Awaken Our Whole Selves

Dorian and Steph offer extended healing activities for nervous system support in our current times. They also share their experiences recording their first season. Steph facilitates a resourcing exercise for relaxation and protection (at 07:13). Dorian guides us in a 6 Healing Sounds Qi Gong breathwork activity to strengthen our voice and process emotions (at 22:50). 6 Healing Sounds Qi Qong Benef...

Dorian and Steph go over trauma basics , different options for healing , and how to find a practitioner . They also discuss how they take care of themselves in solitude and in community. Dorian and Steph end with a loving-kindness meditation and a foot acupressure exercise (KD 1 Gushing Spring) for grounding . Content Notes & Disclaimer: This episode includes mentions of childhood neglect and...

Steph and Dorian share how their upbringings led them to community organizing as well as how their traumas shaped the ways they've shown up in organizing spaces. Some highlights include how Dorian’s eldest daughter status and Steph’s refugee family influenced each of them to take on too much responsibility and too little space. They end with a self-reflection activity on how patterns from your upb...

Dorian and Steph suss out what constitutes performative versus non-performative activism. They discuss the roles of the ego and self-awareness in helping to determine how to engage with the world authentically. They end with a foot acupressure exercise (KD 3 Great Ravine) for fatigue and a reflection activity on your vision for engaging with the world. Content Notes & Disclaimer: This episode...

Steph and Dorian discuss green and red flags for working in community. They share about the history of their comradeship, what they’ve learned from reliving trauma patterns in organizing, and their own healing breakthroughs in Brazilian jiu jitsu and somatic psychotherapy. They end with a self-reflection on working with others and a hand acupressure exercise (Point LI 4 Joining Valley) to promote...

Get to know Dorian and Steph on this first episode as they share about their backgrounds and how they got politicized as well as dive into their takes on community care and self-care. They begin to piece together how histories of colonization and trauma led them to community organizing, and then how labor organizing and nonprofit work led them to holistic healing. They end with a reflection activi...

Awaken Our Whole Selves Podcast is a storytelling project between Awaken Remedies and Our Whole Selves Therapy on finding healing justice personally, socially and politically. Dorian (she/her), an acupuncturist, and Steph (they/them), a psychotherapist, are longtime friends and former community organizers. They explore a variety of topics related to community- and self-care by sharing personal sto...