It happens in an instant: how many of us have lost control of ourselves in a moment of rage? How many of us have snapped at our bosses, or spanked our children and wished that we hadn't, after cooling off from the heat of the moment? In this episode, host H-Soul breaks down the practice and the benefits of meditation. Spoiler alert- meditation is not just for new age hippies and for the Karens of the world, but is an essential tool that Black America has the opportunity to reclaim and use to our benefit. We invite meditation coach Dameda Finney to share a few pointers on how we can begin inviting in a mindfulness practice to our everyday lives.

Season 2, episode 2 of To Heal a People gets deep into both the science and the spiritual sides behind the 'I Create My Life' mindset. Whether you follow what science calls 'predictive behavior' or understand what Psalm 82 of the Bible eludes to- it all leads back to a universal truth that we are not witnesses nor victims, but creators of our own existence.  From this stance, we explore trauma, questioning it's purpose and the concept of alchemizing individual and collective trauma.   This episode is not for the feint of heart- are you ready to get to werk?

What's stopping you from living a life of freedom? It's tempting to blame our immediate surroundings, such as circumstance, fear, or mindset, but the answer may not be as simple as you think. In Season 2 of 'To Heal A People', H-Soul takes us on a journey of how we can own the 'I Create My Life' mindset, beginning by diving into the shadows of our ancestry. Explore the concept of 'Maafa', the original injury which affects generations still today. This idea of the 'Great Disaster' is found in many different versions of folklore across cultures. Can you identify the experience of an injury that may have been handed down to you? This is found in our lived experience, in our health, and in our collective mindset: the procrastination, the self doubt, the inner anger that we feel. How are we going to heal that? That is what we are here to do. If you're ready to heal, if you're ready to change your mindset, join H-Soul on this journey over the next season of To Heal A People.

Closing off Season 1 of To Heal A People podcast, we have a bonus episode dedicated to all 4 rings of healing, featuring the wisdom of two deeply inspiring changemakers from within our community. Ali Duncan, an intuitive healer, speaks to us about her journey from former police officer to yogi and about the power of resiliency and its ability to manage trauma and disease. We hear the wisdom of world renowned music producer Maejor, his journey from survivor to healer, and his mission to bring sound healing intentional frequency into the mainstream, after his own personal journey with cancer.  This episode talks about: reiki healing, quantum healing, sound frequency healing, and holistic practices. ===ABOUT TO HEAL A PEOPLE==== To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople

Rugged individualism in western culture and society has harmed us as a whole. The pandemic and other shared crisis gives us an opportunity to turn to the concept of Ubuntu - “I am because we are.” Listen to Nationally Renowned “The Futurist” Chet Sisk discuss the belief that when we work, live and love alongside one another and ditch the idea that it’s “every man for himself” - we can truly tackle some of the worlds greatest plights. This episode talks about: the global economy, tribalism, restoring traditional economic systems, existential crisis, the sharing economy. ===ABOUT CHET SISK==== Futurist/Author Chet W. Sisk is the founder of Universal Basic Resources – an organization dedicated to providing technological resources to community groups around the world. He is also a partner with the International Institute of Inspiration Economy. ===ABOUT TO HEAL A PEOPLE==== To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople

In this episode, we explore To Heal A People's 4th and final ring of the 4 Ring system of healing: Ubuntu, which means 'I am because we are.' Modern society touts individualism- but are any of us truly able to exist alone as an independent individual, fully self-sufficient without the support of others? Celebrating words of wisdom by ancestor Archbishop Desmond Tutu, we explore the inter-connectedness of all beings, and why community is so integral to our survival and our thriving. This episode talks about: Desmond Tutu, relationship, interdependence, Ubuntu. ==== About To Heal A People: To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople

