Welcome back, beautiful hooomans! I'm excited and so so grateful to have my very dear friend, Jenny Hempen with us. Jenny Hempen is a trauma therapist based out of Pittsburgh PA. Prior to this position, she worked as a legal advocate for victims of sexual violence in Allegheny County. Outside of work, Jenny is a reader of good and bad fantasy novels, mushroom hunter, contra-dancer, caver, and life-long friend of Britt. This conversation, in true Taurus fashion (Jenny's a Taurus).. we talk about things like sovereign decisions around religion, ritual, her work as a trauma therapist, holding space for the duality of people, trauma informed space holding, accountability and so much more. I am soooo grateful for this human. Enjoy! Some links below for some things Jenny is involved in. https://paar.net/ https://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2012/01/08/Caving-is-an-activity-for-all-seasons/stories/201201080180 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Hi friends! Welcome to a truly grounding episode with one of my very best friends, Catherine Skolnicki. Catherine is here in service to life through stillness, listening, remembering, envisioning, creating, and forever learning.  Her current and developing mediums are: herbalism, education, healing and visual arts, photography, and story. We cover many things in this episode. We talk about ways to honor our bodies' cycles, some ways to connect deeper with the land, ancestral healing, and deep compassion and love for self which inevitably means deep compassion and love for others. @catskolnicki Here are some resources that we chat about in the episode! Omaroti Well of Indigenous Wisdom Olamina Botanicals Lyla June Indigenous European Ancestry Article --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Today we have the incredible Isis-Rae Goulbourne! We cover so much in this episode today.. but it's all centered around the fact that we can do whatever we want! If you think the phrase “anything is possible” is ridiculous, farfetched, and unattainable, then you haven’t met Isis. She lives her life by challenge the notion that we can’t have it all. As the founder and CEO of the digital innovation agency DEUIT, pronounced, “Do It”, she lives from a place not of “that can’t be done,” but rather, “let’s find a way!” Isis believes that  her soul purpose on this planet is to create vehicles of empowerment for others and she does this via the creation products and services that help people live out their dreams and connect with their own soul purpose. Founder of two companies, mother of two small boys, intuitive oracle reader, author, and all around creative badass, she plans to live her life by leaving no portion of untapped personal potential on the table when it’s all said and done. Come catch a vibe. @ice_is_rae, @DEUIT_HQ https://www.deuit.co/ https://isisrae.com/consulting --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Hi beautiful humans! Welcome to the first episode of 2021. I am so grateful that THIS is the first episode of this energetic shift into this new year. This episode is with my beautiful friend, Jayquan Gooding.  Jayquan is a person like you with a big mind and an even bigger heart - his life is a healing journey and he is intentional in service to others within the modalities he practices and lives which include: psychology, reiki, intuitive/spiritual healing & guiding, tarot, and chanting. His role is in service of the heart. He  aims to show the way to and through the heart by living life according to heart principles and illuminating that same path for others. Jay is soooo generous in this episode. We talk about deep compassion for self and others, ancestral healing and connection, and of course, sovereignty. Jayquan Gooding is an intuitive /empathic guide with a B.S. in clinical psychology who is continuing education with the goal of becoming a clinician & therapist to assist in guiding others through healing to sovereignty, empowerment, and enlightenment via the heart. Please follow the spirit and the work @jayquan.gooding --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Hi beautiful people! We are in the final moments of 2020 and there are many feelings of gratitude and grief. The offering in this episode is a song called That Magic. My creative soulmate, Melissa Modifer and I wrote this song last year. We hope that it provides healing and joy for you. This song will also be released on Melissa's upcoming album Beautifully Homemade that is being released on January 12, 2021. It will be available on all platforms! Please support her music. She is dedicated to healing herself through music as well as providing so much healing through music for others. Please follow and support her work on IG @melissamodifermusic I love you. Thank you for all of your support. Happy New Year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Welcome everyone! You're in for some deep nourishment today. Our conversation is with Ren Dara Santiago. We cover so many heart centered things in this conversation. We talk about how to dispel narratives through truly seeing someone's heart, building families, her work as a playwright, and so much more.  