Healing Dojo Podcast | HIR Wellness
By HIR Wellness Institute
Healing Dojo Podcast | HIR Wellness Feb 16, 2021
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | J. Carlos River E6 Part 2
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series” Series, where our CAM Cohort interview and put praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this Part 2, we continue to have healing conversation and teachings from J. Carlos Rivera around his experience with healing relationships, and how he applies his energy into healing our Indigenous relatives through his work, and with his organization Generation Red Road. To learn more about Carlos, please read a brief bio below and visit the links at the bottom of this description.
Hosts: Alexis C. and Fondé
J. Carlos Rivera is a member of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians and of Mexican descent. He is a dear friend and relative to HIR Wellness and our CEO and Founder, Lea Denny. He is a sensational human being, and we are grateful for his continued connection. Carlos completed his chemical dependency studies and Human Services at the American River College and is a graduate of the Duke University Non-profit management course. Previously, Carlos served as a substance abuse treatment provider for ten years at the Sacramento Native American Health and he was appointed to the State Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency by Governor Jerry Brown in 2011 and served the state for almost four years. Carlos was previously a trainer for the Wellbriety Training Institute, and later a former Executive Director of White Bison, Inc. in California for over 5 years. Currently, Carlos serves as the founder and CEO of Generation Red Road and South Dakota and Chief Cultural Officer at American Indian Health and Services in Santa Barbara, CA. He is one of the owners of JRiv Consulting, LLC and The Homies Taco Truck, a food truck that provides street tacos with a little California flavor.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
- Learn more about the non-profit Generation Red Road here, and more about CEO & Director Carlos here. The Mission of Generation Red Road, Inc. is to revitalize and promote inter-generational healing by utilizing Indigenous teachings that provide harmony for individuals, families, and communities.
- Follow Generation Red Road on Instagram here, and Facebook here.
- Watch Carlos in this video, as he shared some of his story in this teaching at Recovery Reinvented in 2017.
- Read a Personal Story here, and more about the Red Road for Native Americans from Carlos.
- You can find Carlos on LinkedIn to follow and keep up with Generation Red Road and all things Carlos.
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | J. Carlos Rivera E6 Part 1
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series” Series, where our CAM Cohort interviews and puts praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this Part 1, we get introduced to Carlo’s story and journey as a man of illness and recovery, his agreements, and we explore the intergenerational trauma impacts on Boys and Men of color today. To learn more about Carlos, please read a brief bio below and visit the links at the bottom of this description.
Hosts: Alexis C. and Fondé
J. Carlos Rivera is a member of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians and Mexican descent. He is a dear friend and relative to HIR Wellness and our CEO and Founder, Lea Denny. He is sensational, and we are grateful for his continued connection. Carlos completed his chemical dependency studies and Human Services at the American River College and graduated from the Duke University Non-profit management course. Previously, Carlos served as a substance abuse treatment provider for ten years at the Sacramento Native American Health. Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the State Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency in 2011, and he served the state for almost four years. Carlos was previously a trainer for the Wellbriety Training Institute, and later a former Executive Director of White Bison, Inc. in California for over five years. Currently, Carlos serves as the founder and CEO of Generation Red Road and South Dakota and Chief Cultural Officer at American Indian Health and Services in Santa Barbara, CA. He co-owns JRiv Consulting, LLC, and The Homies Taco Truck, a food truck that provides street tacos with a little California flavor.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | Sammy Rangel E3
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series” Series, where our CAM Cohort interview and put praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this episode, we learn from Sammy Rangel, the Life Technician, and his mission to leave no one behind lost in suffering, his early experiences, and his pride as a father. Sammy is the founder of Formers Anonymous and co-founder of Life After Hate; he is dedicated to the people looking to leave a life of crime and violence. Sammy is a strongt friend to HIR Wellness and our founder, Lea Denny. Please visit the links at the bottom of this description to learn more about Sammy.
Hosts: Kay and Fondé
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
- Learn more about Sammy on his website, and what a Life Technician is all about.
- Check out his YouTube Channel here where he has many talks to watch and listen to.
- Explore The Lift Technician Podcast here.
