Innerverse Dialogues — where we practice the inner work out loud.

What if the words we use to describe our experiences… are shaping how we understand ourselves in ways that aren’t fully true?   In this episode of Innerverse Dialogues, Dr. L'Tomay explores the difference between framing and naming and how language shaped by systems of power can distort our understanding of identity, belonging, and worth. Through reflection, research, lived experience, and spi...

What if belonging was never something you had to earn? In this episode of Innerverse Dialogues , Dr. L'Tomay explores one of the central insights from her research: Belonging is not aspirational. Belonging is inherent. Through the lens of restorative justice discourse, the JOY methodology, and spiritual reflection, this transmission examines how systems shape the stories we carry about worth,...

What if the stories we inherit are shaping the worlds we live in –without us even realizing it? In this first transmission of Innerverse Dialogues , Dr. L'Tomay introduces the heart behind the podcast and the research that gave rise to it. This is not a space for performance or polished answers. This is a space to practice the inner work out loud at the intersection of faith, language, justice...

Innerverse Dialogues is a space where reflection meets justice. Hosted by Dr. L'Tomay Varlack-Butler, this podcast explores how the stories we inherit shape the language we use and how language shapes the worlds we create. Each episode follows the Truth Transmission Sequence: Receive → Reflect → Reckon → Reworld. Because belonging is inherent. Sometimes we spend our lives longing for a sense o...