Ren is a Big Sister first and foremost! Every space carries Beanie, Butchie, and Kaying. This Fila-Rican playwright was born in the Bronx, raised in Yonkers and Harlem at intersections of Coded Streets and Bodega Avenues. She’s proud of her history and shares in the practice of uplifting the wisdom that comes from her community. From the originators and generators. From creators thriving despite the exploitation of our cultures, loved ones, systematic debts, and geographies. Ren writes stories that activate our potential for deep loving, for brave loving, for healing, for the hustlers. For people that work hard. For the real heroes, who deserve their lives to be honored in stories; complex, expansive, simple and great. Theater should give communities room to dream. To honor the unknowable, conjured by theater-makers of resilient lineages, offering us the opportunity to shift the limits of possibility. Ren is currently working with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater as the showrunner for the MTA Radio Plays, launching December 13th; and commissions with En Garde Arts, The Drama Club NYC, The Theatre Co, and New York Rep. Ren teaches playwriting at the National Theater Institute, MCC Youth Company, Williams College, and Williamstown Community Works. She is a founding member of Middle Voice at Rattlestick, a member of Rising Phoenix Rep. She's the recipient of the TOW Foundation 2020 Residency at Rattlestick, Rising Phoenix Rep’s Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award, and the MCC Alumni Award. She’s developed work with The Bushwick Starr, Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Gingold Theatrical Group, LAByrinth, The Lark Play Development Center, MCC Theater, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Rising Phoenix Rep, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. www.rendarasantiago.com  @rendsanti, @rattlestickny --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Hello friends! Welcome to the first practice offering of the series. Meditation is a major part of my life and healing journey. I believe intentional stillness is a major key to our liberation. I started leading meditation about 6 years ago and it brings me so much joy. In this practice we will be sinking into some deep relaxation, connection with the heart space, and sending out ripples of gratitude through the body and beyond. This meditation is safe for anyone except for those working through PTSD. If you are someone who deals with PTSD, working with present moment awareness of your environment and being active in the body are safer choices. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Welcome friends to a ridiculously hilarious and honest conversation with Matt Curiano & Brandon Contreras.  Brandon & Matt are the creators of The Homo Sapien Experience which is a sketch comedy series around the queer experience.  They have created a beautiful platform for collaboration and community. They are such effervescent souls that will take you on a ride. We cover topics like the many intersections that exist within the community such as race, gender, and body image. We talk about healing, harm, and UNAPOLOGETIC JOY AND HUMOR! Please follow and support their work below! @the_homo_sapien_experience on IG The Homo Sapien Experience on Youtube Matt Curiano is an actor/writer/director/creator.  He hails from a place called Schenectady NY, which though it sounds like its own pandemic, is actually a name of a real place.  He's lived in NYC for over 10 years now, and though at times it's been a hot mess, its still the most successful relationship he's had.  Don't worry though, they're open, and because of that Matt gets a huge thrill of traveling around and meeting new people and discovering queer culture all over.  He's most inspired by human empathy and kindness in the face of adversity, and the glorious gift of the human imagination. @mattycake89 Brandon Contreras is an actor, singer, dancer, writer, and creator in NYC. He was last seen in the Broadway bound musical adaptation of the cult hit, Almost Famous. When he's not making bread 7 days a week, he is writing, choreographing, and collaborating with artists all around the country. He hopes to create narratives for the colorful and nuances world more people should see. @ohhey_brandon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Welcome to our conversation with Logan Myles Stacer. Logan is a dear friend and collaborator that inspires the masses! He is a shining example of human capacity and potential. He is so rooted in determination, focus, and calm. We cover a lot of things in this episode. Things from the importance of art and public policy, to his recent marriage to his beautiful wife, to faith, to alternative ways of moving through the world! Logan has a non-profit in Kansas City called He[ART]Land which is connecting arts activists, educators, and community members across the Midwest to equip the next generation of creative leaders. Click the link to support the work! Logan Myles Stacer is an interdisciplinary artist, educator organizer and founder of the nonprofit HE[ART]LAND based in Kansas City. His work at the intersection of art making and public policy has been recognized nationally and internationally, and he's instructed at New York University, Columbia Law School, and currently teaches social justice fine arts at the Ewing Marion Kauffman School. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support

Welcome everyone! I can't believe I'm typing this! Thank you so much for being here. This episode is an opportunity to get to know me, Britt Dorazio, and get to know why sovereignty is the entry point fort this podcast. HUGE gratitude and shout out to Julieta Varela for making the artwork for this project and Francis Aud for creating the music! Check them both out on instagram. @julietamaracuja & @francisaudmusic. BIG HUGE LOVE TO YOU ALL! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/britt-dorazio/support