Your Story Medicine

Sloth Philosophy: Being Busy Isn’t a Badge of Honor

Thu, 18 May 2023 15:30:25 +0000

The waiting list is officially OPEN for the Ritual Retreat, our first international experience that will be in Costa Rica from November 6 - 13, 2023!

Hello, future ancestors!

Lately I've been in sloth training, and that means slowing down while learning how to still feel safe doing so.

It's been over three months since I've returned from my sabbatical, and coming back to Los Angeles was a lot to take in after being unplugged. And so many of you may know that I ended up spending time on a farm watching over nine goats, five chickens, five cats and two dogs for my friend Montez as she was out of town. I tried to use that time to refocus on coming back strong, but instead I preferred to hang out with the goats. I would highly encourage you to listen to my last solo episode about lessons in farm sitting if you'd like to hear more about that experience. And what many people don't know is that I actually left the farm to work at an event in Florida where I was asked to help coach a training for about 100 aspiring speakers. But I ended up with Laryngitis that whole entire week.

Main topics discussed:

Scaling a business: is it worth it?
Finding congruency between hedonism and spiritual living
Trusting that less is more as a collective desire
How to release responsibility for other people’s suffering
Why I’m hosting an international retreat centered on storytelling and sensuality

The waiting list is officially OPEN for the Ritual Retreat, our first international experience that will be in Costa Rica from November 6 - 13, 2023!

Join Jumakae and friends for a week immersed in the Caribbean coast and rainforest alongside other women and gender expansive folks as we reconnect with ourselves as a future ancestors through mindfulness, movement, and the power of storytelling at the Goddess Garden.

Capturing Rites of Passages: From Birth Doula to Sacred Portraits with Karissa Raya

Thu, 11 May 2023 15:30:11 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I am with Karissa. She supports families in documenting the beautiful milestones of life as their personal biographer. Karissa's intention with her camera is that her subject, whether it be a family, an entrepreneur or a woman giving birth feels seen. Much more than a collection of moments, photographs become part of a family's historic archive. And as a creative entrepreneur, Karissa has supported small businesses with strategy, branding, and marketing. Her creative nature and personal journey have led her to incorporate energy healing, meditation, sound healing, and other personal healing modalities into her work. And more importantly, Karissa is the one person I have trusted into the sacred spaces I've created for my own students, my own clients with the retreats that I have facilitated. So if you are curious, who it is that takes my photos and takes the photos of my clients and then comes to the retreats to capture this magic, it is this woman, Karissa.

Main Topics Discussed:

The Importance of doula work in communities of color
Grief after giving birth and acknowledging emotions
Balance between documenting moments and being present in the moment
Combining passion for photography with doula work
The Importance of Rituals in Rest and Connecting with Self

Conclusion: Balancing work and personal life can be a struggle. It's important to acknowledge and respect your own needs in order to live harmoniously.

Action Integration: Give yourself permission to feel the things that come up for you. It's okay to not be okay. And it's okay to invite people to come in and help support you with love and compassion.

Learn more about Karissa Raya:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karissamraya/

Ritual Retreat: 8 magical nights of transformation in Costa Rica | November 6 - 13, 2023

Anam Cara Academy: A Journey of Exploring Death and Celebrating Life with Mary Telliano

Thu, 04 May 2023 15:33:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, we explore the disconnection between people and death and how it has led to fear and suffering with our guest, Mary Telliano. This episode invites us to reflect on our own mortality and examines death in a new light that allows us to connect with ourselves and our loved ones, and to celebrate the sacredness of the moment. Mary has a mission; to rebrand death. Through training other death doulas, to education on grief, as well as the Anam Cara Podcast. Mary is midwifing the rebirth of dying well. In order to rebrand death we must first normalize it. Mary is connecting people to the universe that resides within them, and serving as a reminder that death is here, it is something we get to experience and it is ready to be carried in a new light.

Main Topics Discussed:

Death as our greatest life coach (and preparation for our own)
Honoring the choices of our loved ones in transition
Healing our relationship to loss
When to call upon a death doula
Choosing our legacy as future ancestors

Conclusion: Death is not the enemy; it is a mystery to be embraced. We can use our understanding of death to live life more fully. Cherish the moments, be present, and create a life that you want to be remembered for.

Action Integration: Reframe the way you view death, and seek to establish that death is a natural part of life that can be approached with clarity, intentionality, and care.

Learn more about Mary Telliano:

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mary_telliano/

Doors are open to Bud to Blossom, my 5 month mentorship program for radical healers, coaches, and consultants that are ready to share their story medicine, grow their legacy through the art of speaking, and do the work to makes their ancestors proud.

Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom

Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Polecology: Body Autonomy through Sensual Movement with Kristen Nichole

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:00:14 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kristen Nichole, a south Florida-based movement artist, social and community psychologist, and entrepreneur. In 2019, Kristen earned a certification in group fitness instruction from the American Council on Exercise and a certification in pole instruction from XPERT while completing graduate school. In 2020, Kristen earned a Ph.D. in community and social psychology with an expertise in identity development and storytelling from North Carolina State University. Kristen is the founder of Polecology, a platform for liberation through the art and psychology of sensual movement.

Main Topics Discussed:

Dance as a form of storytelling
Finding liberation through the art and psychology of sensual movement
How pole dancing can be so much more than just a performance to satisfy the male gaze
Reclaiming your body autonomy
Making pole more inclusive

Learn more about Kristen Nichole

Visit her website: www.thepolecologist.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepolecologistphd

Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom

Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Debunking Manifestation: From Mental Health to Mental Fitness with Simplifying Sam

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Samantha Chung, affectionately known as “Simplifying Sam”. She is a mindset and manifestation expert on a mission to help more people wake up and live fully as their authentic self. It is her belief that we experience resistance, pain and suffering when we ignore who we truly are. Her coaching style seeks to uncover and discover who you were before your limiting beliefs, conditions, and fears so that you can step into the most powerful version of yourself and attract anything.

Main Topics Discussed:

Aligning your work and your passion
Why scarcity is a misunderstanding of where money and wealth come from
Tapping into vulnerability as a superpower
Reframing mental health as mental fitness
Seeing alignment as a lifelong journey

Learn more about Samantha Chung

Visit her website: www.simplifyingsam.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/simplifying.sam

Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom

Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Tending the Land: What Farm Sitting Taught Me

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:12:42 +0000

Hello future ancestors!

It’s been about three weeks since I’ve left the farm, where my last solo podcast episode about “integration” after my sabbatical was recorded - and I miss it so much.

So much to the point where I will literally wake up and smell FARM.

Main topics:

Why is it that I started a business in the first place
Getting a glimpse of what my life could be like as an elder
The practice of equanimity in Buddhism
What goats can teach about healthy boundaries, unconditional love, & how to be present
What it meant to find sacredness in the mundane.

Doors are open to Bud to Blossom, my 5 month mentorship program for radical healers, coaches, and consultants that are ready to share their story medicine, grow their legacy through the art of speaking, and do the work to makes their ancestors proud.

Apply here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/budtoblossom

Wanting to connect with your ancestors? Download my free meditation: https://bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Ayahuasca, Buddhism, and the Inner Underground with Spring Washam

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:00:15 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Spring Washam. Considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities; Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California. She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. Spring is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an organization that offers Buddhist teachings with attention to social action and multiculturalism. She is a member of the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, offering teachings on Buddhist philosophy, Insight meditation and loving-kindness practices. Spring is also the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America.

Main Topics Discussed:

Discipline and consistency as devotion
Is Ayahuasca an intoxicant?: Incorporating plant medicine into Buddhist practices
Becoming a bodhisattva
How Harriet Tubman is leading us to liberation today
Living on a diet of dharma

Learn more about Spring Washam:

Visit her website: www.springwasham.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/springwasham

If you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you’ve been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

Sex Positive Asian Auntie: Embracing Sensuality & Solo Polyamory with Jayda

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:21:09 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Jayda Shuavarnnasri, aka “Sex Positive Asian Auntie”, a Queer Southeast Asian sexuality and relationship educator. She works to liberate folks from sexual shame by creating space for authentic conversations about sexuality, relationships, identity, and healing. She is also the co-producer of Don’t Say Sorry podcast, which centers the experience of Southeast Asian women navigating relationships, mental health and sexuality.

Main Topics Discussed:

How Thai and Buddhist culture influences sexual expression in women
Using sensuality to reach liberation
How to fall in love without falling into a co-dependent pattern
Defining “solo polyamory”
Getting clear on what intimacy means to us

Conclusion: We all could learn more about what intimacy means to us. We can’t just be pouring from our overflow. We also need space to deepen our well. Without stillness, we eventually end up pouring from a shallow cup. In what ways are you making the space to dig deep so that, when we pour, we’re not just operating from a place of service, from a desire to deepen our relationship with ourselves.

Action Integration: To choose silence is to choose oppression. Show up as a badass ancestor in the making and shift the story for your future lineage.

Learn more about Jayda Shuavarnnasri:

Visit her website: www.auntiejayda.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jayda_kissed

If you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you’ve been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

Integration: My Journey through the Spiritual Underground

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:00:20 +0000

Hello future ancestors!!

Welcome back to Your Story Medicine, episode one of season 3

If you are new to my work, welcome. I am June also known as Jumakae - which is a combination of my first, middle, and last name.

My medicine is supporting future ancestors like you with finding clarity in your message and confidence in your speaking so that you can share your story, grow your legacy, and heal generations before/after you.

And as your dedicated life doula, I hold space for the contractions that arise in your body as you begin to birth a new story for your life.

I am just returning from my first ever sabbatical, where I completely shut down my calendar for the past six months to explore this question of “Who am I when I’m not in service?”

Episode Highlights:

Phone or flight? Disconnecting from technology to reconnect with my medicine
Lessons learned from being stuck in Peru during a political lockdown
Integrating from my first ayahuasca experience in the jungles of Costa Rica
Understanding what it means to be bodhisattva

I have some incredible guests that I’m excited to bring on this season, where we will dig deeper into plant medicine, ancestral healing, and entrepreneurship as sacred activism.

You don’t have to be an entrepreneur btw, but at least can be mindful of the individuals and resources that are available to support you with being rooted in times of change.

We are retiring my 12 week signature program, Roots to Rise, to birth other sacred offerings that are going to require more of my time and energy, such as my own retreats, ceremonies, and workshops.

Instead, I am only running ONE mentorship program this year, Bud to Blossom, which is my six month mastermind to support changemakers, visionaries, and healers with scaling their existing offerings. This is especially helpful for those who already have a service, such as a private therapy, consulting, or coaching practice, and are now wanting to expand their medicine to include retreats, speaking, and workshops while learning how to get paid for it. People are craving in-person experiences now that the pandemic has eased out, so let’s make that transition together. I also love working with educators and professors who are ready to teach their wisdom outside of formal institutions while creating a sustainable model to make that happen.

