Bevin: A Femme Over 40 and her Friends

Prison abolition is creating a world free from violence and harm. It can be difficult for some to understand how this is possible since all most of us have known is a society that is based on prisons and policing. There are so many other ways of supporting and sustaining our society and it requires us to open up to new visions! My friend Sonya Mendoza has been working on prison abolition and anti-...

We're in a time where so much change is happening around us and it's on us to be willing to try, fail, learn, do better, try, fail again. I talk about how I'm learning to grapple with failure as a stepping stone and my own experiences learning and growing through change, especially as it pertains to anti-racism. Different roles that folks can play in movements including protesting, protecting, hea...

Hadassah Damien founded Ride Free Fearless Money in 2015 with the goal to help folks understand finances and get out of the ACK! that so many of us feel when looking at our bank statements. In this episode we talk about her rise to financial literacy through many permutations. Raised evangelical Christian and poor, to coming out as a queer, getting into DIY media then eventually tech and now worki...

Dr. Tanya Gilbert had a lot of different careers on the path to becoming the behavioral health expert that she is today. She helps folks have a happier life by learning how to find their individual paths to success. She works with folks from all walks of life to help them figure out "what's next." She's an out lesbian whose coming out in the late 1970s was just one of the many challenges she's wal...

I moved again! My six month sublet was up and I relocated within my neighborhood. I’ve been reflecting on the role of change and failure in my life and shared a few of my takeaways on this week’s mini episode. Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/fkdp Bevin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bevinsparty/

My friend Vic learned as a medical provider (she has letters behind her name that mean medical) that mostly people had root cause emotional issues that were manifesting physically. Her nerdy interests in holistic health, herbal medicine and natural healing coincided with her deep personal work healing from codependency. Now she shows her clients how to heal their relationships with everyone in the...

I recently learned that your attitude has a huge impact on your energy level! In an effort to curate my best present moment experience, I've been working on cultivating "Christmas Eve Vibes." Christmas Eve is my birthday and it encapsulates for me good cheer and excitement for what's to come. You can sub out that for "Vacation Vibes" if that's more relevant. I talk through the feeling tone of anti...

My friend Jenni is a professional psychic. She shifted from a typical 9 to 5 career to eventually follow a calling to share her gifts. She's been a single mom navigating multiple configurations with her son's father as co-parent. She's come out, come into her own, and put tremendous intention into healing from trauma and childhood sexual abuse. Her path hasn't been easy but the serenity she exudes...

Katie Sweetman is an incredible astrologer living in Brooklyn, NY. I've been personally working with her since 2009 and have absolutely loved watching her grow her astrology practice from an idea to now her full-time career. She called her business Empowering Astrology because she knows that working with the elements of our astrological birth chart can help us maximize our time and potential on Ea...

What if you could experience every day like Christmas Eve--with a satisfied anticipation? How would you need to show up to your new day in order to experience that? My friend Joie has developed Presence Manifest to wipe the energetic slate clean and connect to Law of Attraction with more clarity and receptivity, Presence Manifest is a modality that she uses on herself, on energy healing clients an...

Do you feel run down lately? Is it hard to avoid absorbing panic? When we're sensitive people we pick up on other people's energy as though it is our own. There are a lot of ways to rest and recenter and energy cleansing is a great way. I run through over a dozen ways I use the elements (earth, air, water, fire) to stay right and tight with my energy. Support the podcast: Patreon.com/fkdp Bevin on...

Alex and his guide Kazoo are trusted spiritual advisors of mine. Alex's video on social media was one of the first I turned to during the Corona quarantine. Times of uncertainty are a great opportunity to get questions answered and I asked Alex lots of Corona-related inquiries from my Instagram Stories! "When will we go back to normal?" "When can we hug our loved ones again?" "What is the first si...

Chrissy Tolley has an unusual origin story for a psychic, but nonetheless she's a particularly talented psychic. And a gifted medium, an exorcist, and an entrepreneurial boss babe. We discuss how she got where she is, opening up to psychic gifts, self care (boundaries!!), SSRIs, and running a small service based business. Since this is the Age of The Corona, we also talked about her predictions an...

