Liberatory Strategy

People pleasing is a form of manipulation.  Yes, you read that right - people pleasing is actually a form of manipulation.  Today's episode is going to be one of those truth bomb-uncomfortable-ouch feeling type of episodes. Go ahead and brace yourself because today we’re going to talk about how people-pleasing is a form of manipulation. Join me in today’s episode and learn how you can stop engagin...

My guest today is Sherika Chew. Sherika is a prayer counselor, inner healing coach and transformational speaker. She's co-host of the In Between Podcast and founder of Well Ministries. She helps men and women of faith address unchecked heart wounds that have the potential to completely derail their purpose.   Sherika is also the woman who planted the seed in my mind that the framework that I had b...

If you'd like a different alternative to New Year's resolutions, then this episode is for you.  Welcome to the final part of our three-part mini-series on how to get through the holidays, Fierce Authenticity style. Today’s episode is all about those New Year's resolutions aka additional lies that supremacy culture teaches you.   New Year - New You…ugh, that just irks me.   Most of us don’t get bey...

This holiday season, let’s talk about boundaries!  Welcome to part two of our three-part mini-series on how to get through the holidays in a different way this year. Today, we're talking about boundaries.   One of the biggest misconceptions that we have when it comes to boundaries is that boundaries are for other people. We create our boundaries; we communicate them with other people and then we g...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But, is it really?  The holiday season, allegedly the most wonderful time of the year, may not be so wonderful for many of us. Because we've been conditioned under systems of supremacy culture and capitalism, for many of us this is the time to rush, to hustle and to do for others at our own expense.  Today’s episode is the beginning of a three-part miniser...

If your relationships are not prioritized in the order of Source, self, spouse, then others, then this episode is for you.  We place so many burdens on our relationships. We put people in roles where they don't belong and we put ourselves into roles where we don't belong. We do this because supremacy culture has disconnected us from who we are and from who our divine source is. Join me today’s epi...

Lately, we've been exploring how systems of supremacy and oppression teach us that we have to be either authentic or attached, when in reality - you can be both. In today’s episode, Shirani is joined by Christina De Los Angeles, a marriage and family therapist, Human Design enthusiast and relationship coach, to talk about the beauty of Human Design as a way to understand and as a way to connect, n...

Systems of oppression and supremacy culture teach us that we have to choose one or the other, black or white. When we do that, we miss the entire rainbow spectrum of colors that comes in between black and white, we miss the full potential that life has to offer. But, what if we could choose the “Both/And”?  Join me in today’s episode and learn how you too can have “Both/And”.    In today’s episode...

For a lot of us, growing up under systems of oppression and cultures of supremacy, lead to questioning ourselves and our experiences. In this questioning, we start to disconnect from ourselves so that we can stay in connection and in attachment with those around us, because we’re taught that we can only have one or the other.  Join Shirani in today’s episode and find out how you can have both atta...

In today’s episode, Shirani dives into the connection between the trauma that originates from supremacy culture and the practice of fierce authenticity.   Supremacy culture has led us to the adaptation of disconnecting from who we are and suppressing our authentic selves. The disconnection from our authenticity is a trauma response. It is a survival response, it’s a way for us to survive the traum...

In today’s episode, Shirani expands on the topic of how supremacy culture shows up in our everyday life by talking about self sabotage.  There’s a misconception that if you just don't listen to that self sabotaging voice, you'll be able to just push through and do whatever needs to be done. Just. Push. Through. But that’s exactly what supremacy culture wants us to do; to force, to push against, to...

In today’s episode, Shirani is joined by Shailaja Vishwanath. Shailaja is a blog, social media, and productivity coach who helps creators grow a loyal audience of engaged readers, clients and customers while tapping into their passion. Today she is here to share her, maybe unusual but so needed perspective on social media and time affluence.  In today’s episode, we cover: How to approach social me...

In today’s episode, Shirani is shining a light on what she refers to as “everyday supremacy”; ways in which we uphold supremacy culture on an everyday basis. Ways that keep us divided, separate and isolated. But the truth is that we're just trying to prove that we are worthy of love, acceptance, connection and belonging. So, how do we heal everyday supremacy so that we can get what we truly desire...

Supremacy culture began long ago before the Middle Ages and Euro colonization. This is when white body supremacy culture began, but the pattern of supremacy culture has been with us since the first known recorded civilization, the ancient Sumerian civilization. That is over 5000 years of trauma that lives in our body and our DNA. It’s time we heal it!  In today’s episode, we cover:  Being vulnerab...

Supremacy culture wants us to stay disconnected. It wants us to stay in shame, so that we don't speak, so that we don't share. But you know what supremacy culture? You don't win this one. In today’s episode, Shirani explains how she got back up after feeling completely burnt out last year, and how her realization that she was building her business from a place of fear and trauma response turned ev...

Today, Shirani takes you behind the scenes and talks about the writing process of her latest book Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy’s Impact on Our Relationships. Join her in today’s episode as she explains the origin of what she refers to as the original relationship rupture and see why 7,000 years later we are still fighting over the same thing!     In today’s episode, we cover:  The writing pr...

Welcome back to a brand new season of The Fierce Authenticity Podcast! We begin this new season with a bang.  In today’s episode, Shirani is joined by Milagros Phillips. Milagros is delivering transformative programs and creating space to engage in difficult conversations. From corporate leaders to members of Congress, Milagros designs strategic learning programs for clients seeking to enhance equ...

Our pre-publication supporters campaign for Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships is well underway and our first contributors have joined the movement! Learn more and sign up to join us at: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity Links: To become an early supporter of Fierce Authenticity 2.0 visit: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity   To connect with us on the c...

Our pre-publication supporters campaign for Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships is well underway and our first contributors have joined the movement! Learn more and sign up to join us at: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity In today's episode we're revisiting the conversation between Shirani and Dr. B. Nilaja Green on racism, supremacy, and intergenerational trau...

Our pre-publication supporters campaign for Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships is well underway and our first contributors have joined the movement! Learn more and sign up to join us at: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity This week for our pre-season review, we're talking about your nervous system and how it's where our knee-jerk responses that keep us stuck in...

Before we dive into today's episode I have some very exiting news: I am cordially inviting you to join me in community to support and uplift the message of Fierce Authenticity by becoming an early supporter of the publication of my new book, Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships!!! Imagine a world that's free from the detrimental effects of believing that there are some...

We're back and we're starting Season 3 of the Fierce Authenticity podcast with a pre-season review to get you ready for what's next.  Over the next several weeks, we'll be releasing some of our most popular podcasts of our first year. School's been out for the summer, so these review episodes are going to help bring you back up to speed on what it is we're doing here and where we're headed.  Today...

Today’s episode is a celebration and our Season 2 finale! Today the Fierce Authenticity Podcast is officially one-year old! The past year has been filled with healing, growth, powerful messages and amazing guests. In today’s episode, Shirani reflects back on the past year, makes plans for the future and thanks her Divine Higher Power for this amazing gift and her wonderful audience.  In today’s ep...

Do you ever get that feeling of loneliness and lack of connection? Those feelings are a part of our lack of fulfillment and they’re due to our disconnection from Source, Self and others. In today’s episode we talk about how, for generations, our way of thinking and our false beliefs are keeping us from feeling worthy and receiving the love, the beauty, the joy, the connection, the contentment, and...

If you feel burnt out, like there's something missing and you just know that you're not living your life to its fullest capacity despite having all the things, then today’s episode is exactly what you need. Today, Shirani talks about why we always chase after the next thing just to end up feeling unfulfilled and exhausted. She talks about her own experience on the path to fulfillment and how you c...