Decolonizing Kiki: The Podcast

In episode 6, Dr. Kiki shares about her recent moments with doubt and insecurity, and she tells a story about growing up in the church. 

Dr. Kiernan “Kiki” Steiner, DMA, (she/they/siya) is a holistic vocal coach, choral conductor, and decolonization consultant, and began her life journey on Ho-Chunk Nation lands in Southwestern Wisconsin. Dr. Kiki is a recent graduate from Arizona State University with her doctorate in Choral Conducting, where her research focused on the implications and importance of pedagogical language and discourse in collegiate choral programs through a decolonization lens.

In Episode 4, Dr. Kiki shares a conversation with Krisell, @krisellcan.medium, and they discuss abundance, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. 

Krisell (She/Her) is a multi-dimensonal medium, Filipinx living in diaspora, on the unceded ancestral lands of the Kizh people. She empowers femmes of color and their allies to live with purpose, confidence, and integrity through grounded spirituality. She began developing her psychic abilities as a form of self-care and learned to do readings as a bonus. After learning a number of modalities, she recognized a common foundation to all modalities of awareness, movement, and flow and it is the foundation of how she serves her community.

Instagram @krisellcan.medium

In Episode 3, Dr. Kiki shares a conversation with Gabes Torres, @gabestorres, about creative revolution, connecting with ancestral wisdom, and decolonization within the Filipinx diaspora. 

Gabes (she/they/siya) was raised in the countryside of the Philippines. She comes from an ancestral lineage of educators, revolutionaries, artists, and healers. She lives on their legacy as a therapist, organizer, singer-songwriter, and teacher today.

In Episode 2, Dr. Kiki shares a conversation with Coach Bethany, @the_truestyou, and they discuss their adoption journeys, gratitude, and finding community as they work to serve others along their self-love journeys. 

Coach Bethany focuses on guiding the individual in discovering their truest potential and truest identity through meaningful introspection, healing and empowerment. Coach Bethany aims in forming an alliance with the client through assisting in their development of a strong sense of self worth through implementation of clarifying questions, mindfulness techniques and goal setting strategy.

In Episode 1, Dr. Kiki kicks off the first season with a solo episode where she introduces her story medicine and decolonization journey. Dr. Kiki Steiner holds degrees in music education and choral conducting with special interests in decolonization and liberatory education. 

Episode 1 will air 11/11 @ 11am CST.