This Is How We Care

In this episode of “This Is How We Care”, Madame Gandhi talks about the importance of finding joy in the mundane, mental health, and how leading with kindness can positively impact our work and relationships with family and friends. Madame Gandhi is an award-winning artist and activist known for her uplifting, percussive electronic music and positive message about gender liberation and personal po...

In this Grounding Practice, Madame Gandhi guides us through a meditation to  center in who we are and connect to a vibration of joy from within. Check out @thisishowwecare on Instagram.  You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.

Standing Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice.  “While the minority who benefit from the status quo of occupation and economic inequality seek to keep us divided, we know that we — the majority — have far more in common than that which sets us apart.” In this episode, Yael Drier Shilo—on...

In this Grounding Practice, Yael Drier Shilo, one of the founding members and of Standing Together — a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice — reads the poem: “The Wheat Grows Again”. Join us for a grounding moment and see what opens up for you.  Follow @standing.together.english and @thisishowwecare o...

In this episode of “This Is How We Care”, host Emily Race-Newmark shares the learnings that shaped the recent name change from “Founding Mothers” to “This Is How We Care”, and what to expect in this upcoming season.  Check out @thisishowwecare on Instagram.  You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.

In this Grounding Practice, host Emily Race-Newmark shares a prayer from her heart to ground listeners for showing up in our lives connected to our values and contributing to a world of collective care.  Check out @thisishowwecare on Instagram.  You can find full transcripts, links, and other information on our website.

Featured in Trailer (in order of appearance)  Emily Race-Newmark (host)  Vanessa Roanhorse  Amanda Young  adrienne maree brown Sara Elise  To support this show and stay in touch: Follow / subscribe this podcast wherever you listen Share with others in your community Follow us on Instagram Sign up to our newsletter  Join our Patreon community

This episode includes clips from previous episodes, personal stories of what Emily has been trying and practicing, and a sneak peak of what’s to come for the future of the Founding Mothers platform. You can follow the Founding Mothers podcast on instagram or signup for the monthly newsletter for additional content in between seasons. Reach out to emily@founding-mothers.com for feedback, and suppor...

Kelsey Blackwell (she/her,they/them) is a cultural somatics practitioner, author and facilitator, working exclusively with women and groups of color, whose truth she believes is uniquely essential in this time. Kelsey supports clients to confront internalized feelings of not-enoughness and reconnect with their inherent wisdom, dignity and worth. In this episode, Kelsey and Emily define somatics an...

Kristie Cabrera (she/they) is a queer and neurodivergent accessibility and inclusivity consultant utilizing a background in occupational therapy to guide organizations on improving their accessibility and inclusivity practices. She is particularly passionate about collaborating with spaces that aim to provide healing and growth, including nature spaces, health centers, and forward thinking schools...

Chiara Francesca (they/them) is a queer disabled artist, writer, organizer, acupuncturist, former teen mother, first-gen college grad, and Italian immigrant who has been involved in movements for justice for over two decades. They have written and spoken on a wide variety of topics including disability justice, building anti-capitalist systems, accessible healthcare, and using art as a tool for st...

Dr. Jennifer Mullan (she/her), affectionately nicknamed “the Rage Doctor” by peers and clients, is trained as a Clinical Psychologist, is a published author, and is the CEO and founder of Decolonizing Therapy. She seeks to unpack the oppressive legacy of modern mental health practices, and reconnect practitioners and clients to the roots of our wounding and healing within a sociopolitical lens, mo...

Ara Katz (she/her) is co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact human and planetary health. Ara is also a co-founder of Seed Health's environmental division, SeedLabs , and LUCA Biologics , Seed Health’s women’s health venture in partnership with Dr. Jacques Ravel, which develops living medicines targeting...

Grace Anderson (she/her) is a network weaver, strategist, and dreamer working at the intersection of race, healing and the environment. With over a decade of experience in the outdoor and environmental sector, she is committed to building the capacity of People of Color in the environmental space by moving resources towards their dreams and by creating structural programming to support their growt...

Jodi Grass (she/her) is in her sixth year as Head of Oak Grove School, a progressive day and boarding school in Ojai, California. Jodi has worked at Oak Grove School and the Krishnamurti Foundation of America in different capacities for the past 17 years in addition to her experience with several nonprofits, community organizations, K-12 schools and a community college. In this episode, Emily and...

Danielle M. Jones (she/her) is a nature educator, systems thinker, and facilitator of yoga and somatic liberation practices. She is a weaver of Sankofa Village Arkansas, an intentional community whose mission is to transform multigenerational community health through land stewardship and education for the purposes of housing affordability, wealth-building, and climate resiliency. This work centers...

Wen-Jay Ying (she/her) is the founder of Local Roots NYC, a cafe, market space and CSA provider in Brooklyn. She’s a spokeswoman and cultural translator for regenerative agriculture, working towards making local food resonate with a growing and more diverse demographic. Wen-Jay believes the way we eat can change the world and is dedicated to healing our local food system and bringing urbanites clo...

Maria Cincotta (she/her) has been playing in bands since 1995 and has been teaching and band coaching with the Rock Camp for Girls movement since 2001. She is a certified teacher with experience teaching all ages, from kindergarteners to adults. She has also toured in both Europe and the United States with a few of her bands, including elcassette and Sally Rides. In this episode, Emily and Maria d...

Rowen White (she/her) is a Seed Keeper and farmer from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for Indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is the Educational Director and lead mentor of Sierra Seeds, an innovative Indigenous seed bank and land-based educational organization located in Nevada City, CA. Rowen is also the Founder of the Indigenous Seed Keepers Network, which is...

Riane Eisler, JD, PhD(h) (she/her) is internationally known for her groundbreaking contributions as a systems scientist, futurist, and cultural historian. Her innovative whole-systems research offers new perspectives and practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and sustainable future. Dr. Eisler is President of the Center for Partnership Systems, which pr...

Valenca Valenzuela (she/her/ella) has her Master’s in Social Work and has been holding space for people in grief and end-of-life since 2007. Valenca is the owner of Raven & Rose, a Grief Counseling, Death Doula, and Life-Cycle Celebrant business in Portland, OR. Additionally, she currently works at a national center for grieving children & families. Valenca was born on Día de los Muertos, so it wa...

Kalah Hill (she/her/hers) is a Freedom Doula and pleasure activist who founded In Pleasure We Trust. Through her coaching programs, Kalah evokes permission for sovereignty within the landscape of our social interdependency and unravels the illusions of systemic oppression that create communities of conformity and insatiability. She rests in trusting that when people affirm and integrate their plea...

Bria Bloom (she/her), along with her older brother, grew up in an unschooling family, and now is a parent of a self-directed young person, and a passionate advocate for collective liberation, Self-Directed Education, & young people’s rights. In this conversation, Bria and Emily discuss the definition of self-directed education, the importance of play in education, what could be possible if we reth...

Stephanie Leah (she/her/hers) is an Ecosattva, one who expresses a Buddhist response to climate change. She uses stillness, heartfelt Listening and Breathwork to open up the pathways that can lead us through our innermost selves toward healing and unbearable compassion for ourselves and our beloved Mother Earth. In this episode, Emily and Stephanie discuss the need for humanity to come back to nat...

Mallory Combemale (she/her) is a visionary leader who guides individuals and teams into new ways of relating with themselves and one another. As a co-founder of the Inheritance Project, she facilitates groundbreaking inclusion, leadership, and cultural programming through the lens of inheritance. In this episode, Mallory and Emily discuss the need to unpack the beliefs, ideas, and systems that we’...