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This Is How We CareS2E26: How We Build a Future of Collective CareIn the season finale of the This is How We Care podcast, we reflect on the journey we've taken together, exploring the concept of collective care and envisioning new possibilities for our world. This episode is designed to resonate with both long-time listeners and newcomers, offering a comprehensive recap through the lens of five main topics: health, economy, environment, relationships, and raising children.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-231h 01
This Is How We CareS2E25: How We Make Reparations With Hilary GiovaleIn this episode, Hilary Giovale—author of Becoming A Good Relative: Calling White Settlers Toward Truth, Healing and Repair—aids us in exploring the complexities of “whiteness”. From the emotions tied to this identity to the journey of rekindling ancestral memory. Hilary provides us with insights into how we can all become good relatives by learning to listen, slow down, and engage in reciprocal relationships. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-1641 min
This Is How We CareS2E25: Grounding Practice with Hilary Giovale: Connecting With Ancestral WisdomIn this Grounding Practice, Hilary Giovale—author of Becoming A Good Relative: Calling White Settlers Toward Truth, Healing and Repair—guides us through a meditation to connect with our ancestors. This journey reminds us of our ancestors' sacred relationships with the land. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-1604 min
This Is How We CareS2E24: How We Rematriate Economies With Indigenous Women with Vanessa RoanhorseIn this episode, Vanessa Roanhorse—CEO and Portfolio Lead of Roanhorse Consulting and co-founder of Native Women Lead—helps us to understand how we can learn a new worldview on the economy from Indigenous peoples, especially women while utilizing the concept of rematriation—rebuilding our relationship with the world and Mother Earth that surrounds us. We discuss a new definition of wealth based on individuals having access to home, food, and healthcare.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-0936 min
This Is How We CareS2E24: Grounding Practice with Vanessa Roanhorse: Box BreathingIn this Grounding Practice, Vanessa Roanhorse—CEO and Portfolio Lead of Roanhorse Consulting and co-founder of Native Women Lead—leads us through a box breathing exercise used to relieve stress and help move the nervous system out of fight or flight mode by bringing the focus to the breath. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-0903 min
This Is How We CareS2E23: How We Return to Holistic Women's Wellness: Yoni Steaming with Kit MaloneyIn this episode, Kit Maloney—owner of Kitara and women’s health and wellness specialist with over 20 years of experience—shares the benefits of the practice of yoni steaming. She explains how this practice can provide aid for postpartum recovery, menstrual cramps, and fibroids. Kit helps us to see the benefits of reconnecting with this earth-based medicine and the need to honor the wisdom passed down through generations. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-0236 min
This Is How We CareS2E23: Grounding Practice with Kit Maloney: Honoring the WombIn this Grounding Practice, Kit Maloney—owner of Kitara and women’s health and wellness specialist with over 20 years of experience—guides us through mindful movements and breathing exercises that allow us to bring awareness to different parts of our body. The purpose of this self-love practice is to allow yourself to appreciate and nurture your physical and energetic spaces. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-07-0210 min
This Is How We CareS2E22: How We Embrace Cyclical Living with Metztli Lopez-TorresIn this episode, Metztli Lopez Torres—founder of Luna Mamá Healing Services, intends to return to traditional and indigenous ways related to childbirth, motherhood, and care of the female body—shares holistic approaches to women’s health with us. She helps us understand ways to embrace the natural cycles of women’s bodies rather than conforming to a male-centric work culture.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-2537 min
This Is How We CareS2E22: Grounding Practice with Metztli Lopez-Torres: The Importance of Breath In this Grounding Practice, Metztli Lopez Torres—founder of Luna Mamá Healing Services, intends to return to traditional and indigenous ways related to childbirth, motherhood, and care of the female body—shares with us how traditional Mexican medicine emphasizes the significance of breath as energy exchange. She shows us how we can connect with the air we breathe in as a reminder of our aliveness and the purifying power of breath. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-2503 min
This Is How We CareS2E21: How We Humanize Homelessness with Kevin F. AdlerIn this episode, Kevin F. Adler—award-winning social entrepreneur and the author of the new book When We Walk By, a must-read guide for ending homelessness in America—shares with us how we can tackle homelessness from a human and interpersonal level by focusing on relational poverty—a form of poverty characterized by severe disconnection and isolation. Kevin shares how he began his project where 24 unhoused individuals wore GoPro cameras to document their daily experience, and how this led to Miracle Messages—an organization that reconnects unhoused people with their loved ones. You can find full transcripts, links, an...2024-06-1836 min
This Is How We CareS2E21: Grounding Practice with Kevin F. Adler: HitbodedutIn this Grounding Practice, Kevin F. Adler—award-winning social entrepreneur and the author of the new book When We Walk By, a must-read guide for ending homelessness in America—shares a unique practice called Hitbodedut, which involves speaking aloud to God or the universe, often in nature, and allowing an unfiltered stream of consciousness to emerge. He also recounts his personal experience with the practice.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-1805 min