- You can find and follow Sammy Rangel on Linkedin too!
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | Fondé Bridges E5
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series” Series, where our CAM Cohort interview and put praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this episode, we learn from Fondé Bridges, the head chef and literary savant who found Healthy Words, bringing his work to schools and spaces throughout Milwaukee and worldwide. Fondé is a fabulous friend to HIR Wellness and a lifelong confidante to our founder, Lea Denny. To learn more about Fondé, please visit the links at the bottom of this description.
Hosts: Tiffany & Xavier
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
- What are Healthy Words? Healthy Words are positive, beneficial, and nutritious vocabulary -Fondé Bridges
- Watch and listen to Fondé share more about Healthy Words and why they matter in this video
- Check out his work with the Carrorism initiative and Nasreen Ameri, and more about his work on the Healthy Words page. Be sure to check out his recent work with “The Orchard of Inspiration”
Instagram? Healthwordsfonde and Carrorism_in_schools
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | Michael O'Brien E4
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series” Series, where our CAM Cohort interview and put praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this episode, we learn from Michael O’Bryan and his journey in becoming the Director of Learning at the Village of Arts and Humanities, the founder of Humanature, a proud Philadelphian, and so much more. Michael is a treasured friend to HIR Wellness and our founder, Lea Denny. To learn more about Michael, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description.
Hosts: Jasmine and Fondé
If you want to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
- Read this sweet article about Michael, the Modern Humanitarian
- Explore more about his firm, Humanature, and their works towards supporting organizations in their understanding of humanity and equity
- You will find many videos and resource on Michael, but here is a recently recorded session with Michael on the The Village of Arts and Humanities to experience his energy
- Learn more about The Village here and the unique, critical work they do in Philadelphia
- You can find and follow Michael on LinkedIn too!
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | Steve Sawyer E2
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series” Series, where our CAM Cohort interview and put praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this episode, we learn from Steve Sawyer a bit about the journey that has led him to his influential work with wilderness therapy co-founding New Vision Wilderness Therapy, as a passionate trainer in Brainspotting and HeartMath, and being a licensed clinician with a breadth of experience in mental health and AODA. Steve is an exceptional partner and friend to HIR Wellness and our founder, Lea Denny. Please visit the links at the bottom of this description to learn more about Steve.
Hosts: Liz and Fondé
If you want to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
- Check out this video of Steve in the field with New Vision Wilderness Therapy, and he shares more about NVW’s commitment to Trauma-Informed Care here.
- Learn more about wilderness therapy and the New Vision Wilderness Programs on their website
- You can find Steve on LinkedIn too!
From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within Series | Matthew Anderson | E1
Welcome relatives and listeners to our “From Boys to Men, Healing the Patriarchy Within” Series, where our CAM Cohort Cohort interview and put praxis into action as they learn from men about their stories and experiences at the frontline of healing intergenerational roots as they address toxic masculinity and address patriarchal challenges. We recognize and celebrate that both the masculine and feminine should be celebrated and honored in harmony. In this episode, we learn from Matthew Anderson and his journey as Vice President of Programs and Business Development at the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina*, the Director of the Institute for Family, and an award-winning documentary producer. He is a change agent for child welfare reform, amongst many more things. Matt is a wonderful friend of HIR Wellness and our founder, Lea Denny; we thank him for his time and energy. Please visit the links at the bottom of this description to learn more about Matt.
Hosts: Eva and Fondé Bridges
If you want to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
- Learn more about the Institute for Family and listen to the Seen Out Loud podcasts where Matt engages in conversation with like-minded leaders and healers in the U.S. Foster Care System
- Watch and listen to a TedTalks by Matt in Greensboro around transforming the child welfare system and the power of being seen, click here
- Check out Cody’s story in Matt’s documentary “From Place to Place” in this trailer. Be sure to subscribe to the Institute for Family here for a link to the full documentary.
- You can find and follow Matt on LinkedIn too!
- Explore the powerful work Children’s Home Society of North Carolina is committed to for our families. *As of Fall 2022, Matt has decided to pursue passions outside of CHS, check out his LinkedIn to learn more about his journey. We are sending you joy, as always!
