The Calabash of Conformity is Broken is an intuitive story about breaking free from the confines of conformity. As I tell this story, I am imagining the clay pot shaped like a calabash gourd that recently broken on my bedroom floor. That broken clay gourd was the genesis of this story. Thinking about how everything dies or breaks in its time, and when that happens, something beautifully liberating might be unleashed. Not only unleashed, but hungry to be known and remembered as an energetic memory meant for our good not our demise.

The podcast has been on hiatus for over a year now. The last time we spoke, I recovered from a dramatic job exit. If you needs to learn the whole story, please listen to the previous two episodes of season 1. So where am I now? Let’s find out together!

Retelling my story of how and why I got fired by Bivona CAC. In this episode we find out who called for my firing. And why this is so unjust on so many levels. Immediate actionable steps to take.

Part 1. My personal account of how I how I got fired. I was blindsided.

We can begin to ritualize our lives at any point in time. A ritual simply put is any practice we do repeatedly for the benefit of reconnecting us back to our inner power and wellbeing. One such ritual is a mantra or life affirming word/phrase often paired with meditation to support spiritual growth whilst reconnecting us back to our power. I created this powerful mantra to support Black women seeking inspiring words and phrases.

In this episode we dive a little deeper into what concept of Ubuntu is. Shedding light on NTU the “essence” of Ubuntu the apex of African spiritual philosophy also know as life force. We also focus of Ubuntu through a political, humanistic and social lens.

In this episode Serena talks briefly about her upbringing, her 9 year old child and how long to took her to achieve her academic goals. She also delves into the reasons why she birthed UbuntuRoots podcast saying it is a brave space to find courage to hone in on our intuition as the campus we need to find and fulfill our life purpose. Serena holds a Masters Degree in Social Work with an emphasis on self empowerment and spiritual healing as acts of spiritual activism through the use of daily rituals that consciously connect clients to their own intuition and ancestors.