This Is How We CareS2E20: How We Question Societal Norms with Toi SmithIn this episode, Toi Smith—impact strategist and founder of Loving Black Single Mothers—aids us in beginning to question and unpack the systems that shape our lives. Toi shares how her personal experiences have shaped the work that she does now. Her work emphasizes questioning how societal systems impact our daily lives—from marriage and parenting to economic structures—while exploring new ways of relating to one another and our resources. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-1144 min
This Is How We CareS2E20: Grounding Practice with Toi Smith: An Excerpt From Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons From Marine MammalsIn this Grounding Practice, Toi Smith—impact strategist and founder of Loving Black Single Mothers—shares a powerful grounding quote from Alexis Pauline Gumbs' book Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals. This passage beautifully connects the struggles of marine mammals with systemic oppression and Black feminist theory. Toi reads a poignant excerpt that speaks to the shared experiences of confusion, struggle, and the need for community and care. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-1104 min
This Is How We CareS2E19: How We Think Like a Renegade Economist With Della DuncanIn this episode, Della Duncan—a renegade economist, right livelihood coach, host of the Upstream podcast, and cofounder of the California Doughnut Economics Coalition—helps us unpack the foundational goals of capitalism and explore alternative economic models that prioritize human and planetary well-being.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-0440 min
This Is How We CareS2E19: Grounding Practice with Della Duncan: The Web of Life MeditationIn this Grounding Practice, Della Duncan—a renegade economist, right livelihood coach, host of the Upstream podcast, and cofounder of the California Doughnut Economics Coalition—leads us in the Web of Life Meditation, a practice inspired by Joanna Macy. This meditation invites listeners to connect deeply with the living beings around them, extending strands of light from their hearts to all forms of life in their vicinity and beyond. Follow @thisishowwecare on InstagramYou can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-06-0410 min
This Is How We CareS2E18: How We Rethink Our Relationship With Social Media with Max StosselIn this episode, Max Stossel—award-winning poet, filmmaker, and speaker, named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year—delves into the complex relationship between young people and social media. We explore a collective approach to address the issues of social media on mental health and societal norms. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-2833 min
This Is How We CareS2E18: Grounding Poem with Max Stossel: Connection in Virtual WorldsIn this Grounding Practice, Max Stossel—award-winning poet, filmmaker, and speaker, named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year—shares a poem he wrote inspired by a Disney VR experience while exploring deeper themes of reality, connection and human experience. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-2805 min
This Is How We CareS2E17: How We Cultivate Relational Joy with James-OliviaIn this episode, James-Olivia—friend to humans who love and lead, a facilitator and enthusiastic advocate of uncomfortable, extraordinary, life-changing conversations, a foundation shaker and root nourisher, and fellow work-in-progress (i.e. avid & grateful maker of mistakes)—aids us in considering new ways of relating to one another. James-Olivia shares their concept of “relational fuckery”—the behaviors we exhibit in relationships that prioritize winning over genuine connection. They highlight the importance of acknowledging and respecting individual differences, desires, and boundaries in relationships. And how this shift requires individuals to focus on enhancing their capacity to embrace differences and cultivate peaceful r...2024-05-2141 min
This Is How We CareS2E17: Grounding Practice with James-Olivia: How We Speak Our TruthIn this Grounding Practice, James-Olivia—friend to humans who love and lead, a facilitator and enthusiastic advocate of uncomfortable, extraordinary, life-changing conversations, a foundation shaker and root nourisher, and fellow work-in-progress (i.e. avid & grateful maker of mistakes)—read a love letter they wrote to themself on self-expression. They offers us an opportunity to reflect on our reception of external voices and how we can more confidently declare our truth. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-2104 min
This Is How We CareS2E16: How We Metabolize Ancestral Pain and Trauma with Simon WolffIn this episode, we are joined by Simon Wolff—a politicized healer and ritualist weaving one-to-one and small-group somatic, ancestral, and cultural healing vessels in service to radical care, resilient resistance, and collective liberation. Simon shares the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of engaging in practices that honor our ancestors, the Earth, and each other, as a way of healing intergenerational and collective trauma. You can find full transcripts, related links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-1430 min
This Is How We CareS2E16: Grounding Practice with Simon Wolff: The Power of PrayerIn this Grounding Practice, Simon Wolff—a politicized healer and ritualist weaving one-to-one and small-group somatic, ancestral, and cultural healing vessels in service to radical care, resilient resistance, and collective liberation—shares with us the power of prayer. Simon’s prayer is a reminder of the deep interconnections that sustain us and the importance of acknowledging and respecting these bonds as part of our journey toward collective healing and liberation. Follow @thisishowwecare on InstagramYou can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-1405 min