N8V-T Youth Podcast | Ep. 4 | Cheryl Stevens
Welcome back! In the N8V-T Youth Podcast Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. N8V-T [pronounced Native Tea] is a youth-led Podcast series by our daughters who have participated in our Daughters of Tradition [DOT] mentorship group. This is a Social Justice-focused Podcast Series collaborating with local women leaders. We are publishing this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated and uplifted all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Cheryl Stevens about her lifelong work for the Oneida Nation community, and journey as a mother and grandmother.
To learn more about Cheryl, continue reading below.
Hosts: Daughters of Tradition [DOT] Ella S. and Ella R.
Join DOT and the HIR Wellness Institute team as they interview and engage in meaningful conversation with current and emerging women leaders and we will get the opportunity to hear Indigenous youth perspectives. Together we will build pathways to empower our young feminine voices and advocacy.
Learn more about the Podcast and how to support us here: https://www.hirwellness.org/n8vt-podcast
Support the DOT to Washington D.C. https://www.mightycause.com/event/Dot
Cheryl Stevens is a member of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. She has worked for the Oneida Nation for the past 31 years. For 30 of those years, she worked within the Oneida Grants Office, writing and obtaining Federal, State, and private external funding for the Nation. She was promoted to the Grants Office Director position in 1993 and currently holds that job title today (28 years). She oversees the operations of the Oneida Nation's Grants Office in the development of grant applications, including grant compliance for the pursuit of external funding for all programs within the tribe.
Cheryl also carries the responsibilities as Executive Manager of the Oneida Youth Leadership Institute, a tribal mechanism for fundraising utilizing the tribe’s 7871 tax-exempt status. The purpose of Oneida Youth Leadership Institute is to operate and support programs and activities which promote leadership qualities in Oneida youth.
Cheryl graduated High School from the Institute for American Indian Arts in 1977. She further earned a Certification of Accounting from Haskell Junior College in 1983 and a Bachelor’s in Business Economics from Mt. Senario College in 1991. She is married to Ernie Stevens, Jr. Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association. Together they have 5 children and 17 grandchildren! She was a 3-sport Collegiate athlete, High School volleyball and basketball Coach, volunteer Badger State Games Coach, and a volunteer Pom Pon Coach to a group of 50 young girls. She continues to be an avid volleyball player, and her and her family are active volunteers in their Oneida Nation community.
N8V-T Youth Podcast | Ep. 3 | Dr. Bonnie Duran
Welcome back! In the N8V-T Youth Podcast Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. N8V-T [pronounced Native Tea] is a youth-led Podcast series by our daughters who have participated in our Daughters of Tradition [DOT] mentorship group. This is a Social Justice-focused Podcast Series collaborating with local women leaders. We are publishing this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated and uplifted all year. In this episode, we start to learn from and connect with Dr. Bonnie Duran about her healing work with Indigenous Wellness Research and journey as a lifelong learner and professor of Social Work at the University of Washington.
*It should be noted that this interview ended abruptly due to technology issues. We look forward to the continued conversation with Dr. Duran very soon.
To learn more about Dr. Bonnie Duran, continue reading below.
Hosts: Daughters of Tradition [DOT] Nem Ki, Dani, Ella S., and Carmen
Join DOT and the HIR Wellness Institute team as they interview and engage in meaningful conversation with current and emerging women leaders and we will get the opportunity to hear Indigenous youth perspectives. Together we will build pathways to empower our young feminine voices and advocacy.
Support the DOT to Washington D.C. Learn more using this link: https://www.mightycause.com/event/Dot
Bonnie Duran Dr.PH (mixed race Opelousas/Coushatta descendent) is a professor in the schools of social work and public health at the University of Washington. She is also on the leadership team at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. She received her Dr.PH from UC Berkeley School of Public Health in 1997. Bonnie teaches graduate courses in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and mindfulness. She has worked in public health research, evaluation and education among Tribes, Native Organizations and other communities of color for more than 35 years. We are honored to have Dr. Bonnie Duran with us today, learning about her research and how mental health is connected to our communities' healing.
