Suzanne (She Is Ministries) Ricketts

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The Squarepeg Podcast118. Bonus: Building a happy and authentic autistic lifeIn this bonus episode I share more about my own autism journey, and talk about my career-ending burnout and creating authentically autistic lives we don't want to escape from. Squarepeg is a podcast in which neurodivergent women, and trans and nonbinary people, explore navigating a neurotypical world and share their insights, challenges and successes. I hope that these conversations will be inspiring and thought provoking, open you up to new ways of thinking about being neurodivergent, and help you feel more connected to a worldwide community of people with similar experiences. I...2024-05-0417 min

The Squarepeg Podcast110 [S9 E5] ‘My autism journey came out of my trans experience’: Navigating gender and autistic identitiesVic Weiner is a youth justice attorney and lifelong social justice activist in the USA. They were brought up by a college professor mother in an unconventional home without a TV, and as a child they always felt like an outsider. However, as they grew up and continued to struggle socially, they realised it wasn’t just their unusual upbringing - there was something else going on. They were diagnosed autistic at 34. Vic attended Warren Wilson College, a unique university where the students work and undertake community service in addition to their studies. After struggling to...2024-01-201h 03

Books On AirBias Impacts: How Culture and Diversity affect the Leadership Journey by Kanthi Ford & Patrick Ricketts In this roller coaster of global business change, it has become practically impossible to manage the way we once did. Now is the time to embrace new ways of leading that encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion and help people thrive in an endlessly changing environment.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS With the goal of helping current and future leaders discover new routes to future success, seasoned executives and business coaches, Kanthi Ford and Patrick Ricketts, share insight into their own diverse professional experiences as well as simple, common-sense concepts that are fundamental...2023-09-2319 min

The Squarepeg Podcast91. S7, Ep11: Relaxing into the truth of who we are as late diagnosed autistic adultsAngela Lauria is a CEO and author from Washington DC, USA. Now 49, she was diagnosed autistic 10 years ago, and initially underwent a form of the controversial ABA therapy in an effort to ‘fix’ the things about her that she had always felt were wrong. One burnout, some autism-positive therapy and ten years of processing later, she was able to fully accept and embrace her own autistic identity, and wider autistic culture. ** Listen ad-free by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/squarepegpodcast ** Realising she didn’t fit into traditional workplaces, Angela started her own publishing company...2022-12-0357 min

The Squarepeg Podcast89. S7, Ep9: ‘Outsider’ identities: the intertwining of gender, sexuality and autismKelly McCartney is a music journalist from Rhode Island, USA. She is 52 and self-diagnosed as autistic in April of 2022. She has turned a life-long special interest in music into an incredibly varied, 30-year career in almost every area of the music industry, including interning at Entertainment Tonight, working as personal assistant to various well known musicians, project managing independent artists, and hosting music podcasts and radio shows, including Record Bin Radio on Apple Music. In 2018, she co-founded the Rainey Day Fund, which provides assistance to BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled and other marginalised artists who add to...2022-11-191h 04

The Squarepeg Podcast87. S7, Ep7: Autism in mental health services: the experience of a late diagnosed autistic mental health nurseJacqui O’Riordan is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the UK. She has worked as a mental health nurse for almost 20 years, including working in a secure unit with chronically ill patients. She has worked in crisis assessment with Accident and Emergency and the Police since 2008. Now 49, Jacqui was diagnosed as autistic and ADHD a year ago, and her two children are also autistic. Since learning more about autism, she has begun to question the lack of proper training in neurodiversity that mental health professionals in the UK are currently given. She...2022-11-051h 00

The Squarepeg Podcast83. S7, Ep3: Psychology as a special interest: relationships, research and educational equityJanelle Johnson is an Inclusion Strategist, therapist and researcher from North Carolina, USA. She is self diagnosed and her son is also autistic. She has recently taken a step back from practising as a therapist to focus on her research as a PhD student and graduate research assistant at North Carolina State University’s College of Education. Her work explores development for students with invisible disabilities, the intersection of mental health and other marginalised identities, and systemic change in education. In our conversation we talk about: ➡ Being socially awkward, solitary and living in her o...2022-10-0851 min