This Is How We CareS2E15: Embracing Abundance & Redefining Success with Sara EliseIn this episode, Sara Elise—multidisciplinary creative, co-founder & designer of Apogeo Guest House, and author of A Recipe for More—shares her journey from working in investment banking to questioning societal definitions of success to create a life that aligns with her values. She shows us how we can begin to take action toward dismantling oppressive systems, promote equality, and embrace a slower, more intentional pace of life that honors our natural rhythms and cycles.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-0738 min
This Is How We CareS2E15: Grounding Practice with Sara Elise: Release Fear & Find BalanceIn this Grounding Practice, Sara Elise—multidisciplinary creative, co-founder & designer of Apogeo Guest House, and author of A Recipe for More—guides us through a meditation to let go of any lingering doubts or anxieties and embrace the abundant energy within us.Follow @thisishowwecare on Instagram or signup for our newsletter for more practices and prompts to embody a world of collective careYou can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-05-0707 min
This Is How We CareS2E14: Healing Through Herbal Medicine with Antonia Estela Pérez of Herban CuraIn this episode, Antonia Estela Pérez—clinical herbalist and co-founder of Herban Cura— delves into the significance of nurturing a reciprocal relationship with plant life and the impact of such connections on both personal and collective well-being. Antonia shares with us how we can take action now to work with our local plants for medicinal benefits and to help contribute to the health of the soil and ecosystem.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-3023 min
This Is How We CareS2E14: Grounding Poem with Antonia Estela Pérez of Herban Cura: The Earth is Closing on UsIn this Grounding Practice, Antonia Estela Pérez of Herban Cura, recites a poem, “The Earth is Closing on Us” by renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The poem serves as a reflection on the ongoing struggles and the enduring spirit of the Palestinian people. Through Darwish’s evocative language, we are invited to contemplate themes of loss, hope, and the human connection to the Earth.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-3003 min
This Is How We CareS2E13: How Men Heal Patriarchal Wounds with Mike SagunIn this episode, Mike Sagun—professional somatic coach, men’s work facilitator, and teacher—sheds light on how men can begin to heal their patriarchal wounds. Through the lens that ‘we’ as a collective face the negative effects of patriarchal systems, Mike shares examples of how men can collectively heal by embracing connection, listening to their bodies, and expanding their perspectives through seeking out communities where their identities are reflected and challenged. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-2328 min
This Is How We CareS2E13: Grounding Practice with Mike Sagun: Somatic Experience To Enhance Safety & ComfortIn this Grounding Practice, Mike Sagun—professional somatic coach, men’s work facilitator, and teacher—guides us through a somatic experience that allows us to tap into our bodies and explore how our external environment impacts our internal experience. This practice can help us to recognize how we have the agency to make subtle adjustments in our lives to improve our well-being. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-2309 min
This Is How We CareInterdependent Systems & Transformative Justice: The Seeds of Change with adrienne maree brownIn this episode, adrienne maree brown—activist, facilitator, and writer of works such as Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy—helps us in imagining a world where hyper-individualism is replaced with interdependence, where communities are in harmony with the land, and migration is responsive to the earth's needs. In this future, governance is not about power over others but about stewarding resources and nurturing relationships.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-1638 min
This Is How We CareS2E12: Grounding Practice with adrienne maree brown: Lessons of AbundanceIn this Grounding Practice, adrienne maree brown—activist, facilitator, and writer of works such as Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy—guides us in connecting with our present state, recognizing our needs, and acknowledging the care and abundance in our lives.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-1604 min
This Is How We CareS2E11: Embracing Natural Infant Sleep with Brittany ChambersIn this episode, Brittany Chambers—infant and family sleep specialist and the founder of Good Night Moon Child: a virtual and in-person Integrative Infant Sleep consultancy informed by the latest research in neuroscience, developmental psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology—speaks to how she’s revolutionizing the way we approach infant sleep by challenging harmful paradigms and advocating for a return to our innate parenting instincts. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.Follow @thisishowwecare on Instagram or signup for our newsletter for more practices and prompts to embody Brittany’s vision2024-04-0939 min
This Is How We CareS2E11: Grounding Practice with Brittany Chambers: A Journey From Head to Heart to WombIn this Grounding Practice, Brittany Chambers—infant and family sleep specialist and the founder of Good Night Moon Child—aids us in acknowledging any worries or unhelpful energies in our bodies, and to consciously move these from the mind to the heart, and then deeper into the womb, recognizing it as a source of life and strength.Follow @thisishowwecare on InstagramYou can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.Follow @thisishowwecare on Instagram or signup for our newsletter for more practices and prompts to embody Brittany’s vision.
