***Trigger warning for this episode - we discuss sensitive topics including sexual assault and violence. In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Molly Boeder Harris about her work and her journey with the Breathe Network and her own experiencing recovering from sexual assault. The Breathe Network connects survivors of sexual trauma with sliding-scale, trauma-informed, holistic healing practitioners across the United States and Canada. We talk about: How understandin...
Mar 15, 2021
45 min
In this episode, I had the honour of speaking with Rebeckah Price about the powerful work she has been leading for many years to reshape and decolonize wellness. She discusses what it actually means to create real systematic change in the health and wellness community for BIPOC and other marginalized communities, given the inherit inequities that exist in the wellness industrial complex. Rebeckah's deep commitment to liberation is truly inspiring and will move you, as it did me. ...
Feb 22, 2021
1 hr 8 min
In this episode, I had the honour to speak with Dr. Jamie Marich about ongoing and ever changing trauma and addiction recovery. Two of the things she said resonates so deeply for me: "When I look at change, so much about it is in the healing power of consistency and I think that's fundamentally good for people who have survived complex trauma." AND "We may have parts and aspects of self but we all represent a working wholeness. What you have is already inside you. It just may take some...
Feb 8, 2021
44 min
I'm honoured to have shared in this conversation with Prentis Hemphill and to have listened to the wisdom they bring to embodiment and healing justice work. I trust you will feel both inspired and moved as well. They share about what inspired the creation of the Embodiment Institute and how evolving 'somatic practice' is a key to coming into collective healing and dismantling systems of oppression. Prentis Hemphill (They/Them) is a Texas born, embodiment practitioner, therapist, writer and t...
Jan 15, 2021
47 min
I just can't express enough gratitude to Kevin T. Hobbs for sharing this conversation with me. I have been left changed, moved and inspired by what he shared and I know you will too. We talk about how his participation in a specific theatre production saved his life and his work in bringing the same healing power to people through the D.O.S.E. Foundation. How he went from the throws of homelessness and depression to peace and hope, the focus of his new podcast, Kevin's Way Out as well ...
Dec 16, 2020
51 min
In this multi-faceted episode, I am so grateful to speak with fellow Jungian Analyst in training and movement magician, Mackenzie Amara, AKA 'THE INKED SHRINK", about the role that culture plays in our minds and in our lives. We go into our mutual love of the intersection of the soma and psyche and how she always includes elements of analytical psychology, myth, alchemy, and shadow work in her teaching and how dance and depth psychology are part and parcel for her and cannot be separated.&nbs...
Nov 11, 2020
48 min
In this eye-opening episode I talk with a truly inspiring woman, Dee de Lara! We discuss her work with the paradigm shifting movement hub, What Time, co-creating BIPOC-centred online space and disrupting expectations of how and where to find movement. Places to connect with Dee on Instagram: Dee de Lara What Time - Movement Class Hub A few of things our conversation touched upon: Dee's experience coming into a nourishing relationship with her body in a studio environment and how that sparke...
Oct 22, 2020
47 min
In this episode I speak with the luminous Elke Schroeder about her powerful work inspired by Fighting Monkey and how it dove tails with creating a more robust and adaptable nervous system and to bring us into deeper relationship with self and our environment. Dive in into the philosophy of Fighting Monkey, a movement practice revolutionizing the way we think about our place in space and in connection to fellow humans. Hear about the importance of moving beyond our predictab...
Oct 16, 2020
55 min
In this enthralling episode, I spoke with Anita Bhardwaj and Raggi Kotak about their work and upcoming six week program, Race Resilience. I was honoured to speak with them about their decades long social justice and somatic healing expertise and the powerful work they do in the UK and beyond. Race Resilience is a professional collaboration that combines their forty years experience of activism, exploring ground-breaking tools and resources to understand and move forward on the issue of ...
Oct 10, 2020
1 hr 9 min
We dedicate this podcast to Michael Young. Without his courageous battle with addiction and his passing, Anie and I might never have crossed paths. Join me for a conversation with my dear friend, Anie Boudreau, Addiction Recovery and Chronic Pain Coach and Yoga Therapist. In this conversation we talk about how she supports her clients by: Helping her clients see possibilities and getting back to their spirit and believing that they should be here. Harnessing the container of playfulness, ...
Jun 16, 2020
47 min
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