When We Speak

On today's episode I am with my friend Marta Sierra and we are discussing what's changed in her life since her previous conversations on the podcast. Marta is discussing her recent divorce plus the impact of abandonment trauma on her grief process. Marta and I also discuss: --her support system --how she connects with pleasure --her expression of queerness post-divorce --what she tells herself to...

In this episode, I speak with Kaity Rodriguez about how she embodies self-love and self-confidence. We discuss when and how she found her voice which led to her working with her clients on developing more assertive communication. We also discuss: --Kaity's blog series "100 Dates in Houston" --Kaity's journal, "The Confidence Project" --Kaity's guide, " Welcome To the Couch" --Kaity's IFS parts tha...

In today's episode I am with my chosen sister and friend Marcie. We dive right into her book, " Everybody Come Alive".  We also discuss: --Recognition of the Divine inside of her --Marcie's process for honoring Blackness in her book --Microaggressions and barriers for Black writers/authors --The national book ban --In praise of " Everybody Come Alive", the reception of Marcie's book by family...

In today's episode, I speaking with my sister, my friend, and fellow sojourner, Natalie Gutierrez. In this heart-lead, soulful conversation we discuss: --Her book, " The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color" --The parts of her that she is embracing today --We talk about the importance of love --The ancestral work that is calling her today --How Natalie is staying true to he...

This episode is everything--such a beautiful conversation with my friend Tommy Allgood. We discuss intersectional identities, queerness, sacred earth medicine, what is inspired our connection with each other.  "Thomas Garvin (They/he), better known as Tommy Allgood, is a Registered Nurse turned Care Director doing work with community and organizational development based in Charlotte, NC. What...

Today's episode is with Faitth Brooks. we discuss her book " Remember Me Now:A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women". Faitth shares the following with listeners: --What her faith in God looks like present day --The parts of herself she's still working on embracing --What liberation looks like today What's changed about her community and close-knit relationships --Who and what is...

In today's episode which was recorded February 2023, I speak with Tina Strawn (she/they). Tina is a joy and liberation advocate, activist, author of "Are We Free Yet? The Black, Queer Guide to Divorcing America" (Row House Publishing, January 2023). Tina is also the owner and host of the Speaking of Racism podcast and she is the co-founder of the movement to ban guns and buy them back, Here 4 The...

On today's episode I am with Dr. Philip Butler. We discuss his introduction to IFS and what he's learned about himself and others, the Seekr App, his hope for IFS and the Black community, our faith evolution, and so so much more. This is such a breathtakingly truthful conversation and I feel honored to have had the opportunity. Philip Butler is an international scholar whose work primarily focuses...

Today's episode is with Chris Burris and we discuss all things IFS and his new book, Creating Healing Circles: Using the Internal Family Systems Model in Facilitating Groups. During the conversation we also discuss --the two types of healing that must take place in a person's life --how Chris learned to navigate difficult stages that occur within group dynamics -- what Chris wishes people und...

In this week's conversation I am back with one of my closest friends, Monica DiCristina, LPC as we share personal stories in the form of heart talk.   In this episode, Tasha and Monica combine their years of training and therapeutic practice to address this all too often oversimplified question: What does it really mean to love yourself? It is  our way of answering the questions stemming...

In today's episode I am with Max Smothers ( they/them, he/him) and we discuss their earliest memories of questioning their gender and sexuality, barriers faced in their journey, family and friend support, what they wish the Black community understood about being queer and trans, and their recommendations for parents of trans youth, plus their experiences in college. Max Smothers is a junior a...

Today's convo is with Toko-pa Turner. We discuss her book, "Belonging" and  I get to read some of my favorite passages of her book which was transformative for my healing journey. We also discuss how she's practicing belonging today, what inspired the creation of "Belonging", and her gift of being a dreamworker. Blending the mystical tradition of Sufism in which she was raised with a Jun...

Today's convo is with my very good friend Marta and this is her second time appearing on the podcast. We discuss our queerness, religious upbringing, her introduction into polyamory and ethically non-monogamous relationships, the values that she brings into her work as an IFS clinician, and what she's learned about love because of her identity and relationships. Marta has been immersed in IFS sinc...

Today's episode is with three women who have deconstructed their faith and beliefs, are on a continued journey to become anti-racist, and they use their voice to advocate for marginalized and oppressed communities. I asked them to come on my podcast because I wanted to hear about their journey, which included a lot of loss, grief, trauma, and healing. We also discuss: Who or what influenced their...

Today's conversation is with my friend Nicki Pappas and we are discussing her  forthcoming memoir, As Familiar As Family. We also discuss her experiences with spiritual trauma and other traumas,  deconstructing her faith, what it means to have an embodied faith.

Today's episode is all about what I learned and what I wish I would have known while self-publishing my book, What Children Remember.  The past 2 years of witnessing my book reach people all over the world has amazed me in ways I can't describe. Thank you to every person who has supported me, shared my book, and reached out to let me know that my story resonated with you.

Today's episode is with Marla Taviano, author of her newest book unbelieve: poems on the journey to becoming a heretic.  This episode is in honor of Rachel Held Evans who inspired much of Marla's deconstruction and decolonizing journey. We discuss Marla's book, how she wrestled with her faith beliefs, what/who she lost, what she's gained, her passion for books and people, and lastly she turns...

Today's conversation is with my friend Marta and we are discussing IFS and transracial adoptee trauma, her experience of being raised in a predominantly White environment and the many layers of complex PTSD.

49. IFS and Psychedelics with Candace Oglesby, LCPC and Victor Cabral, MSW, LSW, CCTP-I

Today's convo is with my guest Christa Couture. We discuss her book, How To Lose Everything  and how grief gave meaning to her gifts, shaped and redefined her role in her community, the importance of naming grief and attending to it, what grounds her today. We also discuss advocacy and how being disabled empowered her to advocate for herself and her daughter. Christa Couture is an award-winni...

Today's convo is with Andre Henry and we discuss his new book All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep, compromises we make when we are in relationship with people who are non-Black, how the murder of Eric Garner became a wake-up call, and anti-Blackness that exists in all of us. When the rallying cry “Black Lives Matter” was heard across the world in 2013, Andre Henry was one of the millions for who...

In today's conversation we speak with Dr. Patrice Berry about her book, "Turning Crisis into Clarity", the mental health stigma in the Black community, how to find the right therapist, and how she became a social media influencer and content creator. Dr. Patrice Berry is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of clinical experience. She provides outpatient therapy at her private pract...

Today's episode is with Undrea Wright and Charlotte James, creators of The Ancestor Project. Our discussion is all about sacred earth medicines and their work with the BIPOC community. We delve into their inspiration for starting the Ancestor Project, reclaiming ancestral practices, the medical model's stigma against plant and animal medicine, what they've learned about themselves while doing this...

Today I am speaking with my friend and Internal Family Systems peer Kim Paulus, LMFT. Kim and I discuss the intersection of queerness and BIPOC, being a first generation immigrant and biracial. We discuss legacy burdens and ancestral healing among BIPOC queers. We also discuss what it means to speak your truth, how to meet others in the LGBTQ+ community, what it means to live authentically, and ho...

"Love is the ritual, compassionate attuning is the medicine." -Alishia McCullough, LCMHCA Today I am speaking with Alisha McCullough, LCMHCA about disordered eating in the Black community. Alishia educates listeners on the many categories of disordered eating, how white supremacy shows up in discussions about food, the difference between decolonization and anti-colonization, how to have conversati...