2024-04-0903 min
This Is How We CareS2E10: The Power of Matrescence: Redefining Motherhood with Jenny Tucker of Centerline CommunityIn this episode, Jenny Tucker— founder of The Centerline Community, a support community for new moms—discusses the concept of matrescence and the mother-baby dyad, emphasizing the deep connection between a mother and her child. Jenny highlights the societal pressures that often lead to postpartum anxiety and depression— even sharing her own experience. She leaves us with her vision of a world where mothers are celebrated and supported rather than isolated. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-0228 min
This Is How We CareS2E10: Grounding Practice with Jenny Tucker: Finding Balance and PresenceIn this Grounding Practice, Jenny Tucker– founder of The Centerline Community, a support community for new moms—guides us in finding balance and presence amidst hustle culture. Follow @thisishowwecare on InstagramJoin our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with Mariah.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-04-0204 min
This Is How We CareS2E9: Empowering Communities Through Solidarity Economics with the Boston Ujima ProjectIn this episode, discover how the Boston Ujima Project is reimagining philanthropy, community engagement, and economic models to empower artists and communities of color in Boston. Learn about their innovative approaches to decision-making, solidarity economy, and supporting businesses. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.Follow @thisishowwecare on Instagram and sign up for our newsletter for additional practices and prompts from Ujima Project
2024-03-2633 min
This Is How We CareS2E9: Grounding Moment with Boston Ujima Project: Envisioning PossibilitiesIn this Grounding Moment, Ryan “Rei” Fielder—Director of Coalitions, Policy, and Grassroots Organizing at Boston Ujima Project — engages us with a reflective question. This grounding moment sets up context for the conversation we have with Ujima around community-controlled economies. Follow @thisishowwecare on Instagram and sign up for our newsletter for additional practices and prompts from Ujima ProjectYou can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-03-2602 min
This Is How We CareS2E8: Redefining Prosperity & Nourishing Feminine Power with Amanda YoungAmanda Young is an OG and pioneer in the current wave of goddess culture and as the founder of Urban Goddess, has been supporting women for over 15 years. She has worked with an impressive list of female visionaries at all levels of leadership from founders of successful female-oriented businesses to CEOs, trail-blazing innovators of new healing modalities, as well as women at the beginning stages of their journey. She is a genius at guiding women through life transitions and rites of passage with her signature program using the Triad of Feminine Power based on goddess archetypes and embodiment practices.2024-03-1932 min
This Is How We CareS2E8: Grounding Practice: Grounding Practice: Deep Embodiment & Sexual Energy Awareness with Amanda YoungIn this Grounding Practice, Amanda Young—a seasoned practitioner working with women in the realms of nutrition, health coaching, and goddess-centered spirituality—helps us tap into our bodies’ wisdom through connecting to our pelvic space to feel more grounded and alive. Follow @thisishowwecare on InstagramJoin our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with Amanda.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-03-1907 min
This Is How We CareS2E7: Collective Body Positivity with Virgie TovarIn this episode,Virgie Tovar—author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity—shares her personal journey of navigating weight-based discrimination and reclaiming her body heritage. She discusses the harmful effects of fatphobia, the intersections of body size, race, and gender, and the societal impacts of weight discrimination, such as the wage gap and access to healthcare.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-03-1226 min
This Is How We CareS2E7: Grounding Practice with Virgie Tovar: Tapping Into Your Belly’s WisdomIn this Grounding Practice, Virgie Tovar—author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity—dares us to unbutton our pants, unzip our skirts, and embrace the idea of a big, wobbly belly without shame.Join our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with VirgieYou can find full transcripts, links, and other show information on our website.
2024-03-1207 min
This Is How We CareS2E6: Embodying Liberatory Care with Liberty GonzalezIn this episode, Liberty Gonzalez, a liberatory community psychologist and certified holistic coach, discusses the importance of communal care, and reimagining relationships and family structures; Highlighting the importance for all people to explore their authentic desires and expression so that we can all be more free together.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website
2024-03-0528 min
This Is How We CareS2E6: Grounding Practice with Liberty Gonzalez: Nurturing Ourselves, Nurturing Our WorldIn this Grounding Practice, Liberty Gonzalez—liberatory community psychologist and certified holistic coach who is passionate about supporting visionary community leaders—shares a grounding moment to help us recognize and appreciate the ways we are nourished by the world around us.Follow @thisishowwecare on InstagramJoin our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with Liberty.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-03-0506 min
This Is How We CareS2E5: Creative Process for Social Change with Mariah Rankine-LandersIn this episode, Mariah Rankine-Landers, an advocate for transformative education and co-founder of Studio Pathways, shares her profound insights on how returning to a creative process for living and learning can help us address the root of social inequities that manifest in our education, work, and organizing systems.Join our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with Mariah.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-02-2732 min
This Is How We CareS2E5: Grounding Practice with Mariah Rankine-Landers: An Invitation Into Your Heart SpaceIn this Grounding Practice, Mariah Rankin-Landers—a leader in pedagogical strategy and co-founder of Studio Pathways—guides us through a grounding practice of altering our heart space by creating a visual collage of elements while being encouraged to draw on the wisdom and support of these energies throughout our day. The practice is aimed to remind us of the importance of joy and love in our lives and to express gratitude for the people, places, and objects that enrich our experiences.Join our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with Mariah.You can find...2024-02-2706 min