We are in the process of unlearning to learn, while divesting resources to where it is we choose.

And while I can help people with creating a profitable and ethical business plan, what’s most important to me is that we FEEL abundant beyond the numbers in our bank account.

I’d rather financial abundance be the byproduct of us living in alignment and integrity with our values.

And if you’d like a taste of what this can look like, then sign up for my upcoming free upcoming workshop on “How to Birth Your Sacred Offerings,” happening on Thursday, March 16 where I’ll teach you how to create a blueprint of possibilities that’s aligned with the seasons of nature - which has allowed me to take winters off cuz I just notice that my body doesn’t like to work at that time.

You’ll also get a replay to my last two workshops, How to Connect with Your Ancestors and Finding Clarity in Your Medicine — and all of these are going to be available until Bud to Blossom begins at the end of April.

So if you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you’ve been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

On Resourcing: Ancestral Healing Begins at Home

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:00:12 +0000

Hello future ancestors,

I know it’s been a while - but I definitely have some updates on life and so many things that are unfolding, or better yet, unraveling.

As many of you know, I started Your Story Medicine with a deep curiosity about how to connect with my ancestors especially as someone who was born and raised in the United States, away from my parents’ homeland and the kind of village support they were raised with.

In my previous solo podcast episode I announced that I would be taking a sabbatical for the remainder of the year to tend to my wellness and to reconnect with my own ancestors.

My intention was to return to Thailand to study with Homprang, the traditional midwife that originally taught me womb healing when I was propelled into this path after being fired from my nonprofit job in 2017, and I was so excited to be a student again. The last time I had been back to my motherland was before Your Story Medicine was even birthed which happened at the peak of my Saturn Return five years ago.

You can listen to my first episode ever to hear more, since this is what essentially sparked my path into ancestral reclamation and entrepreneurship. I essentially created the very space I needed at that time of my life, in a predominately white industry that was abundant with cultural appropriation and misrepresentation.

I thought that returning to Thailand this time would be a way for me to be reminded of my medicine, but spirit clearly had other plans for me.

And In this past month, my life has taken a very different turn.

Main Topics

Tasting my own bitter medicine
Narratives that repel us from allowing love and abundance in
Resourcing my nervous system from the ways it has been interrupted
Connecting with my ancestors through my elders

Your story medicine is a small family business, and I thank you for being a supporter, whether you've listened to this podcast or have been a client that has trusted me with your stories.

In the meantime, I invite you to subscribe to our email list if you're not on it yet by going to yourstorymedicine.com where you'll be the first to know about my return and upcoming offerings, or follow me on Instagram @jumakae where I'll rarely be posting nowadays.

May you find the resourcefulness within you, and may you remember that by simply existing in this moment, you are already your ancestors' wildest dreams come true.

Until next year!

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Empowering the BIPOC Community Through Sound Healing with Sol & Sound

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Janelle Ross and Jasmine Amirah. In 2020, the two longtime friends founded Sol & Sound, a Los Angeles-based sound healing festival for the culture featuring a live DJ set, immersive sound bath, afro-ecstatic dance, breath work, live music performances, BIPOC marketplace, and more!

Main Topics Discussed:

Defining “sound healing”
Providing entrepreneurial opportunity to the BIPOC community
Building a business with social impact
Getting clear on your vision for life
Deciding whether to monetize your event or initiative

Learn more about Sol & Sound:

Visit their website: www.solandsound.com

Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/solandsound

The Soulful Currency Method: How to Close More Soulful Sales with Melissa Ruiz

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:00:11 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Melissa Ruiz, the founder and visionary of Melissa Ruiz Empowerment, a soulful business coaching powerhouse that mentors mystical offbeat entrepreneurs to start and scale their business through a spiritually universal lens. Through her coaching programs, she empowers spiritual entrepreneurs to step into their leadership and pour their knowledge back into their own networks, with a large focus on the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.

Main Topics Discussed:

Why refusing to focus on the end-result almost always leads to greater success
How to stop being a slave to every now moment and achieve freedom
Seeing money as a tool that you can use to leave a legacy
The magnetic power of authenticity in all that you do
Why releasing your need for control leads to a better life

Learn more about Melissa Ruiz:

Visit her website: www.iammelissaruiz.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/iammelissaruiz

The Wisdom of Anger: Tending to our Inner Fires

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:00:19 +0000

Hello, future ancestors… and happy Lion’s Gate Portal that just recently passed.

I'm just returning from my very first wilderness backpacking trip ever!

If you listened to my last solo podcast episode about my time in Channel Island entitled: “Emergence: Reflections from a Post-Apocalyptic World”, immersing myself in nature is where I feel the most abundant. And it's more than just pitching a tent, but the pilgrimage that it takes to get there. The days and months of training my mind and body for these experiences so that I can enjoy those evenings around the fire with a belly full of rehydrating food and laughter after a long day of trekking makes it all worth it.

On the days where I just didn't want to move my body leading up to this, I remembered the greater destination ahead - and so “one foot in front of the other” became a mantra to affirm that these small steps would eventually move from one mile to a hundred - or in our case, 25 miles.

It's also transferred into my personal life and legacy as I have a lot of time to clear my mind on these walks without any distraction.

Every time I've left, I come back feeling rejuvenated in my purpose and commitment to decolonization: Where indigenous people worldwide are at the center of these stories, where my connection to the cosmos deepens, and where my desire to care for Mother Earth strengthens.

After all, it's where we all will return when we become ancestors: back to stardust and soil. ✨

Main topics discussed:

Reflecting on the impermanence of life
How often do you take time to meditate on death
Anger as an indicator of something that is not in alignment
How you were able to forgive versus holding on to guilt, shame, and resentment.
Becoming masterful at tending to your fires.

By the way, my sabbatical is coming up in a month and before then I’ll be hosting a mixer on Saturday, August 27 for anyone that I’ve had the privilege to work with. I’ve hired my photographer, Karissa of Olive La Vida, to capture people in their medicine and we’ll also have some other alumni offering their medicine, from sound healing to tea ceremony and a dinner provided by Plantberri - who also catered our retreat.

Spots are limited and this will also serve as my going away party so I’d love to see you there.

Secure your spot here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/retreatmixer

Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae.

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Listen to episode #66: "Emergence: Reflections from a Post-Apocalyptic World": https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/season-2-ep-66-emergence-reflections-from-a-post-apocalyptic-world

Caring for Yourself AND the Collective with Nisha Mody

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:00:09 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Nisha Mody, a feminist healing coach, writer, facilitator, librarian, podcaster, and speech-language pathologist living on the home of the Gabrieliño/Tongva peoples, also known as Los Angeles. As the daughter of Indian immigrants, she has experienced the deeply internalized effects of colonization and heteronormative structures. Nisha’s lived experience, clinical experience, fascination with language, collective mindset, and passion for connecting with others combined with her anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and feminist beliefs are central to her work in this space.

Main Topics Discussed:

Stopping ourselves from treating self care as merely “after-care”
Setting the right boundaries in order to cultivate healthy relationships with loved ones
Discovering and embodying your core values
How the Care Bears perfectly illustrate collective care in action
Seeing all of our feelings, including negative emotions, as opportunities for growth

Learn more about Nisha Mody:

Visit her website: www.nishaland.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/healinghypegirl

The Playful Rebellion: Joy as Resistance with Gary Ware

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:00:18 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Gary Ware, Founder of Breakthrough Play, a corporate facilitator, keynote speaker, certified coach, and self-proclaimed Creative Catalyst. Gary has over 14 years of experience in the corporate world holding various leadership positions. Being a multifaceted individual, Gary also comes with nearly a decade of experience as a performer in improv theatre. After experiencing burnout in his pursuit for success and happiness, he realized that what was missing was play. Committing to a life of play is what led Gary to discover his passion for facilitating. Gary uses the power of applied improvisation and other playful methods to assist people in unlocking creativity, confidence, and better communication. Gary was recently featured as one of the Top 100 HR influencers of 2021 by the Engagedly HR software platform.

Main Topics Discussed:

Overcoming the guilt of diving into play to live a life with joy and abundance
The choice between overwhelm vs. ease
Moving from a playground of possibilities to a proving ground
How improv helps us see the “offers” in the world

Learn more about Breakthrough Play:

Visit their website: www.breakthroughplay.com

Buy the book Playful Rebellion: www.playfulrebellion.com

Follow Gary on Instagram: www.instagram.com/garyware

Emergence: Reflections from a Post-Apocalyptic World

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:00:14 +0000

Main topics discussed:

Questions that have kept me up at night
The risk of negative feedback in running an online business and being very visible
What the Chumash people of Limuw (Channel Island) taught me about Emergent Strategy
Living in a modern day post-apocalyptic world
How colonization shows up in me

Questions to other healers, space holders, and coaches that are using entrepreneurship as sacred activism.

Who has a say when it comes to providing feedback to our services?

Is it paid clients only?

Is it a community? Is it anonymous strangers on the internet that claim to have been triggered by what was said?

Are triggers an indicator of something that is wrong, or an invitation for further introspection?

What is considered harm anyway?

Do other people actually cause harm, or is it self-inflicted when we create narratives in our mind about other people’s intentions that actually don’t have anything to do with us at all?

Am I gaslighting myself?

How much healing is actually the responsibility of the individual who was harmed vs the person who supposedly caused harm and what is the community’s role in achieving some form of justice?

What is community anyway?

Are you still listening?

Who gets to be the expert of decolonization?

Should I refrain from even using it as a non-indigenous person to this nation?

What are the ways colonization has played out outside of the United States?

How does US imperialism still impact other countries?

What is white supremacy’s role in the ways we experience lateral violence and oppress one another as people of the global majority aka people of color?

What about colonization that existed prior to European conquest?

Where and how does the colonizer show up within me?

Am I conflict avoidant, or am I just protecting my energy?

These are some of the questions that have kept me up at night, hence why slowing down and taking a big fat sacred pause has been a necessity for my own mental and spiritual health.

And sometimes, the answers are the questions themselves.

Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae.

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Listen to episode #26: "Canceled: Odyssey of the Martyr "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-story-medicine/id1539168619?i=1000520814631

Decolonizing Reiki: The Path of Energy Healing with Aki Hirata Baker

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:00:18 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Aki Hirata Baker, a multi-modality healing facilitator, teacher and speaker, whose work is based on the anti-racist spiritual liberation principle. She uses various energetic healing modalities, flower essence therapy, Ayurvedic medicine, yogic principles, and lineage practices of medicine way and Toltec tradition to facilitate healing, which she considers to be the basic ingredient of social change and collective liberation. Aki is the founder of MINKA Brooklyn, a collectively-run healing space that centers the work to heal from all forms of social oppressions to restore an un-capitalistic approach to the “business of being well.”