The Squarepeg Podcast81. S7, Ep1: The challenge of creating the life you want when you diverge from the neurotypical ‘norm’Dr Kate Tomas is a Spiritual Mentor who lives in mid Wales in the UK. Kate developed powerful psychic abilities from an early age, and by 22 had built a thriving international practice as a witch, healer and psychic for individuals, multinational brands, governments and CEOs. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Theology from the University of Oxford, and is a world expert in Mysticism and Catholic women mystics. In 2018 she started a program called The Spiritual Life Upgrade to give women and non-binary people access to the core teachings of her spiritual tradition. First...2022-09-2459 min

The Squarepeg Podcast75. S6, Ep8: Unlearning the script: coming to terms with a late autism diagnosis and finding a voice in the communityNadia Dillon is a software engineer and entrepreneur from London in the UK. Diagnosed autistic at 27, after experiencing a burnout, she is now 30, and her brilliantly insightful - and beautiful - Instagram account about her post-diagnosis journey has grown to over 25K followers (you may know her by her Instagram handle, @autisticblackgirl). She started her Instagram as an outlet to express her frustrations with navigating a neurotypical world, and she is also keen to highlight the particular experiences of Black autistic people. In our conversation we talk about: ➡ Burnout, sensory overload and eye con...2022-07-0252 min

The Squarepeg Podcast74. S6, Ep7: Finding the right fit: autism, health and Rejection Sensitive DysphoriaElizabeth Williams is an acupuncturist from South Carolina, USA. She is 43 and was diagnosed autistic just a few months ago, in February this year. Like me, she started out her career as a teacher, before switching to acupuncture, which she says is a much better fit for her. Since her career change she has been on a journey of self discovery, exploring everything she could find about personality theories and physical and mental health. But she says that it wasn’t until she figured out she’s autistic that all the pieces fell in to place. In...2022-06-2553 min

She is MinistriesSURROUNDED by...What are you SURROUNDED by? Paul tells us in Hebrews that we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses so what does that matter for us today? Give us a listen and see if your ears are attentive to "so great a crowd" or "so great a cloud?"2021-03-0224 min

She is MinistriesD A U G H T E R .DAUGHTER. Do you know you are a DAUGHTER of The King? I mean do you REALLY know it and WALK in that identity? Do you have an identity crisis? Jesus spoke the word "DAUGHTER" only once during his ministry and today we take a look at who received that word and what it carried with it. Join us. 2021-02-1026 min

She is MinistriesThe HUNTEDWho is HUNTED? Do you even know you are being hunted? What does it look like for us to walk about doing life without the awareness that the enemy is lurking and on the prowl? He lies in wait. Crouching. Be sober. Be vigilant. Put on the full armor of God. Let's gain some awareness of his seeking to devour and thwart those plans. 2021-02-0527 min

She is MinistriesUnfailing FAITHFULNESSWe know that God is faithful but do we always remember that FAITHFULNESS when we are in a trial or struggle? Suzanne and Jess Young share stories today of God's UNFAILING FAITHFULNESS in their lives and how His goodness and faithfulness remain no matter what. 2021-01-1329 min

She is MinistriesWhat you CARRY and WHY you carry it?Here we are. December 31, 2020 closing out an unprecedented year. As you and I move forward into 2021, WHAT will you carry forward? We ALL carry something and so we pose the question WHAT and WHY to you today so we can prepare ourselves as new wineskins to move forward, fresh in 2021.2020-12-3123 min

She is MinistriesThe Joy in the JUMBLE: Build Your HouseMoms, are you building your house and building well? We are called to build our homes and set the climate so what are some ways we can build well as mothers? Join us as we unlock some doors of wisdom to building our home. 2020-12-2121 min

She is MinistriesHallmarks of WISE WOMENWhat are some HALLMARKS of WISE WOMEN? We share five distinctive characteristics of Biblically wise women. Join us as we unwrap these five and how we can bear the fruit of wisdom in our lives.2020-12-1724 min

