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How to Survive the End of the World
How to Survive the End of the WorldCoronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice LensIn this bonus episode from Healing Justice Podcast, we bring you advice about how to adapt your travel and gatherings, timely medical information, invocations, grounding practices and reflections from the March 7, 2020 webinar: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Preparation for People Living with Chronic Illnesses in the United States. Unlike much of what we’re seeing in the media and public discussion, this virtual gathering centered the wisdom and life experiences of people who live with chronic illnesses and disability. The voices you'll hear are: - Kate Werning, Director, Healing Justice Podcast - Maryse Mitchell-Brody - JD Davids, strategist and storyteller, The Cranky Queer ...
2020-03-121h 11????
????Resilience is Ours: Voices from the Allied Media ConferenceResilience is deeply necessary for us to survive and thrive, but it can often be imposed, distorted, or misunderstood. So we wanted to hear from our people what it means to them, and how they cultivate it for themselves. This past June, our podcast volunteer team from all over the country took a trip to Detroit together for the 20th Annual Allied Media Conference (AMC), and hosted a workshop called Healing Justice Podcast Story Lab. We set up recording booths and asked participants to share the experiences, practices, and relationships that sustained them in their justice journey on the mics. I...
2019-03-0629 min????
????New Years Practice: Cast a Spell with adrienne maree brownWelcome to a very special New Years practice with adrienne maree brown, where she'll guide you through writing and casting a spell for yourself and your community to help transition us from 2018 to 2019. You'll need 30-90 minutes, a clear space, something to write on, and something to write with. ** If it helps you to have the prompts adrienne uses visually, scroll all the way to the bottom of these show notes for a list of the key questions for this practice. ** ------ THE REMIX This practice was originally posted last year, so some of you have already done this with u...
2018-12-2747 min????
????LIVE from our 1st Birthday Party (with Jillian White, Alexis Francisco, Sumitra Rajkumar, & The Peace Poets)Welcome to our first-ever LIVE SHOW, coming at you from our first birthday party! We are joined by Kate Werning, Jillian White, Sumitra Rajkumar (of episode 12), Alexis Francisco (of episode 33), The Peace Poets (of episode 23) with Dr. Drum, and 150 of our celebrating friends in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We enjoyed powerful music with The Peace Poets and Dr. Drum, talked about how healing is moving for us in our organizing work, and celebrated the amazing things this broader community has moved in the world this past year. We also talked about our dreams to continue this powerful project, including Jillian joining...
2018-12-131h 22????
????You're invited to our Birthday Party!You're invited to our first birthday party & live show!  More info and tickets here: http://www.tinyurl.com/hjparty Sliding scale tickets and sponsorships available. Did we mention there will be cake? If you can't be in Brooklyn on December 11th, join us via livestream on our Instagram (@healingjustice) or Facebook page (Healing Justice Podcast). Thank you to Kirin Kanakkanatt, Jillian White, Kate Werning, and Zach Meyer for creating this episode.
2018-11-2104 min????
????Making Meaning of Victory & Loss with Maurice Mitchell (Working Families Party), Barbara Dudley (lifelong activis...We made it through to November 7th! Come get through your midterm election adrenaline/terror hangover with us. The world is drowning in spin and hot-takes, so we're holding a different kind of vulnerable, real-talk space to process the results and work to understand what comes next for our movements as we take stock of both our wins and our losses. Let's hear about how fun Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory party was *and* recommit ourselves to the long-game work of building a multiracial populist movement for liberation. We're joined today by Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell, longtime organizer Barbara D...
2018-11-071h 11????
????Inside the Candidate Experience with Stacey Abrams, Ashlee Marie Preston, & Nelini StampWelcome to our CANDIDATES TELL ALL episode, powered by Black women! Running for office is an incredibly strenuous experience. Why do candidates do it, and how do they keep themselves grounded along the way? Esteemed guests join us today to dish about candidacy and all that it entails: Stacey Abrams (Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia) tells us how she stays energized on the campaign trail and what her favorite TV shows are, Ashlee Marie Preston (the first transgender candidate to run for state office in California) tells us about what she learned when taking on the establishment from the...
2018-10-311h 00????
????Campaign Workers, Unite! There is Power in a Union (with Meg Reilly of Campaign Workers Guild & Shanequa Charles)Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) is organizing the movement to unionize political and issue-based campaign workers nationwide. CWG Vice President Meg Reilly joins us to talk about why transforming the working conditions of campaigns is necessary for our end goals, how building worker power impacts strategy and what’s possible, and gives us a play-by-play of where to start if you want to start a union. Host Kate Werning and organizer Shanequa Charles share some of their experience and learnings from recently participating in the unionization process on the Cynthia Nixon campaign. Stay tuned all the way til the end for a s...
2018-10-241h 20????
????Building Transformative Campaign Culture with Nancy Leeds (CampaignSick) and Becca Rast (Jess King for Congress)Women campaign managers are transforming the old boys club of transactional campaign culture. We’re joined first by Nancy Leeds of the infamous CampaignSick Tumblr, home of the memes that make us laugh til we cry… and then just keep on crying. Then Becca Rast shares about her transformative work as a campaign manager on the Jess King Congressional race in Pennsylvania, and how a long-term perspective can build healthy campaign culture and leave powerful organizing infrastructure behind after election day. With the 2018 US midterm elections upon us, Healing Justice Podcast brings you the SURVIVING ELECTIONS miniseries to help us all...
2018-10-171h 02????
????Elections vs. Movements: a strategy showdown with Sunrise (Varshini Prakash & Will Lawrence)It’s a battle of strategy, values, and culture: should we be building social movements for the long-term that embody all of what we deserve; OR engaging in the current reality of the political cycle to win what we can, while we still can? Varshini Prakash and Will Lawrence of Sunrise Movement join us to blow up the binary and explain how their work makes sense of the rhythms of elections and movement vision. With the 2018 US midterm elections upon us, Healing Justice Podcast brings you the SURVIVING ELECTIONS miniseries to help us all survive this political cycle together. Learn mo...
2018-10-101h 02Inner Truth with David Newell
Inner Truth with David NewellKate Werning: Healing + Social Justice (Spotlight)If you’re in the social justice space you may already know Kate Werning for she is the host of the incredibly powerful and successful Healing Justice Podcast which helps connect people in the space with practices and resources that help nourish and revitalise in these challenging times we’re in. The thing I love about Kate is she is just 100% at service. Whether its in her yoga teaching, providing the Healing Justice platform or her consulting work for major political and social justice campaigns, she is in it to help out constantly. She’s also won...