Main Topics Discussed:

Defining “energy healing” and the history of Reiki
The difference between “cultivated” and “channeled” energy healing
How to begin the process of decolonization in our energy healing path
Decolonizing our mindset by ridding ourselves of binary thinking
Why every energy healing practitioner ought to take an anti-racism or decolonization class

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Ending Chancla Culture: Decolonizing Oppressive Practices in Our Families with Leslie Priscilla

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:00:12 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Leslie Priscilla, a first generation non-Black Chicana mother to three bicultural children. Leslie shares her medicine by offering coaching, workshops, support, and advocacy for Latinx/Chicanx families locally, nationally, and internationally both in-person and online via the Latinx Parenting organization. She founded this bilingual organization and movement intentionally rooted in children's rights, social and racial justice, the individual and collective practice of nonviolence and reparenting, intergenerational and ancestral healing, cultural sustenance, and the active decolonization of oppressive practices in our families.

Main Topics Discussed:

Defining “Gentle Parenting”
Embodying Decolonized Nonviolent parenting
Alternative means to violence intervention with youth
The role that Latinx parents have in changing chancla culture
What it means to be raising future ancestors

Learn more about Latinx Parenting:

Visit their website: www.latinxparenting.org

Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/latinxparenting

Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae.

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Apply to Roots to Rise:

www.yourstorymedicine.com/roots2rise

Psychedelic Liberation: The Healing Power of Sacred Earth Medicine with Charlotte James

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:00:13 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Charlotte James. She has been a harm reductionist and psychedelic explorer for over 10 years, but her path through this work has certainly not been linear. After leaving harm reduction years ago because of rapid burn out, she is returning to this work with a new energy—thanks to the power of healing with Sacred Earth Medicines.

Main Topics Discussed:

Defining “Sacred Earth Medicine”
How purging leads to liberation
Becoming more intentional with your Sacred Earth Medicine journey

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Currency: How to Charge For Your Worth

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:00:08 +0000

Hello future ancestors!

Welcome to another solo podcast episode of Your Story Medicine. I’m your host, Jumakae - and I wanted to expand on what it means to charge for your worth.

If you were not at my last workshop where I dug deeper into this, one of the things I mentioned is how it is inherently problematic to even talk about charging for our worth.

Why? Because your worth is priceless.

Your value cannot be quantified.

If we are equating our self worth to our net worth, then we will continue to allow the numbers in our bank account to reflect how it is we feel about ourselves.

And that, my friends, is a symptom of internalized capitalism…

Now, is capitalism a bad thing?

As someone who came from communities that identified as anti-capitalist, I made the mistake of believing that money is evil and bad.

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Vocal Alchemy: Decolonizing Music as a Transracial Adoptee with Dr. Kiki Steiner

Tue, 24 May 2022 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Dr. Kiki Steiner, DMA, (she/they/siya [sha]) a holistic vocal coach, decolonization consultant, and choral conductor. She is currently serving as an adjunct instructor of music at Millikin University in the Choral Conducting and Music Education area. As the founder of Decolonizing Kiki LLC, her work as a holistic vocal coach focuses on empowering others to connect with their voice through releasing shame around one’s voice as well as facilitating self-led healing.

Main Topics Discussed:

Life as a “transracial adoptee”
Using your voice to manifest liberation for your community
Rerooting oneself in a predominantly white culture

Learn more about Kiki:

Visit her website: www.decolonizingkikillc.com

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonizing_kiki

Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae.

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Apply to the summer cohort of Roots to Rise (final one of the year!) : www.yourstorymedicine.com/roots2rise

Family Constellations: Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication with Meenadchi

Tue, 10 May 2022 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Meenadchi, a facilitator and somatic practitioner whose work centers the softness of meeting our best selves and deepening into our collective light. Using a blend of family constellation therapy and Non-Violent Communication, Meenadchi weaves workshops in which participants are invited to reconnect with the intuitive wisdom of our bodies and to cocreate intergenerational healing by changing the way we speak to ourselves, each other, and the universe. Meenadchi is the author of Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication (2019).

Main Topics Discussed:

Healing intergenerational trauma together
Giving yourself permission to release your limiting beliefs
Knowing whether your trauma is speaking, or your intuition

Learn more about Meenadchi:

Website: www.meenadchi.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/marshmallowamman

Free gift of somatic healing practice to release ancestral baggage: https://mailchi.mp/9b129f043eec/kox11pm3nf

Lavender chai recipe mentioned in the episode: www.meenadchi.com/my-chai-and-scones

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Coherence: How to Become the Emcee of Your Life with Didier Sylvain

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:00:19 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Didier Sylvain, a life alignment coach, leadership trainer, and creative healing practitioner based in Los Angeles. His life mission is to create and hold transformative learning space for people to claim their power and give their greatest gifts to the world. He leads Coherence, a leadership activation experience for creatives-of-color, as well as other deep dive programs that guide individuals and groups to become fuller and more integrated versions of themselves. He has coached and taught leadership at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Notre Dame. Didier is also a multidisciplinary artist, music producer, PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology (Columbia University), and certified practitioner of sound healing and qigong.

Main Topics Discussed:

Celebrating the voice you were gifted with
Finding the force (ex. music) that integrates every part of you
How to emcee your life
Achieving coherence

Learn more about Didier:

Visit his website: www.didiersylvain.com

Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/__didiersylvain__

Flyscapes https://open.spotify.com/album/5FAx7Vx4Ukd4tyurzecRLa?si=ad39182e0ecb41bc

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Join us for our FREE workshop on Finding Clarity In Your Medicine on Thursday, April 28, 2022:

www.yourstorymedicine.com/ancestor

New Moon in Aries: What Running a Retreat Taught Me

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:00:10 +0000

I know I said that I would be dropping episodes every other week to honor spaciousness, but I felt so called to share my experience of facilitating my most recent retreat with you that took place in Joshua Tree, CA - land of the the Serrano, the Cahuilla (Kuhweeah), the Mojave, and the Chemehuevi people prior to settler colonialism..

And it just so happens that our retreat took place when Aries entered the New Moon. While I’m no astrologer, I was told that the significance of this time is that it’s a transition or closure of events that took place last year in June and July.

As we sat around the fire, tears welled in my eyes reflecting on what my life has been like in these past nine months, like a baby literally being reborn.

Main Topics Discussed:

How does the journey of reconnecting with our ancestors reward us with life and relationships beyond our wildest imagination
Releasing the need to compartmentalize yourself, and embracing how multidimensional you can be
Getting scorched by fire: the season of consuming information is done

I encourage you to go to www.yourstorymedicine.com to binge on the other episodes, where we've now categorized them based on topics, so that you can begin your journey of remembrance and reclamation today.

Email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae.

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Join us for our FREE workshop on Finding Clarity In Your Medicine on Thursday, April 28, 2022:

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Joshua Tree Sound Alchemy:

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Dreaming as Strategy: Envisioning Ourselves as Future Ancestors

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:00:15 +0000

Welcome to Season Two of the Your Story Medicine podcast. I am your host Jumakae, and my medicine is supporting change makers, conscious entrepreneurs, and radical healers in finding clarity in their message and confidence in their speaking. I want you to be able to share your story, grow your legacy, and heal generations before and after you!

Main Topics Discussed:

The beauty of entrepreneurship and sacred activism
How we can leave behind a legacy once we become future ancestors
The truth about “self-care” and finding time to rest

I have been processing a lot about what “seasons” mean to me. I have just completed a workshop for the California Faculty Association called Dreaming as Strategy: Envisioning Ourselves as Future Ancestors.

I stayed up late the night before putting together PowerPoints last minute (which I rarely do, by the way) because I felt like I needed it in order to prove that I was a professional or that I knew my stuff. And as fate would have it, when it came my turn to present technical glitches happened to where I had to rely on my story medicine.

And without any script, I just shared, from my heart, the story of my time as a community organizer, working in transformative justice after I was released from my job as a rape crisis hotline counselor when I was in the nonprofit world. But even when I was doing transformative justice work, I felt like there was something missing.

If you're not on my email list yet, I would love to gift you with one of the very first meditations I created, where we call upon our chosen ancestors. I'll be sure to leave a link in the show notes.

Your feedback is an absolute gift, and I will see you in the next episode.

You can email me at hello@yourstorymedicine.com or send me a message on Instagram @jumakae.

Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

Intro/Outro by Marcus Fung of Higher Calling Music

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Interdependence: Why Self Trust is Not Enough

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:00:12 +0000

Welcome to our final episode of Your Story Medicine, the podcast, at least for this season and to what this will evolve into. We shall wait and see because December is the season of rich rest.

So if you are listening to this episode, I hope that you are also carving out this time of the year to intentionally reflect on how much of the growth that you have experienced and the lessons that have learned and the stories that you get to compost as well as the new ones that you get to create for the next year.

And I hope that we can all walk into 2022 feeling well rested and acknowledging how far we've come. Because it's so easy to focus on what we haven't accomplished, and where we're supposed to be in life or maybe telling ourselves a story that we're behind. Versus recognizing that there is some version of you from not that long ago that prayed for exactly what it is you have today.

So take a moment to really count your blessings and be in such deep gratitude that you are here. You've made it.

Main Topics Discussed:

What is self trust?
How is it that we can move from independence to interdependence?
The beauty of being a part of a community

See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-56-interdependence-why-self-trust-is-not-enough

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Cuts for Luck, Scars for Freedom: Being the Ones We’ve Prayed For with Mystic

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:11:33 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Mystic, a Grammy-nominated hip hop artist. She is also an activist, scholar, community educator, and beloved daughter of Oakland, California. Having released her debut album, Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom in 2001, and Beautiful Resistance in 2014, she is known for including themes of healing, community, and justice in her music. She is also known as a member of Digital Underground, and called the “DU Goddess”. As a scholar, Mystic’s research has focused on the use of policymaking for equity and elementary education, and the use of culturally-relevant arts education for students of color.

Main Topics Discussed:

Mystic’s journey as an artist, her work with Digital Underground, and her initiative for the youth
Living out love and joy as acts of resistance
How artists typically process trauma
The underrated value of arts education for the youth
Rewriting your story from one defined by trauma to one defined by love

Learn more about Mystic:

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thatgirlmystic

Healing Insecure Attachment & Discovering the Joy of Intimacy with Juniper Wong

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:01:09 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Juniper Wong, a Chinese-American licensed clinical social worker turned intimacy coach and teacher who specializes in healing attachment trauma and developing deeply satisfying intimate relationships with self and others.

