Human Becoming

Send us Fan Mail This is our second embodied practice, and in it I will be leading you through a 3 step breathwork exercise to connect you to your body more deeply. This is a quickie practice, and once you've listened to it you will be able to lead yourself through it whenever you would like to ground, and connect with yourself and with the world. Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail This episode is very special for me; it is an ode to my ancestors and to the ancestors that we all share. In it, I talk about my relationship with the ancestors and what the journey of connecting and building a relationship with them has meant for me. I discuss deep time, creating an ancestral practice, colonial trauma and grief, and the medicine of the ancestors in healing our li...

Send us Fan Mail This is our first embodied practice. It is an opportunity to deepen the learnings from 'an ode to the ancestors'. This is an optional practice, but I highly recommend it. It is a guided meditation designed by Joanna Macy, an environmental activist, author and Buddhist scholar, that has been adapted slightly by my mother for her work, and now adapted by me for you! We wil...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk about the incredible medicine of psilocybin mushrooms - commonly referred to as shrooms or magic mushrooms. I will speak about my history with this medicine, and how it has helped me on my healing journey, as well what I've seen it do for others. I will share my thoughts on why we shouldn't fear these mushrooms - and why they are so important for...

Send us Fan Mail Insane: In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction. Mad: Mentally ill; insane. Sane: Of sound mind; not mad or mentally ill. These are the definitions of insanity, madness, and sanity according to our dear friend and resource - Google. In this week's episode I am reclaiming the categories of insanity and madness and seeing what they m...

Send us Fan Mail In the first episode of Human Becoming, I discuss the inciting incidents that put me on the journey of becoming that I am on now. I discuss my mental health diagnoses of anxiety, depression, and bipolar, my suicidal ideation and psychiatric hospitalization, and what these experiences have taught me about my own humanity and the humanity of others. Finally, I talk about how I am li...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Human Becoming, a podcast about exactly that - becoming human! In this mini-episode, Tumi introduces themselves, the podcast, and what you can expect if you tune in weekly. Enjoy!