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i want what SHE has#193 Marielena Ferrer "Politics and Spirituality and the Downsides of Empathy"Welcome to another installment of our monthly excursion into Politics and Spirituality with Marielena Ferrer, a socially engaged visual artist and art educator. She serves on the Kingston Arts Commission and Diversity Equity and Inclusion Task Force. Ferrer studied architecture at Central University of Venezuela and later earned a certificate of distinction in “Leadership and Empowerment” from Spain’s Polytechnic University of Valencia and a diploma in “Gender Leadership” through the EQUAL Transnational Cooperation Community Initiative of the European Social Fund. In addition, she earned a University Expert Diploma in “Mental Health, Cultural Processes and Psychological Interventions With Immigrants, Minorities and t...2021-10-141h 42i want what SHE has#191 Therese Shechter "My So-Called Selfish Life"On today’s show I share my conversation with Therese Shechter, award-winning filmmaker and writer, and the founder of the feminist production company Trixie Films. Her work fuses humor, activism, and personal storytelling to disrupt what's considered most sacred about womanhood. She is a Canada Council for the Arts grantee for her documentary My So-Called Selfish Life which is having its World Premier this week at the Woodstock Film Festival. The film examines what it means to say no to motherhood in a society that assumes all women want children, and exposes what’s at stake when women are denie...2021-09-281h 27i want what SHE has#190 Kia Abilay "The Gift of Listening"On the show today I get to speak with Kia Abilay an Akashic Records Teacher and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Energy & Intuitive Communicator and a One Spirit Minister. For many years she worked as a practitioner in the Wellness Center at Omega but for the past year has been working on a book sharing stories from her work and lessons about the gift of listening. The book is titled The Gift of Listening, Cultivating Your Connection with Spirit and is due to be released on October 20, 2021. You can get info about the book and general newsletter goodness by signing u...2021-09-211h 41i want what SHE has#189 Marielena Ferrer "Spirituality and Politics"It's the second Moon-Day of the month and the return of Marielena Ferrer! She was a contributor to the book Espiritualidad y Politica which was published 10 years ago, and we're using that book to seed conversations relating to spirituality and politics. Marielena is the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock, a member of the Arts...2021-09-141h 43i want what SHE has#188 New Moon Ceremony for Forgiveness and FreedomNew Moon Blessings to you! Today, I take us through a New Moon Ceremony where we get to open ourselves up to the healing power of Forgiveness and then with that new shift in energy, step out of our boxes and into our magical selves. The great awakener Uranus guiding us to get weird. Gather your ceremonial items, water, journal and find a comfy space for this special show.Here's the playlist I used to get us into the mood in the first hour. Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston.2021-09-0653 mini want what SHE has#187 Anyssa Lucena "Confident Climbers"Today's guest is the very inspiring Anyssa Lucena. She helps women climbers gain confidence by teaching them how to overcome self-limiting beliefs, get stronger and live an empowered life through climbing. As a former rock climber, when I heard about Anyssa and her work, my curiosity led me to her website where I learned more about her background, and her story was so inspiring that I wanted to invite her on the show. Due to her schedule, we recorded our conversation last week, and I play that for you today. As you'll hear, after having 3 kids, Anyssa suddenly realized...2021-08-311h 36i want what SHE has#186 Jayla Kai "Debut EP Epitome"Jayla Kai grew up in Woodstock, a town synonymous with the pureness of music. It evokes a togetherness where the community has each other’s back and the culture is almost symptomatic of its people (Dylan, Bowie, Van Morrison, Levon Helm). Kai cites a handful of local musicians who have served as key mentors to her. Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), is one of these key mentors who has inspired and encouraged her. Kai's Debut EP, Epitome, is out now following the release of her crunching single Apple Tree and Kai’s introductory track, I Can't Lie. As far as open...2021-08-241h 40i want what SHE has#185 Elizabeth Gross "The Myth of the Selkie"Today I speak with Elizabeth Gross, an herbalist, bodyworker, meditation and yoga instructor, and end-of-life doula based in the Mid Hudson Valley of NY. Her mission through Selkie Medicinals is to provide optimal comfort and care to people experiencing major life transitions related to birth, sex or dying. Her services include prenatal Thai Yoga herbal bodywork, sexual health focused herbal consultations with a specialty in hpv and cervical dysplasia, and end-of-life doula care focused on abortion and miscarriage support.Some of what we get to chat about today is the myth of the Selkie, masculine and feminine i...2021-08-171h 47i want what SHE has#184 Marielena Ferrer "Spirituality and Politics"Back at it for another round of deep thoughts and wild talks with Mariaelena.The second Monday of the month is inspired by the book, Espiritualidad y Politica, which was published 10 years ago, of which Mariaelena was a contributor. She is also the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock, a member of the Ar...2021-08-101h 39i want what SHE has#183 Nina Isabelle - Artist, Thinker, ObserverToday's guest is the profoundly talented Nina Isabelle. She is a process based artist working with perception, action, language, and phenomena. Her practice is a method to sort and solve the inconsistencies of language, memory, and form, and she makes paintings, drawings, photographs, video, sculpture, sound, performance and writing as inquiry into how sensory perception functions as the impetus for action, reaction, response, and choice making in art and life.Her work has been presented at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City, The Queens Museum as part of Emergency Index Documentation Discussion, Judson...2021-08-031h 43i want what SHE has#182 "Life Hacks" with Eva and TheresaToday I share my conversation with my niece Eva Mae Widmann. She's 12 years old, doesn't consider herself an expert in any way, but I ask her some questions about how she does the things in life that she enjoys, as well as how she motivates herself to do the things she doesn't enjoy. We cover crafts, cooking, sports, the ukelele and self care. Everyone's got something to share with one another no matter age or status. For me, that's the beauty of today's show. Thanks Eva!Here's Brightside's hacks that I reference with more details on those...2021-07-261h 27i want what SHE has#181 Juliet Rania "The Dark Goddess"Juliet Rania is the founder of The Source, a wellness community in Woodstock, New York. She has been an apprentice of Alessandra Belloni for the past two decades in the Southern Italian Black Virgin tradition and the shamanic healing path of the Tarantella. She is a spiritual representative of Shaykha Fariha Fatima of the Jerrahi Sufi lineage and has taught on Sufism at various venues throughout New York at venues including the U.N. General Assembly, Barnard College, Cathedral St. John the Divine, New York Open Center, Omega Institute, Sacred Arts Research, Deepak Chopra Homebase, and more. She teaches...2021-07-191h 39i want what SHE has#180 Spirituality, Politics and Gun Culture with Marielena FerrerBack at it for another round of deep thoughts and wild talks with Mariaelena and special guest Ulster County Sheriff Juan Figueroa.The second Monday of the month is inspired by the book, Espiritualidad y Politica, which was published 10 years ago, of which Mariaelena was a contributor. She is also the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of th...2021-07-121h 39i want what SHE has#178 Sonita Alizadeh "Afghan Rapper and Activist"Sonita Alizadeh was born in Herat, Afghanistan under the reign of the Taliban regime. Her family walked hundreds of miles to Iran in the rain and snow to escape. She grew up an impoverished, undocumented, refugee street child in Tehran. Without official papers, she could not attend school until a local non-governmental organization offered assistance; they provided a basic education to undocumented, refugee