereotypical gender roles What it was like growing up as an Asian immigrant in a predominantly white community of England and how that impacts her today How becoming a mother can turboboost you into becoming your true self and what Alethea wishes she could tell every new mother Alethea’s path to finding Myers Briggs as a tool for understanding the natural preferences in herself, her children, and her clients and the ways it might support you Capturing a moment through photography as a vehicle for deep connection and tool to bring even greater presence to our lives Brave spaces that Alethea participates in to build dialogue and connection across differences Alethea’s challenge to explore our “zone of genius” as a first step to understanding our personality preferences This Week’s Challenge: Alethea urges us to think about where our Zone of Genius lies, as a powerful reflection to do prior to exploring preferences from the Myers Briggs Framework. The Zone of Genius is a place where there is the most amount of impact with the least amount of effort. When you are in the Zone of Genius, things come with ease, synchronicity abounds, and you have many aha moments. Observe throughout your day when you feel energized from doing something and take snapshots of those moments to gather data. Encourage your children to do the same. Review Alethea’s article on this for more background and share your observations and photos in the Facebook Group. Then, join us for a live conversation and Q &A with Alethea in the Group on Tuesday, May 23rd. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: You can visit Alethea’s website and follow her on Facebook andInstagram. For more about Diversity is an Asset, the course that Alethea and I both took together, visit their website. Learn more about Gaia Women Lead, the conference where Alethea and I will be speaking in early May. You can still register to join us! The Gaia Coach Certification Program that Alethea completed Photosanity, Alethea’s mindful photography business for parents You can read more about the Myers Briggs framework here. And take an online test here. Get Organized Bk and Inclusive Conversations are the two groups where Alethea has been having brave conversations across differences Indicate your interest in learning more about an upcoming workshop Alethea is facilitating, based on the Scene on Radio “Seeing White” podcast series here For exploring the Zone of Genius, you can check out the book The Big Leap that Alethea recommended and the blog post Alethea wrote about The Zone of Genius here The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Karen Ward’s My Curious Eyes Photo Challenge that Jacob and I have participated in for several seasons Ep 02: Unmasking Motherhood with Katherine WintschMotherhood Un-Masked: Mother’s Day Thoughts on the Pictures We Don’t Usually Share Announcements: Spring into Your E.P.I.C. Life Clarity Coaching Package Spring is an amazing time to more fully seed the E.P.I.C. Guideposts in your life. I’m opening a limited number of one-on-one coaching spaces for a 90 day coaching package that includes bi-weekly hour-long coaching sessions where I will help you mindfully close the chapter of the last season, identify your vision for what’s ahead, set strategic action steps for moving forward, and provide inspiration and accountability along the way. Email me atjulie@mothersquest.com to set up a free discovery call and learn more. Mother’s Quest E.P.I.C. Life Check-In Featuring Alethea Cheng Fitzpatrick – April 24th Join us for a special edition of our E.P.I.C. Life Check-In with Alethea Cheng Fitzpatrick on Tuesday, April 24th from 11:30 am-1PM pm via Video on Zoom. We’ll follow-up on Alethea’s challenge to reflect on our “Zone of Genius” and learn about how Myers Briggs might support us to stay in that zone more often. We’ll also build connections within the Mother’s Quest community, reflect on how we feel along the E.P.I.C. Guideposts this week, and set an intention for the week. Time for learning new concepts, introspection and community-building all packed into one hour and a half. Are you In? Join the Mother’s Quest Community to RSVP and find the zoom link to join.www.mothersquest.com/community Click HERE to Join Virtual Mother’s Quest Circle Pilot I’m excited to announce that the first founding Mother’s Quest Virtual Circle has been filled. If you’re interested in a future circle, and want to receive notice when the applications open again, please add your name to this wait list. julie@mothersquest.com Help us Grow the Mother’s Quest Community If you’re finding value from the Mother’s Quest Podcast and would like to get more involved, please join us in the Mother’s Quest Facebook Group, help us find more like-minded mothers on a quest by spreading the word and sharing your favorite episodes, and make a donation or apply to dedicate an episode. You can also share your story on the Mother’s Quest Blog. Acknowledgements: A big THANK YOU to our “patrons” for helping to bring these conversations to myself and other mothers through financial and/or in-kind support: Katie Hanus Denise Barreto Sage B. 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In GBA 311 we get better acquainted with Jez Kemp. He talks learning how to make your own music, the danger of false equivalence in the time of Charlottesville, Brexit and Trump, being a femme cisgender man, realising that Nineteen Eighty-Four isn't as radical as you thought, creating and selling dinosaur and unicorn T-Shirts, the man who tried to trademark the π symbol and lots more. Jez plugs: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/jezkemp Twitter: https://twitter.com/jezkemp JezKempInsta: https://www.instagram.com/jezkempinsta I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Liz: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-liz-episodes Lisa: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-147-Lisa-Findley Picasso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso Charlotteville: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/charlottesville-attack-170813081045115.html 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four Fight Club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club Lord of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Rings The Hobbit Film Extra: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/29/extra-too-brown-the-hobbit Warhammer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Battle Mitchell and Webb - "before the incident": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE Placebo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_(band) The Manics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers Muse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse_(band) Clash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash I believe in dinosaurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9UUjLH93g The Horned Warrior Friends: https://www.facebook.com/hornedwarriorfriends/ Queen Raptorcorn: https://twitter.com/jezkemp/status/855172298692866049 Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ Zazzle: https://www.zazzle.co.uk/ Blog posts: http://jezkemp.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/this-guy-just-stole-pi-and-zazzle.html http://jezkemp.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/some-loser-has-tried-to-trademark.html http://jezkemp.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/zazzle-pi-fiasco-communication-problem.html Wired article on pi trademark: https://www.wired.com/2014/05/pi-takedown/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/ Myspace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace Let Toys Be Toys: http://lettoysbetoys.org.uk/ Let Clothes Be Clothes: https://letclothesbeclothes.uk/ Scene on Radio: Seeing White: http://podcast.cdsporch.org/seeing-white/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!