Main Topics Discussed:

An explanation of the four attachment styles
Pinpointing the source of your co-dependency
Meeting your needs and rewriting destructive narratives

Learn more about Juniper:

Visit her website: www.juniperwong.com

Embracing our Darkness : Trusting Your Magic and Your Voice with Mimi Young

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:37:58 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Mimi Young, a Taiwanese-Canadian spirit communicator, and shamanic occultist. She is the founder of Ceremonie, an esoteric brand focused on imparting ancient and practical wisdom so clients can actively receive support from spirits and healing energies, heal negative patterns, and celebrate their path. Mimi works at the intersection of core shamanism, ancestral wisdom, dream work, chaos magic, and other Chinese mystic practices to communicate with the unseen, offering education & mentorship, private readings, and skin & aura care.

Main Topics Discussed:

Why embracing our darkness is just as important as embracing our light
Freeing yourself from the anti-aging culture and stepping into a pro-aging lifestyle
How to use dreams to explore dormant parts of ourselves

Learn more about Mimi:

Visit her website: www.shopceremonie.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shopceremonie

Business Mentorship: https://shopceremonie.com/learn/evoking-your-business-project/

Upcoming Writing Retreat: https://shopceremonie.com/learn/writing-with-spirit-retreat/

Humanizing the Healer: The Path of Devotion with Taj Savitri

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:01:06 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Taj Savitri. She is known as a “Business Priestess” for her ability to support future female leaders of our planet bridge into the physical concepts and ideas that cannot yet be understood by the human mind. Her gifts of psychic mediumship and understanding of the holographic nature of reality makes her work in leadership, business, and inner evolution truly unique. Her work has helped thousands of women step into a level of wealth that overflows into projects that help create a more loving and unified planet, anchored in service. She also serves as Mexican Medicine Woman, Conscious Investor of the “New World’, and an influential figure for Ascension. When she is not in High Priestess mode, she is developing “Mother Tree”, an intentional 22 Acre community on Maya land in Tulum, MX.

Main Topics Discussed:

How to reclaim your ancestral lineage and the gifts that they possessed if you have no physical connection to those ancestors
How to express or teach wound healing your own way without appropriating the customs of other cultures
How to embrace your unique path of mastery and stop becoming a slave to other people’s truths.

Conclusion: Embrace your path of mastery by learning to trust yourself. Take note of what every emotion and experience teaches you about yourself, about others, and about the world. Instead of looking to hire coaches or mentors all the time, learn to trust the voice within yourself. And your best voice comes through when you’re at the zero point when you feel good and at home in your body.

Action Integration: Get to your zero point by solidifying your daily rituals and practices. We put ourselves in danger when we let our mind sway us to and fro according to the latest distraction or heightened emotion that leads us astray from our path. Reconnect to your truth every single day and everything will fall into place.

Learn more about Taj:

Visit her website: www.tajsavitri.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/taj.savitri

How Spirit Led Us to a Better Relationship with Money with Tanai and Wesley Holder

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:02:46 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Tanai and Wesley, the Founders of The Salt Lounge in Long Beach. As experienced Reiki Masters and Intuitives, they work to educate, empower, and promote wellness from the inside out and outside in.

Main Topics Discussed:

Why Tanai and Wesley gave up the prestige of making their dream income in corporate America for a new life with no clear plan at the outset
Setting boundaries as a Reiki Master
How Tanai and Wesley healed their relationship with money by creating a money deck

Learn more about The Salt Lounge:

Visit their website: www.thesaltloungelb.com

Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thesaltloungelb

Check their recent announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVvHwQNpslB/?utm_medium=copy_link

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See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-51-how-spirit-lead-us-to-a-better-relationship-with-money-with-tanai-and-wesley-holder

Rich Rest: Redefining Abundance

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:00:08 +0000

In this solo podcast episode, I discuss about:

What does the season of Rich Rest mean?
Other ways for us to live in abundance beyond the numbers in our bank account.
Embodying abundance and letting go of the scarcity of timelines.

So lately I have found myself going into a spiral of comparison of what everybody else is doing or how much they're making all the ways that they're putting themselves out there, and here I am feeling like I'm not doing enough.

And recently I met with two other friends with small businesses that have made multiple six figures, but … they haven't taken a vacation in years.

So while their businesses have been a financial success, there has yet to be time carved out for them to actually enjoy the financial abundance that they called in.

And when I was reflecting back on my year, it has definitely been the most abundant.

Did I hit multiple six figures? No, but it was actually by choice.

Because I had to sit and ask myself, what is it that's going to make me feel most abundant versus what is it that's going to make me the most money?

See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-50-rich-rest-redefining-abundance

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RV Life with Freedom Frequency: How to Live a Courageous and Creative Life with Julie Tran

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Julie Tran, Co-Founder of RV Life with Freedom Frequency along with her husband Chris. They are elder millennials, foster parents on a chapter break, and former corporate professionals turned entrepreneurs and breakthrough coaches. In early 2021, because of the pandemic and a major life event, Julie and her husband sold their dream house for the liberation of RV life. They are currently digital nomads RVing full-time in their 27-foot Airstream named Stelluna. They’ve learned that RV life is 50% how-to and 50% mindset. They have a Facebook community as well as a YouTube channel where they not only teach the ins-and-outs of RV life, but also coach on nurturing your freedom frequency mindset from within.

Main Topics Discussed:

The various events that led to Julie’s decisions to quit corporate, foster children, and live the RV life
Finding freedom within, and not just without
We cannot predict the future. We can only make space for magic.
Decluttering and letting go of your most valued possessions
Maintaining a strong relationship with your partner when living in a tiny space together
The four steps to restoring your power between you and your significant other
The power of trusting your knowing

Learn more about RV Life with Freedom Frequency:Join their Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/freedomfrequencyzone

Check them out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/RVLifewithFreedomFrequency

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Body Liberation: Dismantling Diet Culture with Pia Schiavo-Campo

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:00:13 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Pia Schiavo-Campo. She was recently named one of the Top 100 Responsible Health and Wellness Influencers of 2020 by New Hope Network. For the last decade, she has been authoring a blog that empowers women to take up as much space as they damn well please. As a fat woman of color, she uses an intersectional approach to explore various subjects, including race, equity, mental health, motherhood, and conventional notions of beauty and wellness. Pia is a certified transformational coach and supports others with tapping into their intuition as well as organizations so that they can access their inner wisdom and let go of their limiting beliefs.

Main Topics Discussed:

What it’s like to grow in the U.S. as a half-African-American, half-Sicilian woman
“Body liberation/body neutrality” versus “body positivity”
Reframing and reclaiming the word “fat”
Why diet culture is so harmful and why we shouldn’t demonize comfort food
How to improve your wellness beyond what you put in your body
How Pia built a successful agency on vulnerability

Learn more about Pia and her offerings:

Visit her website: mixedfatchick.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mixedfatchick

October 22: Rewriting Your Food History for Liberation (FREE workshop)

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Calling Back What is Yours through Ayurveda & the Elements with Kati Inez Mesa

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kati Mesa, Founder and Owner of Love, Awareness & Purpose Healing Arts, which provides alternative services such as meditation, bodywork, retreats, and community gatherings to help one to bring balance to their mind, body, and essence to achieve their complete potential.

Learn more about Kati and her offerings:

Visit her website: loveawarenesspurpose.net

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/journeywithkati

Night Blooming Cereus: How I ended up on Red Table Talk

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:00:12 +0000

In this solo podcast episode, I discuss:

How I ended up in the Red Table Talk for Jada Pinkett Smith’s 50 birthday: https://fb.me/RTTHair
Why I shaved my head (and how I’m processing this experience)
The impermanence of Night Blooming Cereus, aka “Queen of the Night”
The wisdom of loneliness

When you let go, you make spaciousness for new people, places, and opportunities to arise. When you’re choosing to vibrate at a different frequency, the universe will begin to mirror that in the physical realm as evidence for you of how shifts are happening.

It’s like the ancestors are just waiting for you to surrender so that they can finally step in and assist with your ascension.

See show notes and full transcription here: https://www.yourstorymedicine.com/blog/ep-46-why-i-shaved-my-head

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Radical Influencers: Writing for Liberation with Las Doctoras

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:00:08 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Dr. Renee Lemus and Dr. Cristina Rose of Las Doctoras. They are on a mission to reclaim their ancestral cultures, create spaces to heal from generational trauma, and live into liberating practices.

Dr. Renee and Dr. Cristina host a podcast, a book club, and online writing courses. They create spaces to discuss healing from the wounds of generational trauma while grounded in ancestral wisdom, feminist scholarship, and a commitment to dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy, and all forms of systemic oppression.

Learn more about Las Doctoras and their offerings:

Visit their website: lasdoctoras.net

Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/las.doctoras

Enroll to the Sacred Writing Course https://lasdoctoras.net/sacredwriting

Resurrection: How to Reclaim Rites of Passage with Luna Grace

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:00:11 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Luna Grace, a transformational, alignment, and leadership mentor with a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology and the creator of The Alignment Code and The Self Initiation Affirmation Deck.

She works to support her dharma of working within the intersection of the human and the holy. Her mission is to offer spaces of self-initiation to service-oriented changemakers who hear the call to step more fully into aligned leadership through their unique expression and maintenance of their values, so they can run legacy-leaving lives, families, communities, and organizations.

Learn more about Luna and her offerings:

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/lunaloveleadership

Resurrection:

BEGIN YOUR DESCENT AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

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How to Express Yourself When Your Voice Feels Blocked with Elissa Weinzimmer

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:00:08 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Elissa Weinzimmer, an award-winning vocal health educator, presence coach, and the founder of Voice Body Connection.

After suddenly losing her own voice at age 21, Elissa began studying the mechanics of voice. Over time she developed a unique, concrete approach that empowers performers, leaders, and speakers to optimize their voices and share them more authentically.

Learn more about Elissa and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.voicebodyconnection.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/voicebodyelissa

Elissa is hosting a FREE masterclass next Wednesday, September 15 on how Speaking Your Truth Doesn’t Make You Unprofessional.

Click here to reserve your spot

Check out our past interviews::

“Speak from Your Vagina”

“The Voice of My Ancestors”

Subscribe to our weekly love notes: www.yourstorymedicine.com

Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Moving from Separation to Wholeness and Liberation with Susanna Barkataki

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:00:19 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Susanna Barkataki, an Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition who supports practitioners to lead with equity, diversity and yogic values while growing thriving practices and businesses with confidence.

She is founder of Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute and runs Yoga Teacher Training programs around the world. Susanna is the author of the book Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice.

Susanna is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who created the groundbreaking Honor {Don’t Appropriate} Yoga Summit with over 10,000 participants.

Learn more about Susanna and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.susannabarkataki.com and www.ignitebewell.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/susannabarkataki

Decluttering: Letting Go of Old Stories

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:00:12 +0000

Do you have to be fully healed to be a healer?

