In this episode, I talk to Dr. Carina Lopez a naturopathic doctor who dedicates her life to offering integrated services to the community she was raised in as well as other communities facing systematic oppression.
Transformation cannot be compartmentalized. A person is a whole body, spirit and mind and so is a community. Learning how to integrate these elements is important when addressing personal and social transformation.
This episode is important for anyone who is working with social changes or transformation in any sector. We talk about:
Dr. Lopez has written for the Daily News, Huffington Post, Riverdale Press, NDNR, Latinista and has studied under world-renowned healers, so she's really got some wisdom to drop.
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Show Notes:
1:00 What was your origin story?
2:00 Birthing trauma
7:00 What have you overcome to get to where you are right now?
The title MD is only going to give me a license to medicate my own community.
Trangenerational trauma
14:00 What are unique challenges that people who are coming from oppressed communities face within their bodies?
20:20 What kind of advice do you have for someone who has a lot to unpack, but is rarely in a social environment that allows it?
25:00 Sistine Madonna and the relinquishment of power and beauty. View here: www.thisishope.us/blog
28:00 How did you get from New York City to Greece?
33:15 Pitfalls to the compartmentalization of transformation
36:00 What happened to homeopathy?
40:00 Learn from your community
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Contact the Guest
Doctor Carina Lopez
doctorcarinalopez@gmail.com
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Contact the Host
Amethyst Rodriguez
amethyst@thisishope.us
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