This Is How We CareS2E4: Healing Communities From Soil to Society with Dr. Rupa MaryaDr. Rupa Marya is a physician, activist, writer, mother, and a composer. She is a Professor of Medicine at UCSF, where she practices and teaches internal medicine. Her work sits at the nexus of climate, health and racial justice. She founded the Deep Medicine Circle, an organization committed to healing the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, story and learning. In this episode of “This Is How We Care”, Dr. Rupa Marya shares her insights on the intersection of colonialism, capitalism, and health, drawing from her work with Deep Medicine Circle and her book “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the...2024-02-2026 min
This Is How We CareS2E4: A Grounding Moment with Dr. Rupa Marya: The Power of StorytellingIn this Grounding Moment, Dr. Rupa Marya Gandhi shares a quote by Ben Okri, read from her book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, co-authored with Raj Patel.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-02-2002 min
This Is How We CareS2E3: The Art of Joy with Madame GandhiIn this episode of “This Is How We Care”, Madame Gandhi talks about the importance of finding joy in the mundane, mental health, and how leading with kindness can positively impact our work and relationships with family and friends.Madame Gandhi is an award-winning artist and activist known for her uplifting, percussive electronic music and positive message about gender liberation and personal power. She began producing music in 2015, after her story running the London Marathon free-bleeding to combat menstrual stigma went viral around the world. Check out @madamegandhi and @thisishowwecare on Instagram. You can fi...2024-02-1320 min
This Is How We CareS2E3: Grounding Practice with Madame Gandhi: Leading with Peace and KindnessIn this Grounding Practice, Madame Gandhi guides us through a meditation to center in who we are and connect to a vibration of joy from within.Check out @thisishowwecare on Instagram. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-02-1304 min
This Is How We CareS2E2: The Pursuit of Socio-Political Peace with Standing TogetherStanding Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. “While the minority who benefit from the status quo of occupation and economic inequality seek to keep us divided, we know that we — the majority — have far more in common than that which sets us apart.”In this episode, Yael Drier Shilo—one of the founding members and current financial director of Standing Together—shares how the grassroots movement led by Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel is standing for peace. She explains how the organ...2024-02-0626 min
This Is How We CareS2E2: Grounding Poem: “The Wheat Still Grows Again” with Standing TogetherIn this Grounding Practice, Yael Drier Shilo, one of the founding members and of Standing Together — a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice — reads the poem: “The Wheat Grows Again”. Join us for a grounding moment and see what opens up for you. Follow @standing.together.english and @thisishowwecare on InstagramJoin our Patreon Community for bonus content from our interview with Yael.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-02-0605 min
This Is How We CareS2E1: A New Chapter with Emily RaceIn this episode of “This Is How We Care”, host Emily Race-Newmark shares the learnings that shaped the recent name change from “Founding Mothers” to “This Is How We Care”, and what to expect in this upcoming season. Check out @thisishowwecare on Instagram. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-01-3024 min
This Is How We CareS2E1: Grounding Prayer with Emily RaceIn this Grounding Practice, host Emily Race-Newmark shares a prayer from her heart to ground listeners for showing up in our lives connected to our values and contributing to a world of collective care. Check out @thisishowwecare on Instagram. You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2024-01-3006 min
This Is How We CareSeason 2 Trailer: Creating a World of Collective CareFeatured in Trailer (in order of appearance) Emily Race-Newmark (host) Vanessa Roanhorse Amanda Young adrienne maree brownSara Elise To support this show and stay in touch:Follow / subscribe this podcast wherever you listenShare with others in your communityFollow us on InstagramSign up to our newsletter Join our Patreon community
2024-01-2301 min
This Is How We CareS1E30: Season Finale - Putting Into Practice with Emily RaceThis episode includes clips from previous episodes, personal stories of what Emily has been trying and practicing, and a sneak peak of what’s to come for the future of the Founding Mothers platform.You can follow the Founding Mothers podcast on instagram or signup for the monthly newsletter for additional content in between seasons. Reach out to emily@founding-mothers.com for feedback, and support what’s next for the Founding Mothers Podcast + platform here.You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.
2023-03-0630 min
This Is How We CareS1E29: Decolonizing the Body with Kelsey BlackwellKelsey Blackwell (she/her,they/them) is a cultural somatics practitioner, author and facilitator, working exclusively with women and groups of color, whose truth she believes is uniquely essential in this time. Kelsey supports clients to confront internalized feelings of not-enoughness and reconnect with their inherent wisdom, dignity and worth.In this episode, Kelsey and Emily define somatics and how this work connects to what it means to be human; unpack the distinctions between a ‘colonized’ and ‘decolonized' body; talk about Kelsey’s experience writing her book, “Decolonizing the Body” and why she centers women and people of color in...2023-02-2741 min
This Is How We CareS1E28: Designing Our World With Accessibility In Mind with Kristie CabreraKristie Cabrera (she/they) is a queer and neurodivergent accessibility and inclusivity consultant utilizing a background in occupational therapy to guide organizations on improving their accessibility and inclusivity practices. She is particularly passionate about collaborating with spaces that aim to provide healing and growth, including nature spaces, health centers, and forward thinking schools and nonprofits. In this episode, Kristie and Emily discuss the importance of increasing access to nature spaces, how designing with accessibility in mind provides exciting solutions and new perspectives for everyone, normalizing resistance as a part of creating inclusive space, and how we can wo...2023-02-2039 min