N8V-T Youth Podcast | Ep. 2 | Dr. Jeneile Luebke
Welcome back! In the N8V-T Youth Podcast Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. N8V-T [pronounced Native Tea] is a youth-led Podcast series by our daughters who have participated in our Daughters of Tradition [DOT] mentorship group. This is a Social Justice-focused Podcast Series collaborating with local women leaders. We are publishing this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated and uplifted all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Dr. Jeneile Luebke about her lifelong leadership and passion for Nursing, and dedication to Indigenous women and communities.
To learn more about Dr. Jeneile Luebke, continue reading below.
Hosts: Daughters of Tradition [DOT] Delilah, Jasmine, and Kayla
Join DOT and the HIR Wellness Institute team as they interview and engage in meaningful conversation with current and emerging women leaders and we will get the opportunity to hear Indigenous youth perspectives. Together we will build pathways to empower our young feminine voices and advocacy.
Learn more about the Podcast and how to support us here: https://www.hirwellness.org/n8vt-podcast
Support the DOT to Washington D.C. https://www.mightycause.com/event/Dot
Jeneile Luebke PhD, RN is a post-doctoral nurse research associate at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She in an enrolled member of Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. She received her early nursing degrees (LPN and ADN) in Bemidji, MN, and her BS and MS Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her PhD at UW-Milwaukee. Her area of research and expertise include intimate partner violence in the lives of American Indian women, community health nursing and utilization and application of postcolonial and indigenous feminist methodologies. She is a survivor of intimate partner violence and is passionate about sharing her knowledge and personal experiences to help to support and empower other women to transition to survivorhood.
N8V-T Youth Podcast Series | Ep. 1 | Katrina Brook Flores
Welcome back! In the N8V-T Youth Podcast Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. N8V-T [pronounced Native Tea] is a youth-led Podcast series by our daughters who have participated in our Daughters of Tradition [DOT] mentorship group. This is a Social Justice-focused Podcast Series collaborating with local women leaders. We are publishing this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated and uplifted all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Katrina Brook Flores and their journey as a Xicanx artist, healer, and mother.
To learn more about Katrina, continue reading below.
Hosts: Daughters of Tradition [DOT] Ella S., Ella R., and Jizelle
Join DOT and the HIR Wellness Institute team as they interview and engage in meaningful conversation with current and emerging women leaders and we will get the opportunity to hear Indigenous youth perspectives. Together we will build pathways to empower our young feminine voices and advocacy.
Learn more about the Podcast and how to support us here: https://www.hirwellness.org/n8vt-podcast
Support the DOT to Washington D.C. https://www.mightycause.com/event/Dot
To learn more about Katrina, please visit: https://www.girlillatactics.com/staff/el-la-katrina and you can contact Katrina via Instagram @katrinabrookflowers
Katrina Brook Flores aka El La Katrina is a Xicanx multimedia and multi-practice artist born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their work addresses the meaning of boundary-spanning, border-crossing, and binary-breaking through calling-out the way colonial systems, hierarchical institutions, gendered constructs and conquer & divide tactics have hurt Indigenous communities and natural ecosystems globally. The art doesn’t stop at interrogating these unhealthy practices. Katrina’s work goes beyond interrogation and seeks to offer solutions, healings and hope in calling forward a (re)claimed and (re)imagined future rooted in joyful ways of being and ancestral teachings. El La Katrinais a graduate from UW-Madison. While at UW-Madison, Katrina served in multiple roles including the Arts-In-Education Director for OMAI & First Wave as well as the Co-Director of Breakin’ The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement and co-created InterCultural Dialogues (ICD), a “For-Students-By-Students” undergraduate course in Sociology. After moving to Chicago, Katrina served as the Community Programs Director for RedMoon Theater and was later hired as a consultant for The B-Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago where she also served as B-Series Internship Coordinator & Associate Curator. Before becoming a full-time artist, Katrina worked as the Chief Operating Officer of The Firehouse Community Arts Center in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale to assist in building the capacities of the organization in their inaugural year of funding with the Chicago CRED Program under Arne Duncan to achieve a transformative reduction in Chicago gun violence with justice involved youth. Katrina is the co-founder of GIRL ILLA Tactics, a production company that centers the work of Black and Indigenous women in Hip Hop as well as a Dark Matter Residency Artist at Chicago’s Elastic Arts and is the creator, co-director and a featured artist in the musical film SEED POLLINATE BLOOM.