And how do you emerge from what may feel like the dark night of the soul?So I'm currently sitting in my childhood bedroom looking at the pile of over 10 years worth of accumulated things before my eyes. Lately, I haven't had very much motivation to organize or put things away, questioning whether or not it's even worth it when the future feels so uncertain. Because while I've had the biggest income thus far in my business already surpassing over six figures in half the time as last year, and serving the most amazing clients around the world - what people don't often see is the human behind the healer.

How do you show up to share your offerings when you don't always feel good, and when it feels like life is getting in the way of the quantum leaps taking place?

This week, I'm sharing some personal updates as I balance being a spiritual entrepreneur, a daughter of immigrants and elders with new responsibilities, and the fragility of love.

Here's what letting go is teaching me.

How to further our connection:

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The Rich Witch Life: Permission to Prosper with Dez Davis

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:00:14 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Dez Davis, a transformational thought leader, speaker, and creator of The Rich Witch Life, a coaching and consulting company based in Los Angeles.

For over a decade, Dez has studied and applied practices of energy psychology, neuro-linguistic programming, and advanced transformational coaching to ignite the impact to income and influence potential of purpose-driven entrepreneurs, service providers, and established community organizers.

She draws upon her dynamic life experience as a Queer Woman of Color and unique expertise as a spiritually-centered high-performance entrepreneur to champion a new era of inclusivity, awakened to wealth creation, and heart-centered leadership in business.

Learn more about Dez and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.therichwitchlife.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/therichwitchlife

The Truths and Myths of Decolonization and Liberation with Constanza Eliana Chinea

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:00:28 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Eliana Chinea, a Brown Latinx anti-racism educator, producer, and certified Yoga instructor who has over 10 years of experience in the wellness industry and over 400 hours of training in Yoga, trauma, and anti-racism. She began teaching and consulting after noticing a need for diversity and representation in the wellness industry. She now teaches Yoga teachers/practitioners and wellness entrepreneurs how to decolonize their practices, create equity for teachers of color, and build inclusive spaces in the community. She is the Founder of Embody Inclusivity and Project Manager of Legacy Trips.

Learn more about Eliana and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.embodyinclusivity.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/eliana.chinea

Visit her Patreon: www.patreon.com/constanzaeliana

How Sacred Travel Can Activate Your Dharma with Liz Jones & Farrah the Frequency

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:00:59 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Liz Jones and Farrah the Frequency.

Liz Jones is a certified hatha and vinyasa yoga teacher, sound healer, and spiritual mentor. She helps people tap in to their truth and higher self through energy work. She’s an intuitive traveling goddess who has been to 12 countries around the world. Now she curates sacred travel experience for women of color on their spiritual journey to activate and step in to their expansion in her favorite countries around the world.

We’re also being joined by Farrah the Frequency. She began her business during the peak of lockdowns last year after returning back from Costa Rica, and hit six figures within the first couple of months attuning others to become Reiki Master Teachers. Now, she is pivoting her focus more on creative expression and embodiment practices to nurture the inner child and align with the souls highest dharma.

Learn more about Liz and Farrah:

Join us at the Get Grounded Goddess Peru Retreat: www.wetravel.com/trips/get-grounded-goddess-peru-retreat-liz-jones-pisac-92167253

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Website: www.bylizjones.com

Follow Farrah on Instagram: www.instagram.com/farrahthefrequency/?hl=en

Listen to our conversation to learn more about their upcoming Plant Medicine Retreat for Women of Color in Peru in November 2021!

A week in Tulum: Entrepreneurship as Sacred Activism

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:07:51 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I reflect on the week I recently spent in Tulum, Mexico.

Now, what comes to mind when you think of Tulum?

Yogis? Pretty beaches? Sacred sites? Selfies of pretty people in pretty spots?

For real; Tulum was on the list of places I wanted to visit because of how beautiful I thought the photos were! As well as to pay reverence to the sacred sites and the spirituality of the land.

After a week spent at a business retreat with one of my coaches, Melissa Ruiz, I am reminded of how much of a façade social media can be. While I can only speak for myself, it just breaks my heart to see how much gentrification and colonization I see of this land.

Now, I used to be one of those tourists with the big backpacks that have made traveling for the fun of it a part of their lifestyle.

But now that I’m older and have my own business, I’ve become more interested in hearing about the history and culture of a place directly from the locals. I love trying to get a glimpse of different lands through the eyes of the ancestors who lived on those lands.

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How to Heal the World Through Play with Jeff Harry

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:00:22 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Jeff Harry, Positive Psychology Play Whisperer and Founder of Rediscover Your Play. He combines positive psychology and play to help teams/organizations create psychologically safe workspaces through play and assist individuals in addressing their biggest challenges through embracing a play-oriented approach to work.

Some of the topics he covers include how to deal with toxicity in the workplace, how to address office politics, how to play with your inner critic, how to help your staff rediscover their flow, and how to navigate these uncertain times through play.

For his work, Jeff was selected by BambooHR & Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers of 2020. His work has most recently been featured in the NY Times, Mashable, Upworthy, & Shondaland.

Learn more about Jeff and her offerings:

Visit his website: www.rediscoveryourplay.com

Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeffharryplays

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Transforming Ancestral Pain into Power and Thriving in Our Lives & Business with Vanessa Codorniu

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:06:39 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Vanessa Codorniu, an acclaimed psychic medium with 25 years of experience and more than 10,000 individual sessions. She is a Bruja and Latinx teacher of intuition and clinical hypnosis, with a focus on healing ancestral trauma/patterns through hypnosis. A secret weapon for CEOs and entrepreneurs all around the U.S. and the Latin American world, Vanessa is most passionate about helping individuals develop their own inner resources, especially through intuition development and mindfulness tools.

Vanessa is the founder of Intuitive LeverageTM, an 8-week intuition bootcamp that gives structure to the invisible so participants can make their sensitivity their greatest advantage in life and business. Nacimos Magicos – Born Magical is her 8-week Intuitive Journey Deepening Our Gifts, Honoring Our Ancestors and Reclaiming Our Sacred Inheritance through The School of The Healing Artes.

This renowned Argentine-American started doing readings at age 16 after her family confirmed that she was seeing and knowing things accurately about people who were no longer with them. She guides seekers to break through fears and connect to the practical power of their intuition so they can serve the world powerfully with their gifts. She created her school to stand for diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility for underrepresented BIPOC communities, and hopes to continue supporting the next generation of leaders and healers for years to come. Listen for more on her podcast, The Biz Bruja Podcast.

Learn more about Vanessa and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.thebizbruja.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thebizbruja

Ancestral Money Stories And How That Maybe Preventing You From Quantum Leaping with Kristen Noelle

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:00:14 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kristen Noelle, a transformational mindset and business coach & astrologer, speaker, and entrepreneur. She is the author of the bestselling book Stop Chasing Start Attracting. Kristen helps small business owners, entrepreneurs and side-hustlers release their money blocks so that they can effortlessly quantum leap into the next level of their life and business.

She has helped hundreds of her clients double their income in a matter of months, using her proprietary three pillar method the Cash Flow Trinity™.

Kristen is also a certified Business and Feng Shui Consultant and has an extensive background in both marketing and Chinese Metaphysics. Kristen's deepest mission is to help all visionaries step into their soul's purpose so that they can make the income and impact they were placed here to make.

Learn more about Kristen and her offerings:

Grab her book: www.book.kristennoelle.co

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kristennoelle.co

Check her out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/421leekristen

Initiations: What Ancestors Told Me

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:00:52 +0000

Aloha from the beautiful Island of Oahu.

I am currently here in Hawaii, where I was actually supposed to return home a week ago. But I decided to extend my trip by at least another week.

And while it can be so easy to simply see the highlight reels of my life, soaking up the sun, being at the beach, hiking, snorkeling with sea turtles, all the things, it's important to also know that being here is actually a big challenge for me. Because I'm so used to being in the role of somebody who gives and is holding space for others that I am still learning what it's like to hold space for myself to be safe with allowing myself to receive so that I can pour from my overflow.

So I wanted to specifically talk today about comparison, as the thief of joy.

For many of us who are stepping into our medicine and our sacred offering, it could be so easy to get into the loop of, “ Oh, so and so is doing something similar to me or I will never get there because they have far more experience and a lot more confidence than me.”

Well, guess what? A lot of the people who you look up to have had to go through these initiations themselves and are constantly going through it.

Apply to Roots to Rise, my 12 week storytelling & leadership program to tell your story, grow your legacy, and launch your sacred offerings from a place of alignment: ww.yourstorymedicine.com/rootstorise

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Wellness Warriors: Charge Money, Heal Your Lineage

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:01:28 +0000

Access to you is an expensive privilege, because what has been poured into you goes beyond money.

There’s time.

There’s energy.

There’s all the ways you’ve worked so hard to create healthy boundaries so that you can live your life in peace.

By the way, the more you choose to assert these boundaries, the more people are going to want to test them. These are people who are coming from a place of lack and scarcity who are going to want to pull you down to their level. And the more you spend your time trying to defend or prove yourself, the more taxing that is going to be in the long run.

But if you are able to practice this and to intentionally pour into the life you want to create and the type of people who light you up, who value what you have to offer, the more you are going to attract those very things, and the more time we spend actually celebrating what it is we have and celebrating each other. That energy gets amplified for all of us when you win, when I win, we all win. It just means that it is possible for even more of us to step into these frequencies. Energy is going to grow where your attention goes. So where is it that you are going to choose to deposit your energy? And if you find yourself being around people than places where you constantly feel like you got to prove yourself or you can't take up space or you can't win, because if you do, that makes other people feel less than, then it is time to shift your surroundings because you are not responsible for other people's misery as much as you are for their joy.

You can only be responsible for you.

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Embody Your Radiance and Mend a Broken Heart with Roshni Kavate

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:00:14 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Roshni Kavate, Founder and Creative Director of Cardamom and Kavate, a wellness platform dedicated to reclaiming nourishing practices rooted in ancestral wisdom for collective liberation. She believes grief is a portal to wholeness. Through rituals and storytelling, we can reconnect to our origins and be our wild selves. She sees the path to being whole as a radical art and political practice.

Roshni speaks to us about how witnessing racialized trauma and its lasting impact on the health and wellness of communities of color—first in early childhood then as a palliative care nurse in the U.S.—drove her to launch Cardamom and Kavate. Her mission? To reimagine what it means to rebirth ourselves, embody our radiance, connect to our ancestral rituals, and live in our pleasure

Learn more about Roshni and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.cardamomandkavate.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cardamomandkavate

Roots of the Womb with Davana May

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:12:05 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Davana May, a certified holistic wellness practitioner, ceremonialist, student of the Divine Feminine Mysteries, and Co-Founder of Sacred Sacred Sisters Circle. She is a graduate of The Gaia School of Healing and Earth Education, and a practitioner of the wise woman tradition. She has also studied Inner Dance and Inner Guidance with both Pi in the Philippines and Amara in Bali. After her own dark night of the soul and mystical awakening, she now guides other travelers on their unique journey home to themselves, connecting to the Beloved within.

