Shows
Dopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTamara and Me: Sacred Yoni (Not a Pussy conversation) PG 18In this raw and soulful conversation, I sit with sacred intimacy coach Tamara Carter, to explore the sacred power of the yoni—our portal of creation, pleasure, and emotional truth. With courage and compassion, Tamara shares her journey of healing from sexual abuse, shining light on how deep-rooted shame can fracture our connection to sensuality and self-worth.Together we unpack how both women and men reject their yoni energy, and what that means for living fully, feeling safe in our bodies, feeling safe in creating and experiencing the joy of orgasmic life force. There are a few em...2025-07-311h 14Dopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTina Traill: Entrepreneurial alchemyCalling all entrepreneurs and brave souls. This episode is a love letter to those building slowly, with care. I am joined by Tina, a powerhouse of note—entrepreneur, counsellor, and creative force—for a conversation that pulses with authenticity, ritual, and renewal. Tina shares her journey of building a business that’s woven from healing work, lifelong learning, and a fierce devotion to showing up fully—as herself, for herself, and with others.From sacred morning coffees that anchor her day, to village-style, person-to-person connections, and her delectable homemade toasted baked sandwiches that nourish more than just t...2025-06-201h 16Dopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series: Ep. 7 "Creative citizenry" The Future of Art, Work and Vocation.If you're thinking of pursuing a life in the arts and what this means as a career....Prof. David Andrew shares his thoughts on the necessity of creativity in today's world, the evolving nature of artistry and the importance of embracing artistic sensibilities, even in non artistic professions.David reflects on the shifting definition of art in the next 5 to 10 years, exploring his concept of "creative citizenry", a future where artistic thinking integrates into society in ways we haven't fully realized yet.Through real world stories, including former students and...2025-06-0912 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series (Life as Art): Ep. 6_ Dedicated to Ishkar Richard. The Art of TruthIm this episode we continue exploring the profound depths of emotional courage in artistry and expression - how confronting truth within oneself creates work that resonates deeply with others. Prof. David Andrew shares his philosophy on honesty in art, encouraging his students to bring their full, unfiltered selves to their creative process.Prof reflects on how Ishkar did this with intensity, an emotional rawness most shy away from. His work and his life was fearless in its honesty, diving into the deepest wells of feeling without hesitation. This conversation is about what happens when...2025-06-0909 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series (Life as Art): For Ishkar and Bivash. The art of emotional courageMy brother, Ishkar Richard, 13 years younger than I was one of Prof. David's students. He passed by suicide on August 1st, 2014, just after graduating with a degree in Fine Arts and 2 years after ny brother Bivash Richard passed in the same way. You will notice thay I dont use the phrase "committed suicide" because mental health is just as important as physical and emotional health and is not a crime. We don't say committed a heart attack or a stroke. Ishkar Richard is one of my role models (not past tense). For his whole 23...2025-06-0813 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series: Life as Art_Ep. 4 What makes an Artwork compelling?Prof. David describes how when an artwork keeps coming back and he is not even aware of the title, its like reuniting with an old friend. The artistry never gets old whenever you look at it and from whatever angle. He explains, from his perspective, how being honest about your work shows up, and evokes emotion and inspiration in others. If and when you are authentic in your expression and willing to do the work, therein lies the masterpiece and the world feels that.2025-06-0806 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series (Fine Arts): Life as Art_Ep 3. Through the eyes of art and why PicassoProf. David explains who his favourite artists are and why they intrigue him...including Pablo Picasso....the artist that gets my OCD twerking 😆2025-06-0812 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series (Fine Arts): Life as Art_Ep 2. The Digital brush: AI and CreativityI love that the conclusion to this episode was that organic art is timeless. David shares his insights on how the artistic and educational landscape is shifting with the rise of AI. Rather than resisting change, he embraces the idea that in 5 to 10 years, artists will integrate AI tools into their individual expression in ways we can't yet fully imagine. We explore the conversation between technology and creativity...how AI is not replacing Artistry but expanding the possibilities of human imagination. Digital and organic creation CAN co-exist responsibly. The concept of an evolving canvas is both transformational and curious. 2025-06-0807 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardProf. David Andrew series (Fine Arts): Life as Art_Ep 1. Thread of synchronicitesI am very honoured to publish this series of episodes with David Andrew, Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Arts (South Africa).In this first episode Prof. David reflects on the profound influences that shaped his path -his childhood, parents, various mentors and role models. Prof. talks about the role of art in his life's meaning, social justice and accessibility. These experiences shaped his commitment to making art education inclusive for all. His transition into teaching would serve as a key moment in his life where art as a bridge...2025-06-081h 08Dopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTamara Carter series: Ep 5. Trust is messy...(no edits ...just a conversation)This episode had no topic. I wanted the conversation to just flow with women and Souls that I deeply Trust in my vulnerability. Life is a messy business that we are all trying to navigate and in the mess we find our peace, our purpose and our Divine medicine. What medicine do you have to offer the world?
