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We're back (finally)! Rebecca gives a recap of why, exactly, we've been gone for so long, while Nathan tries his hardest to be funny.
On this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Rev. Dr. Ron Bell and Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman Jr. share a conversation about the importance of giving yourself permission to be fully present in your trauma. Welcome to Trauma Tuesday – a Black and Brown curated space for healing and transformation in the midst of trauma. This is the first in a series of discussions between Rev. Dr. Ron Bell and Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman Jr. about the significance of taking a community approach to healing complex trauma. Catch more episodes of Trauma Tuesday on the Camphor UMC Youtube channel: Trauma TuesdayRev. Dr. Ron Bell is both a pastor and author. He is the senior pastor of Camphor Memorial UMC and a regular guest columnist for the Saint Paul Monitor. His latest book is The Four Promises: Journeying through Past and Present Trauma. Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Health Science in the School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University. As a teacher, Dr. Hayman offers radical love by working to inspire social-justice-minded scholars to critically analyze course content to develop a skillset for disrupting the incomplete narratives established about the communities from which they come.
It's 2021… we made it! Hello, and welcome Episode 22 of This Little Light Of Mine. My name is James Powell and I'm glad that you're able to join me for today's story episode, ‘Validate me'. It feels good to be here and to share more of an upbeat and lighter story episode with you today. And that's what this episode is all about, validation and feeling good. In today's story episode I'm shedding many of the awkward, scared, small and unwanted masks of my school years. This period of my life is my coming out and reinvention. And man, did it ever feel good! As I reflect back on this period of time it's incredible to see how fast I jumped at all of these opportunities. I look back with awe and wonder at the cockiness, confidence and zest for life that I had. To be honest, sometimes I wish I could steal some of that and bring that into present day. I was on an ego upswing and after spending most of my life locked away in a closet of shame and self-hatred my new life of freedom was everything that I dreamed of… or so I thought. Back at this time in my life I wasn't even conscious of the new double life that I had created. I didn't see the all too familiar trap that I was sprinting towards. I didn't see how my circumstances had changed but that I hadn't changed. External validation was the intoxicating drug that I used as a life support for my flat lining self-esteem. And damn, that drug works great! But what I didn't realize was how addictive it was. Once I got a taste of positive external validation I couldn't stop. I always needed more. So, what about you? Have you ever got hooked on external validation? Are you crushed when you don't get the number of likes you NEED on Instagram? Or what about feedback? Are you able to accept honest feedback or do you need to surround yourself in an echo chamber of people that look like you, act like you and think like you? Welcome to the journey towards healthy self-esteem! If you haven't joined our community on Instagram or Facebook, I'd invite you to visit @MyLightShinesBright and make sure to check out our Trauma Tuesday posts from December, January and February where we'll be focusing on self-esteem. I'm looking forward to being with you in two-weeks' time with author Marc-Henri Sandoz Paradella to talk about his new book Toxic Jesus and his journey from Holy Shit to Spiritual Healing. I'm really excited to share Marc-Henri's work and I want to give away a free copy of ‘Toxic Jesus' to a listener of This Little Light Of Mine. For your chance to win all you need to do is subscribe, rate and leave a review of This Little Light Of Mine on Apple Podcasts. Next story episode I will choose one of the reviews and send you your very own copy of Toxic Jesus and the journey from Holy Shit to Spiritual Healing. Until then, be safe and know that you are loved. James
All is not well in the V&V household this week. Viking's car has been broken into and her laptop stolen, and Vogue is feeling less than sparkly. But we do have a happy, new intro jingle though so it's not all doom and gloom!
This week Mia Timpano speaks about her show “Speaking Of Which: The Science Of Conversation” that will playing at Melbourne FRINGE festival; Sarah is the centre of attention on Trauma Tuesday; Michael Harden talks about food interlude; director Ben Lawrence chats about his latest film “Ghosthunter”; and the team chat about airport phone dramas. With presenters Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow and Geraldine Hickey.
Dr Michelle Lim from Swinburne University discusses loneliness as a public health issue; playwright Patricia Cornelius talks about her new adaption of the The House of Bernarda Alba; food writer Larissa Dubecki chats about new food trends including katsu sandwiches; Jeff talks about a particularly bad experience with a parcel delivery in "Trauma Tuesday"; and Geraldine chats about going mushroom hunting and joining a gym. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Director Garth Davis chats about his new film Mary Magdalene; In "Feature Creatures" Simon Hinkley informs the team about ants nursing each other back to health; "Friday Funnybugger" Nick Capper designs a new music festival; Jeff chats about his visit to the zoo in Werribee, and in "Trauma Tuesday" the team talk about a lost chicken neck, the Breakfasters theme playing in the Golden Plains Sup, and spiders in the bed. With Sarah Smith, Jeff Sparrow, and Geraldine Hickey.
Victorian Prize For Literature winner Sarah Krasnostein talks about her new book The Trauma Cleaner; Sean "The Birdman" Dooley talks about the birds he saw on his trip to New Zealand; and Jeff talks about seeing komodo dragons in Indonesia, Geraldine talks about Cath shaving her head, and in new segment "Trauma Tuesday" the team talk about recent bad experiences.
Cheat Codes join Smallzy tonight live via Skype and we do Trauma Tuesday - how did you hurt yourself at home? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.