Healing Dojo E13:P2 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie. At the time, Barb was the Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. She is an author, facilitator, and community leader among many things. Read more about Barb and her story below.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & John Yang
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the previous Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. Pre-COVID, Barb worked for the Ho-Chunk Nation in an executive roll for over a decade and served in capacities such as President’s chief of staff, public relations officer, executive directors of education, business and social services. Barb received her bachelor’s degree from Winona State University and her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire.
Adding to her growing repertoire of workshop topics, she also provides professional development to community groups, governmental organizations and school districts for professional development. Her topics include, but are not limited to, indigenous/ First Nations/ Native American people and tribal nations; Teachings of the Medicine Wheel (C. Thunder); Mending Broken Hearts; Mothers of Tradition; Survivors of Suicide, Homicide and Genocide (White Bison, Inc.); pan-tribal attitudes; trauma-informed care; historic and intergenerational trauma; community resilience; Act 31; bias, stereotyping, and prejudice; educational assessment and measurement theory; recovering at-risk youth; physical violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking and special education advocacy.
Barb has worked on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Task Force legislative and policy work group. Prior to her Director role, she was board president until July 2020 for HIR Wellness Institute.
Healing Dojo E13:P1 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie. At the time, Barb was the Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. She is an author, facilitator, and community leader among many things. Read more about Barb and her story below.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & John Yang
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Barb Blackdeer-Mackenzie is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the previous Community Advocate Resource and Emotional Support (CARES) Director and Community Healer with HIR Wellness. Pre-COVID, Barb worked for the Ho-Chunk Nation in an executive roll for over a decade and served in capacities such as President’s chief of staff, public relations officer, executive directors of education, business and social services. Barb received her bachelor’s degree from Winona State University and her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire.
Adding to her growing repertoire of workshop topics, she also provides professional development to community groups, governmental organizations and school districts for professional development. Her topics include, but are not limited to, indigenous/ First Nations/ Native American people and tribal nations; Teachings of the Medicine Wheel (C. Thunder); Mending Broken Hearts; Mothers of Tradition; Survivors of Suicide, Homicide and Genocide (White Bison, Inc.); pan-tribal attitudes; trauma-informed care; historic and intergenerational trauma; community resilience; Act 31; bias, stereotyping, and prejudice; educational assessment and measurement theory; recovering at-risk youth; physical violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking and special education advocacy.
Barb has worked on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Task Force legislative and policy work group. Prior to her Director role, she was board president until July 2020 for HIR Wellness Institute.
Healing Dojo E12:P2 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Chris McNeill Bivins
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Chris McNeill Bivins. Chris works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, based in Green Bay, WI and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris is a strong mentor, advocate, and friend of HIR Wellness and the Wisconsin community. Read more about Chris and Family Services below.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges, Mariah Jensen, and John Yang
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
To learn more about Family Services - Wisconsin Lifeline, click here or visit https://www.familyservicesnew.org/service/wisconsin-lifeline/
From their web page: Callers can connect to Wisconsin Lifeline by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 from any phone with a Wisconsin area code. For COVID-19 crises, you can also connect with help by dialing 211 from a Wisconsin phone number.
Chris McNeill Bivins works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, an M.S. in Child Life and Family Centered Care from Wheelock College in Boston, is a nationally certified Child Life Specialist, a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist, a trainer for Mandt, ACE Interface & CCAR and is a Certified Trauma Professional. She has supported people dealing with a wide variety of concerns in hospitals, hospice programs, school and after school programs, adoptive, foster & sober homes as well as in the corrections and court systems. Chris is the co-author of several articles and a textbook. She enjoys teaching individual clients as well as groups, having presented to diverse audiences from local seminars to international conferences. Chris utilizes her understanding of medicine, human development, family systems, stress & coping, therapeutic & expressive activities, recovery, ACEs and trauma informed care to assist staff and clients of all ages find healthy ways to understand and cope with difficult situations. Chris is an avid community volunteer and the proud mom of three teen girls.