Davana speaks to us about how her experience as a mother of two who turned from the limitations of the industrial medical system led her to discover her medicine of helping women embrace their essence, their femininity, and their power as birth givers as these were celebrated for hundreds of thousands of years.

Learn more about Davana and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.sacredsisterscircle.co

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/divinedavana

The Uncaged Path: How to Set Sacred Boundaries with Phuong-Thao Nguyen

Tue, 25 May 2021 15:01:31 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Phuong-Thao Nguyen, a trauma resolution guide, embodiment coach, and boundaries expert. Through The Uncaged Path, she works with women of color and first- and second-generation immigrant women who have been disconnected from themselves due to personal histories of trauma and systemic trauma. She helps these women reconnect back to their worthiness, bodies, and aliveness while reclaiming their nos, boundaries, and healthy aggression as a superpower through a mind-body approach so they can live an uncaged life.

Phuong-Thao speaks to us about her inspiring journey to reclaim her voice, having grown up in a traditional Vietnamese household and initially seeking success the way most of society told her to do so: by getting good grades in school and marrying a well-off white man. She explains how listening to her gut, even before her brain could catch up, led her to free herself from a marriage that stifled her growth and create an amazing community for other women of color to learn to set boundaries and trust in the wisdom of their body.

Learn more about Phuong-Thao and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.theuncagedpath.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theuncagedpath

Re-membering You, Re-membering Joy with ONYI

Tue, 18 May 2021 15:00:19 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome ONYI, an artist and healer dedicated to guiding her clients through their journey of awareness, self-love, and healing. Using powerful tools including Pure Bioenergy, Sound Healing, Spiritual Life Coaching, Ritual & Ceremony, and wisdom gained from her studies with elders, life experiences, and observations, she assists you in remembering that you have the power to transform and be in command of your existence.

ONYI speaks to us about how to see life as a ceremony, how her ancestral lineage led her down the path she currently walks, and how that same lineage helped her come to the realization that the power found in every religion and belief system—all the good and the bad—is found within. Towards the end of the episode, ONYI facilitates a powerful healing meditation that will help you become grounded and centered as well as feel renewed and refreshed, all while giving life back to the atmosphere that will eventually benefit someone else.

Learn more about ONYI and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.onyi.love

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/onyi.love

Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/onyiloveone

Decolonizing Abundance: Leadership In the New Paradigm with The Ascension Seed

Tue, 11 May 2021 15:00:18 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Nyasha and Reuben, a twin-flame couple and the energy behind The Ascension Seed, a company that spreads healing, empowerment, and unity consciousness for collective liberation. They offer their work in service to the multi-dimensional manifestation of unconditional love on Earth. They are passionate about dismantling all forms of separation and oppression to envision and create a world where all people are free to live equally in power, sovereignty, and abundance. They host online courses, trainings, retreats, and activations.

Nyasha and Reuben speak to us about the decolonization of abundance and spiritual teachings, how their lineages have informed their life’s work, how they are grounding themselves during this time, and what they’re learning to release. Towards the end of the episode, Nyasha and Reuben facilitate a powerful healing meditation that will help you integrate the energy of this discussion into your energy so that you can continue to spread love to those around you.

Learn more about Nyasha and Reuben and their offerings:

Visit their website: www.theascensionseed.com

Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theascensionseed

Connect with them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheAscensionSeed

Canceled: Odyssey of the Martyr

Tue, 04 May 2021 15:00:02 +0000

Can you cancel somebody who has already canceled themselves? Can you get any more problematic than admitting how problematic you are versus trying to prove that you're not? It's kind of like saying something racist and then saying you're not a racist and then spending a lot of energy defending yourself only to make it worse.

Wouldn't it have been so much easier to just admit that you fucked up and what does accountability or repair look like from there? Because from what I'm seeing on this side, I don't even have any desire to be a part of a community that claims accountability or transformative justice, especially if I already felt like I was walking on eggshells going in there to begin with.

Welcome to today's solo podcast episode with me, your host, June a.k.a. Jumakae. And there is a lot that I have been feeling in my womb space about cancelling culture and just so many things that have been coming to the surface. And it feels so really good to be in a place where I can breathe, feel and observe what's coming up for me without immediately reacting to it. Because before I would be in the comments and I would make this a center of my focus because at that time I didn't know what I was creating for myself yet. So a lot of my energy was being exerted towards fixing other people's problems or getting into it, versus taking a moment to pause and reflect on my own and how is it that I am contributing to the alternative I want to see in the world, in the communities that I shared space with and most importantly for my future self and my future Children.

So what is on the opposite side of being the victim, villain, and the victor? So there's the creative, challenger and the coach. What does that mean? Victims. Hello! Make great creatives. The creatives are the ones who can educate, who can inspire, who can dream of what this alternative can look like and create spaces for us to feel even more of that in our body. So those who are the villains and I know that everybody is listening is probably denying the villain within them. Look, if you've ever blamed somebody for something, then you would probably be labeled as the villain. So the villains medicine gets to be as the challenger. The victor's medicine can be as the coach, is the one who cheers you on. Is the one who asked, okay, what is the kind of world you want to create? What is the kind of life you want to live? Great. How are you going to do that? How are you going to do that? And the Challenger is like, all right, I'm going to push you to do the very things that is you.

We know that we're going to be stretched beyond our comfort zones and we acknowledge that we're going to mess up in the process of it. But at least we have this team that is by our side. That's saying it's all good. All right, let's just continue improving and we're all going to mess up and stumble together. But guess what? We get to witness each other's flaws and we get to grow alongside one another versus feeling like we need to hold so many of these stories and these burdens to ourselves.

So enter the coach. I'm a mixture of all three. We’re a mixture of all three. The creative, the challenger, and the coach. But you can only discover these new parts of yourselves when you release the victim, the villain and the victor.

Oh, so to close out today's solo podcast episode, I thought it would only be appropriate for me to share that poem that unfolded into so much of the creator that I get to reclaim today and it's called, “Communities that I'm a Part of.”

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Colon Hydrotherapy: Self Regulation through Internal Cleansing with Monisha Garner

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:00:10 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Monisha “Mo” Garner, Founder of Moya Body Care, which was manifested over 13 years ago as a holistic and organic body care company treating sensitive skin. Over the years, Moya has become stronger and greater, offering the very best in colon hydrotherapy, yoni steaming, Iridology, Reiki, and herbs. Mo inspires you to move towards a healthier mind, body, and spirit and combines Eastern and Western philosophies with ancient healing and spiritual practices. She and Moya offer you an experience of holistic wellness that reconnects with your original source of energy so healing can naturally occur.

Mo speaks to us about the importance of rest, how she holds space for healing, the role of the ego in healing and cleansing, and how she has kept her business thriving during the covid-19 pandemic. She shares beautiful stories of how her clients have found clarity and health through her practice, as well as what she has learned about the body, mind, and spirit along her journey. Cozy up and listen in to this wisdom-filled, awe-some discussion.

Learn more about Monisha and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.moyabodycare.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/moyabodycare

Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/moya.bodycare

Call her for more information or a 1:1 consultation: 562-682-0818

Check out her FREE Wings and Tails Guided Meditation: https://anchor.fm/moyabodycare/episodes/Wings-and-Tail-Meditation-edb9dk

Listen to our Summit interview with Monisha: https://www.jumakae.com/monisha

Movement is Medicine: Embodied Trust through Dance with Harmony Lee

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:00:18 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Harmony Lee, who left the military in 2019 to teach self-healing through movement. They have been dancing for joy ever since! Harmony believes movement is medicine and play is nourishment. Their approach to dance blends somatic psychotherapy, embodiment, spiritual healing, and playfulness. Their online movement school provides students with a safe and respectful space for self-expression and healing.

Harmony speaks to us about how their Chinese and White lineages have influenced their life and work as a dance teacher, why dance is healing, and the powerful story behind one of their tattoos. Then, they share an excerpt from their book, Seven Days of Embodied Movement, along with a powerful practice you can participate in to explore your mind and ground yourself.

Learn more about Harmony and their offerings:

Visit their website: www.yourgaydanceteacher.com

Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourgaydanceteacher

Check out Seven Days of Embodied Movement: www.yourgaydanceteacher.com/product-page/i-want-to-dance-but-how-do-i-start-7-days-of-embodied-movement

Making Peace with Your Past with Sara Stanizai

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:02:08 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Sara Stanizai, Licensed Therapist and Owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer and trans affirming therapy practice with a focus on first generation American and immigrant mental health. As a queer first generation herself, she also facilitates an Afghan-American women’s circle twice each year.

Sara speaks to us about what it was like to grow up in an Afghani household in America and how her career as a therapist has influenced and healed her relationship with her father. She speaks on the role of imposter syndrome in the lives of first generation individuals and how she has dealt with imposter syndrome herself. Sara also offers powerful advice for entrepreneurs who want to expand their offerings to include group programs, highlighting the benefits of gathering and healing in groups.

Learn more about Sara and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.prospecttherapy.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/prospecttherapy

Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/sara.stanizailmft

How to Love Your Sensual Self with Ann Nguyen

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:00:30 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Ann Nguyen, a Sexual Empowerment Coach who believes in the revolutionary healing power of pleasure. Her work is in the service of changing the way women relate to pleasure and rewriting the narrative of sexuality in modern times.

Ann speaks to us about the difference between sensuality and sexuality, how her Vietnamese ancestry has helped her understand herself and her relationship with sex, and what it was like to transition to entrepreneurship from a secure corporate job in the tech industry. She shares her candid thoughts on other people who do similar work but with a different clientele, then offers a beautifully simple practice you can do at any time to enhance your sensuality.

Learn more about Ann and her offerings:

Visit her website and get on her email list: www.theannnguyen.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theannnguyen

Enroll in the School of Superpleasure: www.theannnguyen.com/school-of-superpleasure

Decolonizing our Healing with Gabes Torres

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:00:34 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Gabes Torres, who has been active in the work of anti-racism and decolonization, particularly in the fields of mental health, education, spirituality, music, and community organizing. Gabes is a racial and migration trauma-informed psychotherapist and intends to decolonize the therapeutic space. She also offers clinical support and care at recovery centers that shelter and support survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.

Gabes speaks to us about finding balance between resting and fighting for revolution, navigating the mental health world with a decolonization framework, and why ancestral healing is so important for our growth and liberation. Then, at the end of our intimate conversation, Gabes shares a lovely poem she wrote.

