Riece Hamilton is a sex educator at the University of Louisville. She is also a bad arse activist! We talk about so much great stuff in this conversation from believing in and voting for women, to reproductive rights and sex education in schools. We talk about the current social justice movement and the ways Riece has been involved as well as the changes she has seen in white folks so far. The most important message of this conversation is that we need to sit down together and listen. We white folks need to listen and really sit with the hurt and harm that we have created and from that place make change!

Alsoooooo, I mention Occupy ICE and it sounds like I say it was in 2008 and maybe I accidentally did say that but it was actually in 2018. My numbers got confused in my mouth hole. Soz.

References:

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Find out more about Showing Up For Racial Justice and find your local chapter

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Stand up for your rights and don’t let them silence you!

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Music:

Summer Girl by Haim

Current of Love by no other than David Hasselhoff

The Baywatch Theme Song

Today on the show I chat with Nannie Croney from the grassroots organization, Change Today Change Tomorrow- a kick arse women run organization that serves marginalized folks in Louisville and focusses primarily on education, food justice and public health.

Nannie talks about having our needs met and it made me think about how people are showing up for me during a really challenging period of my life and that we should perhaps use Nannie’s words as inspiration to be there for one another always.

resources:

CLICK HERE to volunteer with Change Today Change Tomorrow:

Donate to Change Today Change Tomorrow: Cash App $ChangeTodayChangeTmw, Venmo @ChangeTodayChangeTmw

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CLICK HERE to check out Dope Designs by Nannie:

Let’s get Nannie her embroidery machine! CLICK HERE to donate!

CLICK HERE to read the Guardian interview with Karen Washington about Food Apartheid.

CLICK HERE to learn more about food justice.

CLICK HERE to read about Black Lead Agriculture with Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman.

music:

Summer Girl by Haim

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YOU ALL! This episode is great. It starts out a bit dicey with my terrible attempt at self promotion… you see, I have a brand spanking new Patreon membership space, which is actually pretty darned excellent and you all should sign up for it but anyway… I then go on to talk about my feely feelings a bit and then I interview Naomi Finkelstein about body positivity and all kinds of other good and inspiring stuff!

Naomi and I talk about reclaiming the word fat, shifting beyond the weight loss paradigm, the famine response and so much more!

I’m so excited for you all to listen yeah!

Oh but also I want to offer a trigger warning to folks as we do talk a lot of about issues relating to weight and body acceptance.

Love you all!

Book recommendations:

Embody by connie sobczak

Health at Every Size by Dr. Lindo Bacon

The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonia Renae Taylor

Jess Baker’s books

CLICK HERE for Naomi’s coaching website- you should go ahead and book yourself a sesh with her!

CLICK HERE to follow Meghan Jayne Crabbe on the Insta.

CLICK HERE to check out the work of The Body Positive.

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And then why not go ahead and also CLICK HERE.

Music from today’s show:

Summer Girl by Haim

Do do do do do The Dawson’s Creek Song… I mean, I Don’t Want To Wait by Paula Cole

Good As Hell by Queen Lizzo

Unpretty by TLC

The intention of this meditation is to offer rest and replenishment. It’s for us to drink in what we need.

We replenish so that we can recreate ourselves. Or come back to life stronger, more resilient, ready.

This is about healing. Whatever healing means to us. And understanding that healing is never linear.

Meditation starts at 1:36 so feel free to skip the intro and go straight into meditation mode.

Just know that this practice is for you and your healing process, therefore, if something doesn’t feel good for you, you don’t have to continue… or you can just focus on your breath rather than my voice! The meditation includes visualization, which is super hard or even impossible for some. If that’s the case for you, don’t worry about it, again, just focus on your breath!

Take care and enjoy!

Jonni Homsey, one of my besties and all round fave beings, talks self care as a path to community care and social justice work as well as inclusion and access in the arts. Jonni is one of the best humxns ever and I think that you’ll feel good just by listening to him gas bag away- he is an absolute delight.