Afghan children.At the age of ten, she was sold into forced marriage, but the contract fell through. Six years later, her family again wanted to sell her as a bride. With the help...2021-06-291h 33i want what SHE has#177 DeShannon Barnes-Bowens "Ifa-Orisa Priestess, Psychotherapist, Educator, Spiritual Counselor"Iya Rev. DeShannon Barnes-Bowens, M.S. (Iyanifa Iwalewa Ifasalewa Fasina), is the founder of ILERA Counseling & Education Services, and works as a psychotherapist, professional development trainer, and spiritual counselor. Through ILERA, she offers workshops and programs focusing on: sexuality and spirituality, sexual abuse, vicarious trauma and wellness. Iya DeShannon received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and a Master’s degree in Counseling from Pace University. She has practiced the Ifa-Orisa spiritual tradition since 2001 and is an initiated priestess. Iya DeShannon was ordained as an Interfaith Minister through One Spirit Interfaith Semi...2021-06-221h 30i want what SHE has#176 Mariaelena Ferrer "Spirituality and Politics"Back at it for another round of deep thoughts and wild talks with Mariaelena.The second Monday of the month is inspired by the book, Espiritualidad y Politica, which was published 10 years ago, of which Mariaelena was a contributor. She is also the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock, a member of the...2021-06-151h 43i want what SHE has#175 Shalini Pahwa "Neurodiversity in the Workplace"Shalini Pahwa has 20+ years of leadership experience and is currently the QA & Test Competency Leader for the US Client Innovation Centers at IBM. She manages a team ranging from test managers and automation SMEs (subject matter experts) to brand new associates, delivering full testing services to clients across industries. Shalini Pahwa is passionate about diversity and inclusion initiatives at workplaces and led IBM’s first Neurodiversity program and continues to support it as it expands globally. Shalini has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Loyola University at Chicago. She also holds a degree in Science and In...2021-06-081h 40i want what SHE has#174 Memorial Day Musings with the Words of Marion WoodmanHello and Happy Memorial Day! Today I spend some time honoring those who've served and set the stage for thinking of a better way of resolving conflict. First part is really stepping into the Chrysalis so that we can re-emerge as something new, a society with a greater balance between the feminine and the masculine, but first I offer some thoughts on the patriarchal nature of war and the military including an analysis of the language used that is unsurprisingly phallic in nature. In honor of the Chrysalis and the feminine, I read from Marion Woodman's The Pregnant Virgin...2021-06-011h 35i want what SHE has#173 Kat Hunt "The Akashic Records of Fire"Kat Hunt is an artist and mystic who has been working in the the unseen realms for the past decade. She received her Akashic Records training and certifications from Christina Cross, longtime apprentice to Linda Howe. She is a founder of Moon Church, the feminist spiritual collective, and led women’s rejuvenation circles at Bushwick's Otion Front Studio. Before shifting her focus to art and service, Kat worked as a strategist and consultant for big and small companies, including the United Nations, the New York Times, Facebook, Nike, and many more. Kat lives and works on bluestone mountain near Woo...2021-05-241h 43i want what SHE has#172 Ella Ray Kondrat and Jesse Scherer "Music, Love and Healing"Ella Ray is a Kingston NY-based performer who completed her debut full-length album, Hum to Your Heart, released in August of 2019. Her self-generated genre blends her background in Eastern European acapella arrangements with the beauty of Cat Power and the heartache of Mazzy Star. Her preternatural voice sings over innovative acoustic chord structure as she details her romantic and sexual trials with painful memories of her past, vocalizing a strength which is tangible in her transformative music.Also joining today's conversation is Ella's biggest fan and partner, Jesse Scherer, massage therapist and super volunteer who supports organizations...2021-05-171h 44i want what SHE has#171 Marielena Ferrer-Harrington "Spirituality and Politics"It's the second Moonday of the month and that means, the return of Marielena Ferrer-Harrington! She was a contributor to the book Espiritualidad y Politica which was published 10 years ago, and she feels it's time to start revisiting these subjects from today's lens. Mariaelena is the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock, a member of t...2021-05-111h 39i want what SHE has#169 Kayleigh Stack "The Community Storytelling Composition Project"Kayleigh Stack is an activist, artist, community steward, medicine womxn and a member of the neurodivergent community assuming the various roles of multidisciplinary performance artist, ethnographic researcher, oral historian and acupuncture clinician. Over the past ten years she has orchestrated spaces for people to share recorded audios of poignant histories and stories oriented around critical social and political narratives to be presented in an Oral History Performance Initiative: The Community Storytelling Composition Project.https://www.thecommunitystorytellingcompositionproject.com.Most of her work focuses on socio-political discourse, drawing upon performance as a subversive tool to generate conversation...2021-04-261h 47i want what SHE has#168 Silvia Federici "Scholar, Teacher, Author and Activist"Silvia Federici is an Italian and American scholar, teacher, and activist from the radical autonomist feminist Marxist and anarchist tradition. She is a professor emerita and Teaching Fellow at Hofstra University, where she was a social science professor, and she has also worked as a teacher in Nigeria. She was co-founder of the International Feminist Collective, and an organizer with the wages for housework campaign. In 1973, she helped start Wages for Housework groups in the US. In 1975 she published Wages Against Housework, the book most commonly associated with the wages for housework movement. Silvia also co-founded the Committee for Academic Fr...2021-04-201h 48i want what SHE has#167 Marielena Ferrer "Espiritualidad y Politica"It's the return of Marielena Ferrer-Harrington! She was a contributor to the book Espiritualidad y Politica which was published 10 years ago, and she feels it's time to start revisiting these subjects from today's lens. Mariaelena is the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock, a member of the Arts Mid-Hudson Advisory Board, and Kingston's City Arts...2021-04-131h 45i want what SHE has#166 IONE and Lisa Kelley "Ministry of Maåt"Spring Rebirthing time over here at i want what SHE has. With the shift to Moon-Daze comes a rebirthing of sorts that has slowly been unfolding since the beginning of the year. Stepping into our role as the antidote to the patriarchy, celebrating the feminine as embodied by women identifying, those who honor their intuition, feeling, creativity, community and take good care of themselves and others. I couldn't have wished for better guests to begin this new unfolding, the ones and only...IONE, is a dedicated educator, psycho-spiritual therapist and pastoral counselor who specializes in dreams and...2021-04-061h 45i want what SHE has#165 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 5 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we bring the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch to a close this week, diving into Chapter 5, "Colonization and Christianization." We went way off text, but had a very meaningful (to me) discussion about some vitally important topics. Sassafras has copies of the book if you want to read and revisit this in more detail. Let us know if you do. We can keep the conversation going...Here's Carolita's event, Goodbye to All That Book Re-Launch + Virtual Celebration, happening on April 13, 2021.And h...2021-04-011h 43i want what SHE has#164 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 4 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we continue the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch. This week we're discussing Chapter 4, "The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe," summed up here: “You are the true Hyenas, that allure us with the fairness of your skins and when folly has brought us within your reach, you leap upon us. You are the traitors of Wisdom, the impediment to Industry... the clogs to Virtue and the goads