This Is How We CareS1E27: Embodying Our Way to Human-Centric Systems with Chiara FrancescaChiara Francesca (they/them) is a queer disabled artist, writer, organizer, acupuncturist, former teen mother, first-gen college grad, and Italian immigrant who has been involved in movements for justice for over two decades.They have written and spoken on a wide variety of topics including disability justice, building anti-capitalist systems, accessible healthcare, and using art as a tool for structural change. In this episode, Chiara and Emily discuss how to re-discover our humanity within systems that are inherently dehumanizing; the importance of conflict resolution and trust in our movement building; an expanded perspective of what healthcare can l...2023-02-1338 min
This Is How We CareS1E26: Decolonizing Therapy with Dr. Jennifer MullanDr. Jennifer Mullan (she/her), affectionately nicknamed “the Rage Doctor” by peers and clients, is trained as a Clinical Psychologist, is a published author, and is the CEO and founder of Decolonizing Therapy. She seeks to unpack the oppressive legacy of modern mental health practices, and reconnect practitioners and clients to the roots of our wounding and healing within a sociopolitical lens, most particularly for Queer Indigenous Black Brown People of Color (QIBPOC). In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Mullan and Emily unpack some of the systemic problems within therapy and social work and where these current models are d...2023-02-0650 min
This Is How We CareS1E25: Realizing the Potential of the Microbiome with Ara KatzAra Katz (she/her) is co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact human and planetary health. Ara is also a co-founder of Seed Health's environmental division, SeedLabs, and LUCA Biologics, Seed Health’s women’s health venture in partnership with Dr. Jacques Ravel, which develops living medicines targeting the vaginal microbiome for unmet medical needs in urogenital and reproductive health. Her work has encompassed the intersections of health, consumer tech, media and design.In this episode, Ara and Emily discuss the healing potentials of the micr...2023-01-3043 min
This Is How We CareS1E24: Rooting Into Reality to Dream Better Futures with Grace AndersonGrace Anderson (she/her) is a network weaver, strategist, and dreamer working at the intersection of race, healing and the environment. With over a decade of experience in the outdoor and environmental sector, she is committed to building the capacity of People of Color in the environmental space by moving resources towards their dreams and by creating structural programming to support their growth.In this episode, Emily and Grace discuss the importance of embodiment for both processing and visioning, strategies to reclaim time and space at work, slowing down to identify what brings you joy and your...2023-01-2340 min
This Is How We CareS1E23: Education As A Vehicle For Social Change with Jodi Grass of Oak Grove SchoolJodi Grass (she/her) is in her sixth year as Head of Oak Grove School, a progressive day and boarding school in Ojai, California. Jodi has worked at Oak Grove School and the Krishnamurti Foundation of America in different capacities for the past 17 years in addition to her experience with several nonprofits, community organizations, K-12 schools and a community college.In this episode, Emily and Jodi discuss the freedom that Oak Grove's teachers have to implement activities that foster personal and social growth, outdoor and travel experiences to prepare youth and parents for the transition to adulthood...2023-01-1642 min
This Is How We CareS1E22: Healing Through Intentional Communities with Danielle M. Jones of Sankofa Village ArkansasDanielle M. Jones (she/her) is a nature educator, systems thinker, and facilitator of yoga and somatic liberation practices. She is a weaver of Sankofa Village Arkansas, an intentional community whose mission is to transform multigenerational community health through land stewardship and education for the purposes of housing affordability, wealth-building, and climate resiliency. This work centers Black healing, liberation and regeneration.In this episode, Danielle shares many ways that communities could be designed around healing for those who have been marginalized, using everyone's unique talents to sustain a healthy community, co-creating processes and models of living that...2023-01-0945 min
This Is How We CareS1E21: Healing the Foodsystem with Local Roots with Wen-Jay Ying of Local Roots NYCWen-Jay Ying (she/her) is the founder of Local Roots NYC, a cafe, market space and CSA provider in Brooklyn. She’s a spokeswoman and cultural translator for regenerative agriculture, working towards making local food resonate with a growing and more diverse demographic. Wen-Jay believes the way we eat can change the world and is dedicated to healing our local food system and bringing urbanites closer to their food source. In this episode, Emily and Wen-Jay discuss how distance away from farms affects the quality of your food, why soil health matters, eating locally in an urban are...2023-01-0234 min
This Is How We CareS1E20: The Unifying Human Experience of Music with Maria Cincotta of JAMS MusicMaria Cincotta (she/her) has been playing in bands since 1995 and has been teaching and band coaching with the Rock Camp for Girls movement since 2001. She is a certified teacher with experience teaching all ages, from kindergarteners to adults. She has also toured in both Europe and the United States with a few of her bands, including elcassette and Sally Rides.In this episode, Emily and Maria discuss the JAMS Music Nonprofit, why music is important for community, how music can expand our ability to connect with others, and why girls and non-binary folks need their own...2022-12-2624 min
This Is How We CareS1E19: Growing A Relational And Intercultural Food Landscape with Rowen WhiteRowen White (she/her) is a Seed Keeper and farmer from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for Indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is the Educational Director and lead mentor of Sierra Seeds, an innovative Indigenous seed bank and land-based educational organization located in Nevada City, CA. Rowen is also the Founder of the Indigenous Seed Keepers Network, which is committed to restoring the Indigenous Seed Commons.In this episode, Emily and Rowen discuss the intersection between food sovereignty and cultural revitalization, creating an intimate relationship with seeds and food, and using radical...2022-12-1945 min
