S5E8: Nikita Burks-Hale: An Imperfect Journey of Coming Out, Expressing Anger and Building a Business Empire.
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Release Date: 06/02/2021
S8E8: This is Goodbye (ish) & Thank You!
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
8 seasons, 51 raw, awkward & brave conversations later, we've arrived at our finale. This is definitely not the end of us using our voices to speak up against injustice & work for radical change, just the end of our podcast. We are so grateful for all of you being with us in this work; listening, learning and acting. Be brave & keep it up ya’ll. Listen to hear us talk about Sharing emotional labour between friends How has building this podcast together impacted us each personally? How are we carrying the vision for a more equitable and just world forward from here? ...
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S8E7: Healing Generational Trauma & Breaking from "Stable Misery" with Dr. Lynyetta Willis
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
“Neither you nor your family are broken, you just have habits that need to be.” Today we are joined by Dr. Lynyetta Willis; psychologist, family empowerment coach, speaker, and award-winning author, who helps frustrated families break free from Stable Misery® and unhelpful parenting and partnership patterns. We’re asking; what are the unhelpful stories we tell ourselves, and are these stories different for marginalized communities? Dr. Willis brings so much hope and optimism to her work, we hope you feel as empowered from this conversation as we do. Listen to...
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S8E6: Book Bans in Schools: The What and The Why
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Book bans are increasing at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States. What’s really going on here? Today we are unpacking the motivations for book banning, which books are being banned, and what this means for our communities moving forward. We dive into the challenges of navigating content ‘appropriateness’ as a parent, and the role that fear can play in our decision making. Our homework for you is to research which books are banned in your own state. You might be surprized what you find! Listen to hear us talking about: What content would...
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S8E5: Building Trust in Organizations
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
“Fear and trust are the core challenges of our time” - Sage It’s time we talked about trust. Today we explore why Erica & I first decided to trust each other, and how these same principles can be applied to building trust in organisations. This is such an important topic, when we don’t feel safe it’s extremely hard to move forward and create meaningful change. Listen to hear us talk about: When was the first moment that you trusted someone? Different types of trust Steps to building trust Restoring broken trust The role of...
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S8E4: Systematic Racism
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
“You cannot heal what you have not diagnosed. You cannot repair what you do not see.” - Isabel Wilkerson Today we’re bringing it back to basics. What do we mean when we refer to “systematic racism”, and how is this different than racism on the individual level? Join us today as we unpack the realities of ‘racism by design’, and what are we really going to do about it in this lifetime. Listen to hear us talk about: Defining systematic, structural and institutionalised racism Examples of structural racism in the public system Broadway shows that are challenging...
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S8E3: Using Somatics to Reclaim Our Agency. With Maria-Victoria Albina.
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Today we are joined by the outstanding María-Victoria Albina; Master Certified Somatic Life Coach, UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner and Breathwork Meditation Guide. In this lively conversation, we dive into the nature of the oppressive systems we live in, how they require us to disconnect us from our bodies and why it is such a radical act to reconnect to a feeling of safety within ourselves. Listen to hear us talk about: Our current systems demand/require us to be disconnected from our bodies Somatic practice as an inherently radical act Increasing...
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S8E2: Hope Against All Odds
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Are you finding it hard to stay optimistic lately? Our positivity has been having a beatdown too. In this episode, Sage reaches out to Erica for support and guidance through a difficult time, and we discuss strategies for restoring a sense of hope and agency amidst times that can feel quite disempowering. Listen to hear us talk about What does it take to keep having hope? Strategies for regaining a sense of agency Allowing and accepting emotions Acknowledging the difficulty of living in this moment in history Complex PTSD, survival mode & trauma ...
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S8E1: Black Hair and Black History Month
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
Welcome back to Race, Culture & Beyond. Get ready for a whole new season of awkward, fun and courageous conversations. Today we’re sharing what we’ve been noticing and thinking about in our break from the show, and setting the scene for some of the incredible guests we’ll have on the show this season. Listen to hear us talk about Hair and race Being aware of spaces and places where racism operates Radical rest: rest as resistance, activism Performative allyship Black representation in spaces of consumption (Black Santa) ---- Connect with...
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S7E7: Friendship Across Race with the Humanize Podcast Hosts
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
And this brings Season 7 to a close! For our final episode, we are joined by Humanize Podcast hosts Courthney Russell Jr. and Emily Braucher. These two use their podcast as a platform for social justice, engaging in honest conversations about race, and not shying away from uncomfortable, vulnerable, messy terrain. What an absolute pleasure to have this pair on our show, make sure you check out their Listen to hear us talk about - How Courthney & Emily began working together - How nerve wracking it is to get to know each other publicly on the podcast. - Conversational podcasts...
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S7E6: Race & Roe Overturned
Naked Conversations: Race, Culture, & Beyond
We are vacillating between resignation and rage in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision. We recorded this episode on June 28. This is a heavy and raw conversation. You will hear us dive into uncomfortable terrain and uncover the nuances in our own belief systems. This is a harrowing time. Don’t forget to reach out and lean on your support networks, find healthy outlets for your emotions, and be an advocate and ally for those most experiencing the gravity of these decisions. Resources and more reading linked below. Listen to hear us talk about - Support networks:...
info_outlineThank you for joining another episode of Race, Culture, and Beyond! For today’s episode, we will be joined by a very inspiring, smart, and committed to making a difference guest who is also very close to our hearts, Nikita Burks-Hale!
Nikita is the CEO and head creative of JourneyGirl Magic Productions which is a podcast production company that supports and empowers women of color as a unique voice through the masses of podcasting. Nikita is also the host of two podcasts, JourneyGurl Magic Podcast, and Journey. Nikita is a journeyer in every sense of the word and truly believes that life is a journey and that you must be open to endless possibilities. Her coaching and personal beliefs are centered around living your imperfect journey to the fullest. How do you do that? By showing up, being vulnerable, practicing gratitude, being a badass, and enjoying the ride.
When Nikita is not coaching and producing, you can find her on Netflix binge-watching with her wife Jessica and enjoying family time with her toddler son Adonis and newborn Remy.
In today’s episode we will be talking about a variety of topics:
- What Nikita is currently into, Netflix-wise. For those interested, the first Nikita speaks about is called Monster, and the second show is called Black Box.
- What does it mean to be on a journey? For starters, being open in the truest sense. Nikita tries to do everything that the day brings, and she chooses to completely accept it instead of fighting it.
- What an imperfect journey looks like and her experiences during 2020.
- Her identities: Being a journeyer, women of color, gay, postpartum depression (not survivor), educator, and a mentor.
- The importance of being true to oneself, even if that means being angry and bitter towards everything that is going on in our messed-up world.
- A little bit more on the relationship between Sage, Erika, and Nikita.
Thank you for listening to the show. It is such an honor to have these conversations with you. They are necessary and needed, and we are here to do the work.
If you want to know more about Nikita Burks-Hale, you can visit her website on www.journeygurlmagic.com, and find her on social media @journeygurlmagicpodcast.
To purchase the I AM Coloring Book visit https://journeygurlmagicproductions.lpages.co/coloringbook/
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