ChangeMaking Connections

Anela Barboza Seliskar offers a centering somatic practice to help us reconnect to our embodied wisdom and realign with what we care about. It’s a spacious and beautiful grounding practice that we can use in live time to show up with more choice. We can build our capacity to be with WHAT IS while cultivating the ability to stay connected with what matters to us so we show up how we want to show up...

In these turbulent times, many of us are feeling burned out, overwhelmed, and focused on what needs to be done. Dr. Monika Son reminds us that joy is a critical practice for our wellbeing, for sustainability, and for liberation. Joy is our birthright. Not just the big joys, but the everyday ones. In this episode, Dr. Son offers a heart-felt practice to help us (re)connect with everyday joy. Dr. Mo...

Sage Hayes, a skilled healing arts practitioner committed to collective liberation, offers us embodied practices to ground ourselves. Acknowledging that many of us are carrying trauma, both generational and ongoing in the face of current events, Sage offers us practices to meet what is with compassion. We can look for resonance and understand our bracing as the protective mechanism that it is. We...

This welcoming message opens Season 3. The theme of Season 3 is Practices to Tend our Hearts. In the midst of ongoing turbulence in our global world--of the last couple months and years--has created the need for changemakers to show up again and again for ourselves, each other, and for justice. It's been a lot. So rather than having hour-long conversations, this season will offer short practices o...

In this episode, Sherri Mitchell-Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset discusses remembering our kinship to one another and to all living beings as a path to reconnecting and interdependence. She offers the wisdom of rooting in our values and shaping the emergence of the world we want to create. Full of hope, discerning insight, and applied practice, Sherri sheds light on a path to a better world. Sherri Mitchell-...

Trans communities are being targeted in deeply inhumane ways in this cultural moment. How did we get here and what can we do to support trans communities? In this powerful and timely episode, Teo Drake and Alex Kapitan offer insightful context for how, when, and why the current attack on Transgender communities arose. They trouble the disinformation and narrow gender constructions fueling these at...

In this episode, Susanna shares about her new book, Ignite Your Yoga: How to Live, Practice, and Teach as an Authentic Yoga Steward . We discuss her journey in writing this book and her first one, Embrace Yoga's Roots . Yoga is a practice for self, community, and for a better world. We talk about how yoga philosophy, traditions, and practice can shape our lives, our parenting, our relationships, a...

In this heartful episode, Naomi Ortiz explores their art as a spiritual process of listening to the land, grief work, and the difference between interdependence and mutual aid. As we discuss their new book, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice , we explore what disability justice offers the climate justice movement and what rootedness in place offers to people living with dis...

We discuss the deep value of Polyvagal Theory for showing us how social connection impacts mental health and overall wellbeing. We explore how to apply Polyvagal theory to intergenerational trauma of historically marginalized groups. Our guests discuss what ancient wisdom and collectivist cultures have long known about community support and regulation. This episode also includes practices for reso...

In this episode, Kazu Haga shares how fierce vulnerability can guide social justice work as it supports the healing of both individual and collective traumas. Injustice, he notes, is a manifestation of trauma, which cannot be fully healed on individual levels. Instead, we need to work with the collective trauma of families, groups, cultures, and societies. This profound conversation feels so reson...

In this episode, we talk conjuring, contemplative emergence, and embodying justice. We explore the challenges of higher education and how contemplative practices can support us in remaining aligned with who we are and move us toward wholeness. This spacious episode also includes a practice, alongside laughter and inspiring reflections. Ericka Echavarria , JD LMSW, is a dedicated and experienced co...

This deliciously spacious conversation with three Contemplative and Activist beings/scholars/practitioners explores how we can embody wholeness even in the troubled systems of higher education. Restore your spirit connecting with Michelle C. Chatman, David W. Robinson-Morris, and LeeRay Costa as they talk about their new anthology. Share stories of grounding, healing, and navigating the fraught cu...

Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson talk about the anthology they edited, Practicing Liberation: Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing and Liberation, Reflections on Burnout, Trauma, and Building Communities of Care in Social Justice work . We explore radical imagination, healing from trauma, and collective care in the work of individuals, communities, and organizations. Show Notes: Bo...

In this heart-opening episode of ChangeMaking Connections, we immerse ourselves in the profound tapestry of indigenous wisdom with the remarkable Yuria Celidwen.

With us is Rheanna Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of First Nation Studies and a relentless advocate for disabled members in the Indigenous community—a community that doesn't even distinguish "disability" in their language.

In this episode of ChangeMaking Connections, we delve into the rich tapestry of diverse experiences and cultural wisdom with Njeri Clement.

Join us on ChangeMaking Connections as we bend towards justice and stretch the bounds of acceptance - your presence is a gift.

In this poignant episode of ChangeMaking Connections, the remarkable Amelia Ortega guides us through the intricate tapestry of trauma consciousness and the power of group narratives in healing intergenerational wounds.

In this episode of ChangeMaking Connections, we explore the profound intersections of hope, suffering, and the relentless pursuit of joy with the inimitable Kamilah Majied.

On this transformative journey at ChangeMaking Connections, our paths intertwine with the formidable Pratima Gurung—a symbol of collective and collaborative leadership.

Today, we have the honor of hosting a powerhouse of advocacy and resilience, Keri Gray. Keri is not just a survivor, but a ceaseless champion for change.

We’re diving deep into the intersections of personal healing and social justice with the esteemed Dr. Monika L. Son. Dr. Son, a seasoned expert with over two decades in education, shares her insights on the importance of embodying our power through contemplative practices and why embracing all facets of our identities is crucial in our work for change.

In today's episode, our host, Beth Berila, sits down with Joel Davis Brown.

In this episode, our host Beth Berila is joined by the insightful and inspiring guests Mona Khan and Peter Godard. Together, they dive into the importance of creating spaces where individuals can bring their whole selves without the pressure to conform, sharing stories of personal transformation and professional co-creation.

In this episode, Lewis Raven Wallace dives deep into their experiences as a journalist and highlights the value of going out in the world, talking to people, and reporting firsthand, rather than relying solely on online sources.