This Is How We CareS1E18: Embracing Futures Of Partnerism with Riane EislerRiane Eisler, JD, PhD(h) (she/her) is internationally known for her groundbreaking contributions as a systems scientist, futurist, and cultural historian. Her innovative whole-systems research offers new perspectives and practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and sustainable future. Dr. Eisler is President of the Center for Partnership Systems, which provides practical applications of her work.In this episode, Emily and Riane discuss a paradigm beyond the binary matriarchy-patriarchy model, what it means to live in a domination system versus a partnership system, and how hierarchies can move from power over towards power...2022-12-1242 min
This Is How We CareS1E17: Honoring Death and Continuing Bonds with Valenca ValenzuelaValenca Valenzuela (she/her/ella) has her Master’s in Social Work and has been holding space for people in grief and end-of-life since 2007. Valenca is the owner of Raven & Rose, a Grief Counseling, Death Doula, and Life-Cycle Celebrant business in Portland, OR. Additionally, she currently works at a national center for grieving children & families. Valenca was born on Día de los Muertos, so it was in the stars that Valenca would work with Death, Grief, and Ancestral Healing. Valenca believes that the life-cycle is our greatest teacher and we can change the way we live by changing our...2022-12-0542 min
This Is How We CareS1E16: Investing in Pleasure Capital with Kalah HillKalah Hill (she/her/hers) is a Freedom Doula and pleasure activist who founded In Pleasure We Trust. Through her coaching programs, Kalah evokes permission for sovereignty within the landscape of our social interdependency and unravels the illusions of systemic oppression that create communities of conformity and insatiability. She rests in trusting that when people affirm and integrate their pleasure, freedom will be born. In this episode, Emily and Kalah discuss how true liberation is interconnected, creating a dream reality, leadership that counters the delusions of colonization, the inherent worth of pleasure and how it can be u...2022-11-2847 min
This Is How We CareS1E15: Unschooling and Self-Directed Education with Bria BloomBria Bloom (she/her), along with her older brother, grew up in an unschooling family, and now is a parent of a self-directed young person, and a passionate advocate for collective liberation, Self-Directed Education, & young people’s rights.In this conversation, Bria and Emily discuss the definition of self-directed education, the importance of play in education, what could be possible if we rethink our society’s schooling system, and the true origins of self-directed education wisdom.You can connect with Bria more on her Twitter, Instagram, or website. You can support and learn more about the...2022-11-2129 min
This Is How We CareS1E14: Putting The Planet First with Stephanie LeahStephanie Leah (she/her/hers) is an Ecosattva, one who expresses a Buddhist response to climate change. She uses stillness, heartfelt Listening and Breathwork to open up the pathways that can lead us through our innermost selves toward healing and unbearable compassion for ourselves and our beloved Mother Earth.In this episode, Emily and Stephanie discuss the need for humanity to come back to nature, why gardening is often the best pathway to reconnect to ourselves, and in all decisions, putting the planet first.You can follow along with Stephanie on Instagram or on her...2022-11-1440 min
This Is How We CareS1E13: Unpacking Our Inheritance to Create a Better World with Mallory Combemale of Inheritance ProjectMallory Combemale (she/her) is a visionary leader who guides individuals and teams into new ways of relating with themselves and one another. As a co-founder of the Inheritance Project, she facilitates groundbreaking inclusion, leadership, and cultural programming through the lens of inheritance.In this episode, Mallory and Emily discuss the need to unpack the beliefs, ideas, and systems that we’ve inherited in order to create a better future. Mallory shares her perspective on why the examination of both our inner and outer worlds is critical to growth and progress, how we can ultimately change and sh...2022-11-0747 min
This Is How We CareS1E12: Reconnecting With Culture Through Psychedelic Healing with Lorena Nascimento of the People of Color Psychedelic CollectiveLorena Nascimento (she/her) is an educator, working with environmental justice, urban forestry, community engagement, and data empowerment. Originally from Brazil, Lorena moved to Portland, OR to pursue a Ph.D. in Urban Studies. In her dissertation, she described the Western criminalization, acculturation, and cultural appropriation of Black and Indigenous values regarding cultural ecosystem services.In this episode, Lorena and Emily discuss the need for more drug education, how powerful harm reduction can be, using psychedelics as a way to reconnect with ancestors, and cultural appropriation of psychedelic drugs. They also discuss the People of Color Psychedelic...2022-10-3133 min
This Is How We CareS1E11: Creating a Culture That Centers Care with Sarah Vitti of Caring Across GenerationsSarah Vitti (she/her) is Senior Manager of Culture Change at Caring Across Generations, a national campaign that is transforming our country's care infrastructure and the way that our society relates to and values caregiving. Sarah is also a creative in her own right. She's a producer, a poet, and digital collage artist. She’s currently birthing an artist residency in the woods of the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York called The Root Community.In this episode, Sarah and Emily discuss the importance of changing our cultural relationship with care and caregiving in the United States. Sa...2022-10-2448 min
This Is How We CareS1E10: Village-Centered Postpartum Care and Healing with Alondra SanchezAlondra Sanchez (she/her) is a labor and postpartum companion who devotes herself to whole family wellness. She believes in a slow and gentle way of life by practicing things like urban homesteading, sustainable living, organic nourishment, and deep self and community care. Her Mexican Indigenous roots led her to hold a village-centered method of life; that she believes will bring her home to a life of happiness and fulfillment.In this episode, Emily and Alondra discuss the importance of postpartum care, break down the myths and negative connotations that come with the word ‘postpartum,’ getting back to a...2022-10-1747 min