I’ve chosen to release this episode hopefully to inspire us to all to care for ourselves and one another during this time.

Lots of love dear ones.

Sammy-Jo xx

Here is how you can support Jonni:

Jonni’s website www.jonathanhomsey.com

Jonni’s podcast www.soundcloud.com/body-breeze

Article by Jonni https://www.delvingintodance.com/dwords/i-cant-believe-i-want-to-dance-like-a-tree

Jonni’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/johnnybgood.e/

Self-care and community-care articles and resources:

Article from the Audrey Lorde Project, BREAKING ISOLATION: SELF CARE AND COMMUNITY CARE TOOLS FOR OUR PEOPLE by Taueret Davis: CLICK HERE

Article: Why Self-Care Without Community Care Isn't Possible by Jess Ayden Li: CLICK HERE

Illustration: The Unspoken Complexity of “Self-Care” by Deanna Zandt: CLICK HERE

Music from today’s Episode:

Summer Girl by Haim

Boderline (an ode to self care) by Solange

Coconut Oil by Lizzo

Canned Heat by Jamiroquai

This is a short episode as I do not wish to take up space as a white person this week. It’s important that the voices and efforts of black folks are amplified. Instead, I simple offer these resources:

Anti-racist work:

Give money to the George Floyd Official Memorial Fund: CLICK HERE

Sign the petition to seek justice for Breonna Taylor: CLICK HERE

To seek justice for Ahmaud Arbery: CLICK HERE

Kentuckians, vote for and support Charles Booker: CLICK HERE

Support Chanelle Helm’s Louisville Mutual Aid Fund: CLICK HERE

Donate to your local chapter of Black Lives Matter: CLICK HERE

Louisville folks, pay reparations: CLICK HERE

Give money to the community bail fund: CLICK HERE

Help black organizers with their healing: CLICK HERE

Or make the effort to look into how to support local efforts of mutual aid and reparations. This could be something that you commit to on a weekly/monthly basis.

LEARN FROM AND LISTEN TO BIPOC!!!!!! US WHITE FOLK NEED TO STEP BACK, BE QUIET, LISTEN AND LEARN.

Podcasts:

Strange Fruit with Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story

How to Survive the End of the World with Autumn and Adrienne Maree Brown

The Call with Erica Williams

Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom

Book suggestions (please buy from your local indy bookstores):

· White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

· Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

· Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis

· White Tears Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

Plus SO many others. But these are a good start!!!

Today we talk self-love, self-compassion, meditation, racism, Malcolm X, mindfulness, trauma, mental health care, creating change and much more good stuff! Dr. Broderick Sawyer is my guest and he’s a psychologist, meditation teacher, and mental health advocate. You’re going to love this conversation! Broderick treats trauma, anxiety, and depression using treatments backed by clinical research but he also integrates holistic health practices such as meditation, and yoga, and he integrates spiritual practices into treatment when relevant.

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Watch a little clip of Eckhart Tolle talking about the negative mind HERE

And HERE is an article by Tara Brach that is great and talks about the ‘darling I care’ stuff

The interview starts at about the 20 minute mark… just in case you want to skip ahead.

The music from today’s episode:

Holy by Jamila Woods

O-o-h Child by Nina Simone

Can I Kick It by Tribe Called Quest

Summer Girl by Haim

Clips from Gremlins (1984) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

In today’s episode I speak to Karina Barillas of Louisville’s La Casita center, a not for profit supporting the Latinx community. Karina speaks beautifully about decolonization, feminism, and solidarity. I also talk about spirituality as a path of compassion and action, rather than simply one of self-exploration. Then I go on a bit about “bad othering” and I offer a meditation suggestion too. I hope that you enjoy the episode!

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Book suggestions:

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön

White Fragility by Robin D’Angelo

Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown

Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff

Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

Music:

Summer Girl by Haim

Let’s Get Together by The Youngbloods

Let’s Stay Together by Al Green

Come Together by Ike & Tina Turner