Thoughtful Wellness Revolution

About Zai: Zai, a 18 year old activist from Orlando, Florida has been protesting since the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. They are the president of their high school’s (Dr. Phillips High School) Gender Sexuality Alliance. http://instagram.com/Bye._.Zai About Nichole: Hi I’m Nichole and I'm an activist in ocps. I spend my days with my friends and my community who have become my family just sprea...

Tia is a writer, healer, and truth dealer who has worked for the top publishers in the spiritual publishing industry. Her calling is to work with those who are in major life transitions, need change, feel stuck, keep repeating patterns, or need help accessing their authenticity. Either through her energy work in Transference Healing or through writing, Tia helps others find their way through to th...

Alysha is Zahra's long long time best friend. She is currently a Postdoc research fellow at the University of Nottingham. Last year she got her PhD in Business and Human Rights from the University of Manchester. Her research and life interests include workers' rights, corporate accountability, decolonial studies, surfing, ice cream, the sun and dogs. Listen to the full bonus episode by subscribing...

SexySoupDumplings (they/them) is a chef, content creator, and sex worker based in what is colonially known as Philadelphia. After graduating from Emerson, SexySoupDumplings dabbled in marketing and public relations. In 2020 amidst the beginning of the pandemic, they found their passion for sex education, healing work, and storytelling. SexySoupDumplings is a proud third generation Chinese-American...

In this bittersweet episode, we talk about breaking up with the podcast. Hien shares about the original goal of the podcast to showcase people who were doing things differently. We go on to talk about how much bullshit the wellness industry is under capitalism and how it feels like we’re a drop in the ocean. Zahra talks about the attention economy and how a lot of well-intentional wellness influen...

This week we have some very important guests, Izaiyah (Zai) Ares Riveiro and Nichole Nina Lopez, a couple of student activists located in Orlando Florida! Zahra met these two awesome humans at a school board meeting in their city, following the school board’s decision to cancel an afterschool Drag event, hosted through the Gender Sexuality Alliance, GSA, (in the episode you’ll hear Zahra refer to...

This week we’re talking to Tia Meredith, a writer, healer, and truth dealer, who’s currently in Croatia. If you like fire signs, you’ll love this episode because together we complete the fire sign trio! We start by discussing Tia’s interesting life, her travels to Greece, how she ended up in Croatia, and the year-long journey that led up to finally settling into her current home. Tia does a great...

On this week’s episode, we talk to Alysha Shivji, a postdoc researcher, who got her PhD in Business and Human Rights, located in Nottingham, UK. We learn about the worker-driven social responsibility model and what led Alysha to get her PhD in human rights. Alysha talks a bit about her PhD research where we learn about the Coalition of the Immokalee Workers, and how Taco Bell fits into this discus...

This week on Thoughtful Wellness Revolution, we interview SexySoupDumplings (SSD), a chef, content creator, and sex worker from Philadelphia. We start off the episode discussing the movie, The Menu (2022), but don’t worry there are no spoilers here as Hien hadn’t seen the movie yet! Then, they tell us a little about their background as a chef and touch on their work in mutual aid kitchens. We get...

In this episode, Zahra and Hien catch up and share a bit about how their 2023 is going. Hien shares about her work life, Zahra gets vulnerable, and they discuss how inner work doesn't always show on the outside. They also share about guests to expect for the beginning of Season 4. Lastly, Zahra and Hien wholeheartedly endorse Jamika Scott for Tacoma City Council. http://jamikafortacoma.com/ Listen...

Born and raised in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Jamika Scott is a writer, filmmaker, and advocate. As a founding member of the Tacoma Action Collective, she works toward building an equitable Tacoma and often incorporates her love of film into her social justice work. An active member of the community with a commitment to volunteerism, Jamika also serves on a number of local boards, commiss...

Happy Black History Month! In this special bonus episode, we speak to Ben Jealous, Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania and former National President and CEO of the NAACP about his new book Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing . If you are an organizer or someone who aspires to make the world a better place, we highly recommend you listen t...

Olivia is a Magdalene Priestess and Psychic Intuitive. She queer and Afro Latina, and has spent the past decade of her life devoted to supporting spiritual, mental, and emotional healing of others. She has trained under such mentors as Gieselle Allen, Rebecca Ann, Andee Love, and Marcia Hoffheins, and has served hundreds of women and femmes in their healing journeys. A true Scorpio, Olivia's facil...