The most successful artists tend to have a keen understanding of how to turn their passion into the career of their dreams and truly never “work” a day in their lives. Theo E.J. Wilson (Lucifury), a rising Slam Poet and founding member of the Denver Slam Nuba Team shares his experiences, his love of words and rhythm and one of his most incredible performances: Rumble, an ode to Muhammad Ali. If you need a boost to reset in this very moment to take your next step to making your passion and your income source the same thing, this is for you. This episode talks about: being passionate about work, discovering passion, work success, ikigai, career success, finding your purpose, finding your ikigai. ==== About Theo WIlson: Theo Wilson is an actor, speaker and poet, founding member of the Denver Slam Nuba team, and host of the recent show 'I Was There' on the History Channel. He is the Executive Director of Shop Talk Live, which uses the barber shop as a staging ground for community dialogue and healing. About To Heal A People: To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople

Discovering and then mastering our passion and purpose is our life’s true work. Ikigai (生き甲斐, 'a reason for being') is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. In this episode, H-Soul introduces us to 'Ring 3' of To Heal A People's 4 Ring system of healing- Ikigai. We'll break down the advice of Steve Harvey, and explore how to succeed by making the pursuit of our passion a lifestyle and a way of life. Come along for information on building abundance by aligning with the job the universe sent you here to do. This episode talks about: discovering passion, work success, ikigai, career success, career success factors, finding your purpose, finding my purpose in life, finding your ikigai, living a life of purpose. ========== About Steve Harvey: Steve Harvey is an American television and radio presenter, actor, author, businessman, and former stand-up comedian. He is a six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner, two-time Marconi Award winner, and a 14-time NAACP Image Award winner in various categories. He and his wife Marjorie are the founders of The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on youth education. About To Heal A People: To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople

It's time to get courageous and improve the lives we create by tackling personal accountability. In this episode, we talk with Kenda Bell aka "The Joy Factor Mama!" who helps us delve into one of 5 Progressive Love Tenets: No Shame, No Blame.  Together with Kenda, H-Soul takes us deeper into Ring 2 of To Heal A People's 4 Ring System of Healing: and that's healing our Relationships. We revisit the 5 Relationship Tenets (listen to S1E3: H-Soul on the 5 Fundamental Tenets of Relationships) to get Kenda's wisdom on what's essential in achieving a happy and healthy relationship with others, but most importantly ourselves.  This episode talks about: Kenda Bell, Relationship rules, purpose of relationships, I create my life, taking accountability, taking control of your life, changing your life. ========== About Kenda Bell: Kenda Bell, aka the 'Joy Factor Mama' is a spiritual nutritionist and author of the novel 'For Every Love There Is A Reason'. She is a highly esteemed PSALMS certified coach who utilizes her intuitive gifts alongside a host of certified tools to support clients in taking advantage of every sacred opportunity life offers to experience themselves & others with more joy and power. About To Heal A People: To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople

“Love is actually the byproduct of having sustained and done the work of realignment. It is not what you walk into the relationship with”. -H-Soul In this episode, H-Soul takes us on a deep dive into Ring 2 of To Heal A People's 'Rings of Healing': Healing relationships. We're not talking about the kinds of relationships seen in fairytales, we're talking about the real, gritty, good-bad-and-ugly kind of real-life relationships that push us to grow. H-Soul shares with us the 5 fundamental tenets of Relationships and holistic relating, as made popular by The Progressive Love Academy : The purpose of relationships is growth, the benefit is love No copouts, no dropouts No victims, no villains No shame, no blame I Create My Life Join in while we identify the problems we encounter and solutions to having healthy, holistic and sustainable relationships, and to understand why we are in them in the first place. This episode talks about: meaning of love, purpose of relationships, relationship accountability, relationship rules, full meaning of love, ===== About To Heal A People: To Heal a People is a growing online community of changemakers, passionate and awakened individuals looking to transform the world, beginning with our selves. In particular, we focus on decolonizing health & wellness practices, holding space and providing resources for people of color to be centered in their healing journey. Starting with our new podcast, Hasira 'Soul' Ashemu breaks down wisdom from Black and Indigenous experts and changemakers, giving a fresh take on the steps to health, healing and joy - called the 4 Ring System of Healing. Using the knowledge of our pasts to propel ourselves, our relationships, our passions and ultimately our communities forward - we’ll give you the tools and concepts to get your part of the werk in! ===== To join our community, head to www.tohealapeople.com or www.instagram.com/tohealapeople & www.facebook.com/tohealapeople