that drive us to all vices, impiety and ruin. You are the Fool’s Paradise, the wiseman’s Plague and the Gran...2021-03-251h 48i want what SHE has#161 "Caliban and the Witch" Part 1 Book DiscussionHappy Women's History Month! In collaboration with Women's History Month Kingston, we begin the discussion of Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch. This week we're discussion section one, "All the World Needs a Jolt," and it's myriad of topics including "Serfdom as a Class Relation," "The Struggle on the Commons," "Liberty and Social Division," "The Heretical Movements," "The Politicization of Sexuality," "The Black Death and the Labor Crisis," and the rise of the State to counter the peasants revolution. Next week, we dive into part 2, "The Accumulation of Labor and the Degradation of Women: Constructing "Difference" in "Transition to...2021-03-041h 41i want what SHE has#160 Jordan Scruggs, Arlene Coffey and Rachel Collins "Hustle Hard Girl!"Today, I welcome back Jordan Scruggs, Director of the New Start for Women Program at SUNY Ulster. She was a guest way back in the day on Nov. 7, 2018 for Episode No. 42 and then again on Sept. 12, 2019 for Episode No. 86. I obviously love her! Jordan is joined today by two phenomenal women.Arlene Coffey is 32 years old, a proud mama and a lover of life. She began New Start for Women through SUNY Ulster in July of 2020, where she is currently working on a certificate in General Management. Being in New Start has helped her to remember her...2021-02-251h 46i want what SHE has#159 Malebo Sephodi "Miss Behave"Malebo Sephodi is a South African writer and researcher. With over 6 years corporate and just over 20 years community development experience, Malebo has worked and spoken in various parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas. She has worked with many Schools, NGO’s and the private sector tackling numerous socio-economic projects.She has been listed by Okay Africa as top 100 women in Africa in 2018 and a Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young People in 2018. She was the recipient of the Fabulous Woman Brave Award in 2018 and a runner up in the Gauteng Legislature Vita Basadi Award. Malebo was also the r...2021-02-181h 50i want what SHE has#158 Artist Rosalie Frankel "Mirth and Melancholy"Rosalie Frankel is originally from the Bronx, but has made a home in many fantastic places like Vieques, Puerto Rico and Manhattan, and now calls Kingston her home. She has been making Collage since Kindergarten, setting figures free and featuring them in new stories. The work is an attempted examination of undeniable confusion inherent in the dichotomy between mirth and melancholy. She is exploring the lively stew of relationships as well as emotions. Her art is the vehicle to expose both the glory and struggle of Eros.Rosalie shares about when she first starting making art, how...2021-02-111h 44i want what SHE has#157 Edie Pijpers "We Are the Ones"Edie Pijpers is a self-taught artist who picked up her first guitar at 20 in L.A. to learn a couple of chords so she could start expressing and writing. She learned to record and produce her own music and the year 2020 gave rise to a brand new album We Are The Ones. Edie is also a painter who started painting in her late twenties in Nashville which led her to creating and publishing several children’s books. She also plays around with animation, see her short film “Day” and music videos. Her process of painting as with music is about...2021-02-041h 43i want what SHE has#156 Maryline Damour" Kingston Design ConnectionToday's guest is Maryline Damour of Kingston Design Connection and Damour Drake. After many years working in marketing, business development and public relations for firms such as Deloitte, Ernst & Young, PwC and Accenture, Maryline returned to school to study interior design at Parsons The New School for Design. Originally from Haiti, Maryline has been actively involved in interior design projects in Haiti since the earthquake of 2010. She is currently developing a vocational school in Léogâne, Haiti focused on teaching safer building techniques and practices for the construction industry.The Kingston Design Connection mission is to aid...2021-01-281h 44i want what SHE has#155 Tracy Givens Hunter "Undoing Racism, Ending the New Jim Crow"Tracy Givens Hunter is Director of the Navigator Program at Public Policy and Education Fund of New York. She is an active practitioner of Restorative Justice Practices and Circle Keeping with Dutchess County Mediation Center and Westchester Restorative Justice Center. Tracy has over 20 years experience as an Activist and organizer regarding Racial Justice, Women Rights, Criminal justice, People’s Institute Survival and Beyond and Human Rights with organizations such as the NAACP, ACLU, BLM, and ENJAN. Tracy has given Presentations, Mediated and provided Trainings to private organizations and school districts and on January 30th, she is moderating "Council of th...2021-01-211h 39i want what SHE has#154 Astrology 2021 with Cory NakasueCory Nakasue is an astrology counselor, writer, and teacher. She is a family-initiated and self-taught astrologer in the Evolutionary and Psychological traditions, and is currently studying the ancient traditions. She has received additional tutelage from Joseph Addeo (NCGR), and participates in ongoing studies in tarot and ancient wisdom.She has over 25 years of experience in movement arts as a teacher and therapist, and has been mentored by some of the finest practitioners working in psychology, neurology, and pain science. Please visit www.corynakasue.com for more information about her movement education and therapy. Her advice has appeared in T...2021-01-131h 43i want what SHE has#153 Deep Thoughts for the New Year with TheresaSlipping into the New Year with some deep thoughts about the things I think about. Like... revisiting my last year's resolution to practice non-judgment and how I failed at it because of things like Kundalini Yoga and QAnon (the irony is not lost on me that as I was doing my show they were storming the capitol), my adjustment and recommitment to non-judgment inspired by Charles Eisenstein, vibration, serendipity, signs from the Universe, devotion, self-care and starting a book club! Who's in? Seriously, let's pick a book that inspires that we can talk about on the show. Plus, I...2021-01-061h 26i want what SHE has#152 Belinda Farrell "Find Your Friggin' Joy"Belinda Farrell is a Certified Master Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, Huna Practitioner, and Reconnective Healing Practitioner. She's had an exceptionally adventurous life, teaching third grade for five years in Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, playing the character Snow White at Disneyland, as a TV News Reporter for KABC Channel 7 in Hollywood, working on the staff of Senator Charles H. Percy (Illinois) in Washington, D.C., firewalked 18 times with Tony Robbins, swam with dolphins, was a film and stage actress and a professional Precision Stunt Car Driver for TV Commercials and films. She healed herself from a significant incapacitating spinal i...2020-12-311h 51i want what SHE has#151 Rachel Bernstein LMFT "IndoctriNation Podcast"I'm doing cartwheels about today's guest! Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, has been working with victims of cults and emotional abusers for 27 years. She believes that given the right set of circumstances, it’s all too easy for anyone to fall prey to sociopaths and manipulators. She is the host of IndoctriNation: A weekly podcast covering cults, manipulators, and how to protect yourself from systems of control. She wanted to give survivors a chance to tell their stories and for experts to teach us what they know about high control groups. Her goal for IndoctriNation is to empower listeners to protect themselves...2020-12-241h 51i want what SHE has#150 Susan Slotnick and "Flight, the Dance of Freedom"Susan Slotnick is a Visual Artist, Choreographer, Dancer, Writer, and Social Justice Volunteer. For 16 years, she has gone behind the walls at The Woodbourne Correctional facility and DFY (division for youth prison) every Friday and Sunday to bring the joy of modern dance to incarcerated men and boys under the auspices of RTA Rehabilitation through the Arts.She founded Figures-In-Flight Dance School and in 1995, the Company attained professional status, launching a paid tour of New York State schools with a dance drama aimed to prevent bullying.She's been featured in Dance, Dance Teacher, and Dance Studio magazines. In...2020-12-161h 