This Is How We CareS1E9: Living, Dying, and the Importance of Grief Literacy with Naila FrancisNaila Francis (she/her) is a writer, grief coach, death midwife, and ordained interfaith minister. She holds space and offers rituals for people at many of life’s sacred thresholds, including birth, marriage, death, and other transitional passages. Naila is the founder of Salt Trails, an interdisciplinary Philadelphia collective making grief shared, public and visible through community rituals. In this episode, Emily and Naila discuss the need for a more grief-literate society, why grief rituals with community are so important to the healing process, and how we can better show up for other community members experiencing grief. 2022-10-1056 min
This Is How We CareS1E8: Relational and Nature-Based Education with Lauren Hage of Weaving EarthLauren Hage (she/her) is Executive Director and co-founder of the Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education, an educational nonprofit that encourages the study and practice of "Earth Intimacy", "Co-Liberation", "Embodiment" and "Prayerful Action" as key approaches for addressing the social and ecological crises of our times.She comes from Ashkenazi Jewish (Odessa), Sicilian, and Scottish ancestry.In this episode, Emily and Lauren discuss what relational education is, what it means to take prayerful action, how nature-based educational programming can bring us back to ourselves, and why the intersection of ecological, social, and personal systems...2022-10-0342 min
This Is How We CareS1E7: Reclaiming Indigenous Foodways with Claudia SerratoClaudia Serrato (she/her) is an Indigenous culinary anthropologist, a public scholar, a doctoral candidate, and a professor of ethnic studies. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California predominantly on an Indigenous Mesoamerican diet. At an early age, she began to cook alongside her elders, gaining time-tested food knowledge.In this episode, Emily and Claudia discuss the decolonization of foodways, how reconnecting with native food can help re-indigenize communities, using foodways as a way of resistance, and the importance of a body archeology. You can connect with Claudia on Instagram. Full tr...2022-09-2654 min
This Is How We CareS1E6: How Homeschooling Can Change The World with Amber O’Neal JohnstonAmber O’Neal Johnston is an author, speaker, and worldschooling mama who blendslife-giving books and a culturally rich environment for her four children and othersseeking to do the same.In this episode, Emily and Amber dive into the world of homeschooling and Amber’s vision for a better education system for all. Amber shares her perspective on the importance of creating a tapestry of cultural and community experiences as a main part of her children’s education, what questions we can start asking ourselves about how to improve the education process, and wh...2022-09-1950 min
This Is How We CareS1E5: Funding the Change Agents of Our Time with Dr. Jackie Bouvier CopelandAn award-winning innovator, Dr. Jackie Bouvier Copeland bridges diverse disciplines and communities to heal people, society, and the planet. She is founder and chief executive officer of The Women Invested to Save Earth Fund (WISE). The WISE Fund is a financial inclusion, equity and innovation enterprise blending advocacy and blended capital to support Black, Indigenous, and allied entrepreneurs and activists, including all genders, with promising solutions to the world’s most compelling challenges.In this episode, Emily and Dr. Copeland discuss the largest challenges humanity faces, the importance of funding innovative initiatives by women and people of co...2022-09-1248 min
This Is How We CareS1E4: What is Conscious Parenting? with Tamara Iglesias of WellynestTamara Iglesias is the founder of Wellynest, a conscious parenting coaching brand dedicated to raising whole beings from the very beginning through the conscious parent's own self-healing journey home. Her mission is to shift the way children are raised by bringing the awareness of self into parenting along with childhood trauma, limiting beliefs, ancestral wounds, and more.In this episode, Emily and Tamara discuss what respectful parenting looks like, the remembrance of who we truly are, breaking down the parenting narratives and belief systems that do not serve us or our children, and much more. Y...2022-09-0551 min
This Is How We CareS1E3: Fighting for Food Sovereignty with Shakira Miracle of Santa Barbara Food Action NetworkWe all eat, we all have to purchase food, but many of us have no idea where our food comes from, how it impacts the natural world, and how it works within our economic systems. In this episode, Emily interviews the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Food Action Network, Shakira Miracle (she/her) to discuss what a more equitable, sustainable food system looks like and how to get there.Shakira is a human-centered systems designer and strategic thinking with 20 years of experience serving the philanthropic, government, faith, and business sectors in North America and China. 2022-08-2951 min
This Is How We CareS1E2: Healing With The Land with Layel Camargo of Shelterwood CollectiveIn this episode, Emily sits down with cultural strategist, land steward, filmmaker, and artist, Layel Camargo (they/them). Layel, a transgender and non-binary person, have spent the last decade advancing climate justice through storytelling. They co-founded Shelterwood Collective, a land-based organization that focuses on advancing a new worldview through forestry, artist investment and healing.Emily and Layel discuss the vision behind Shelterwood Collective, what it means to be a land steward, why it is critical to give land back to indigenous and people of color, fighting against colonial ways of thinking, and much more. You c...2022-08-2251 min
This Is How We CareS1E1: It's Time for a New World with Bobbie Breckenridge and Emily RaceIn our inaugural episode of the Founding Mothers Podcast, Bobbie Breckenridge (she/her), transformational coach, healer, and performing artist, flips the script and interviews host and creator, Emily Race (she/her). Emily is a “curious explorer of worlds inside and out,” who has let her curiosity and gut guide her through different chapters of life. From working in advertising to waiting tables to coaching and consulting, she is a collaborator and creative diving deep to uncover the realness of life. Bobbie and Emily chat about the vision for the Founding Mothers Podcast, how Emily came to this idea...2022-08-1554 minThis Is How We CareIntroducing, the Founding Mothers podcast.Introducing, the Founding Mothers podcast. Season one launches August 15, 2022.2022-08-1001 min