2018-10-0945 min????
????Surviving Elections: a new miniseries on midterms, movements, & staying humanWith our first podcast season complete and the 2018 US midterm elections upon us, Healing Justice Podcast brings you the SURVIVING ELECTIONS miniseries to help us all survive this political cycle together. Whether you’re a despairing or disenfranchised voter, a campaign worker, a movement organizer who’s given up on our broken democracy, or watching with horror from outside the United States, we’ve got something for you here. Learn more & check out the upcoming episode list at www.healingjustice.org/elections This trailer features questions from Michael Strom, Jillian White, Andrew Smith, Adin Buchanan, and Jess Pace (thank you!). The "Surviv...
2018-10-0204 min????
????Practice: Radical Gratitude Spell (by adrienne maree brown, read by Fhatima Paulino)A 5-minute practice to show gratitude for yourself and others on the path to liberation. The only way that feels appropriate to end this first, long season of Healing Justice Podcast, is with GRATITUDE. Thank you to adrienne maree brown for granting us permission to read this powerful spell, and thank you to Fhatima Paulino (of epsiode 15) for reading it with such kindness and sending us out with a blessing. --- radical gratitude spell by adrienne maree brown read aloud with permission a spell to cast upon meeting a stranger, comrade or friend working for social and/or environmental justice...
2018-08-2605 min????
????Season 1 Reflection, pt 3: Visioning the Future (Marcia Lee, Zach Meyer & Kate Werning)Welcome to part 3 of our 3-part Season One reflection series. You're joining host Kate Werning, practitioner Marcia Lee of Healing by Choice (episode 18), and our sound designer Zach Meyer. We reflect on this year, explore accountability and hope, and ask big questions followed by quizzical "duck face" (you'll have to listen to Marcia explain what that is herself!). You also will hear us invite you into a meaningful opportunity to share your voice and help us shape the future. You can do that here: http://www.tinyurl.com/hjpsurvey Tune in to parts 1 & 2 of our reflection series to explore vulnerability and voi...
2018-08-2152 min????
????Season 1 Reflection, pt 2: The Power of Practice (Justin Campbell & Kate Werning)Welcome to part 2 of our 3-part season 1 reflection series. We are excited to share our reflections on practice with you from the past year, and also invite in your voice and practice stories here: http://www.tinyurl.com/hjpsurvey Join host Kate Werning & friend of the podcast Justin Campbell for a conversation about navigating this growing library of practices, and committing to personal practice in your life. Tune in to part 1 and part 3 of our reflection series, too: exploring vulnerability and voice (part 1 with Jacoby Ballard), and further reflection on accountability, relationship, and a preview of what's next for us (part 3...
2018-08-1637 min????
????35 Season 1 Reflection, pt 1: Vulnerability & VoiceWe're BACK... just in time to bring you a 3-part season 1 reflection series and take a seasonal production break. (And inviting in your voice: http://www.tinyurl.com/hjpsurvey !!!)   This reflection series took a long time to record and produce -- mostly because reflection and distillation of wisdom just feels so incomplete. It hasn't been the right time, and our learnings aren't codified -- they are in process, changing daily, and so recording a final reflection is a somewhat impossible task. But -- we are committed to being incomplete and in process publicly together. Join host Kate Werning & friend Jacoby B...
2018-08-0954 min????
????34 Trauma, Healing, & Collective Power with generative somatics (Spenta Kandawalla, adrienne maree brown, Prentis...This week, we’re listening in as a brilliant crew from generative somatics has a powerful conversation about trauma, oppression, healing and organizing for structural change. They dig into the connections between personal, collective and structural transformation, and between healing and building collective power. They also explore the term Healing Justice and ask: what does embodied healing have to do with creating liberation? For this week’s practice, we recommend you dive back into the Healing Justice Podcast archives and listen to Practice 12: Somatic Centering with Sumitra Rajkumar. Sumitra is also part of the teaching body for generative somatics, and the...
2018-07-0549 min????
????33 Practice: Centering Prayer with Mystic Soul (Alexis Francisco & Cicia Lee)In this practice, you’re joining Alexis Francisco and Cicia Lee for the meditative experience of Centering Prayer. They describe it as a constant practice of letting go of factors we can’t control in order to get our egos out of the way and be able to show up well to our lives and our work. Origin: Centering Prayer practice is said to be created by Trappist monks in fairly recent history, and draws on a rich lineage in Christian mysticism, particularly in the catholic tradition in Europe through St. John of the Cross, and Teresa of Avila. Primary amon...
2018-06-2823 min????
????33 Contemplative Activism — Cicia Lee, Alexis Francisco, & Teresa P Mateus of Mystic SoulWelcome to part 3 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Cicia Lee, Alexis Francisco, and Teresa P Mateus join us to talk about the role of contemplation in activism, queerness in spiritual community, what POC-centered contemplation can look like, lamentation and grief, and how attending to the internal and breaking through illusion *is* a form of action. Download the corresponding practice episode to practice Centering Prayer with Alexis and Cicia. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. To hear the rest of the series, download episode 26 to hear from Mystic Soul about...
2018-06-261h 06????
????32 Practice: Relational Inclusion with Cedar Landsman of Relational UprisingJoin Cedar Landsman of Relational Uprising in learning how to inquire appreciatively into what we may be inclined to judge, reject, exclude, dismiss, or devalue about another’s experience. We see what new information this brings to us, helping us to see beyond our own entrenched perspective. This activity is meant to be done in conjunction with a relational storytelling and resonance practice, which creates the necessary support to do this activity well. (To learn Resonance Practice, see Healing Justice Podcast Episode 20 with Mark Fairfield.) Follow along with this worksheet to really dig in to some supported reflection and also revi...
2018-06-2118 min????
????32 Bridging Complexity Collectively — Relational Uprising (Lucién Demaris & Cedar Landsman)This week, we’re talking with Lucién Demaris & Cedar Landsman of Relational Uprising about individualism as a system of oppression; “heroic” cultures of organizing; indigenous traditions of healing in Ecuador; repairing rupture, suspicion, and judgment; and bridging as a form of increasing our ability to hold complexity in our movements. Recommended listening that this episode builds upon: Episode 20: Relational Culture with Mark Fairfield. Download the corresponding practice (32 Practice: Relational Inclusion) to join Cedar in learning how to inquire appreciatively into what we may be inclined to judge, reject, exclude, dismiss, or devalue about another’s experience. We see what new infor...