43i want what SHE has#149 Shauna Keating and Erin Barth-Dwyer "Hudson Valley Tech Meetup"Shauna Keating has a pretty awesome career as a user experience designer, teaches design for the web as an adjunct professor, and is a mentor at Thinkful's UX/UI Design program. She's serving as President of AIGA Upstate New York and is a Co-Organizer and Emcee of the Hudson Valley Tech Meetup. She believes in building inclusive and friendly software. A work-life balance is also important to her, and that includes time for roller derby.Erin Barth-Dwyer handles Marketing and Business Development at Moonfarmer, keeping the people of earth connected with all the exciting work they do...2020-12-101h 40i want what SHE has#148 Kelly Lyndgaard and Unshattered's "Ambassadors of Possibility"Kelly Lyndgaard is the CEO and President of Unshattered and has been a leader and trailblazer for women throughout her lifetime.In addition to her impact in the non-profit world, she spent 16 years in the IT industry building, running, and transforming technology organizations. In 2015, she stepped away from her executive career to focus solely on the social enterprise she founded named Unshattered.Kelly is an engineer and physicist by training, but a problem solver and strategist at heart. Inspired by the strength and commitment of women doing the hard work of recovery, she wanted to h...2020-12-031h 45i want what SHE has#147 Grace Villamil "Multidisciplinary Artist"Today's guest is Grace Villamil, a multidisciplinary artist exploring interconnectivity between humans & nature through installation, video, and sound. She has performed live-video manipulations as accompaniment to electronic & live instruments in venues over the globe. Her work TAYO was done in collaboration with Ione (Pauline Oliveros’s life partner) and Lisa Kelley (founder of the deep listening community) to bring awareness to the separation of children and families & give support to immigrant communities in Kingston and around the world. Most especially this project directly addresses the immigration issue in the United States focusing on the children, women, and families who ha...2020-11-261h 42i want what SHE has#146 Tamika Dunkley of "Seasoned Delicious"Tamika Dunkley is the CEO of Seasoned Delicious Foods, a Registered Nurse for over a decade specializing in cardiac critical care, a dietitian, a Member of Saugerties Police Reform and Reinvention Committee and a Board Member of Harambee as well as Seasoned Gives. Seasoned Delicious is a dynamic Gourmet Foods Company located in the Hudson Valley, formed in 2016 with the goal to provide a range of delectable, health-based food products. In September of this year, they opened up the SDF cafe in Kingston.Today we dig into sooooo many things! Being a nurse during COVID, opening a...2020-11-191h 42i want what SHE has#145 Perla Ayora and Martha Preve Ayora of "No me Digas!"Today I get to speak with two creative latinas, Perla and Martha. They've collaborated together on several projects including this short, OFF OFF OFF OFF Broadway, and their new radio show "No me Digas" on Radio Kingston.Martha Lorena Preve Ayora @martha_preve ✨one half of the dynamic duo behind No Me Digas on Radio Kingston. She is a Mexican theater and film actress, writer, director and producer. She is the co-founder of Something from Abroad @somethingfromabroad an Indie theater company based in NYC. Originally from the Yucatan Peninsula, Martha loves creating art that mixes English and Span...2020-11-141h 48i want what SHE has#144 Hope and Healing with Reiki Master Lorry SalluzziSeems like a good day to focus on hope and healing. Allow me to introduce Lorry Salluzzi who is a stress management therapist, Lupus survivor, psychic medium, Reiki master, healer and teacher. She was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus in 1988 when her doctor could not be sure she would live through the night. Medications saved her, but she was not getting any better. Through the practice of Reiki and Guided Imagery Meditation, she achieved full remission 2 years later and has had no evidence of the disease since 1990. Her doctor still sends her patients as do many other practitioners in the...2020-11-051h 39i want what SHE has#143 Beth Bengtson is Working for WomenBeth Bengtson believes that real change happens when business talent supports non-profit missions, when women achieve economic independence, and personal passion meets organizational focus! She started WorkingForWomen (W4W) to provide a new operating structure that taps into all these pillars.She learned the power of purpose-driven business practices through years of education and professional experience. She has an MBA from Schiller International University in Paris, France, and a BS in management from Penn State University; and is certified in empowerment design and facilitation through the Empowerment Institute. She has spent 20 years in leadership roles on the...2020-10-281h 43i want what SHE has#142 Gemma Calinda "Caring Majority Rising"Gemma Calinda is an Advocate for People with Developmental Disabilities who is currently working as a field organizer for Caring Majority Rising, a political movement of seniors, people with disabilities, family caregivers, and domestic and home care workers. At the age of 16, Gemma was diagnosed with progressive Multiple Sclerosis in the midst of a flourishing athletic career. She is currently confined to a wheelchair, and her mobility is limited. In addition, the multiple sclerosis has caused her to be legally blind. Even with all of the adversity M.S. has dealt Gemma, she has a Masters in Business and...2020-10-221h 24i want what SHE has#141 Barbara Sarah "Circle of Friends for the Dying"83 years young, Barbara Sarah, has brought a lot of goodness to the world and shows no signs of slowing down. Following a breast cancer diagnosis in 1992, she left a 20-year career as a school social worker on Long Island and chose to dedicate herself to work in oncology. Founder of the Oncology Support Program at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, she is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NY State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and the NY State Governor’s Award for Innovation in Breast Cancer Education. She's a Co-founder of Circle of Fr...2020-10-151h 45i want what SHE has#140 Leslie Woodward "Edenesque Nutmilks"Chef Leslie Woodward, CEO/Creator of Edenesque, has been passionate about clean eating, local and seasonal foods for over 20 years. Her belief is that most diseases are connected and caused by the foods we eat or do not eat. As a student of Holistic Nutrition, Leslie worked with individuals to support their healing using food and training those clients to use proper cooking techniques. Leslie wanted to understand nutritional diseases in communities of color and begin to unpack the common arguments that are claimed to be the causes for such high diagnosis of nutrient deficient diseases within said communities.2020-10-071h 30i want what SHE has#138 "Naturalist and Educator" Susan Hereth and Honoring the life of RBGSusan Hereth is the Education Director at the Kingston YMCA Farm Project. Susan holds a BA in geography from SUNY New Paltz and an MS in education from University of Albany. Susan’s strengths are in development and implementation of experiential learning opportunities for students of all ages as well as professional development workshops for educators. At the Kingston YMCA Farm Project, Susan's role is to create, enrich, and supervise the youth development program which is focused on teen employment and learning using urban farming, place based projects, the local environment, cooking, and social justice as the context for skill...2020-09-241h 44i want what SHE has#137 Maria Elena Ferrer-Harrington "Artist and Consultant"Maria Elena Ferrer-Harrington is the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock — a network of individuals whose mission is to provide confidential and fully accessible crisis intervention, information, prevention, and support services to address the needs of individuals and families, and a socially engaged artist.Maria Elena has successfully facilitated migration-related workshops since 2004. As a m...2020-09-171h 44i want what SHE has#134 Jaguar Mary X "Midnight Medicine Journey"Today's guest is none other than Jaguar Mary X host of Midnight Medicine Journey, a show that was birthed as a mash-up of recitations and discussions about science-fiction books by people of color, interviews with local and global artists, plant healers, spiritual