Anita Kopacz is the author of the Simon & Schuster fiction novel, Shallow Waters . It is the second title that Charlemagne tha God released on his imprint, Black Privilege Publishing. Anita is the former Editor-in-Chief of Heart & Soul Magazine and Managing Editor of BeautyCents Magazine . She is an award winning writer, a Spiritual Psychologist and a certified Tantra coach with a passion to see people thrive. Anita also created the nonprofit, Zero F's Given to raise awareness and help victimized and disenfranchised populations heal from sexual trauma, find their voice, and reclaim their power. She has helped thousands of victims through her work with Zero F’s Given and being on the board for the Center for Safety and Change. Through leading retreats around the world with The Goddess Wisdom Council, working with private clients and storytelling, Anita fulfills her intention to awaken the divine simplicity, pleasure and joy in her life and others.
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In This Episode:
- How Anita’s upbringing around empowered Black women informed her worldview and how her experience changed when she stepped into a world that reflected something different to her.
- Anita's experience as Editor and Chief of Heart and Soul magazine which was a platform for wellness for Black women.
- Her metaphysical experiences that led to her getting her Masters in Spiritual Psychology.
- Anita’s book Shallow Waters about Yemaya, the Yoruba diety of the sea.
- Connecting with water, Black people’s fear of water, and the ancestry of the middle passage.
- The element of water and its healing properties and Anita’s intentional usage of water in the book.
- The process of writing her book and how getting it published was Divine timing.
- What Black privilege means to her.
- The work that White folx need to do and the work that BIPOC need to do.
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