2018-06-191h 03????
????31 Practice: Heart Over Head with Teo DrakeJoin Teo Drake in this incredibly simple embodied exercise to practice privileging your heart above your head. The questions Teo asks in this practice are: To whom do I belong? Who holds me? Who am I in love with? Who do I carry with me at my heart center? What can my heart come home to? There are lots of reasons that different versions of the yoga pose Balasana (Child’s Pose) that Teo offers might not work in your body. Here’s one option of an instructional video offering various options: https://bodypositiveyoga.com/modifications-for-childs-pose-balasana/ And please, be empowered to fi...
2018-06-1409 min????
????31 Intention & Impact: Showing Up Right-Sized — Teo DrakeThis week, we’re talking with Teo Drake about the relationship between intention and impact, what it means to be right-sized, the rage of coming of age during the AIDS epidemic,  Being Trans and HIV+ poster child, having a quiet nature AND fighting white supremacy, and risk as a devotional act. Download the corresponding practice (31 Practice: Heart Over Head) to join Teo in privileging your heart above your head. It’s simple, short, and embodied. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. --- ? If you’re listening to this right when it comes out the week of June 11, we are currently at Alli...
2018-06-1255 min????
????30 Practice: Sing for Freedom with Resistance Revival Chorus’ Abena Koomson DavisJoin Resistance Revival Chorus Musical Director Abena Koomson Davis in a meditative singing and listening practice you can do alone or in a group. Get ready to hear her beautiful voice and join in! Download the corresponding conversation (30 Joy as an Act of Resistance) to hear performances of protest songs new and old from Resistance Revival Chorus, as well as their thoughts on song and sisterhood,  intersectionality, singing at the Grammy’s with Kesha for #TimesUp & the #MeToo movement, parenthood, and self care. This is the fourth episode we have created about music as collective healing on this podcast - for...
2018-06-0713 min????
????30 Joy as an Act of Resistance — Resistance Revival Chorus (Sarah Sophie Flicker & Meah Pace)This week, we’re talking with Resistance Revival Chorus members Sarah Sophie Flicker and Meah Pace. You’ll hear their performances of protest songs new and old, as well as their thoughts on song and sisterhood, intersectionality, singing at the Grammy’s with Kesha for #TimesUp & the #MeToo movement, the Womens March principles, parenthood, and self care. FULL show notes including all song credits and sources, references from this episode, and production credits can be found at https://www.healingjustice.org/episodes-1/resistance-revival-chorus Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 self-identified women who come together to sing protest songs...
2018-06-0547 min????
????29 Practice: Reclaiming Our Names with AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez of Mystic SoulIn this practice, you’re joining AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez of the Mystic Soul Project to learn how to facilitate a Name Reclamation group activity. You can download the corresponding conversation (episode 29) to hear AnaYelsi talk Indigenous Reclamation with Teresa P Mateus and Ra Mendoza. -- Here are the instructions for this activity: When we hear someone's name, what we are really hearing are stories –of origin, of tribes, of ancestors, of healing, and of self-determination. There’s history in names. There are hope, prophecy and an honoring of families in names. They are sacred. While it may not be an act of ind...
2018-05-3108 min????
????29 Indigenous Reclamation — Mystic Soul (AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, Ra Mendoza, & Teresa P Mateus)Welcome to part 2 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, Teresa P Mateus, & Ra Mendoza join us to talk about Indigenous reclamation, IndoLatinx identity, mujerista / womanist / queer theology, and practical acts to decolonize spiritual practice. Download the corresponding practice about reclaiming our names to learn an activity from AnaYelsi that can be a meaningful tapping into lineage and ancestry for a group. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. Download episode 26 to hear from Mystic Soul about POC-centered spirituality. Our final episode in this three part series will release this...
2018-05-291h 01????
????28 Practice: Essences for Everybody… Making Your Own Medicine with Dori MidnightJoin Dori Midnight to learn how to make an essence, a people’s medicine, of your own. These are incredible instructions and so fun to follow - the possibilities are endless. Follow along with the written guide here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POLbYWNyUTFHrGbi_G_3ci4a3p3nYguVBw-wunIdigY/edit?usp=sharing Download the corresponding conversation (28 People’s Medicine and Queer Magic) This week, we’re talking with radical herbalist, healer, and witch Dori Midnight. You’ll hear us talk about her hilarious story of queer witchy magic from a young age, plants as allies, how activists can better care for...
2018-05-2428 min????
????28 People’s Medicine & Queer Magic — Dori MidnightThis week, we’re talking with radical herbalist, healer, and witch Dori Midnight. You’ll hear us talk about her hilarious story of queer witchy magic from a young age, plants as allies, how activists can better care for our bodies and align with the earth, the role of imagination in social justice, and a disability justice lens on healing and liberation. Download the corresponding practice (28 Practice: Essences for Everybody… Making Your Own Medicine) to join Dori to learn how to make an essence, a people’s medicine, of your own. These are incredible instructions and so fun to follow- the poss...
2018-05-221h 02????
????27 Practice: Compartmentalizing in a Healthy Way with Je Naé Taylor of BYP100 Healing & Safety CouncilJoin us for a personal practice from Je Naé Taylor about compartmentalizing in a healthy way. How do we organize our thoughts and emotions around conflict so we can do what we need to do in the moment, and carve out space to process it thoroughly at an appropriate time? You don’t need any specific supplies or space, just listen wherever you are. Referenced in this practice:  “I am inhaling. I am exhaling.” -- prompt from Thich Nhat Hanh You can download the corresponding conversation (27 Interventional Healing and Accountability) where JeNaè Taylor & Kai M Green join us to talk about inte...
2018-05-1711 min????
????27 Interventional Healing & Accountability — BYP100 Healing & Safety Council (Je Naè Taylor & Kai Green)Welcome to part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100). This week, Healing and Safety Council members JeNaè Taylor & Kai M Green join us to talk about interventional healing and accountability practices - aka what to do when harm occurs in our organizations. They share about how they’ve built out intentional practices that anticipate potential harm, how they use role plays and scenarios to come to agreements and processes together before situations happen, and their commitment to supporting and including harm-doers in their restorative processes. Check out episode and practice 26 to hear our first conversation with BYP100, whe...
2018-05-1550 min????