visionaries, and medicine people with featured music from around the world. It continues to evolve as JMX expands and expounds about afro-futures, plant medicine, ancestors and spirit-infused ritual practice with an emphasis on queerness and mysticism. JMX identifies as a performance artist, a medicine woman working primarily with the plant mugwort, an elder, a fairy being, a...2020-08-271h 38i want what SHE has#133 Anna Hafner "Artist in the New World Pandemic"Anna Hafner is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in the areas of costume, painting, performance art, illustration, lo-fi installation and DIY puppetry. She is a creator of occasional rituals and happenings.Anna's performance art manifests in two ways: first, as a colorful pantheon of costumed creatures, who live amongst hand painted backdrops filled with verdant textures; second, darker solo performances, using waste to question human excess and societal control of the feminine. She uses tactics of mime, Butoh and improv to lead performance rituals. Anna's costume and mask work are made with recycled mixed media and trash is o...2020-08-191h 46i want what SHE has#129 Lydia Willoughby of Sassafras MercantileLydia Willoughby, Founder & General Manager of Sassafras Mercantile comes from a family of pine tree farmers and geologists in South Carolina. As shopkeep and general manager Lydia (she) has always been drawn to plant life and soil. With her Moon in the 12th House, and Sun in the 8th House, Lydia’s work revolves around exchange and nurturance in integrating the unknown and the mysterious into accessible platforms for transformation and resolution built on systems of care. Lydia offers tarot readings from a queer, trauma-informed perspective that engages the cycle of life, death, and rebirth through the collective human ex...2020-07-231h 38i want what SHE has#128 "Kingston Reads About Racism" with Kathy Sellitti and Charlotte AdamisJoining me today are Kathy Sellitti, Assistant Principal at Kingston High School and Charlotte Adamis, School Librarian, J. Watson Bailey Middle School in Kingston, two of the several organizers of "Kingston Reads About Racism" talking about the book So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. Their next community discussions will take place, Thursday, July 16th and Thursday July 31. Please RSVP in advance to get the call information. You can listen in to their first discussion here.Today they share how this started in their schools with their colleagues and how they've seen some pretty s...2020-07-161h 47i want what SHE has#127 "The Marginalized Majority" with Onnesha RoychoudhuriOnnesha Roychoudhuri is a writer, speaker, and educator with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of storytelling and social justice.She is the author of The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America, named one of the best books of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews. (NOTE: you can buy it at RoughDraft in Kingston.)Onnesha regularly leads writing and storytelling workshops for organizations across the country, including the Moth and the Reproduction Health Access Project, as well as at universities such as San Francisco State University, Rutgers University, Hunter College, Pratt Institute, and Weste...2020-07-091h 45i want what SHE has#126 "Freedom, Love, Joy and Peace" with TheresaToday it's just me, Theresa, talking about freedom and independence with a little help from some musicians and the book, You Are Now Less Dumb by David McRaney. Why this show? Why this format? The 4th of July stirs up lots of thoughts and feelings for me so I seek to find some answers or get clearer on the narratives that drive these thoughts and feelings. We'll dive into the Declaration of Independence, some history, a cursory overview of narrative bias and the backfire effect which is basically a biased narrative problem, and how these biases may affect how...2020-07-021h 39i want what SHE has#125 Anrika Colbourne of "One N Only Cakes"Anrika Colbourne got her start at Ulster County Boces simply by being in the Culinary program, which opened a door to a whole new world! She later graduated from Johnson & Wales University where she was able to experience a myriad of new elements of the pastry world. She later studied in Peru and Canada, while she working in resorts, restaurants, and as a pastry instructor. From interning at Bobby Flay’s restaurant, to working at small bakeries (sometimes 2-3 at a time), to the transition into the corporate world as an industrial pastry chef, her love always lied with ca...2020-06-251h 30i want what SHE has#122 "The Worst Years" Podcast with Sabine, Noelle and MaeveToday I have the honor of playing an interview I did with the three girls who are the hosts of The Worst Years podcast.Maeve is an only child with two moms and a dog named Brooklyn. She lived in Brooklyn, NY, until she was eight (hence the name of her dog). This summer, she will turn 11. Maeve is a competitive gymnast and plays clarinet. Her favorite subjects in school are writing, reading, science, art, and anything related to music. Maeve loves hiking and biking and everything outdoors. She’s been going to Wild Earth since she was...2020-06-041h 41i want what SHE has#121 JoAnn Stevelos "Public Health Advisor, Researcher and Speaker"Today I am honored to welcome JoAnn Stevelos to the show. A public health advisor, researcher and speaker, she started out working in a virology lab and has since worked for startups and nonprofits to prevent cancer, type 2 diabetes and other chronic illnesses, and is now presently the Executive Director for the Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients at the School of Nursing at George Washington University. She is a musician, playwright and writer who has used both her professional and creative skills in her work to prevent child violation, trauma, and sex trafficking, as well as to...2020-05-281h 43i want what SHE has#120 MK Burnell "More Music Podcast: Quarantine Beat"Still in quarantine, still making it happen!Today's guest is MK Burnell, host of the brand new podcast More Music Please: Quarantine Beat, where she chats with music industry professionals about life during COVID... and whatever else comes up. Until the pandemic shook things up, she was a radio host and music director with a particular passion for supporting local and emerging artists. She lives outside of Kingston with her partner and dogs. When not in lockdown, she performs with bands Locofreeq, Uncledad and Cold Flavor Repair.We check in about how she's doing during...2020-05-211h 41i want what SHE has#119 Shannon Donnell "NYC Nurse on the Frontline"The one and only, Shannon Donnell is my very special guest today. Shannon is a nurse on the front lines in NYC right now, but she had three days off last week and graciously gave me some of that time for an interview to hear how things are going for her out there. You may know Shannon from her years of running the clinic for the O+ Festival 🙏🏽 She’s a multitalented musician, vocalist and big-hearted, brave nurse making a huge difference in people’s lives! ❤️Shannon walks us through becoming a nurse, the various iterations of roles she's ta...2020-05-141h 34i want what SHE has#118 Celebrating Moms with Erica Brown, Kristen Thorne, Shaniqua Bowden, Mariel Fiori and Molly SterrsEvery day should be Mother's Day, right? Today I am joined by 5 hard working mamas who I am proud to call friends and colleagues at Radio Kingston. Today we're going to get into how they are balancing work, life, kids and sanity. We check in with them about all that plus parenting and homeschooling hacks during quarantine and what they are wishing for on Mother’s Day!Erica Brown, Community Engagement Coordinator at Radio Kingston and proud mama of two boys, 12 year old Logan and 9 year old Dylan.Shaniqua Bowden otherwise known as SB of th...2020-05-061h 50i want what SHE has#114 Rebecca Horner and Karen Pardini "Marbletown First Aid Unit"I'm BACK for a full episode! Speaking today with Rebecca Horner and Karen Pardini of the Marbletown First Aid Unit. Rebecca is a retired IBM software engineer, MFAU's Board Chair and an EMS Volunteer. Karen is the Chief who on the side raises and deploys search and rescue dogs. Important fact, in 1961 Harriet Weber founded Marbletown First Aid, the first ambulance squad in Ulster County. Sixty years ago there was no 911, nobody trained in emergency medical care and ready to respond, no specially designed vehicles fully stocked with medical and rescue equipment; folks were largely on their own. With...2020-04-091h 