Harpinder Mann (she/her) is a Sikh-Buddhist Punjabi-American yoga asana and meditation teacher currently living on Tongva Land. Her childhood consisted of trauma from domestic violence, sexual abuse, and bullying which set her on a journey of healing through yoga, meditation, activism, and brave community. Now she aims to move through the world with compassion and joy. This led her to create Harpi...

About Dinh: Growing up, I was told my voice didn’t matter. However, the call to serve during the beginning of the pandemic was stronger than my chains of silence. Now as a mental health facilitator and advocate I’m helping others raise their voices together as a form of bonding and healing at my BIPOC* Community Care events (*Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). Utilizing intentional themes an...

Trigger warning: suicide | Please be aware that this content may be triggering. If it’s not for you to consume at the moment or ever, that’s alright. We send you so much love. Zahra and Hien recorded this episode on Zahra’s birthday on December 19. In this bonus episode, we talk about the sad news of Stephen “tWitch“ Boss’s death and had a very candid conversation about suicide. From the reactions...

It’s the Season 3 finale already! Zahra and Hien recap our guests and conversations, talk about events they’re doing, and share more about guests they may like to have in the future. We’d love to talk to guests about gentle parenting, the healthcare system in the United States, and labor/union rights in general. If anyone is interested or you know anyone who would be a good fit, reach out at Thoug...

Introducing our last guest of the season, the phenomenal, Jamika Scott, a writer and filmmaker from Tacoma, Washington. This is such a special interview because not only is Jamika an artist and activist, she’s also a bundle of knowledge, wisdom, and kindness that exudes through this conversation. In this episode, we ask Jamika to tell us about her work as a writer and filmmaker, and how she’s insp...

We’re excited to introduce you to our next guest, the electrifying Olivia Howard! She is a Magdalene priestess and psychic intuitive, located in Northern Virginia, and in our episode we learn what that means and what she does. We get into a religious and spiritual conversation that touches on the foundations of Christianity and how the Catholic and Christian institutions developed. Olivia teaches...

0:00 Greetings 1:02 Elon Musk and Twitter 8:01 PR, Pseudo-realities, and fascism 18:08 The paradox of tolerance 24:42 Living with integrity and ethical dilemmas 29:02 What happened to our Twitter page Resource on understanding pseudo-reality Paradox of Tolerance Join us for Co-working Hours (November 15 & 29) or Meditation + Chill (November 17) Follow us on social media Twitter: @ThoughtfulWRPod I...

We’re back with our third interview of the season and excited to introduce you to Hapinder Kaur Mann, a yoga and mindfulness educator and the co-founder of the Womxn of Color Summit. On this week’s episode, we get into Harpinder’s story and journey, personally and professionally, with wellness and yoga. She shares some of her wisdom with us that leaves both Hien and Zahra, and hopefully yourselves...

We’re back with Season 3 Episode 2, welcome our next guest Sunaina Madhav Dasi, a multidimensional yoga teacher, model, and artivist. You won’t want to miss this rich conversation because Sunaina, a dedicated lineage follower, talks about their experience with yoga and spirituality. Zahra and Hien ask some questions about the process for initiation, ritual, practices, and more. Sunaina tells us th...

Gun violence content warning at 1:55-2:11 This week we are back with the first of our lovely guests for the season, Dinh Do, a mental health facilitator and advocate from New York City! Dinh’s warmth radiates through this episode as we talk about her journey with mental health and her work as an advocate for mental health. We get into the pandemic and how that impacted our mental health and how Di...

In this episode, Zahra and Hien welcome you into Season 3 by sharing our reflections of the podcast on our 1 year anniversary. We also share where we think the podcast is going. Thank you so much to all our listeners! Unedited transcript here Follow us on social media Twitter:  @ThoughtfulWRPod Instagram:  @ThoughtfulWellnessRevolution If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review on  Apple  ...

Jennie Joseph is a British-trained midwife who fights to ensure every person has their healthiest possible pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience with dignity and support. Jennie created The JJ Way® which is an evidence-based, maternity care model delivering readily-accessible, patient-centered, culturally-congruent care to women in areas that she terms 'materno-toxic zones'. Her focus and dri...