How To Make Love™

Join host laura brewer for the heart work of learning how to feel our emotions AND discuss how/why feelings are intimately connected to our work in social justice. In this episode, we'll go over: ⚡️What are feelings/emotions; ⚡️8 concrete ways feeling our emotions is necessary for and connected to the work of social change; ⚡️A framework for how to feel them; ⚡️PLUS, there's a freebie resource...

Join guest Elena Aguilar for a discussion of making love through creating resilience. Elena is a renown author and educational coach who has trained thousands of educators across America. She has studied and distilled the critical habits and behaviors of resilience people(s) and shares her insight with us in this episode.   Learn more about Elena, her books, and get the shownotes from today's conv...

Join host laura brewer for the heart work of learning to give up power and control in the ways we love those around us. In this episode, we'll go over ⚡️9 specific strategies⚡️ for loving with less power and control: for making our love powerLESS. Here's a preview of the 9 strategies for practicing LESS power in our love: Create Shared Power Agreements > Expectations Apologize Give Up: The "Righ...

Making love by choosing yes. Join guests Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams for a conversation about reconciliation, intentionality, and surrendering expectations. Paula & Jonathan's TED talk on transition and redemption have been viewed by over 1 million people.   Learn more about Paula & Jonathan's TED talk, congregations, and upcoming speaking events at: www.laurabrewer.love/episode19  ...

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about making love by slowing down and divesting from a sense of urgency: in our lives, and in our organizations. In this episode, we'll look at the benefits of using a sense of urgency, the costs we pay for that way of being, and distinctions and antidotes that can help us shift into deeper presence in our lives and inclusivity in our organizations.   Get a...

Love & language. Join guest Rita Dove for a conversation about making love, justice, and poetry. Rita is a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, the poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine, and former Poet Laureate of the United States. Read the poems and resources Rita shares on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode17 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a review on...

Join host laura brewer for a discussion about making love through cultivating courage, and UNlearning a ton of stuff about fear. In this episode, we'll look at three critical ingredients for courage, learn to radically re-relate to fear, and understand how all of that connects to love and justice. Learn more about this episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode16 Love How To Make...

Love & Hate. Join guest Simran Jeet Singh for a conversation about creating love and connection in the face or hate and racism. Simran is an activist and professor whose work tackles issues of diversity, inclusion, religion, race, and hate violence. Learn more about this episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode15 Love How To Make Love? You can return the love by writing a revie...

Join host laura brewer for a lot of profanity, and to learn how to build an intentional practice of love and justice: in your life, and in the world. Learn more about this episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode14 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/howto...

Join guest Miki Poy, for a conversation with one of our favorite fans about making love and creating belonging. Miki is an educational leader in the Philadelphia school district and is on a journey to deepen her love for herself and others. Learn more about this episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode13 Love How To Make Love? You can return the ❤️ by writing a review on iTunes...

Join guest Sadada Jackson for a conversation about making love with, in, and through our bodies. Sadada is an embodied practitioner of equity and teaches us all to spend more time in and with our bodies as the vehicle for impact. Learn more about this episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode12 Love How To Make Love? You can return the ❤️ by writing a review on iTunes or joining...

Join guest Christine Margiotta for a conversation about bringing love to work. Christine is the Executive Director of Social Venture Partners Los Angeles and is a stand for unabashedly leading with and through love. Learn more about this episode on the show notes page: www.laurabrewer.love/episode11 Love How To Make Love? You can return the ❤️ by writing a review on iTunes or joining our incredibl...

Join guest Professor David Kyuman Kim for a conversation about the radical art of love in public, love in politics, and the heart (and hard) work required for both. Kim is co-convener of the Love-Driven Politics Collective. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

Join guest Rev. angel Kyodo williams and laura as they discuss making love and justice. Rev. angel is a Zen priest, educator, and activist who ignites long overdue conversations about the liberation of self and society. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

Join guest Yolonda Coles Jones for a raw and honest conversation about making love when you are broken wide open. Artist, musician, mother, and entrepreneur, Yolonda's transparency, wisdom, and expression will shake your heart into greater openness. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

Join guest Dr. Robin DiAngelo for a provocative discussion about making love through disrupting white fragility and white supremacy. DiAngelo is a sociologist and educator whose work centers around racial justice through an examination of white identity. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast...

Guest Megan Amram shares how to make love through comedy, laughter, satire, and in 140 characters or less. Amram is an Emmy nominated writer, comedian, and actress who offers wisdom about creating comedy that centers the social issues of our time. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

Join guest Tre Johnson, a writer for Rolling Stone and Vox, for an exploration of making love through writing, self-expression, and the nexus between pop culture, politics, and race. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

Join guest Norma Wong for a discussion of making love through aloha and activism. Norma Wong is a Zen Master, teacher of Mu-i Tai Ji Zen, and a former Hawai'i state legislator who calls all of us to a deeper practice of activism through aloha. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

This is an exploration of How To Make Love at the end of life. Guest Reverend Kendall Cooke -- a hospice chaplain who has sat with thousands of people as they've prepared for death and taken their last breath -- shares her stories, insights, and personal experiences with death and dying. Together, we explore how to create love, even at the end of life. The episode summary and its resources can be...

This is an exploration of how to make radical self love with Lama Rod Owens. Acclaimed Buddhist teacher, author, & activist, Lama Rod shares his wisdom about the inner work required for self-love as an ethic of freedom and justice. The episode summary and its resources can be found here . Want to give a little love back to  How To Make Love ?  Become a patreon of the podcast .

Welcome to the pilot episode of How To Make Love, a podcast by laura brewer that will provoke and challenge you to create your own recipe for and practice of making more love and justice--in your life, and in our world. Subscribe & join the conversation. The episode summary and its resources can be found here .