????26 Practice: Deepening Community Agreements with BYP100 Healing & Safety Council (P Ife Williams & Chris Robe...In this practice, you’re joining (P) Ife Williams & Chris Roberts of BYP100 Healing and Safety Council in a guided collective exercise to explore creating group cultures of safety, affirmation, trust, accountability, and validation. Grab a pen and paper or open up a notes app to take some notes, so as you listen you can learn how to facilitate this yourself for your team in the future. The prompts they teach us are: Safety within [our group] looks like… Validation within [our group] looks like… Trust within [our group] looks like… Accountability within [our group] looks like… Affirmation within [our group] loo...
2018-05-1012 min????
????26 Preventative Healing & Accountability — BYP100 Healing & Safety Council (P Ife Williams & Chris Robe...Welcome to part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100). This week, Healing and Safety Council members Pascale Ife Williams (Ife) and Chris Roberts join us to share about preventative healing practices, aka how we can set up organizational practices and culture to reduce harm. They talk about what enthusiastic consent means for their organization, their commitment as an abolitionist organization to address harm without using the punitive systems we seek to dismantle, approaching healing with playfulness, creating openings for conflict, and the power of boundaries in creating Black-only space. Next week in episode 27, you’ll hear our se...
2018-05-0852 min????
????25 Practice: Grounded Breathing with Teresa P Mateus of Mystic Soul ProjectIn this practice, you’re joining Teresa P Mateus of Mystic Soul Project for a grounded breathing exercise. It’s so simple, and so powerful. All you need is a space where you can focus, and to close your eyes if you choose to. Teresa will invite you to stand, sit, or lay down. You can download the corresponding conversation (25 Mystic Soul: People of Color Centered Spirituality) where we’re talking with Teresa and the other two co-founders of The Mystic Soul Project: Ra Mendoza and Jade Perry. They talk about faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the wo...
2018-05-0314 min????
????25 Mystic Soul: People of Color Centered Spirituality (Teresa P Mateus, Jade Perry, & Ra Mendoza)Welcome to part 1 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Mystic Soul co-founders Teresa P Mateus, Ra Mendoza, and Jade Perry join us in a self-facilitated conversation to talk faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this collaborative series publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism & Healing Practice.” Download the corr...
2018-05-0145 min????
????24 Practice: Forgiveness Meditation with Jacoby BallardIn this practice, you’re joining Jacoby Ballard for a guided meditation for forgiving ourselves and others. All you need is a space where you can focus. Jacoby will invite you to stand, sit, or lay down.   Here are the core prompts if you’d like to see them in writing: “May I forgive myself for any thoughts, words, or deeds  that have caused harm. May I allow myself to be a student of life and to make mistakes.” “I offer you forgiveness for any of your words, thoughts, or deeds that have caused harm. May I allow you to be a student...
2018-04-2619 min????
????24 The Art of Allyship: Coming Alongside — Jacoby BallardWe’re talking with Jacoby Ballard about all things allyship, accompliceship, and solidarity. You’ll hear some captivating stories about navigating layers of identity, privilege, and oppression... a word about pronouns… how practice can help us ground the charge we feel when triggered... and whether we should we even be using the word ally, accomplice, or whose role it is to name those things anyway. You can download the corresponding practice (24 Practice: Forgiveness Meditation) to join Jacoby in a guided meditation for forgiving ourselves and others. --- We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs...
2018-04-2453 min????
????23 Practice: Sacred Writing with the Peace Poets (The Last Emcee & Lu Aya)In this practice, you’re joining Peace Poets Lu Aya and The Last Emcee in a guided exercise for sacred writing. You’ll hear Frankie 4 perform “Lightwork,” and be led through a series of prompts to write your own poetry. This practice is one they offer regularly as part of their workshops, and can be practiced alone but is ideal in a group. Maybe you give it a listen through first and then invite some friends or your team to join in it with you next time! You’ll just need something to write with and some paper. The prompts you’ll hea...
2018-04-1931 min????
????23 The Cypher is the Opposite of Prison: Liberating Language — The Peace PoetsThis week, we’re talking with the Peace Poets: Lu Aya, The Last Emcee, Frankie 4, and A-B-E (and RAM 3 in spirit). We talk about the power and meaning of language, writing for healing and connection, the cypher as a gathering place for healing and reclaiming power through story. They also share thoughts on direct action, gender, conflict, and how they stay together as a crew through the decades. You’ll hear them burst into poetry and song throughout this episode because that is just what they do. It’s a joy to listen to. You can download the corresponding practice (23 Practi...
2018-04-1758 min????
????22 Practice: Healing in Direct Action with Black Lives Matter Global Network (Miski Noor & Kandace Montgomery)In this practice, you’ll hear stories, examples, and important questions to ask ourselves to incorporate healing and wellbeing into the preparation for action, during direct action itself, and aftercare. You can also download the corresponding conversation with Kandace Montgomery & Miski Noor (episode 22). We talk about the 18 day police station occupation following the police murder of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis, and how healing, escalation, and direct action can and need to go hand in hand. They also share about collective housing, gaining trust in moments of crisis and direct action, raising money for therapy and support for leaders who need it...
2018-04-1215 min????
????22 Sustaining Ourselves When Confronting Violence — Black Lives Matter Global Network (Miski Noor & Kandace Mon...This week, we’re talking with Kandace Montgomery and Miski Noor of Black Lives Matter Global Network and Black Visions Collective in the Twin Cities. We’ll hear about the 18 day police station occupation following the police murder of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis, and how healing, escalation, and direct action can and need to go hand in hand. They also share about collective housing, gaining trust in moments of crisis and direct action, raising money for therapy and support for leaders who need it, and organizer burnout. You can download the corresponding practice (22 Practice: Healing in Direct Action) to be take...
2018-04-101h 02????
????Revisiting Practice 03: Journaling Our Identity with Dr. Robyn Henderson-EspinozaWelcome to spring... the full moon... so many faith traditions celebrating liberation... what an amazing time to reset in practice. This week, we're kicking it back to relive episode 3 from November of last year, and joining Dr. Robyn Henderson Espinoza for their timeless journaling practice. Grab a notebook or something to write on, your favorite writing implement, and get ready to be led through some reflection on your identity. Inspired by Thomas Aquinas, Robyn puts their own spin on a classic question: “Who am I, and how do I know?”  Check out the corresponding conversation from episode 3 called "Healing at the Bo...