Learn more about Gabes and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.gabestorres.com

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Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/gabestorres

Grandmother's Hands

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:30:14 +0000

I've been told I have my grandmother's hands rubbing calendula and rose oil to soothe the crevices forming in my skin. Lately, they've been cracking from the many times I've said “Twinkle, twinkle little star to myself, treating every cleanse as a ritual to celebrate old karma being washed away. Beyond flesh. My bones speak to the future I cannot quite grasp yet, but the feeling is certain. We were made for these times. Grandmother's hands knew how to garden a wilting weed back to life, the ones they tried to remove as unwanted, uprooted from her soil, flown into a foreign land as a reminder that sometimes dandelions serve as medicine. With few words spoken, English broken, her whispers from the garden beckoned me to speak on the things she wished, she could have said before her body turned to stardust and soil.

Kin khao lairang? Have you eaten yet? Hands offering strange fruit reminiscent of her country to say, I love you. What is blooming from these moments will compost and rebirth into the same balm that soothes these dry grandmother's hands today. And I am patiently caring for her, preserving what innocence I have left, as I call upon the elder, I too, I’m becoming. The one unsilenced as loud as an oak tree, as resilient as a lotus with seeds that will carry our stories of a time when the Earth asked us to be still, to be rooted, to savor the moments of cleansing, of compost, of creation. What will you do with your hands, with your heart, with your voice? What are the stories you will tell of how you emerged from the mud as you beamed light into the darkness in these times of change?

It's been a heavy week on my heart. I'm tired and I'm also fired up about the ways we can build bridges across differences without burning out. Of course, last Saturday I had the privilege of being asked to close out a vigil in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, that was organized to draw awareness to the violence happening towards our Asian elders. And I shared a new spoken-word piece I wrote called Grandmother's Hands, inviting everyone to feel the presence of our ancestors and the elders in our body. There were tears as we felt the grief and the weight of responsibility to protect our elders. Our elders, that carry so many stories many of us are still dearly clinging on to. Our elders are the culture keepers, and they are often the last bridge back to our roots.

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Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

Divorce: The Dance of Death of Rebirth with Joanne Encarnacion

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:00:55 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Joanne Encarnacion aka "The Queen of Messy Conversations", who has dared to lead hundreds of women down a path of radical self-acceptance, gaining her recognition by CEO of Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington as one of the Top 20 Health and Wellness role models. Jo has pivoted through many different career paths in her lifetime. She is the Founder and Head Bitch in Charge of GOFITJO, which has amassed a following of over 80,000 people and a thriving blog of 20,000 readers a month. Her mission is to help womxn release their shame and create pleasure and play in their relationships to experience healthy sensual bliss in their lives.

Jo speaks to us about her experience as a first-generation Filipino-American who became a mother early in life and what it was like to experience divorce, or as she likes to say, conscious uncoupling. She shares advice for people who are thinking of ending a partnership, sheds light on the significance of self-pleasure in healing, and describes how she finds the balance in reclaiming self-love and embracing a messy life.

Learn more about Joanne and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.gofitjo.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gofitjo

Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/gofitjo

Follow her on Twitter: www.twitter.com/gofitjo

The Griot’s Tale: Building Legacy with Our Words with Baba the Storyteller

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:00:12 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Baba the Storyteller, a professional speaker and one of the few recognized US-born practitioners of the ancient West African storytelling craft, Jaliyaa. He has won numerous awards for his work as a folklorist, traditional harpist, storyteller, and community activist.

Baba speaks to us about his African heritage and how his upbringing led him to become a storyteller. He shares why he works with children and shares many words of wisdom on the power of sharing your stories and knowledge with others. Towards the end, Baba shares a beautiful musical experience with us while telling a story that takes me back to my young self when I first heard his stories in school.

Learn more about Baba and his offerings:

Visit his website and check out his book: www.babathestoryteller.com

Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/babathestoryteller

Connect with him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/BabatheStoryteller

Check out his book, Road of Ash and Dust: www.roadofashanddust.com

Jade Gate, Yin Energy, and Jing Essence with Kris Gonzalez

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:00:20 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Kris Gonzalez, Licensed Acupuncturist, herbalist, Yang Sheng enthusiast, and Founder of The Way of Yin, a lifestyle education company dedicated entirely to bridging the wellness gap in reproductive health by leaning in on timeless wisdoms. Kris shares with us her journey to discovering the medicine of acupuncture and how her mixed lineage has influenced her life.

Kris speaks to us about the inspiration behind The Way of Yin, noting the synergy of yin and yang energy, the meaning of Jade Gate, and how we can integrate Jing Essence into our lives to boost vitality. You’ll learn techniques for connecting to your menstrual cycle, along with ways you can work with menstruation to bring contentment and fulfillment into your life.

Learn more about Kris and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.thewayofyin.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thewayofyin

Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thewayofyin

Wellness Map for Folks Who Menstruate: https://courses.thewayofyin.com/wellness-map-for-bleeding-bodies

Asian America: It’s Okay to Grieve

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:00:18 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I express the heaviness my heart feels for what is currently happening, primarily in the media, towards the Asian community and towards all people of color. I speak on a few of my recent Instagram posts about modern racism, allowing white supremacy to dismantle itself, and the need to stop shaming people into action, expressing further my thoughts behind those posts.

I hold the grief of our black siblings who have been experiencing this for 400 years and the grief of our First Nation Indigenous relatives, here in the United States, who have experienced so much loss for 500 years.

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Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae

Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae

Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae

Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

Healing the Shame of Being a Sensual Woman with Charlotte Nguyen

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:00:17 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Charlotte Nguyen, Owner of Get Free!, a wellness consultancy and community that helps change makers become more inspired and emotionally healthy through the transformative power of mindfulness. Charlotte is a spiritual and transformational coach continuously asking how to live a life of service that can lovingly overturn the status quo. After the death of her first love in 2007, she began a journey to learn how to be free from suffering. Charlotte has worked with hundreds of people in the field of personal development, helping them cultivate lives full of trust, confidence, intimacy, connection, mindfulness and compassion with themselves and all their relations.

Charlotte speaks to us about healing the shame around being a sensual woman, the importance of community and commitment in the healing process, and how she transitioned in expanding her offerings as a coach while unapologetically charging for her services. She shares insights into how she balances work and rest, as well as how she leverages the polarity of expressed and unexpressed sexual energy in her life and in her business.

Learn more about Charlotte and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.getfreewithcharlotte.com

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/lotusinaseaoffire

Connect with her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/getfreemeditation

Money Archetypes: Financial Literacy for People of Color with with Brunch and Budget

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:00:09 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Pamela Capalad and Dyalekt, Founder and Certified Financial Planner of Brunch & Budget, a company that provides the space to have real, open, and vulnerable conversations about finances. As you uncover what you really value and what you truly want your life to look like, they help you put in motion the strategies and tactics that will bring you financial clarity. Brunch & Budget is about sharing and building together on common ground.

Pamela and Dyalekt speak about why people of color have aversions towards talking about finance and why it’s important for us, especially as people who have deep ancestral trauma regarding money and wealth, to have these conversations and to work to build a healthy relationship with money. They explain the four different money personality types and how they relate to our financial habits, as well as what they’re personally working on releasing and how they plan to ground themselves more in 2021.

Learn more about Brunch & Budget:

Visit their website: www.brunchandbudget.com

Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/brunchandbudget

Listen to the Brunch & Budget podcast: www.brunchandbudget.buzzsprout.com

Resources mentioned:

Take the Money Personality Quiz: www.brunchandbudget.com/personality

Pockets Change: www.pocketschange.com

Stay Woke: Ending Racism in Our Lifetime with Justin Michael Williams

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:00:43 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Justin Michael Williams, author, transformational speaker, and recording artist who has become a pioneering voice for diversity and inclusion in the wellness space. Justin has recently birthed his book, Stay Woke: A meditation guide for the rest of us, and he gives us thought-provoking insight into who this book is really for and what he considers his medicine to be.

Justin speaks about the potential for toxicity in the worlds of self-help and personal development, why he has been practicing celibacy for the past few years, and how his complicated ancestral history has impacted his life experience, offering powerful insights on racism, equality, and inclusion in the modern world.

Learn more about Justin and his offerings:

Visit him website: www.justinmichaelwilliams.com

Follow him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/wejustwill

Connect with him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/wejustwill

Follow him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wejustwill

Get his book, Stay Woke: www.justinmichaelwilliams.com/stay-woke-give-back

Join The Liberation Experience: www.wecandreambigger.org/liberation-experience

Join The Kingdom: www.justinmichaelwilliams.com/thekingdom

Resources mentioned:

Dr. Sará King: www.mindheartconsulting.com

Brenda Rose: www.brenda-rose.com/product-category/tarot

Grace and Ease - Celebrate Your Mistakes

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:01:12 +0000

Hi, everyone. This is June a.k.a Jumakae. Recording my solo podcast episode. I am calling in so much more grace and ease this year and as I am learning to embody it, letting go of the hustle and the grind mentality that comes with growing a business, this whole, “Oh, I want to tap into my masculine.” I'm experimenting. What does it look like to operate from ease and flow? So, that means, what does it look like to share what is happening in my life as I am attempting to embody this. So, recently I just started the second cohort of my group program, Roots to Rise. We have an incredible group of about 10 folks of color, and I say folks because it's no longer just women of color who I am supporting. But now it's been expanded to gender non conforming folks. And even I have one man in the container. And I just think it's so magical that we are literally breaking binaries. And much stuff has been coming up. My stuff has been coming up as I have been embodying this whole ease, grace and flow, because there's so many stories that I am also learning to let go of. The story of, it needs to be hard or the story of people are going to hate me. If I am not showing up in this way, that is like, I don't know, pushy or aggressive. And I realized I don't like it when people come to me with that energy as a coach. As a coach, my role is to support others in excavating the answers that are already there, which, as a storytelling coach, begins with the stories that we're telling ourselves.

How to further our connection:

Visit my website: www.jumakae.com

Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae

Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae

Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae

Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

You Are the Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom & Entrepreneurship with Asha Frost

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:00:17 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Owner of Healing Rainbow Medicine Woman, Asha Frost. Asha is an Indigenous Medicine Woman, Author, and Founder of Sacred Membership, a global online medicine circle community. Having been impacted by intergenerational trauma, colonization, and oppression, she has worked hard to reclaim and remember her roots and medicine teachings, now specializing in helping people heal through illness, mental/emotional disorders and ancestral reconnection.

Asha speaks to us about her journey in opening up to receiving financial abundance in exchange for her medicinal services, overcoming scarcity rooted in white supremacy, and how her ancestral lineage has informed and influenced her medicine over the years of this lifetime. She expresses her thoughts on the importance of creating and enforcing energetic boundaries and listening to the wisdom of your inner guidance.

