How To Make Love™

Join former guest Yolonda Coles Jones and her partner Will Jones  for a frank discussion about making partnership, freedom, intimacy, conscious parenting, and raising free children. Will and Yolonda are both entrepreneurs, home-based educators, and the curators of The Real Life Joneses. Welcome to a conversation about making love and justice through practicing intimacy and freedom.   Find links to...

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about the importance of building BOTH an external and internal practice of justice, and the inside-out work in response to injustice.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode46   Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patre...

Join guests and hosts of Black Zen – Stacey and Jasmine Johnson – for a discussion about making love and justice with meditation and mindfulness.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  https://www.laurabrewer.love/episode45 Begin your meditation practice with Black Zen's 6-week guide for beginners:  https://www.blackzen.co/store/products/365405   Love How To Make Love?...

Join host laura brewer for a discussion how sheltering place provides both challenges and opportunities to practice making peace with and inside ourselves.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode44   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://w...

Join guest Colin Seale as we tackle imposter syndrome, authenticity, and making sure all kids get the learning experiences they deserve. Colin is the founder of thinkLaw and is the world's most fervent critical thinking advocate.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  https://www.laurabrewer.love/episode43   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love back by wri...

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about the role that making space plays in learning to make love and justice. And: how to create it. You can apply for the How To Make Space Retreat (April 6-20) here. Applications close March 27th. https://laurabrewer.love/howtomakespace   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode42   Love How To Make Love? Yo...

Join guest Jenna Ushkowitz as we dig into making belonging, identity, and worth. Jenna Ushkowitz is a Tony Award-winning producer, singer, actress, and podcast host.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  https://laurabrewer.love/episode41   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love back by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters...

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of the ways in which 'certainty' can be toxic for our spirits and our practice of justice. And why confusion and curiosity is a powerful, counter-cultural practice instead.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode40   Love How To Make Love? You can return some love by writing a review on iTunes or joining...

Join guest Jessie Susannah Karnatz, the Money Witch, as we tackle all things money and how to build a responsible relationship with it in the context of capitalism. Jessie Susannah is a capitalism-critical financial coach and educator.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  https://laurabrewer.love/episode39   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love back by w...

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of the differences between 'justice' and 'liberation,' why those differences matter, and how each is incomplete without the other.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode38   Love How To Make Love? You can return some love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patre...

Join guest Rina Deshpande  as we take on learning to become more aware of cultural appropriation in our physical and spiritual practices. Rina is a writer, artist, and teacher of Yoga & Mindfulness and pre-K education.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  https://laurabrewer.love/episode37   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love by writing a review on iTu...

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of the cultural mythology surrounding anger, and how that mythology keeps us in cahoots with white supremacy culture. PLUS a special guest appearance from Lama Rod Owens.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode36   To learn more about the Resistance and Restoration retreat, click here: https://laurabrewe...

Join guest adrienne maree brown for a conversation about learning to make pleasure, science fiction, and freedom. And how they're all tied together. adrienne is a writer, social justice facilitator, pleasure activist, healer and doula living in Detroit. She is also the cohost of the How to Survive the End of the World podcast.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  htt...

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about your Sentence: what it is, how it functions, how it messes us up in our practice of justice, and why examining it is critical work for our own liberation.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode34   To learn more about the Resistance and Restoration retreat, click here: https://laurabrewer.love/resis...

Join guest Jovian Zayne for a discussion all about BEing on purpose . And: how to find or refine your own personal purpose. Jovian is the founder of the International Day of Purpose, an international speaker, and professional development coach.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  https://laurabrewer.love/episode33   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love...

Join host laura brewer for an exploration of imagination, why it's essential for the work of liberation, why that's a problem for most of us, and what to do about it. In this episode, we'll go over: ⚡️How and why imagination is connected to liberation, social change, justice, and personal healing. ⚡️5 tips to fuel imagination in the workplace. ⚡️10 tips to fuel imagination in our personal lives...

Join guests Emilee and Rob McGowan for a discussion about loss, tragedy, and creating intimacy and partnership – especially when it's lacking. Rob & Emilee are partners in life and in their coaching business: Diving Within.   Find links to all of the resources from today's conversation at:  www.laurabrewer.love/episode31   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love by writing a review on iT...

What does it mean to 'bear witness,' why is bearing witness important for the work of solidarity and justice, and how do you do it? Join host laura brewer for an exploration of all three questions. In this episode, we'll: ⚡️Define what we mean by "bearing witness" ⚡️Explore the why, when, and how of bearing witness; ⚡️Discuss how bearing witness is an essential practice for solidarity and justi...

Join guests Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman of Climbing PoeTree for a discussion about making love by BEing love, justice, and liberation. Climbing PoeTree combines impassioned lyricism, political theater, and boundary-breaking music to activate the transformation the world is thirsty for.   Find links to all of the resources, organizations, projects, albums, and communities from today's conversat...

In a special 1 year anniversary mini-episode, the tables get turned on laura brewer, who sits in the hot seat to be interviewed about  making love.   You can find a summary of the episode on the show notes page:  www.laurabrewer.love/episode28   Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredible inside supporters on Patreon. ❤️

Join author & TED speaker Dr. Katharine Wilkinson for a discussion about how take care of and love our burning planet. And how to feel and tend to grief along the way.   Learn more about climate solutions, ways you can get involved, and get lots of links on the shownotes page from today's conversation at: www.laurabrewer.love/episode27   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love by writing...

There's retreating to escape the work of justice, and retreating to better be in the work of justice. Join host laura brewer for discussion about how to tell the difference, how to make retreat for yourself, and resources to support you along the way.  In this episode, we'll go over: ⚡️A distinction: retreating to escape vs. retreating to restore; ⚡️Clues to help you know when you're retreating...

Join organizer & TED speaker Ai-jen Poo for a discussion about how to think and operate like an organizer in your day-to-day life, and how to actively support the rights, wellbeing, and dignity of domestic workers in our country.   Learn more about the fight for domestic workers' rights, more about Ai-jen, and get LOTS of links for how to get involved on the shownotes page from today's conversatio...

The root of the word vulnerability is "vulnus," meaning "to be wounded." Join host laura brewer for discussion about what radical vulnerability entails, how to practice it, and why it's essential for making love and justice. In this episode, we'll go over: ⚡️What is vulnerability; ⚡️What the three aspects of vulnerability are; ⚡️Guided questions and suggestions on how to deepen your practice of...

Join guest Dr. Shannon Chavez for a discussion of making love through creating sex positivity.  Dr. Chavez is a sex therapist and a clinical psychologist whose work breaks down stigmas around sex and sexuality.   Learn more about Dr. Chavez, her work, and get the shownotes from today's conversation at:  www.laurabrewer.love/episode23   Love How To Make Love? You can give a little love by writing a...