Healing Dojo E12:P1 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Chris McNeill Bivins
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from and connect with Chris McNeill Bivins. Chris works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, based in Green Bay, WI and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris is a strong mentor, advocate, and friend of HIR Wellness and the Wisconsin community. Read more about Chris and Family Services below. Stay tuned for more coming soon!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges, Mariah Jensen, and John Yang
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
To learn more about Family Services - Wisconsin Lifeline, click here or visit https://www.familyservicesnew.org/service/wisconsin-lifeline/
From their web page: Callers can connect to Wisconsin Lifeline by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 from any phone with a Wisconsin area code. For COVID-19 crises, you can also connect with help by dialing 211 from a Wisconsin phone number.
Chris McNeill Bivins works at Family Services’s Wisconsin Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline, and has been helping children and families navigate challenging life events for almost 30 years. Chris has a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, an M.S. in Child Life and Family Centered Care from Wheelock College in Boston, is a nationally certified Child Life Specialist, a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist, a trainer for Mandt, ACE Interface & CCAR and is a Certified Trauma Professional. She has supported people dealing with a wide variety of concerns in hospitals, hospice programs, school and after school programs, adoptive, foster & sober homes as well as in the corrections and court systems. Chris is the co-author of several articles and a textbook. She enjoys teaching individual clients as well as groups, having presented to diverse audiences from local seminars to international conferences. Chris utilizes her understanding of medicine, human development, family systems, stress & coping, therapeutic & expressive activities, recovery, ACEs and trauma informed care to assist staff and clients of all ages find healthy ways to understand and cope with difficult situations. Chris is an avid community volunteer and the proud mom of three teen girls.
Healing Dojo E11:P3 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Nasreen Ameri
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion and narrative about rape, and Nasreen's personal healing journey. We understand these topics are heavy, complex, and sensitive; we ask that you use caution and to listen with care. If you find yourself activated, please reach out to your supports, and for our Indigenous Wisconsin listeners, the CARES line is available for you to call or text. More information is available on our website: www.hirwellness.org | 414-748-2592
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from Nasreen Ameri and her power as the founder, President, & unapologetic carrorist of Carrorism*, a positive psychology practice. She will share insight into the experiences she has had walking with her strong Iranian heritage as a daughter, mother, author, healer, founder, and International model and actress. To learn more about Nasreen, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
*Nasreen is the Founder & President of Carrorism: Carrorism.com
Check out and follow Nasreen's Instagram: @nasreenameri
Healing Dojo E11:P2 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Nasreen Ameri
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from Nasreen Ameri and her power as the founder, President, & unapologetic carrorist of Carrorism*, a positive psychology practice. She will share insight into the experiences she has had walking with her strong Iranian heritage as a daughter, mother, author, healer, founder, and International model and actress. To learn more about Nasreen, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for more!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
*Nasreen is the Founder & President of Carrorism: Carrorism.com
Check out and follow Nasreen's Instagram: @nasreenameri
Healing Dojo E11:P1 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Nasreen Ameri
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn from Nasreen Ameri and her power as the founder, President, & unapologetic carrorist of Carrorism*, a positive psychology practice. She will share insight into the experiences she has had walking with her strong Iranian heritage as a daughter, mother, author, healer, founder, and International model and actress. To learn more about Nasreen, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for more!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
*Nasreen is the Founder & President of Carrorism: Carrorism.com
Check out and follow Nasreen's Instagram: @nasreenameri
Healing Dojo E10:P3 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Habeebah Rasheed Grimes