2018-04-0320 min????
????21 Práctica: Rezo Diario de Gratitud con Francisca Porchas Coronado (Español)Esta semana, Francisca nos guia en un rezo diario de gratitud en español. Se puede escucharlo y participar de cualquier lugar - solo, o en comunidad… sentado, caminando, o donde sea. Esta práctica viene de un zine que ella hizo con otros compañeros que se llama “Resistencia Ancestral,” que se puede grabar del sitio de web de Mijente aquí (es gratis!): https://mijente.net/2017/11/02/ancestral-spiritual-resistance-zine/ * Download the previous episode to hear this prayer in English / Se puede escuchar este rezo en ingles por el episodio previo * También se puede escuchar el episodio conversacional con Francisca en ingles (epi...
2018-03-2912 min????
????21 Practice: Daily Gratitude Prayer with Francisca Porchas Coronado (English)In this practice, you’ll experience a daily gratitude prayer with Francisca Porchas Coronado in English. It can be listened to from a quiet and still place, or on the go - wherever you can dedicate your heart and attention. You can find a version of this prayer along with other practices in the Resistencia Ancestral / Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine you can download for free from Mijente: https://mijente.net/2017/11/02/ancestral-spiritual-resistance-zine/ * Se puede escuchar este rezo en español por el próximo episodio / Download the next episode to hear this prayer in Spanish * You can also download the corresponding conversati...
2018-03-2919 min????
????21 Spiritual Resistance: Bridging Organizing & Healing — Francisca Porchas CoronadoThis week we’re talking with Francisca Porchas Coronado. We talk about healing traditions in immigrant Latinx communities, the resilience of undocumented folks in the face of loss and grief, tending to pain politically and personally, community ritual, and her spiritual path in IFA. She’s got some specific challenging asks for organizers and healers, too, so listen in! You can download the corresponding practices (Daily Gratitude Prayer in English / Rezo Diario de Gratitud in Spanish) to experience a simple and powerful prayer with Francisca.   RESOURCES: Resistencia Ancestral / Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine you can download for free from Mijente: https://mijen...
2018-03-271h 00????
????20 Practice: Sharing Resonance with Mark FairfieldIn this practice, you’ll learn an exercise called “Sharing Resonance” from psychotherapist Mark Fairfield. It is a framework for building relational culture and dismantling individualism in our relationships and groups. This episode is more of a training and intro to how to share resonance, so you can listen on the go and learn the practice wherever you are… and then take it into relationship and practice it with one or more others. We especially recommend starting with groups of 3-5. Follow along with a useful handout about it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LujM-mwh3jtnt2_wPnlzUN7QhjX_L9zg/vie...
2018-03-2234 min????
????20 Relational Culture & Undoing Individualism — Mark FairfieldThis week we’re talking with psychotherapist Mark Fairfield about the central role of connection in our lives and lethal individualism. We learn about relational culture, factors for resilience, his work with ACT UP and supporting caregivers during the AIDS crisis, how bullying is a euphemism, and failure. Download the corresponding practice (“Sharing Resonance”) to learn an amazing exercise to help build connection in your life and your community. ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values of healing justice. Submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves here...
2018-03-2051 min????
????19 Practice: The Sing-Down with Flobots (Jonny 5 & Brer Rabbit)In this practice, you’ll learn how to facilitate a group game called the SINGDOWN. This exercise is designed by Jonny 5 & Brer Rabbit of Flobots to reconnect us with the power of collective song by immersing us in a lighthearted experience of collective singing. Follow along with the facilitator guide Jonny 5 wrote for us here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-WUwdQ6qQtFap00yhYWnZMpmmijJisT3ywfkSOPmNbw/edit?usp=sharing Download the corresponding conversation (episode 19) titled “Songs for the Streets” to learn more about how this can translate into powerful songs for direct action. We talk about the role of artists in leader...
2018-03-1526 min????
????19 Songs for the Streets — Flobots (Jonny 5 & Brer Rabbit)This week we’re singing and learning with Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit of the band Flobots. We talk about the role of artists in leadership, their late mentor Dr. Vincent Harding, the role of music in embracing and holding the range of emotions in our movements, comic books and creativity, and crafting our social justice spaces to be places that people deeply want to return to. You’re joining us between sound checks when they recently performed in Brooklyn on their “Rise + Shine” Tour. ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values o...
2018-03-1347 min????
????18 Practice: Holding a Healing Justice Practice Space with Healing By Choice (Marcia Lee, Violeta Donawa, & Adela...In this practice, you’ll learn the basics of holding a Healing Justice Practice Space. It’s more of a training to lead a practice yourself, so the only thing you’ll need is a way to take notes if you want to. Download the corresponding conversation (episode 18) titled “Collective Healing” to learn more with Healing By Choice collective members Violeta Donawa, Marcia Lee, and Adela Nieves Martinez. They talk about creating healing justice practice space, the role of suffering and love in learning and transformation, asking for help, operating as a collective, the role of healers in people healing themselves...
2018-03-0814 min????
????18 Collective Healing — Healing By Choice (Adela Nieves Martinez, Violeta Donawa, & Marcia Lee)This week we’re sharing and laughing with Healing By Choice collective members Violeta Donawa, Marcia Lee, and Adela Nieves Martinez. We talk about creating healing justice practice space, the role of suffering and love in learning and transformation, asking for help, operating as a collective, the role of healers in people healing themselves, and more. ---- AFFIRMATIONS Each week we feature community voices uplifting people, organizations, and communities that embody the values of healing justice. Submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves here: https://healingjustice.typeform.com/to/YjvuU2 This week’s AFFIRMATIONS come from Apin...
2018-03-061h 02Be Still and Go
Be Still and GoBelonging Together (Kate Werning)Your work for social justice is important and you belong in the greater movement for social change.//This episode was written and recorded by Kate Werning, the creator and host of the Healing Justice podcast. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy and Online Engagement at The Riverside Church.Find out more about Be Still and Go at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.Find out more about the Healing Justice podcast at www.healingjustice.org.
2018-02-2809 minBe Still and Go
Be Still and GoBelonging Together (Kate Werning)Your work for social justice is important and you belong in the greater movement for social change.//This episode was written and recorded by Kate Werning, the creator and host of the Healing Justice podcast. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat, the Associate Minister of Digital Strategy and Online Engagement at The Riverside Church.Find out more about Be Still and Go at www.trcnyc.org/BeStillAndGo.Find out more about the Healing Justice podcast at www.healingjustice.org.
