Creating Common Ground
Creating Common Ground
Jessica Zacharias
The intention of the podcast is to provide sacred safe space for everyday warriors to share their journey and communicate their views on what the collective needs to do in order to create common ground for all concerned. Our storytellers will be from all walks of life with the vision of shining light on the unseen and providing a stage for the unheard. The goal for our audience is to learn as well as unlearn in a safe supportive environment. To encourage society to take the blind folds off and provide the audience effective action steps that must be taken.
Kyler: On Coming Out and Finding Yoga
Truth teller Kyler discusses the twisting road that led her to her truth as an LGBTQIA+ community member and yoga teacher for people from all walks of life. She shares her upbringing, how religion has played a role in her life, her experiences abroad, and a partnership that brought her to her true self.
Sep 21, 2020
1 hr 8 min
Darius: On Being LGBTQIA+ and Biracial in Yoga
Truth teller Darius describes his experience as a queer black and Latino man in his community, his college, and in yoga. He dives into the most difficult conversations we know how to have, and opens his heart to share what he wishes the collective could learn from his experiences.
Sep 21, 2020
1 hr 5 min
Jenn: On Being an Indigenous Woman
Truth teller Jenn shares her truth on why she started Cheekbone Beauty. Which is a sustainable beauty company that gives back to Indigenous youth. She shares the importance of Indigenous stories and how the collective can learn from them.
Sep 21, 2020
52 min
Emily: On Brain Cancer
Truth teller Emily shares her harrowing adventure as a brain cancer patient. She discusses the experiences, worries, appointments, and conversations leading up to a major brain surgery, and life as a young (seemingly normal) woman on “tumor watch.”
Sep 21, 2020
1 hr 15 min
Jaymie & Emily: On Being Special Needs
Truth tellers Jaymie + Emily share their joy, strengths, hopes, and challenges as members of the Special Needs community. They shed light on their human experiences and how they believe the world can be made better, more joyful, and more accessible for everyone.
Sep 21, 2020
47 min
Ashley: On Chronic Illness and Musical Healing
Truth teller Ashley discusses her chronic illness and social security. She dives into music and how it serves as her healer.
Sep 21, 2020
41 min
Isabelle: On Being Biracial and Dance
Truth teller Isabelle shares how she has grown since attending college, studying dance, and working in communities to make dance more accessible to Black and Brown folks. She discusses her journey to find her personal truth, and the things she’s had to learn and unlearn along the way.
Sep 21, 2020
59 min
Allison: On Human Trafficking
Truth teller Allison shares her truth as a woman of faith and her journey to find it. She discusses her experiences as a young woman in Nepal, a college student in the United States, and a counselor, friend, and advocate for Daughters in Nepal who have experienced human trafficking.
Sep 21, 2020
1 hr 21 min
Nikki: On Being a Cancer Survivor
Truth teller Nikki shares her experiences as a normal young woman who becomes a cancer patient overnight. She discusses finding her truth amidst trauma and learning to advocate for herself, bear witness to the experiences of others, and ultimately help the collective be kinder to peers like her.
Sep 21, 2020
1 hr 7 min
Wanji: On Yoga and Accessibility
Truth teller Wanji shares her journey from growing up in a single-parent home in the slums of Nairobi to being a yoga teacher and studio/program manager with Africa Yoga Project (AYP). She discusses what led her to yoga and how AYP has transformed her life and her community.
Sep 21, 2020
1 hr 12 min
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