Listen in with Bianka Hardin, who taught me the lived experience of self-care, intention, and the power of visualization. We share our unique story of synchronicity, Bianka’s healing journey, personal agency, how we can get in our own way, and when you think you’ve had a setback.
Insisting We All Belong and CHAI with Rahul Sharma — EP66
This podcast is with guest Dr. Rahul Sharma who offers his Sitar music live and explores how to insist that we all belong, his CHAI Recipe — a yummy recipe for the Self and how to be in life, being an artist as both a self-absorbed and selfless endeavor, difficult conversations about power and race, and his double migration story.
Unknowing and Finding Your Own Knowing With Cynthia Langtiw — EP64
Experience the energy of belief, inspiration, and love in this episode where Cynthia Langtiw and I explore the wobbly place of ‘unknowing’ and the process of finding your own knowing, the power of belief in oneself and in a group with inspiration, decolonization of research methods, the importance of silence, and lifting each other up.
What is Love? Untangling Love from Protection & Fear — EP63
Our soul’s deepest desire is to love and know love. To know what love truly is — and isn’t. But often our ideas of love and loving are warped. This episode is an exploration of free and wholehearted love. I discuss how to untangle destructive ways of being that have been paired with love or being loved.
Lessons in Self Love : Toxic Ancestors and Family Relationships — EP61
In this episode, I explore a question from a listener: “Can you receive love and strength from ancestors or relatives still alive if they are mentally sick/toxic/unhealthy?” I discuss tuning into the soul of our family members that we feel challenged by to receive more than their human form can give us, how our “toxic dynamics or relationships” are the opening to the story of pain or loss in the family, and how these can be taken up as an opportunity to become aware of our gaps in self-love.
Legacy Burdens Cross-Cultural Healing With Ifs & Embrace Your Unicorn Self With Deran Young — EP60
In this poignant and powerful conversation with Deran Young, founder of Black Therapists Rock, learn all about Internal Family Systems (IFS) and how you can use that to claim unseen parts of yourself as well as heal racism and racial and cross-cultural wounds. Deran shares about her perspectives on the Legacy Burden of the Black Community, her experiences of being Muslim for 5 years, in the US Air Force for 17, and her fascination with the magic of Unicorns.
