In this episode, Lydia talks about the development of inner peace through advocacy and vocalization. She gives the example of June Jordan’s poetry.

In this episode, Lydia discusses the power of peace in several Biblical passages and also in modern attributions and ideas of peace.

Lydia discusses the importance for each individual to operate in our communities with holistic care as our aim. She defines holistic care, provides examples, and ends with what individuals can do.

In this episode, Lydia defines what is generational trauma, what the implications of its importance, practicing an awareness of generational trauma in differing fields, and valuing healing through social justice work and advocacy.

Lydia discusses, in this episode, what acceptance could look like. Acceptance/denial are often used as community markers for inclusion/exclusion and freedom/oppression, and so it’s important to check what’s at the heart of our acceptances.

In this episode, Lydia discusses how to model and practice an empathetic freedom for others that is far from the oppression we see today.

Lydia discusses women in the Bible who did not replicate gender hierarchies, but rather deconstructed them into something stronger. We read from Luke 10:38-42 about the ultimate Biblical story about deconstructing gender roles.

Lydia discusses what gender roles are, their constructions, and the anti-Christian nature of enforcing gender roles on communities.

Trigger warning: violence, murder, guns, armed robbery. Lydia discusses the murder of Ustaaz Maged Ghaly, a Coptic storeowner, who was murdered in late August while attending his store. She discusses the details of the case and the social media reactions, while incorporating next steps to healing and stability in Nashville.

Lydia discusses why intersectionality brings about solidarity, which is ultimately the work of any service or social justice work. Intersectionality is a word coined by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989 to describe the nuanced position of Black women in race and gender.