She is MinistriesThe Joy in the JUMBLE: Leading ThroughMoms! Do you know what God's word says about you as a Mother? There is such strength, encouragement and life-giving in what scripture says about mothers. Let His word wash over you and empower you to ARISE a Mother. Strong leader through...2020-12-1415 min

She is MinistriesYour Talent. Your ChargeWe all have been given talents from the Lord. So what do we DO with what we have been given? Do we have a responsibility? Have we been given a charge? Stewardship is a READINESS for Christ and testing of our hearts. 2020-12-1024 min

She is MinistriesThe Joy in the JUMBLE 1Motherhood. Our Joy in the JUMBLE series will be on Motherhood. We want to encourage, equip and empower women as they walk in this season of ministry in raising their children. Comparision. Unsolicited advice. Love & grace. Builders.2020-12-0416 min

She is MinistriesWhat's YOUR Muscle Memory?What's your muscle memory? If muscle memory is procedural memory that bring a specific motor skill/task into memory through repetition, then what are you doing repetitively that comes forth as a response to a situation? When you squeeze an orange you don't get apple juice so what you are putting in is what you are putting out.2020-12-0322 min

She is MinistriesThe "ITES" have it.What are the "ites?" When God told Moses that He would bring Israel up and out of the affliction of Egypt to the land flowing with milk and honey, He named the six people groups (ITES) that already resided in the Promise Land. We look at what those groups mean and what God wants us to do in our Promise Land so that we live in favor and abundance with Him.2020-11-2426 min

She is MinistriesShe Returns (Full)Naomi returns. She thinks she returns empty and void but she soon finds the return is full of restoration, redemption and beyond all she imagined when she first arose to return. Isaiah 55:11 God speaks that His word does not return void, accomplishes what He pleases it to do and prospers in the thing for which it was sent. Look at what's in your hand. Look and know that when we are called to return it will be full.2020-11-0626 min

She is MinistriesFor Such A Time As ThisFor Such A Time As This. We take a look at the journey of Esther, from orphan to Queen and see what can we take away for us this day. We look at God's providence and His using each of us during our appointed time here. Will you remain completely silent, or will you arise? For you HAVE been place here FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.2020-10-2927 min

She is MinistriesThe Process of ProgressJoin us as we unpack how to MOVE forward and PROGRESS as we are in process. Our process of recognize, respond, surrender and transformation comes from REVEAL, DEAL, HEAL, SEAL as a daughter. Give us a listen. 2020-10-2122 min

JawbreakersDetails: Anti-Racist Reading List by Dr. Ibram X. KendiPeople to support & learn from: Rachel Cargle @rachel.cargleEricka Hart @ihartericka Rachel Ricketts list of resources Anti-Racist Reading List in NYT List of books:Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts West Indian Immigrants by Suzanne Model The Condemnation of Blackness by Kahlil Gibran Muhammed Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Negro Artist and The Racial Mountain by Langston Hughes The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Hal...2020-07-0609 min

She is MinistriesBORROWED VESSELSBorrowed Vessels. 2 Kings 4:1-7 tells us the story of Elisha, a widow's oil and borrowed vessels. What if your saving comes from borrowing? A walk in exercising faith. Borrowed vessel, give us a listen.2020-05-0124 min

She is MinistriesThe RIGHT in the RECEIPTDo you know you are HOLDING the RECEIPT? And ALL the rights that come with holding that receipt. The cross of Christ and His blood shed is the PAYMENT for it ALL. And His resurrection is THE RECEIPT. So are you living your life running with the receipt in hand or still having to remind yourself that payment was made? Give us a listen.2020-04-1111 min

She is MinistriesIt is ENOUGHIt is ENOUGH. Are you worn. Tired. Weary. Have you forgotten to take care of yourself and are you constantly pouring out for others? Even the mighty ones in the Bible had to deal with this issue. We look at 1 Kings 19 with Elijah walking through this time with God and what we can glean from this wisdom. Where are you at? Do you see Him and hear Him in the gentle whisper or are you looking in only the dramatic and fantastic? Let's lean in.2020-03-2819 min