43i want what SHE has#113 Leach Gooch "Four Minutes a Day"Yay! Brainy Fox is back! Our theme music by Shana Falana rides again!!! Ida and I check in, get deep about fear and thriving and then I play an interview with Leah Gooch of Four Minutes a Day who offers Reiki, Yoga, and Meditation. Leah shares some of her journey to and through Reiki and how she does remote distant Reiki services. I attempt to analogize this phenomenon with Quantum Physics. If anyone out there really understands Quantum Physics/Mechanics, please come and be a guest on my show! Leah, otherwise known as Gooch, also shares her work in...2020-04-0255 mini want what SHE has#112 Dahlia Jarrett "Art Therapist"Still quarantined from Radio Kingston with Ida Hakkila holding down the fort with some jams, but we sneak in an interview I did with Art Therapist and community builder, Dahlia Jarrett. She shares about her first memory of art, going to art school and her path to becoming an Art Therapist. She also helps explain the differences between being an art teacher and an art therapist and the therapeutic allianced relationship that is so vital in art therapy. She shares her love of raising two boys and gushes over them. She's helping her oldest son Drew who's been nominated...2020-03-261h 00i want what SHE has#111 Andrea Shaut "Pianist and First Female Common Council President"Andrea Shaut@andreaforkingston is the first Alderwoman-at-Large, female Council President for the City of Kingston, the 2nd highest ranking position within the city government. It’s been a LONG TIME COMING! Andrea is also a prominent musician in the Hudson Valley music scene. She has been the piano accompanist and rehearsal assistant for the prestigious West Point Military Academy Glee Club since 2010, performing across the country at renowned theater venues, hospitals, stadiums, and schools. Andrea founded the Hudson Valley Recital Project, a recital series featuring professional and student musicians, with the mission to strengthen community and education through music. Pl...2020-03-121h 43i want what SHE has#110 Nia & Ness "The Power of Love"Nia and Ness are a black, out-lesbian, dancer-poet performance art duo based in Rosendale, NY. The duo met and became a couple in 2013, and founded their company in 2016. They have performed at multiple venues nationwide, sharing their work that aims at a deeper understanding of their co-reality through intense investigation of their individual identities. They premiered their first evening length work, run., in August 2017, and have been touring run. nationwide ever since.They have been keynote speakers at the 2018 FLAME Conference at Brown University, and have performed their work at schools such as the University of California...2020-03-041h 44i want what SHE has#106 Comedians Jessieca McNabb and Perla AyoraI managed to keep things relatively sane with these two comedians in the house today. Perla Ayora, Tech Coordinator at Radio Kingston and Stand Up Comedian talks about her roots in the Yucatan, Mayan culture, leaving for the States, the discrimination she faced and how she came to try stand up comedy about a year ago. Jessieca McNabb started performing stand up in the early ’90s and hasn’t stopped making people laugh since. Aside from splitting sides each week as co-host on No One Like You, she is a regular emcee of various comedy events all over the Huds...2020-02-061h 44i want what SHE has#105 Artist and Writer, Tanya Zabinski "Peace, Love, Action!"Today's guest is such a beautiful human, ok yes, we all are! Tanya Zabinski is an artist, writer, and peaceful activist who recently published, "Peace, Love, Action! Everyday Acts of Goodness." This book is full of historical and educational information about change makers and peaceful activists plus suggestions about what you can do to be a peaceful activist yourself. She'll be at the Winter Hoot this weekend and is speaking at 5pm on Friday, January 31st. Tanya and I become fast friends and talk about all the stuff. How she met Mike and Ruthy of the Mammals and founders...2020-01-301h 35i want what SHE has#104 Joanne Leffeld, the Moolah Doula on "Healing Our Relationship with Money"Welcome to Season 3!!!Today, my guest is Joanne Leffeld, more famously known as the “Moolah Doula.” She’s worn many roles in her life including certified financial planner, mom, yoga teacher, artist, hospice volunteer, business partner in a lighting design company and more recently an end of life doula. She’s had her share of ups and downs but believes there’s always an opportunity to birth a new life, and she helps people do that through the lens of understanding their relationship to money. She can relate to the full range of emotions the discussion of money prov...2020-01-231h 35i want what SHE has#103 "Who We Are" with Musician Shana FalanaYay, today Shana Falana returns as a guest on the show to get us caught up on all that's been happening in her world since she stepped away from the show last year, hint a new album, tour and upcoming shows at SXSW! If you haven't already picked up her new album, "Darkest Light," you can grab it here.As we do, Shana and I go deep, discussing consciousness, the stories we tell ourselves, her work to see her own stories, how the world is perfect, cool kids, her sobriety, 12-step and giving it up to a...2020-01-161h 49i want what SHE has#102 "Birthing Your Creations" with Julia Indichova of Fertile Heart and Fertile Hearted HumanToday's show is dedicated to birthing... all things really, but we're hyper-focused on birthing babies. My guest today, Julia Indichova, is the author of Inconceivable and The Fertile Female. Her work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Discovery Health, NPR’s 51%, Good Morning America, Tablet Magazine, Huffington Post and more. After 9/11 she initiated the 9/11 Bowing Project documented in her most recent book, One-Heart Revolution: The Perils of Positive Thinking on the Road to Peace. She is the founder of FertileHeart.com and FertileHeartedHuman.org. She shares the highlights of her own birthing story, how she was d...2020-01-081h 49i want what SHE has#101 Happy 2020! Be Good To Yourself!Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday MOM! I pay homage to my Mom and my Grandma before digging into the crates so to speak to spin many of my favorite Erika Wennerstrom and Heartless Bastards songs. Sorry to all you podcast listeners, you won't get the music here, you'll have to check out the show archive in its entirety on Radio Kingston, or catch the Spotify playlist for the show. "Be Good to Yourself" comes from Erika's solo album, Sweet Unknown.In my birthday wishes to my Mom, I thank my Grandma who we lost on 12.3.19. At 91, s...2020-01-0226 mini want what SHE has#100 "Goddesses" with Musician & Bodyworker, Natasha Althouse + Artist, Entrepreneur and Community Builder, Stephanie DiamondEpisode #100!!!! Made it to triple digits!Today's special guests are the epitome of the feminine... creative, artistic, talented, nurturing, healing, and mystical. What a pleasure it is to share their stories.My first guest, Natasha Althouse@musicbynatasha, is a musician, vocalist, wife, mom and holistic bodyworker whose healing practice focuses on postural imbalances, stress induced tension, injury care, and digestive and reproductive health. I met Natasha a few years ago for Mayan Abdominal Massage work and was blown away by the profound nature of what she does, blending massage, sound and energy work together in a...2019-12-191h 52i want what SHE has#98 "Artists and Activists" Helene Richman + Judith "Zelda" MillerMy first guest today is Helene Richman, a mom, wife, artist and creative force behind @brandhelene (Twitter, Facebook) who’s been working with a group of girl entrepreneurs, the Start Up Squad, at the Hodge Center in Kingston, NY. She's been helping them learn about and build a business. I got to hang out with the girls a few weeks ago and talk about how to create their own radio show. After some prep and a little training, they all got to interview one another. I play some snippets of their interviews during today's show as well as talk ab...2019-12-051h 46i want what SHE has#96 "Sit & Spin and Physiologus" with artists, Sophi Kravitz + Jicky SchneeSort of speechless about the body of work that these women have created. Enjoy!Sophi Kravitz is an artist and electronic engineer who's always been fascinated with people, people she already knows and strangers alike. She believes that incorporating public art into a shared experience can be a strong conduit to the acceptance of the