This is a wild time and uncertain for so many--I share lots of my self care tips for weathering the storms of life. In 2008 I lost my job when the economy tanked. I embarked on a years long journey to become chill about uncertainty. I've been fumbling towards emotional maturity and stability ever since!  Support the podcast: Patreon.com/fkdp Find me on Instagram: Instagram.com/bevinsparty Ric...

How can we maintain connections during a time of social isolation? How can we use this as an opportunity to boss up in our lives? Thoughts on the Corona virus and how I'm finding peace in this wild time. Support the podcast: Patreon.com/fkdp

Sabine Maxine creates at the intersections of multiple identities--Queer, Black, LatinX, Indigenous, grew up poor and more. She'ts a Virgo boss babe whose latest creation has quickly become the Queer Met Ball--the annual Project Q fundraiser ball. Sabine runs A Tribe Called Queer, Queer Bazaar, Patty Wack Vintage, designs plus size clothing, and has pop-up events. In addition, with Project Q is ma...

It's been a year since my big Gay Divorce and I'm checking in. Episodes 1 & 2 of the podcast talk about the details of the split, this episode is about the healing. The Most Valuable Players (MVPs) in keeping me alive this year were a mix of people and healing modalities. I check in about life now and how I'm able to rise above my earthly circumstances (bank account balance mostly) and have a...

My friend Magaly (aka Mags) is a smart, thoughtful human from my Atlanta family. One of her girlfriends is my bestie Rachael (Episode 3) and I've had the distinct pleasure of being friends with Mags for a long time and getting to know Mags more one-on-one recently during Mags' time in Seattle. Mags attended the Naval Academy and served in the Navy during Don't Ask Don't Tell. At the time closeted,...

Ashley Manta coined the term Cannasexual and has made her life and work teaching folks how to mindfully experience pleasure! Her second time on my podcast, she shares how yielding to Imposter Syndrome ruined a big moment for her, how to pick a therapist and how to have more pleasure with new sex partners. This episode is full of tools and tips for living a more pleasure-oriented life and allowing...

Tamale is a skydiving comedian setting out on the road in her tour van. With her signature red hair, eyeliner, all black everything, ruffles and sass, Tamale is unforgettable. Tamale shares how every break down comes a break through, finding peace after cheating and heartbreak. Homeless for a period of time, living out of a backpack on a motorcylce, she shares hard-won self compassion. Tamale's si...

My body love journey has a spin-off! As I became accepting of my body, I found myself performing drag as a fat activist and not even knowing what that was. When I found the fat activist movement I took a full 180 into Riots Not Diets and had some pretty extreme, intense views. I also talk about the experience of getting really attracted to other fat bodies and finding it hard to have a mixed size...

Mama Sailene Osman is a co-founder of the Glowing Goddess Getaway, a Cannabis industry legend and author of a new CBD mocktail book. More than that she's someone who truly lives her spirit 24/7. Raised Seventh Day Adventist, she brought her parents unconditional love and hospitality into her life but left behind the dogma and religiosity. We talk about her decades of connection with cannabis, incl...

I recorded a body autobiography with pivotal moments in my body love journey. Drag King club performance, being bullied in elementary school. The President's Physical Fitness Test. Finding my gender, real life guardian angels. Naked group showers. Loving myself through body changes in weight and texture, anticipated future body love work.  Support the Podcast: Patreon.com/fkdp Email List! htt...

I met Beautiful Existence (B3 for short--pronounced like Bea Arthur) when we both served as Goddess Guides at the Glowing Goddess Getaway. I was immediately captivated by her connection to Spirit. B3 is a Business Oracle, fusing a tech background and serious spiritual gifts, to help forecast and cheer us into our greatness. She's a solygamist, self marrying in 2015. Survived breast cancer through...

In honor of my 41st birthday I recorded an episode with my mom, Marianne, about my birth! I found out details I didn't know! I was a rainbow baby, which means I was born after my mom experienced miscarriages. (I mention that specifically because I know a lot of folks out there don't talk much about their experience with birth after miscarriage.) We also talked about how she found and chose my name...