laura brewer

How To Make Love™

Society EN ↓ 122 episodes

Unconventional recipes for love and liberation. In a world filled with hate, injustice, and despair, our sense of shared humanity depends on learning to MAKE radical, revolutionary, justice-centered love. Not find it, not fall into it. But intentionally create and wield it. Centering the voices of historically and culturally marginalized people, How To Make Love™ will provoke and challenge you to create your own recipe for and practice of making more love — in your life, and in the world. And ask you to include justice as a critical ingredient. New episodes monthly.

Author

laura brewer

Episodes

73: How To Feel Overwhelmed 26.08.2021 14:43

Must of us don't feel overwhelm, we think overwhelm. Learn the difference in today's episode, and why it matters. You can find more info on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode73 Love How To Make Love ? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

72: Love On Your Terms 17.08.2021 9:33

Join laura for a discussion about the importance of defining and making love for yourself. You can find more info on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode72 Love How To Make Love ? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

71: Imposter Syndrome 29.07.2021 15:46

Join laura for a discussion about what imposter syndrome is, how it uses and connects to oppression, and four strategies to heal it. You can find more info on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode71 Love How To Make Love ? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

69: How To Take Up Space (Without Causing Harm) 29.06.2021 11:10

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about what we mean by 'taking up space,' why that's historically harmful, and 5 concrete whys/hows on learning to take space as a practice of liberation and wholeness. You can find more info on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode69 Love How To Make Love ? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside...

68: Wholeness 17.06.2021 13:59

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of wholeness as a noun and a verb. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode68 Love How To Make Love ? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

67: Decolonizing Desire 31.05.2021 12:15

Join host laura brewer as she explains how learning to hear and validate our desire can be a practice of love and justice. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode67 Love How To Make Love ? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

66: Life-Changing Lessons 11.05.2021 13:51

Join host laura brewer as she shares 5 personal lessons that changed her life. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode66 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

65: Liberatory Consciousness (ft. Tanya Williams & Bari Katz) 29.04.2021 46:14

Join guests Tanya Williams and Bari Katz for a discussion about making love and justice with and through a liberatory consciousness. Steeped in the work of Dr. Barbara Love, Bari Katz and Tanya Williams have developed a relationship over the years deeply rooted in their shared beliefs and values around social justice and liberation. Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at...

How To Die: Final Episode 20.04.2021 8:14

Join end-of-life doula, coach, and host laura brewer for an exploration of death, love, and justice. Welcome to a special series and set of critical dialogues about how we can all live -- and die -- more courageously. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/miniseries6 Love How To Make Love? Return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our...

How To Die: Episode 5 (ft. Dr. BJ Miller) 16.03.2021 47:20

Join guest Dr. BJ Miller for a transformative conversation about grief. What it is, how it feels, the different shapes it takes, how to work with it, learn from it, and deepen our experience of life and love as a result. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/miniseries5 Love How To Make Love? Return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining...

How To Die: Episode 4 (ft. Nora Menkin & Anna Swenson) 02.03.2021 51:33

Two minisodes in one! Join guests Nora Menkin & Anna Swenson for two in-depth conversations about death care: legal considerations, body disposition options, and agency at the end of life. We'll also dig into laura's current choice for her own body disposition: natural organic reduction with Recompose. There is lots of info in this episode and on the show notes page below. Quick links to the th...

How To Die: Episode 3 (ft. Daisy Sharrock) 16.02.2021 30:21

Join guest Daisy Sharrock for a deeply personal, moving story about loss. And intimacy. This is a conversation about creating intimacy with death, and the healing and love that can subsequently be made. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/miniseries3 Love How To Make Love? Return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible in...

How To Die: Episode 2 (ft. Iana Sundari Malcolm) 04.02.2021 43:20

Join guest Iana Sundari for a powerful conversation about death and justice. Iana is a birth and death doula, and the Director of BIPOC Well-Being for The Dinner Party . Welcome to a s pecial series and set of critical dialogues about how we can all live -- and die -- more courageously. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/miniseries2 Love How To...

How To Die: Special Series 20.01.2021 16:21

Join end-of-life doula, coach, and host laura brewer for an exploration of death, love, and justice. Welcome to a special series and set of critical dialogues about how we can all live -- and die -- more courageously. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/miniseries Love How To Make Love? Return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our...

58: Love & The Patriarchy 30.11.2020 14:51

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of how our blueprints for how we love can get all twisted up in patriarchy and paternalism, without our even realizing it. In this episode you'll hear: A big announcement about a new mini-series on death and loss that will be airing on How to Make Love. A "cosmo" quiz to help you self-evaluate the extent to which you might be loving yourself or others in w...

57: "For me it was like a calling…I learned to live in truth in myself." (ft. Randy Quarterman & Sarah Eisner) 27.11.2020 37:19

Join guests Randy Quarterman and Sarah Eisner to talk about ancestral healing, redress, and reparations to the descendants of American slavery. Randy and Sarah are the founders of The Reparations Project. Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at: https://www.laurabrewer.love/episode57 Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love back by writing a review on iTunes o...

56: Self, Family, and Organizational Care During Election Week 27.10.2020 10:09

Join host laura brewer for discussion about practicing self, family, and organizational care during election week -- and how to prepare for it now. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode56 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patre...

55: "Racism is harmful. Divisive white allyship is harmful too." (ft. Dr. David Campt) 20.10.2020 45:06

Join guest Dr. David Campt for a discussion on conversations between white progressives and white conservatives about racism in America. Dr. Campt is a national expert in the areas of inclusion and equity, cultural competence, and intergroup dialogue. Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at: https://www.laurabrewer.love/episode55 Love How To Make Love? You can give a...

54: How To Be Awkward 29.09.2020 10:58

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of how learning to be awkward can be an intentional practice of disrupting the oppressive status quo culture. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode54 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.p...

53: "Whatever it is, you're not the only one." (ft. Janine Kwoh) 17.09.2020 43:43

Join guest Janine Kwoh for a discussion about making love by embracing awkward. Janine is the owner and artist behind Kwohtations, a Brooklyn, NY-based line of letterpress printed greeting cards and other gift items that celebrate a diversity of identities and life experiences, and always with a bit of humor. Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at: https://www.laurabr...

52: How To Disarm 27.08.2020 16:17

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of the ways we armor up, and what it takes to disarm. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode52 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

51: "We have a responsibility as leaders to ask the question: why is it that way?" (ft. Erica Jordan-Thomas) 18.08.2020 42:50

Join guest Erica Jordan-Thomas for a discussion about making love by leading on behalf of equity. Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at: https://www.laurabrewer.love/episode51 Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love back by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

50: How To Feel Lost 30.07.2020 12:39

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about how to make self-compassion when we feel lost. Plus lots of the 'f' word. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode50 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/howtomakelove

49: "Moving money is my medicine." (ft. Edgar Villanueva) 23.07.2020 38:23

Join guest Edgar Villanueva for a discussion about making love and justice through the inner and systemic work of decolonization. Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at: https://www.laurabrewer.love/episode49 Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love back by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️ https://www.pat...

48: How to Radicalize 30.06.2020 15:49

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about resisting the silence/shame binary when folks we love create harm -- plus -- a discussion about why and how to radicalize ourselves for justice. You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode48 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside su...