human next to you. She often collaborates as part of a larger collective as the construction of the work is highly technical, relying on the strength of both her background and love of bringing people together on collaborations. She believes in the...2019-11-221h 48i want what SHE has#94 G.T. Thomas and Catriona Sturton, One Woman Bands and Accountability BuddiesSo excited today that I got to welcome back G.T. Thomas (https://www.instagram.com/gtthomasmusicandart/) who was Shana's special guest on show No.30 from August 15th, 2018. Gwen is an Amsterdam-based simultstrumentalist (not sure if that's how you spell that fancy word) who's taken revelations from her journals and transformed them into catchy refrains for her latest Progressive Dream Pop album, "I Am a Highlighter Pen." She performs as a one-woman-band on vocals, bass, synth & drum machine simultaneously – all LIVE (no computer/ backing tracks/ loopers), proving that even having collaborated with Fleet Foxes, The Metropole Orchestra, Benny Sings, an...2019-11-071h 48i want what SHE has#92 "Circles and the Other C-Word" with Artist and Advisor Sadee Brathwaite + Artist and Activist Rakel StammerHey listeners!Today's first guest is Sadee Brathwaite, an Artist and Minister/Priestess of Maåt. She makes drawings and paintings, figurative and abstract, about archetypes, symbols, ancient cosmologies, beliefs and myths. As an ordained Minister/Priestess, She advises people in life, in creativity, and in spirituality. Her calling, either through art or advising, is to help people heal and grow as spiritual, enlightened beings. We talk about how her art and her church were the things that brought her joy and comfort as a young person who moved from Barbados to the US at a young a...2019-10-231h 48i want what SHE has#91 "On the Exhale" Actor, Maria Elena Maurin + Director, Ellen HonigToday I get to sit down with actor and director of a powerful play, On the Exhale. When a senseless act of violence changes her life forever, a liberal college professor finds herself inexplicably drawn to the very weapon used to perpetrate the crime – and to the irresistible feeling of power that comes from holding life and death in her hands. Peering down the barrel of a uniquely American crisis, she begins to suspect that when it comes to gun violence, we’re all part of the problem.Maria Elena Maurin has been in the theater for 21 year...2019-10-161h 47i want what SHE has#90 "Love and Authenticity" with Artist, Lynn Herring and Creator, Jenny MulakToday, my first guest is Artist, Lynn Herring, who was born in Chicago but moved to New York in her 20’s to pursue a career as an advertising art director and to develop her studio practice. While in NY, she studied at the School of Visual Arts graduating with honors in 2008 with a BFA in Sculpture. Lynn eventually found her way upstate and recently completed her MFA studies in sculpture and printmaking at SUNY New Paltz where she graduated with honors while developing a new body of work designed to bring people together with art. This body of work is...2019-10-101h 48i want what SHE has#88 Gyno Chat with Dr. Novatt and Improvising with Musician Arone DyerWoo hoo, I am back from my travels and happy to be chatting live with some ladies today. First up, Dr. Amy Novatt, Gynecologist and Women's Health Advocate is back with us answering questions about menopause and perimenopause today. She'll be back again in November taking your calls so stay tuned for more details on her next appearance.Joining me for my chat with the doctor and for a deep dive into her life and her process is Arone Dyer, a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & founding member of duos Buke and Gase@bukeandgase & Mistresses@mistressesband as well as the...2019-09-261h 44i want what SHE has#87 "Connecting and Restoring" with Artist, Keiko Sono and Restorative Justice Coordinator, Claudia Abbott-BarishAnd finally, my interview with Keiko and Claudia! Making my way into Morocco, but thanks to my guests for coming into the studio a few weeks ago to record these amazing conversations for you all to hear.Today's first interview is with Keiko Sono, an artist, turned permaculturist and universal basic income supporter. Keiko's work has "one fundamental goal: to connect us to the world—to other beings, the natural environment, or objects; in present, past or future; in absurdity, wit, or utter beauty." She uses visual media, video, and text to create events and projects that fo...2019-09-181h 42i want what SHE has#86 "Women Helping Women" with New Start for Women Program Director, Jordan Scruggs + Grief Coach, Claire Papell'Writing from Espańa and after a little schedule mixup on my part, sharing the proper episode for today's show. Don't worry, Keiko and Claudia are next week, I promise!!! I am so excited to be sharing these interviews that I recorded with these two fabulous women who embody a big theme of this show, Women Helping Women!My first interview is with Jordan Scruggs, a past guest with an exciting new job at SUNY Ulster as director of the New Start for Women Program. Jordan shares all the details about this program which to me is a...2019-09-121h 46i want what SHE has#85 "Doing Power Differently" Mid-Hudson Misfits Roller Derby + Sarah Urech, OmegaOoooh, what amazing ladies were on the show today!
First, I welcome three of the Mid-Hudson Misfits Roller Derby team, Farrell Brenner aka Eleanor Bruisevelt, Laura Palermo aka Madame Manatease, and Samantha Willenbucher, still perfecting her roller derby name. We talk about the nuts and bolts of roller derby, why they started skating, how to become a misfit, how it's changed their lives, and some pretty amazing roller derby metaphors for life in general plus a little about who they are when they're not skating. They have upcoming local bouts at Skate Time 209 on September 7th and...2019-09-041h 47i want what SHE has#84 "Living Cooperatively" Evelyn Wright, Commonwealth HV and Julia Farr, Kingston Land TrustToday I have a special guest host, MY MOM! In town for my big nuptials happening this weekend. We're talking commons and cooperatives, economic democracy and sustainability with special guests Evelyn Wright founder of Commonwealth Hudson Valley and Julia Farr, Executive Director of the Kingston Land Trust. The website of Commonwealth HV perfectly sums up the importance of the work these women do, "Economic stagnation and the impending climate crisis have provoked a global flowering of interest and activity in developing innovative, community-driven ways to address income and wealth inequality, meet people’s needs, and build more stable, just co...2019-08-281h 47i want what SHE has#83 "Long Live Art" Sita Gomez and Susie DeFordToday I get to have a lively conversation with two friends about art and life and how the two intersect.
Sita Gomez de Kanelba is a distinguished Cuban American visual artist born in Paris 1932. She is daughter of the doctor Domingo Mauricio Gómez-Gimeranez and Else-Marie (Formo) Gómez. Her family fled the Nazi’s after Hitler’s request for her father to work for him. They were later exiled from Cuba and lived in New York. Sita received her Diploma in Art From Parsons School of Design in 1955. She has shown in exhibits and galleries all over the...2019-08-211h 44i want what SHE has#82 "Living Well" Emily Flynn - City of Kingston + Annie Bond - HeartMind Healer SchoolOn today's show I get to speak with Emily Flynn, Director of Health and Wellness for the City of Kingston, Live Well Kingston, and President of Bike-Friendly Kingston, and Annie Bond, clairvoyant, healer, founder of the Divine Mother Center and HeartMind Healer School, toxic-free living expert and award winning author.
Emily and I get to talk about the projects she's involved with to make Kingston a healthy and vibrant community. She shares some of the details of Live Well Kingston and its many spokes, Eat Well, Play Well, Age Well. Travel Well and Heal Well. As a...2019-08-141h 46i want what SHE has#81 The Magic of the Hoot with Ruth Ungar Merenda, Vern Fannin and Ally BrittonThe Summer Hoot is coming up y'all! Today I get to sit down with a few of the women who make it happen. Ruth Ungar Merenda, is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle, ukulele and guitar with the Mammals, Mom, AND HOOT festival founder and organizer. Veronica Fannin, illustrator, botanical drawing instructor, children's book author/illustrator AND official Hoot visual artist/designer and co-coordinator. Last but not least Ally Britton, program director at the Ashokan Center and member of the band Silverdome!