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this Part 3, we learn from Habeebah Rasheed Grimes and her journey as a daughter, strong sister, mother, community member, and leader. Habeebah is an accomplished speaker and advocate for trauma-informed practices and is the current CEO of the Positive Education Program, or PEP, in Ohio. To learn more about HRG, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Habeebah is the creator and non-profit executive of her Podcast: No Crystal Stair
Check out and follow Habeebah's professional website. / www.habeebahrgrimes.com
Learn more about Positive Education Program (PEP) on their website. / www.pepcleve.org
Healing Dojo E10:P2 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Habeebah Rasheed Grimes
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this Part 2, we learn from Habeebah Rasheed Grimes and her journey as a daughter, strong sister, mother, community member, and leader. Habeebah is an accomplished speaker and advocate for trauma-informed practices and is the current CEO of the Positive Education Program, or PEP, in Ohio. To learn more about HRG, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for Part 3 coming soon!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Habeebah is the creator and non-profit executive of her Podcast: No Crystal Stair
Check out and follow Habeebah's professional website. / www.habeebahrgrimes.com
Learn more about Positive Education Program (PEP) on their website. / www.pepcleve.org
Healing Dojo E10:P1 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Habeebah Rasheed Grimes
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this Part 1, we learn from Habeebah Rasheed Grimes and her journey as a daughter, strong sister, mother, community member, and leader. Habeebah is an accomplished speaker and advocate for trauma-informed practices and is the current CEO of the Positive Education Program, or PEP, in Ohio. To learn more about HRG, please visit the links provided at the bottom of this description. Stay tuned for Part 2 & 3 coming soon!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Habeebah is the creator and non-profit executive of her Podcast: No Crystal Stair
Check out and follow Habeebah's professional website. / www.habeebahrgrimes.com
Learn more about Positive Education Program (PEP) on their website. / www.pepcleve.org
Healing Dojo E9 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | Serene Thin Elk
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we learn more about Serene Thin Elk and her experiences as a Native American mental health counselor, director of behavioral health at the South Dakota Urban Indian Health Institute, and co-founder of Generation Red Road. www.genredroad.org
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Val Lopez
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo E8:P3 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | El La Katrina
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this part 3, we learn more about Katrina Brook Flores and their journey as a Xicanx artist, and healing the community through art.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Odessa Peters
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
To learn more about Katrina, please read below and visit: https://www.girlillatactics.com/staff/el-la-katrina/ and you can contact Katrina via Instagram @katrinabrookflowers
Katrina Brook Flores aka El La Katrina is a Xicanx multimedia and multi-practice artist born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their work addresses the meaning of boundary-spanning, border-crossing, and binary-breaking through calling-out the way colonial systems, hierarchical institutions, gendered constructs and conquer & divide tactics have hurt Indigenous communities and natural ecosystems globally. The art doesn’t stop at interrogating these unhealthy practices. Katrina’s work goes beyond interrogation and seeks to offer solutions, healings and hope in calling forward a (re)claimed and (re)imagined future rooted in joyful ways of being and ancestral teachings. El La Katrinais a graduate from UW-Madison. While at UW-Madison, Katrina served in multiple roles including the Arts-In-Education Director for OMAI & First Wave as well as the Co-Director of Breakin’ The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement and co-created InterCultural Dialogues (ICD), a “For-Students-By-Students” undergraduate course in Sociology. After moving to Chicago, Katrina served as the Community Programs Director for RedMoon Theater and was later hired as a consultant for The B-Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago where she also served as B-Series Internship Coordinator & Associate Curator. Before becoming a full-time artist, Katrina worked as the Chief Operating Officer of The Firehouse Community Arts Center in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale to assist in building the capacities of the organization in their inaugural year of funding with the Chicago CRED Program under Arne Duncan to achieve a transformative reduction in Chicago gun violence with justice involved youth. Katrina is the co-founder of GIRL ILLA Tactics, a production company that centers the work of Black and Indigenous women in Hip Hop as well as a Dark Matter Residency Artist at Chicago’s Elastic Arts and is the creator, co-director and a featured artist in the musical film SEED POLLINATE BLOOM.