Sending with love ❤️
please share your comments, views, experiences
#trust #vulnerability #purpose #mess2025-03-291h 05Dopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTamara Carter series Ep 4. Remembering and Embracing our WholenessThe last episode in our series talking about Healing the Masculine wound in each of us. It Starts and It Ends with us. We are the reason that we are here. Finding that wholeness in ourselves is one of the most beautiful things that we can experience. We can heal the world one person at a time, one conversation at a time, one realisation at a time, as we continuously evolve. Thank you for listening! Please share your thoughts, feelings, comments with us. Sarika2025-03-1615 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTamara Carter series: Ep 3. A mans wound in the feminine energy and the power ofIn this episode we touch on the feminine wound in men that can begin in childhood and how this shapes the way that they are able to express themselves and penetrate their world. We further explore how the denial of the masculine in the mother can affect how we allow our sons to experience what true feminine energy feels and looks like. To be able to embrace that his energy is what sparks creation. By embracing the masculine, we step wholly into being the feminine receptacle and holding space for and amplifying creation. "There is...2025-03-1613 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTamara Carter series: Ep 2. Healing the masculine wound... Where are the Kings?This World is full of Kings, we just havent been ready for them. Masculine energy is the seed, the energy that penetrates the world. The Feminine energy is what is meant to amplify and grow this seed into life and creation. When women are unable to receive love and surrender into that, the masculine force and seed has nowhere to go, it is blocked and therefore a deep sense of purpose and placement in the world is lost.
For all creation, we need a healthy acceptance of both and of each other.
In this episode we explore the natural creator...2025-03-1615 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardTamara Carter series: Ep 1. Denial of masculine energyThe impact of denying masculine energy on self-integration for women2025-03-1514 minDopamine Dialogues: Sarika RichardIntroduction and first topicAn introduction to Dopamine Dialogues, who I am and our very first guided podcast topic2025-03-1502 min
Perspectives of Change#16 - Debugging BureaucracyIn this podcast, we hand over the hosting reigns to Lean Change Facilitator Richard Atherton - one of the leaders of Lean Change in the UK. Richard first discovered Venkataraman on LinkedIn in 2016 and was attracted to his incisive writing on organisations. In this episode they explore: What do we mean by bureaucracy?How do we “debug bureaucracy”?What’s the meaning and value of “working out loud”?Venky and Richard recommend the following if you’d like to dive deeper on bureaucracy:David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of BureaucracyNeil Postman's Technopoly: The Surrende...2017-09-1344 min
Perspectives of Change#12 - Agile Change Management with Richard AthertonNowadays, the word agile has baggage. Despite the amount of information out there, some still think agile means no planning, no process, and no documents. If you feel you have an agile mindset, it can be extremely difficult to work with those who “don’t get it”. If you look at the 4 values and 12 principles, agile is simple, and it’s not about the methods, or frameworks, or certifications, it’s about how organizations can figure out more effective ways to manage work and people. Some organizations will have more process than others, some organizations will use sticky notes, others will use t...2017-02-2232 min
Sarika D. Mehta » PodcastCuba Libre: Memories in Music
I’ve had the fortune of talking to very cool people about Cuba, including journalist Julia Cooke and inaugural poet Richard Blanco. And I had the opportunity once again thanks to the Artists Repertory Theatre’s Broadway-scale production of Cuba Libre!
Cuba Libre is the story of Alonso, who has a passion for Cuban timba music and wants to bring his music and his band – Tiempo Libre – to the people. This story takes places in present-day Miami and flashes back to Cuba in the early 90s, during the very difficult “Special Period”: Cubans had extremely limited acce...2015-10-1329 min
Sarika D. Mehta » PodcastRichard Blanco: The Prince of Los CocuyosInaugural poet, Richard Blanco, made waves at President Obama’s second inauguration with his poem, One Today. He was the first immigrant, first Latino, the youngest and the first openly gay poet at the podium. He recently published his memoir, The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood. He talks about growing up in a suburb of Miami with his exile parents while navigating his own many identities. The stories are delightfully written, especially meeting the cast of characters at his grocery store job at El Cocuyo.
In the wake of President Obama’s announcement to end the...2015-04-0400 min
Sarika D. Mehta » PodcastColored Pencils: Making ChangeAir Date: 10/2/2012 on KBOO, 10/6/2012 on KZME:
https://sarikadmehta.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sarika-cp-kboo.wav
I recently began producing work for Dmae Roberts and MediaRites Productions. My first piece, which aired on KBOO’s Stage & Studio, featured Colored Pencils as part of Dmae’s Making Change series. Making Change is about people who are working toward social and cultural change through literary and artistic ways, in their communities.
Photo by Richard Jensen
Colored Pencils, founded by Nim Xuto and Polo Catalani, started off as small community events featuring immigrant artists and has grown to be...2012-10-1000 min