2018-02-2809 min????
????17 Notes from the Field with Kate WerningIn this episode, host Kate Werning reflects on what we are learning so far as we explore the healing justice work and brilliance of the many leaders who have been on the show so far. Tune in to find out what some of the main themes are that we're observing!   NEW FEATURE on the podcast: AFFIRMATIONS This is our weekly time to uplift community voices celebrating people, organizations, and communities that are embodying the values of healing justice. For a sliding scale donation, you can submit your own personal shout-out to spread love on the airwaves. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR AFF...
2018-02-2035 min????
????16 Practice: Leading Movement Songs with Intention with Ilana Lerman & Helen Bennett of IfNotNowIn this practice, you’ll learn techniques to hone your skill in leading group song - including honoring lineage, guarding against appropriation, skilled coordination of group teaching and singing, and WHY songs are critical for movement building.   Download the corresponding conversation (episode 16) titled “Building Liberatory Movement Cultures” to learn more with IfNotNow leaders Michal David, Helen Bennett, and Ilana Lerman. We talk culture design as a key component of movement building, including dealing with internalized oppression as a community, guarding against appropriation as people search for belonging, the role of song and ritual, celebrating and supporting leadership, the complexities of organiz...
2018-02-1527 min????
????16 Building Liberatory Movement Cultures — Helen Bennett, Michal David, & Ilana Lerman of IfNotNowThis week we’re talking with IfNotNow leaders Ilana Lerman, Helen Bennett, and Michal David. We talk culture design as a key component of movement building, including dealing with internalized oppression as a community, guarding against appropriation as people search for belonging, the role of song and ritual, celebrating and supporting leadership, the complexities of organizing the Jewish community, and more. ---- NEW FEATURE on the podcast: AFFIRMATIONS We are hosting a new segment each week that is a time for us to feature community voices and words; to uplift people, organizations, and communities that are embodying the values of hea...
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????15 Practice: Releasing to Pachamama with Fhatima PaulinoIn this practice, “Releasing to Pachamama,” Fhatima Paulino guides you through a simple earth reconnection practice. You’ll need a quiet place, either indoors or outdoors, where you can lay on the floor, and if you like to use a candle, incense, or palo santo, you can collect that too. Download the corresponding conversation (episode 15) titled “Decolonization & The Long View of History” to learn with us about the critical perspective of a long and global view of history to help us understand how long change takes and where our problems come from. We talk slowing down to care for our bodies and...
2018-02-0810 min????
????15 Decolonization & the Long View of History — Carlos Saavedra & Fhatima PaulinoThis week we’re talking with Fhatima Paulino and Carlos Saavedra from the Ayni Institute. We’re learning about the critical perspective of a long and global view of history to help us understand how long change takes and where our problems come from. We’re slowing down to care for our bodies and family members with illness, learning about collective work in indigenous traditions, Ayahuasca and people looking to the south for healing and spiritual direction, reciprocity and right relationship, and responding to appropriation at the collective level. There are some really great resources accompanying this week’s episode, so make...
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????14 Practice: Ancestral Connection for White Folks with Jardana Peacock & Kelly Germaine-StricklandThis practice with Jardana Peacock and Kelly Germaine-Strickland leads you through ancestral healing work that is focused on white ancestry, but can be used by anyone. It involves meditation and writing… you need a place where you can be still, and paper and pen to write with. Download the corresponding conversation (episode 14) entitled “Ancestral Healing for Anti-Racist White Folks” to hear Kelly & Jardana talk about white ancestral healing as anti-racist practice, faith and spirituality, white fragility, the complexity of ancestry and white supremacy, and why white people gotta love each other to fully be in the fight for racial justice. ABOUT...
2018-02-0130 min????
????14 Ancestral Healing for Anti-Racist White Folks — Jardana Peacock & Kelly Germaine-StricklandToday we’re talking with Kelly Germaine-Strickland & Jardana Peacock about white ancestral healing as anti-racist practice, faith and spirituality, white fragility, the complexity of ancestry and white supremacy, and why white people gotta love each other to fully be in the fight for racial justice. ---- NEW FEATURE on the podcast this week: AFFIRMATIONS We will be hosting a new segment each week that is a time for us to feature community voices and words; to uplift people, organizations, and communities that are embodying the values of healing justice. For a $35 donation, you can submit your own personal shout-out to sp...
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????13 Practice: Reflection on Belonging with Prentis HemphillThis practice with Prentis Hemphill, former Healing Justice Director of Black Lives Matter, leads you to cultivate a sense of belonging within yourself that is untouchable by external conditions. It is a political act to claim a belonging and dignity that cannot be threatened by inequality or oppression, and an emotionally empowering act to resource ourselves with this very real human need to know we belong. You don’t need anything except a quiet space for this practice, and you can try it alone or together with a group. Download the corresponding conversation (episode 13) entitled “Blackness & Belonging” to hear Prentis talk a...
2018-01-2521 min????
????13 Blackness & Belonging — Prentis HemphillToday we’re talking with Prentis Hemphill, former Healing Justice Director of the Black Lives Matter Network. We talk about the ways anti-Blackness shapes all of us to deny our own humanity, the role of shame, how we heal so we can give our unique contribution, avoidance, the Black Lives Matter Healing in Action toolkit, how healers are real people with limitations who aren’t better than anybody else,  and belonging as a decision we make, not an external condition.   ABOUT OUR GUEST: PRENTIS HEMPHILL Prentis Hemphill is healer, Somatics practitioner, teacher, writer and organizer who works at the intersections of hea...
2018-01-2351 min????
????12 Practice: Somatic Centering with Sumitra RajkumarThis week's practice is a Somatic Centering practice that can be done anywhere, alone or in a group… and is one of the most fundamental building block tools of somatics, helping you to presence yourself fully in your life and in your work. You’ll need a place you can focus, and no supplies other than yourself for this practice. It can be done alone or in a group. Download the corresponding conversation with Sumitra Rajkumar via episode 12, titled "Somatics & Politics" to learn more. We discuss what somatics is, the meaning (and common misinterpretation and misuse) of the concepts of trauma...
2018-01-1816 min????