What do we talk about today? Lots. Ruthy's first music memory, the power of music, songwri...2019-08-071h 47i want what SHE has#80 Lila Lolling - Yoga Philosophy Teacher, Author + EnvironmentalistToday I get to go deep with an amazing woman who's got a lot of story to share! Lila (lee-laa) Lolling is an experienced Hatha Yoga, meditation, and classical yoga philosophy teacher for nearly 20 years but that's just the beginning. At the age of 15 she had a sudden onset of epilepsy. Around the same time she began to form a deep connection to the deaf community through a serendipitous baby-sitting gig. Serving the deaf community seemed to be her calling until at the age of 28 she found yoga which turned out to be the medicine that would keep her...2019-08-011h 46i want what SHE has#79 Health Care is a Human Right and Aemen Bell on DevaxingToday I get to speak with 4 fine ladies from Health Care is a Human Right (HCHR), a 501(c)3 not for profit charitable corporation, founded in 2003 by Susan Weeks, Physician Assistant, Vicky O’Dougherty, Homeopath, Susan Bissonnett, RN, and Jill Elliot, DVM. Since its inception, Health Care is a Human Right has offered free clinics in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. NOTE: they are in the process of updating their website so if you come to a landing page with a red button saying "Learn More," click on that to be linked to the clinic info.
Joining the c...2019-07-251h 47i want what SHE has#78 Endometriosis with Dr. Amy Novatt and Mel TothWow, today was a powerful show of Mel Toth sharing her journey with Endometriosis. We start the conversation with Dr. Amy Novatt, Gynecologist and women's health advocate, explaining what Endometriosis is, how to recognize the symptoms of the disease, why it's hard to diagnose and treat, and how to manage the symptoms. Whether or not you suffer from this disease or are experiencing some other health concern, it seems there's evidence enough for all of us to take the best care of ourselves as possible, reduce stress, eat nutritionally and prioritize our own health.
After this intro...2019-07-171h 50i want what SHE has#77 Women's Small Business + Kara Martin Snyder "Le Vital Corps Salon" PodcastHey, hey, I am in Wisconsin this week so playing some very special recorded interviews.
First up, I speak with a group of powerhouse women who are all panelists at the upcoming, 3 Hours of Peace, Love and Women's Small Business, happening at Provisions in Woodstock on July 19th from 4-7pm. Our talk is just a small sample of the wisdom that will be shared by these ladies during the event that I am moderating. Today, we talk about what makes them good at what they do and what they do when the going gets tough. Joining...2019-07-101h 53i want what SHE has#76 Gisela Stromeyer "Just Like That, Poems, Paintings and Practices"Today’s guest is Gisela Stromeyer https://www.stromeyerhealing.com/ an internationally well-known artist http://www.stromeyerdesign.com/about.html who loves moving expression of her inner world and making the unseen world visible. Trained as a dancer, architect, healer, and teacher, she’s the President of the non-profit Heart Pulse Partnership https://www.open-heartpulsepartnership.com/ which recently completed the first collaborative community built recycled bottle school in a small Mexican community called Colonia Antrochista. She’s allowed herself to fully experience life, all its pain and joy, in an effort to open and find her truest freedom, and publis...2019-07-041h 48i want what SHE has#75 Callie Jayne (Rise Up Kingston) + Summer Corrie (Living Life Allowed) "Appreciating the Little Things"Today's first guest is the unstoppable Callie Jayne, Founder and Executive Director of Rise Up Kingston, https://riseupkingston.org/, a grassroots organization led by those experiencing racism, classism, and gender oppression on a daily basis, building a Kingston economy that meets all of our social and environmental needs. Because Callie is such an informed activist, we dove into many deep subjects like "racialized capitalism," the source and real world problems stemming from wealth inequality, why reparations are needed and the work Rise Up Kingston is doing around their Police Accountability Platform. As part of TMI's Black Stories Matter, Callie...2019-06-261h 48i want what SHE has#74 Shaniqua Bowden "SB" Nubian Cafe + Rashida Tyler "Women Supporting Women Supporting Community!"Today, I am joined by two amazing women...
Shaniqua Bowden (SB) is the founder and host of the Nubian Café on Radio Kingston, a discussion series which expresses the perspectives of women of color. By way of character, she is a teacher and creative being who loves to troubleshoot solutions for the impossible. Her purpose in life is helping others to conquer fear through creative thought and encouraging happiness through new experiences. She’s also a mama, a wife and Outreach Coordinator for the Kingston Land Trust.
Rashida Tyler is many things including a women’s advo...2019-06-191h 49i want what SHE has#73 Lisa Glick "Bipolar and Thriving" + Yukari Ogawa "Is it True?"Today I play two interviews with two inspiring and determined women. First up is Lisa Glick, a retired music teacher who shares the story of her journey to mental health wellness. After struggling to get a proper diagnosis, Lisa was grateful to find a doctor who identified her as suffering from Bipolar disorder. That began a long and dedicated journey for Lisa to learn what best supports her and good mental health. She is a vibrant and energetic individual who makes us all believe that anything is possible as long as we’re willing to commit to it. She’s ma...2019-06-121h 46i want what SHE has#72 Sarah Van Buren "Disco is Long Life" + Art in Public SpacesBroadcasting LIVE from Outdated Lite today, Theresa sits down with Sarah Van Buren, a woman of many talents like: musician, artist, DJ, 24-DRONE Producer, O+ Festival Kingston Producer, Van Buren Sisters legacy holder, cross-country motorcycle rider...the list is long. We talk about the making of her first musical album in 2018, the title of which, "Disco is Long Life," came to her during a meditation. Music has been a driving force for as long as she can remember. She's been involved with and producing various musical and creative events from her artist collective, CHERYL, which began out of a...2019-06-061h 58i want what SHE has#71 Rita Vanacore "Planet Seniors" + Aliza Theetge "Super Star Student" Women's Rights Yesterday and TodayToday I get the wonderful opportunity to speak with Rita Vanacore, a business owner in Uptown Kingston for forty years and co-owner of Dreamweavers Salon and Dominick's Cafe. During this time, she has also been an educator for professionals in her service profession teaching styling, and other techniques, the recipient of numerous national awards for her contributions to the industry, and always an active campaigner for women’s rights, gay rights and children’s health issues. She hosts “Planet Seniors” on Radio Kingston as a dedication to the idea that senior citizens are valuable members of our community whose voices sho...2019-05-291h 59i want what SHE has#70 Tara Sanders (Trauma Informed Yoga) + Jenny Lee Fowler (Paper Cutting Artist) "Surviving and Thriving"Tara Sanders came to her yoga mat to explore and heal. Having a strong commitment to serving the community and advocating for underserved populations, she has taught students at a mental health advocacy agency, homeless youth, and developed a therapeutic yoga & mindfulness program for a domestic violence shelter in Upstate NY. She is currently working with the Ulster County Crime Victims Assistance Program in developing trauma informed yoga programming that is available for free to sexual assault survivors, anyone supporting survivors, and professionals working to support survivors with their healing. Tara also sits on the advisory board of Exhale...2019-05-221h 59