She is MinistriesThe THRESHINGWe are in unprecedented times. So much happens in scripture at THE THRESHING FLOOR so we should pay attention to it's significance. God is doing something this moment and we don't want to miss it or take it lightly. We are in the season of The Threshing. Get ready. The awakening is HERE.2020-03-2822 min

She is MinistriesWHOSE armor are you wearing?Are you wearing the FULL ARMOR OF GOD or the enemy’s COUNTERFEIT armor? Put off. Put on.2019-12-1030 min

She is MinistriesIt isn’t FAIR...It isn’t FAIR is the age old cry of humanity. A look at our own desires to make things “right” and God’s ways. How the elder son in Luke 15 reveals his orphan heart even though he was abiding in his Father’s house.2019-10-1623 min

She is MinistriesWAITING on your prodigalAre you WAITING? Waiting on their return. What do we do in the waiting? How do we wait well? Some practical truths on waiting on our prodigal to return.2019-10-1520 min

She is MinistriesThe Road HomeThe road home is paved with repentance. A look at the younger (prodigal) son in Luke 15 and his arising to return home.2019-10-1520 min

She is MinistriesThe Patience in the PerseveranceDo we wait well? Are we patient as we persevere? In the trials and sufferings which we know will come, are we patient on the Lord or do we take matters in our own hands? Here’s some encouragement to wait well.2019-09-2024 min

She is MinistriesGot a case of the WHY’s?We are question askers and that’s ok. God and Jesus asked plenty of questions, too. But are you living and swirling in the WHY’s? Are you lost in a desire to know all the answers now and here? Let’s unpack how we can get caught in the enemy’s WHY trap.2019-09-0518 min

She is MinistriesTHROUGH the windowWhat is your vision? Your perception? Your perception can change your destiny. Rahab and Michal both had encounters THROUGH the window with different endings.2019-09-0222 min

She is MinistriesDistractor FactorAre you distracted? Not all distractions are “bad” in appearance. Some come disguised looking “good.” What are you giving your FULL ATTENTION to today? Is it worthy of all your attention?2019-08-2819 min

She is MinistriesHiding in the BaggageAre you hiding in the baggage? Saul hid in the stuff/baggage when he was proclaimed King. Are you hiding in baggage of bitterness, denial, shame, guilt, excuses, anxiety? Jesus brought us out and made us royalty, so why are we hiding?2019-08-2519 min

She is MinistriesJOY. Count it.JOY. We will look at why JOY is so powerful and something we choose. We can COUNT IT all joy when we encounter trials of various kinds. Let’s unpack HOW that works.2019-08-2119 min

She is MinistriesThe BelongingWe all desire to BELONG. We can welcome and embrace others or reject and tear down. We look at Paul’s words to us in Colossians about what we “put on” as Christ followers which enables us to invite and partake at the table or grace.2019-08-1620 min

She is MinistriesTaming the Tongue“A fool’s tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.” Bruce Waltke. Out of the abundance of the mouth the heart speaks. What is your mouth revealing about what’s in your heart?2019-08-0921 min

She is MinistriesWelcomeWelcome to She is...Ministries podcast 2019-08-0701 min

She is MinistriesUnforgivenessDo you forgive others? Do you harbor unforgiveness in your heart? We will talk on the spiritual necrosis of hidden unforgiveness and how God’s ways of forgiveness are higher than man’s.2019-08-0719 min

SonosphereMemphis Concrete: An Experimental Electronic Music Fest in the MidSouthOn June 24th and 25th of 2017 an interesting experimental electronic music fest descended upon the MidSouth with artists primarily from Memphis, Mississippi, and the southeast. "I wanted to take electronic music back to its roots," said creator Robert Traxler. His inception for the fest came from the experimental spirit of the original electronic music artists like Delia Derbyshire, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Suzanne Ciani, Pierre Schaeffer, and many, many more from the 1940s, 50s and 60s. But musique concrete is not all we found at this festival. Harsh noise, techno, ambient analog improv sets, and a live score...2017-07-2740 min