????12 Somatics & Politics — Sumitra RajkumarToday we’re talking with Sumitra Rajkumar. We discuss what somatics is, the meaning (and common misinterpretation and misuse) of the concepts of trauma and trigger, the reality of this political moment, and holding the seeming contradictions of organizing, healing, head, and heart.   ABOUT OUR GUEST: SUMITRA RAJKUMAR After twenty years of political education and youth-led documentary work, Sumitra is now a somatics practitioner and teacher under the auspices of generative somatics. She coaches organizers and cultural workers to address the impact of trauma in their lives and step into leadership and collective action.  Sumitra works with organized groups to hone...
2018-01-161h 15????
????11 Practice: Naming Our MedicineJoin Natalia Thompson and Kate Werning for a simple reflection and conversation exercise to dig deeper into the "medicine" you have to offer, and that which you are seeking this year... all inspired by an awesome resistance song. It's great for individual reflection or a team icebreaker with your crew. You may need a pen and paper, but that's it. We ask: What medicine do you bring? What medicine are you seeking? ** Share your responses to build a "community medicine cabinet" with us on social media! Join the thread on Instagram @healingjustice, with Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, or tweet at u...
2018-01-1106 min????
????11: Voices from Liberation SchoolIn this special and unique episode, many voices from the first-ever Liberation School cohort share about what healing justice means to us, what beauty we are bringing and seeking in our movements, songs and stories from the Highlander Research and Education Center in East Tennessee including an interview with an elder, and what we seek to create moving forward. Tune in for some awesome grassroots leaders' voices from the South and beyond. PRACTICE: Download the next episode (Practice 11) to do a simple reflection and conversation exercise to dig deeper into the medicine you have to offer, and that which you ar...
2018-01-0936 min????
????10 Imagination & Critical Connection — adrienne maree brownIn this episode, adrienne maree brown joins host Kate Werning to talk about the imagination battles of our time, the conversations that need to be had beneath what we think we need, the relationship between critical connection and critical mass, how she manages her time and sense of urgency, and the transition into the new year. PRACTICE: Download the next episode (Practice 10) to do a very special New Years practice with adrienne maree brown, and learn how to write and cast a spell for yourself and your community to transition you from 2017 to 2018. You'll need 30 minutes, a clear space, something...
2017-12-311h 15????
????10 New Years Practice: Cast a Spell with adrienne maree brownWelcome to a very special New Years practice with adrienne maree brown, where she'll guide you through writing and casting a spell for yourself and your community to help transition you from 2017 to 2018. You'll need 30 minutes, a clear space, something to write on, and something to write with. ** If it helps you to have the prompts adrienne uses visually, scroll all the way to the bottom of these show notes for a list of the key questions for this practice. **   SHARE YOUR SPELL! We'd love to hear from you about the spell you've written to transition into the new year. Sh...
2017-12-3131 min????
????09 Transparency Talk: a check-in chat with KateIn this episode, host Kate Werning pauses to give a fuller update about where the podcast has been and where it’s going this next year -- our victories and struggles, how you can be a part of the growth, and a preview of the amazing end-of-year practice with adrienne maree brown coming your way on December 31st to transition you well into 2018! WILL YOU HELP US CONTINUE? So many people need this support to help sustain their liberatory work, and these practices and this wisdom are not ours to sell. But we need money to continue this resource. We are...
2017-12-2630 min????
????08 Practice: Build a Grounding Altar or Sacred Space with Cara PageJoin us for a practice to build an altar or sacred space to ground you with Cara Page. You’ll need 10-15 minutes in a space where you’d like to build it: your home, your workplace, the place you’re staying right now. This can be done individually for you or collectively as a group. For your reference as you go collecting your objects as you listen along… Cara asks: Who or what do you honor that keeps you connected to ancestors? Do you have any objects or pictures that you can gather to create a space that helps you to h...
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????08 We Moved Like We Needed Each Other: A Lineage Of Healing Justice — Cara Page & Susan RaffoIn this episode, healing justice leaders Cara Page and Susan Raffo join host Kate Werning for a conversation about the origins of the contemporary framework of healing justice, stories and learnings from early collaborations in the South and at the Atlanta and Detroit US Social Forums, how nothing is just an issue - everything we care about deeply ties to our embodiment, the importance of safety, and the fine lines between ownership, appropriation, co-optation, and trust. PRACTICE: Download the next episode for instructions for a grounding practice of building an altar or sacred space, led by Cara Page. (We release...
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????07 Practice: Emotional Freedom Technique with Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health CenterJoin us for a simple tapping practice called Emotional Freedom Technique with Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health Center. This utilizes the knowledge of acupressure points and is something you can truly do anywhere - alone, in a group, or on the go. Check out the practice diagram and instructions for a more visual reminder and explanation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqN9hSw2JhcbX5jFeK8JbC4Oh6geY1Q292fytzDnA14/edit?usp=sharing The phrase you’ll use is: “Even though _____, I love and accept myself completely.”   Check out episode 7 for the corresponding conversation with Geleni and Emily K...
2017-12-1410 min????
????07 De-spa-ifying Healing & Accessibility — Third Root Community Health CenterIn this episode, members of the Third Root Community Health Center collective join host Kate Werning for a conversation about somatic symptoms of oppression and the increased pressures since the 2016 election, in what ways Trump and our current political environment is making us sick, what it would look like to de-spa-ify healing and make it part of our everyday lives instead of a luxury commodity, and how organizers and leaders can make our movement spaces more accessible to the widest range of folks with varying capacities. (Bonus: they also sing a song!) PRACTICE: Download the next episode for a simple...
2017-12-1244 minSoulFeed with Shannon Algeo
SoulFeed with Shannon AlgeoHealing Justice: A New Podcast with Kate WerningHow are social justice and healing work so powerfully connected? In this podcast, learn how healers and activists can work together, the definition of trauma, why Soul Warriors are waking up to social justice issues, and how to cope with the trauma of seeing global suffering on a daily basis. Our Guest: Kate Werning is the creator and host of Healing Justice Podcast. A decade-long community organizer and social movement trainer, Kate sought out yoga, somatics, meditation, and other healing modalities to sustain her activism and integrate the pursuit of internal and external...
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????06 Practice: Mapping Group Conflict with Celia KutzEver get disoriented in a conflict? This group conflict dynamics mapping practice is meant for supporting feelings of overwhelm with a clear tool for finding ground in moments of chaos. You’ll need a way to write or draw some things out, so grab a piece of paper and pen, or art supplies, or even stuff to collage with. You’ll be prompted to call to mind a recent conflict experience, either interpersonal or group. You'll want to see the visual that goes along with Celia's instructions - check it out here. Check out episode 6 for the corresponding conversation with Celi...