Learn more about Asha and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.ashafrost.com

Take the animal spirit quiz: www.ashafrost.com/quiz

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/asha.frost

Dear White Woman article: www.ashafrost.com/dearwhitewoman

Human Design: Leading a Revolution from the Inside Out with Elyse Preston

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:00:17 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Connection Coach and Human Design Guide, Elyse Preston. Elyse’s work focuses on centering connection as an essential ingredient for healing and social transformation with a mission to support leaders, changemakers and visionaries to experience energy healing and self-awareness so that they can cultivate communities, services, and experiences that center radical healing and liberation. Elyse defines Human Design and shares with us the power this system holds, as well as the ways in which it can help us cultivate self-love and self-understanding.

Feeling good while doing good. Doesn’t that sound euphoric? Elyse is here to help us understand how Human Design can help us achieve that and shares her personal experience of using the wisdom of Human Design to stay rooted in challenging times.

Learn more about Elyse and her offerings:

Visit her website: www.bemoreconnected.net

Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/be.more.connected

Join her Facebook Group - Human Design for Visionary Changemakers: www.facebook.com/groups/1080685602303969

FREE 5-Day Human Design Challenge: bit.ly/humandesignmasterclass

Activating Power Codes: Planetary Awakening for Empaths with Margarita Alcantara

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:00:12 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Shamanista Medicine Woman, Activator of the New Code of Power, and Mentor for Spiritually Conscious Entrepreneurs, Margarita Alcantara. Margarita is also a Licensed Acupuncturist and Reiki Master/Teacher who helps her patients awaken into their spiritual badassery at her private practice in NYC. She is a #1 Bestselling Author of the book Chakra Healing and contributing writer to The Huffington Post, mindbodygreen, and Elephant Journal. Margarita offers insight into her transition from activist to activator, how we can tap into an abundance mindset amidst society’s prominent narrative of scarcity, and how her inner work has healed her ancestral lineage. She also shares a simple yet beautiful practice you can do from anywhere at anytime to connect to your heart’s desires.

Are you struggling with feeling abundant and empowered? Do you ever find it hard to release what doesn’t serve you? These are common struggles, but you don’t have to carry these burdens for your entire life. You have the power to make any shift in your life, as well as other people’s lives. Let’s shake up the world, release our triggers and heal ourselves and one another!

Learn more about Margarita and her work:

Website: www.alcantaraacupuncture.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/alcantaraacupuncture

Facebook: www.facebook.com/alcantaraacupuncture

Chakra Healing: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chakra-healing-margarita-alcantara/1125419313

Here is the link for the Throat Chakra Power Activation video free gift:

https://margarita6ca3cc.clickfunnels.com/optin1610411274668

The Donut Princess: Carrying On a Family Legacy with Mayly Tao

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:00:17 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome LA’s self-proclaimed Donut Princess, Mayly Tao. Mayly is the Owner of DK’s Donuts & Bakery in Santa Monica, CA and Donut Princess Los Angeles, a donut bouquet delivery concept. She’s also the host of her podcast Short N’ Sweet. Mayly shares with us the incredible story of her ancestors overcoming the immense challenges of the Khmer Rouge genocide and how that has evolved into a flourishing donut empire here in California. She sheds light on the reason why she decided to take on the hard work of running DK’s Donuts & Bakery instead of pursuing another career path after college, as well as how she finds moments to ground herself and help her mother to find moments of rest and patience.

We are finding the medicine amidst what many of us only perceive as trauma. It’s not simple and it takes a lot of releasing, but we have the power to heal and find balance between work and rest.

Learn more about Mayly and DK’s:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/dksdonuts

www.instagram.com/donutprincessla

www.instagram.com/maylytao

www.instagram.com/foodfortheclout

Email: mayly@donutpprincessla.com

Watch The Donut King: www.donutkingmovie.com

Stewards of Money: My Pathway to 6 Figures

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:05:40 +0000

It’s time for me to give you an update on the life of Jumakae and the future of Your Story Medicine Podcast. This episode is about me holding space for you to be part of my healing journey as well and is much more than just a conversation about spirituality and ancestors. I love talking about legacy building and creating a business that serves as the vehicle to your dharma. If you’re experiencing imposter syndrome, I have a secret for you… people aren’t coming to you for your certifications or accolades, they’re coming to you because of our story and how you make them feel. Release the pressure to show up as perfect and I will do the same. We hear the phrase “people over profits!” but why isn’t it “people AND profits!”?

How to further our connection:

Visit my website: www.jumakae.com

Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jumakae

Connect with me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/jumakae

Subscribe to my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jumakae

Email me: hello@yourstorymedicine.com

A Diosa's Journey: Returning to Your Soul Home with Christine Gutierrez

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:00:12 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Christine Gutierrez, Latina licensed psychotherapist, life coach, author, and expert in love addiction, trauma, abuse, and self-esteem. We discuss navigating shadow work in a way that keeps us from getting too deep in the darkness, incorporating ancestral medicine into your healing practice, and working with multiple racial backgrounds in one space. Christine shares the inspiration behind her journey towards writing her book and creating her community, the Diosahood, and how sensuality and storytelling have played a role in her life.

Are you feeling a call to incorporate your ancestry into your healing journey? Do you experience blocks when it comes to tapping into your creative and sensual energy? This episode is for you!

Learn more about Christine and her work:

Website: www.christineg.tv

Facebook: www.facebook.com/christinegtv

Instagram: www.instagram.com/cosmicchristine

Twitter: www.twitter.com/CosmicChristine

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/cosmicchristine/_created

YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCefa1LT9MVZuDvxAjak2g7A?

I am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to Soul

Soul Book Masterclass: www.thesoulbook.co

The Diosahood: www.thediosahood.com

Listen to our previous interview: https://yourstorymedicine.mykajabi.com/christinegutierrez

Beekeeping: Protecting Our Pollinators with Jasmine Joy

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:01:08 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Pollinator Protector, Activist, and Owner of Beelieve Hawaii, Jasmine Joy. As a young girl, Jasmine knew her purpose on this planet was to protect it and inspire an awakening in others to reverently connect with the natural world. She shares the story of her ancestry while telling us how she was called to move to Hawaii and become a beekeeper and protector of pollinators. She details why we should strive to save the bees and offers insight into what we can do to make an impact in this movement. Jasmine then shares words of wisdom through a lovely reading of a poem she wrote called “Somewhere Here”.

As Jasmine says, we all begin somewhere… and your connection to nature is a great place to begin. Without pollinators, we wouldn’t exist, so it’s essential that we treat these divine creatures with the reverence that they deserve.

Learn more about Jasmine and her work:

Website: www.beelievehawaii.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/beelievehawaii

Facebook: www.facebook.com/beelievehawaii

Email: beelievehawaii@gmail.com

Reclaiming Rites of Passage: Doble Quincineara w Jose Richard Aviles

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:00:14 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Jose Richard Aviles, social worker, urban planner, and artist. Their work is centered around the intersections between space, place, and the body. We discuss the influence of their ancestry on their medicine and career path, their most recent artistic offering, and what they have learned and released along their journey. Jose shares the inspiration behind Semilla, their recent poetic publication, and even reads a beautiful excerpt from it.

With all the tension in the world right now, this episode is sure to distract you from it and bring a sense of lightness, gratitude, and joy to your day!

Learn more about Jose and their work:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Jose-Richard-Aviles-MSW-MPL-773325996384681

Instagram: www.instagram.com/soynalgona

Twitter: www.twitter.com/soylamasnalgona

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joserichardaviles

Semilla: www.gofundme.com/f/semilla-performance-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

Meditation, Money, and an Abundant Life with Tara Moraleda

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:00:13 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Tara Moraleda, visionary artist and abundance coach living on Maui. We discuss the duality in spirit that came from her mother and father, how she was called to move to Hawaii and silently meditate for 150 days, and why stillness contributes to systemic change. Tara also details how she shifted from a broke artist mindset to a money mindset, the correlation and differences between money and abundance, and the money rituals she’s been practicing lately. Then, she shares some wise words through a lovely poem she wrote about being a dual being.

Are you having trouble with feeling abundant and secure in your life and your finances? Listen in and read on to learn ways in which you can garner abundance and peace in your life while getting paid.

Learn more about Tara and her work:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/taramorelove

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tara-moraleda-83b50059

Insight Timer Meditations: www.insighttimer.com/taramorelove

The Wild Abundance Initiation Event: www.thewildabundanceinitiation.com

Book a Session: www.app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19309652&appointmentType=13842450

The Maltyox Method: Cacao as Heart Opener with Christine Olivia

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:40:46 +0000

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Christine Olivia Hernandez, creator of the Maltyox Method, author, cacao enthusiast, and artist. We discuss her ancestral lineage and her connection to it, detailing the beautiful journey she went on to find that connection. She tells us how her heritage has influenced her life, what her writing process is like, how she grounds herself in times of uncertainty, and what she has learned to release in this whole experience.

How can we mindfully and consciously consume cacao as a part of our spiritual practice without appropriating it? What would you say to someone who is in the loop of comparison and are feeling a longing to share their story, connect with their ancestors, and embrace their sensuality? Tune in to hear Christine’s inspiring responses to these questions!

Learn more about Christine and her work:

Website: www.iamchristineolivia.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/lifefullycolored and www.instagram.com/maltyoxmethod

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Maltyoxmethod

Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisolivia538

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/christine-olivia-hernandez-ab474b74

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@iamchristineolivia

The HeArt of Cacao Ceremony Online Course: www.theheartofcacao.teachable.com

A Child of Magic: www.iamchristineolivia.com/book

Healing as Protest with Shelley Bruce

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:19:12 +0000

In this first episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome entrepreneur, artist, activist, and my wellness wifey, Shelley Bruce. Shelley is the creator of Day of Healing, a healing gathering on Venice Beach that combined the concept of much-needed protests with community organizing and wellness to bring a rejuvenating experience for artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and everyone else in between. Shelley shares with us the ways she stays grounded during these turbulent times, the inspiration behind Day of Healing, and the powerful significance of it being held on a beach. She also shares what she has learned to release on her spiritual journey and offers words of wisdom for people starting their own spiritual journey. Then, Shelley reads a beautiful poem and ritual from her book, On Blooming.

The revolution is happening and it can be exhausting, but we’re here to help bring you back to feeling empowered and inspired to keep sharing your unique gifts and messages with the world.

Learn more about Shelley and her work:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/artistshelleybruce

Facebook: www.facebook.com/artistshelleybruce88

Twitter: www.twitter.com/shelleybruce

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shelley-a-bruce-09233a3a

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/artistshelleybruce/_saved

Day of Healing 2020: www.instagram.com/dayofhealing2020

On Blooming: www.etsy.com/listing/632772876/on-blooming-standard-shipping?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Listen to our past interview: https://www.jumakae.com/shelleybruce

THE REBIRTH

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:18:49 +0000

Welcome to the rebirth of Your Story Medicine, the podcast where I, June Kaewsith, aka “Jumakae” get to interview people who have inspired me to walk this path as a storytelling coach, life doula, and creative entrepreneur while sharing my own journey with you along the way.