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Black Indians & the Art of Freedom in New Orleans (opens the original)
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The Black Masking Indian Tradition during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, developed through early encounters between the region's Indigenous and Black communities. This tradition has continued within the Black communities of New Orleans, with many participants being mixed race descendants of Black and Indigenous ancestry who self-identify as Black Indians. In this episode we highlight Flagboy Giz is an innovative musician, internationally-celebrated bead artist, and member of the Wild Tchoupitoulas B
Why Every Word You Write Matters (opens the original)
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The Message is an incredibly timely and powerful book by Ta-Nehisi Coates that highlights the moral depth of what it means to be a writer, and what responsibilities we have when we put ideas into the world we hope others adopt and understand. As someone passionate about how much storytelling shapes every aspect of being human, this book deepened my understanding of the calling of writing. Written at a dramatic moment in American and global life, this episode explores the message which is incredi
To Be Loved is to Be Known (opens the original)
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You can be in a room full of people, and feel lonely as hell. One reason for this is a lack of attunement. Attunement is how we connect deeply with another person and allow them to 'feel felt.' It's genuine curiosity about someone else's dreams, ideas, desires, feelings, goals, and wants. Many people have limited capacity for genuine attunement in their relationships, but it's one of the most meaningful ways we can build close relationships. This episode dives into this concept and also shares a
True belonging doesn't require conformity (opens the original)
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Belonging is a fundamental need, often found in dense community ties and emotionally close relationships. Yet many of these same spaces we hope to find belonging from, often demand conformity and betraying our own needs and values, for full acceptance. In this episode I share a bit about how true belonging is being fully witnessed, recognized, and accepted for who you are and what you have to share, without extreme compromise, as well as share an original poem inspired by these ideas.
embracing trust and vulnerability in a world of uncertainty (opens the original)
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What is trust? The simplest definition I drummed up after noodling, researching, and mind hashing this eons old question, is something or someone safely fulfilling its responsibilities and commitments with consistency, honesty, and integrity. We are constantly tasked with extending trust because we have to trust in hundreds of things in our daily lives just to function. This episode describes how trust is a paradox of risk and vulnerability, a delicate balance of extending faith, as well as disc
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