2017-12-0714 min????
????06 Facilitating Conflict & Leading from the Feminine — Celia KutzCelia Kutz of Training for Change joins host Kate Werning for a conversation about conflict as a generative place that can offer groups deeper clarity and insight. She speaks of strong emotions, mental health, and showing up leading from the feminine -- what it means to reclaim expressing strong feelings as a political act, inner diversity, confusing group dynamics, and de-individualizing care.   ** As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, & review now! ** C...
2017-12-0557 min????
????05 Practice: Meditation on Non-Striving for Activists with Katie LonckeJoin us for a meditation practice focused on non-striving for activists with guest teacher Katie Loncke of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. You’ll need 20 uninterrupted minutes, and a place you can sit, stand, or lie down to meditate. You can use this recording to meditate by yourself or with a group. Check out episode 5 for the corresponding conversation with Katie Loncke titled "Wisdom & Activism: Block, Build, Be” to listen to our conversation about what they mean by striving and non-striving, wisdom, activism, organizing, meditation, Buddhism, direct action, the role of spirituality in working for change, movement ecology and multiple strategies, and...
2017-11-3020 min????
????05 Block, Build, Be: Wisdom & Activism — Katie LonckeIn this fifth episode of Healing Justice Podcast, Katie Loncke of Buddhist Peace Fellowship joins host Kate Werning for a conversation about wisdom, activism, organizing, meditation, striving and non-striving, Buddhism, direct action, the role of spirituality in working for change, movement ecology and multiple strategies, and her own origin story as a changemaker. Download the next episode for a non-striving meditation practice specifically for activists. (We are trying something new this week and releasing the conversation on Tuesday, and the practice on Thursday. Let us know what you think!) ** As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give...
2017-11-2848 min????
????04 Practice: Real Gratitude with Rusia MohiuddinJoin us for a gratitude practice that keeps it real with guest teacher Rusia Mohiuddin. (It’s our only practice so far that we had to mark “explicit” for cussing! Ha.) You’ll need a way to jot a few things down… notebook and pen, notes app on your phone, whatever works best for you. You can do this practice via drawing, writing, typing, audio recording, video selfie… whatever works best for you. Rusia encourages us to identify 3 things we are grateful for and record them - with 1 of them being about ourselves. To make it a real practice, commit to yourself...
2017-11-2008 min????
????04 Vomiting Rage: Self-Responsibility and Self-Care in the Movement — Rusia MohiuddinIn this fourth episode of Healing Justice Podcast, Rusia Mohiuddin joins host Kate Werning for a conversation about vomiting rage, being in a constant state of trigger, movement beef, taking out our pain by attacking one another in our movements for social justice, social media slander, survival strategies, and the trauma of oppression. We’ll talk about self care and self responsibility, and what it looks like to develop practices that generate a real sustainable self care protocol. ** As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us co...
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????03 Practice: Journaling Our Identity with Dr. Robyn Henderson-EspinozaJoin us for a simple but profound journaling practice with Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. Grab a notebook or something to write on, your favorite writing implement, and get ready to be led through some reflection on your identity. Inspired by Thomas Aquinas, Robyn puts their own spin on a classic question: “Who am I, and how do I know?”  Check out episode 3 for the corresponding conversation with Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza titled "Healing at the Borderlands: Honoring Trans Day of Remembrance” to listen in to their wisdom on how to be human with one another, activist theology, the politics of radical difference, and lov...
2017-11-1417 min????
????03 Honoring Trans Day of Remembrance & Healing at the Borderlands — Dr. Robyn Henderson-EpinozaIn this third episode of Healing Justice Podcast, Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza joins host Kate Werning for a conversation about activist theology in the streets, honoring Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20), how to be human with one another, the politics of radical difference, and loving Trans folks well. As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, & review now!   Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up and sign up f...
2017-11-1453 min????
????02 Practice: Listen to a PoemJoin us for a simple 5-min practice: listening to the reading of a poem. Just a short one this week to get us into the rhythm of conversing & practicing together! (full poem text below)   Check out episode 2 for the corresponding conversation with Teresa Pasquale Mateus and Shawna Wakefield titled "Conversations in Healing Justice."   As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, & review now!     BREATHE, a poem by Lynn Ungar Breathe, said the wind. ...
2017-11-0804 min????
????02 Conversations in Healing Justice — Shawna Wakefield & Teresa Pasquale MateusIn the second episode of Healing Justice Podcast, host Kate Werning is joined by collaborators Shawna Wakefield and Teresa Pasquale Mateus for a conversation about what healing justice means to us and our aspirations for this virtual practice space. We talk spirituality, trauma and resilience, some of the history of this work, gender justice, international work, Standing Rock, self care / collective care / community care, personal stories and struggles in our activism and organizing, sustainability and more. Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes...
2017-11-0854 min????
????01 Welcome to our virtual practice space — what to expect from Healing Justice PodcastOn this first episode of Healing Justice Podcast, creator and host Kate Werning talks us through the vision, the story behind the podcast, why this why now, and invites you to join in the journey. Whether you are grappling with questions about social justice, community organizing, social movements, self care / collective care / community care, trauma and resilience, wellness and healing, activism, sustianability or more... we hope you will gather around the campfire with us and share your stories, perspectives, victories and challenges. Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring and sign up for the email list to he...
2017-11-0527 min????
????Healing Justice Podcast [Trailer]This is HEALING JUSTICE PODCAST: bridging conversations at the intersections of collective healing & social change. Each week we share a conversation with a powerful leader, and an accompanying audio practice to help resource you in your leadership and the wellbeing of you and your people as we work together for social justice. Welcome to our virtual practice space! Learn more and sign up for new episode alerts at www.healingjustice.org
2017-11-0500 minSoulFeed with Shannon Algeo
SoulFeed with Shannon AlgeoPractice Mindful Politics This ElectionIs it even possible to bring our mindfulness practice into divisive political moments Our Guest: Kate Werning runs Organizing + Field at CTZNWELL, mobilizing communities of wellbeing to take action to make possible the conditions of wellbeing for all. She is also a Hatha yoga instructor residing in Brooklyn, NY and with deep roots in her hometown of Milwaukee, WI. Kate practices the critical connection of personal wellbeing work with a deep commitment to collective liberation through social change every day. http://www.katewerning.com CTZNWELL's theory of change begins with people. Through personal...
2016-10-0551 min