The Importance of Winter / Ayurveda / Digestion / Finding Joy with Your Food

The Relationship between the Earth + Human Healing / Herbs for Skin Care / Different Approaches to Healing Journeys / Empowering Your Body by Listening to It (+ the plants)

Dance as a form of cultural activism

• How birth trauma activated the urgency of self care work + advocacy

• Why self care is revolutionary and political

• The role of community in addressing one’s self care needs

In this episode, acupuncturist Chiara Galimberti shares about the challenges, values and dreams of healing justice within healthcare practices. She talks about the systemic ways she sees dis-ease showing up and approaching wellness with the goal of reducing harm.

Simone Gordon is as community organizer who supports minority women. She connects them with resources, food, safe places, finances and has earned her nickname "The Black Fairy Godmother." Simone has a true and beautiful heart and is being a bridge that helps so many people. She especially uplifts people with special needs children or folks who themselves have disabilities. In this episode, Simone shares with us about her personal story and how she got her nickname; she shares about the people she serves and the need to evolve how we view folks who need help.