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.
Why Feel? Emotions & Embodiment for the Skeptic in You — EP59
In this episode, I talk about embodiment 101 for the skeptic in you, what qualities and capacities healing and integration requires, moving from rationalizing to feeling, the steps to feeling, the myths about being still or quiet, and accessing your wisdom.
Andrew Shkyovsky: Consciousness, Mysticism, and the Direct Perception of Reality — EP56
How much do you value truth? In this episode, we talk about Andrew’s experience and teachings as a Christian Mystic, consciousness, the desire for love and truth, resolving anger, how to manifest and create your reality with respect towards the global reality, and What is God and Christ Consciousness?
Mia Park on Hope, Ancestor Survival, and Creative Resource — EP54
I’m very happy to share this super fun conversation with Mia Park, a friend and colleague. Mia Park is powered by hope and engagement. As a Chicago based multidisciplinary artist, Mia shares her passion for discovery through acting, teaching yoga, writing, playing music, producing events, and volunteering. She is fiercely herself and takes every opportunity to live and experience. In this episode, we explore Mia’s incredible ancestral story of escaping North Korea, the challenges and joys of acting – being Nurse Beth on the show Chicago Med, the lessons of the self in teaching prenatal yoga in jails, and how women can explore their relationship to being a leader.
Respect + Love Yourself Through the Holidays — EP50
Design your Holidays the way you want them. To love yourself is to RESPECT yourself and your desires. In this podcast, I explore 8 embodied ways you can love yourself and design your holidays including your state of being, shifting out of autopilot and into the presence, intention, how to deal with feeling like you’re five years old again at … Read More