Healing Dojo E8:P2 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | El La Katrina
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this part 2, we learn more about Katrina Brook Flores and their journey as a Xicanx artist, and new mother during COVID-19 and managing her identities.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Odessa Peters
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
To learn more about Katrina, please read below and visit: https://www.girlillatactics.com/staff/el-la-katrina/ and you can contact Katrina via Instagram @katrinabrookflowers
Katrina Brook Flores aka El La Katrina is a Xicanx multimedia and multi-practice artist born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their work addresses the meaning of boundary-spanning, border-crossing, and binary-breaking through calling-out the way colonial systems, hierarchical institutions, gendered constructs and conquer & divide tactics have hurt Indigenous communities and natural ecosystems globally. The art doesn’t stop at interrogating these unhealthy practices. Katrina’s work goes beyond interrogation and seeks to offer solutions, healings and hope in calling forward a (re)claimed and (re)imagined future rooted in joyful ways of being and ancestral teachings. El La Katrinais a graduate from UW-Madison. While at UW-Madison, Katrina served in multiple roles including the Arts-In-Education Director for OMAI & First Wave as well as the Co-Director of Breakin’ The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement and co-created InterCultural Dialogues (ICD), a “For-Students-By-Students” undergraduate course in Sociology. After moving to Chicago, Katrina served as the Community Programs Director for RedMoon Theater and was later hired as a consultant for The B-Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago where she also served as B-Series Internship Coordinator & Associate Curator. Before becoming a full-time artist, Katrina worked as the Chief Operating Officer of The Firehouse Community Arts Center in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale to assist in building the capacities of the organization in their inaugural year of funding with the Chicago CRED Program under Arne Duncan to achieve a transformative reduction in Chicago gun violence with justice involved youth. Katrina is the co-founder of GIRL ILLA Tactics, a production company that centers the work of Black and Indigenous women in Hip Hop as well as a Dark Matter Residency Artist at Chicago’s Elastic Arts and is the creator, co-director and a featured artist in the musical film SEED POLLINATE BLOOM.
Healing Dojo E8:P1 | Women Pioneering Healing Series | El La Katrina
Welcome back! In this Women Pioneering Healing Series, we interview and learn from women who are at the forefront of innovation and community care. We recorded this series during the month of March to commemorate Women's History Month. We recognize and celebrate that women and the feminine should, and must, be celebrated all year. In this episode, we begin to learn about Katrina Brook Flores and their journey as a Xicanx artist.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Odessa Peters
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
To learn more about Katrina, please read below and visit: https://www.girlillatactics.com/staff/el-la-katrina/ and you can contact Katrina via Instagram @katrinabrookflowers
Katrina Brook Flores aka El La Katrina is a Xicanx multimedia and multi-practice artist born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their work addresses the meaning of boundary-spanning, border-crossing, and binary-breaking through calling-out the way colonial systems, hierarchical institutions, gendered constructs and conquer & divide tactics have hurt Indigenous communities and natural ecosystems globally. The art doesn’t stop at interrogating these unhealthy practices. Katrina’s work goes beyond interrogation and seeks to offer solutions, healings and hope in calling forward a (re)claimed and (re)imagined future rooted in joyful ways of being and ancestral teachings. El La Katrinais a graduate from UW-Madison. While at UW-Madison, Katrina served in multiple roles including the Arts-In-Education Director for OMAI & First Wave as well as the Co-Director of Breakin’ The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement and co-created InterCultural Dialogues (ICD), a “For-Students-By-Students” undergraduate course in Sociology. After moving to Chicago, Katrina served as the Community Programs Director for RedMoon Theater and was later hired as a consultant for The B-Series at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago where she also served as B-Series Internship Coordinator & Associate Curator. Before becoming a full-time artist, Katrina worked as the Chief Operating Officer of The Firehouse Community Arts Center in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale to assist in building the capacities of the organization in their inaugural year of funding with the Chicago CRED Program under Arne Duncan to achieve a transformative reduction in Chicago gun violence with justice involved youth. Katrina is the co-founder of GIRL ILLA Tactics, a production company that centers the work of Black and Indigenous women in Hip Hop as well as a Dark Matter Residency Artist at Chicago’s Elastic Arts and is the creator, co-director and a featured artist in the musical film SEED POLLINATE BLOOM.
Healing Dojo E7:P3 | Bridging Consciousness & Collective Care
Welcome back! In this Part 3, we interview and engage with Ben Callif, HIR Wellness Board Vice President, Milwaukee-based philosopher, scientist at Bader Philanthropies, Inc., YouTube educator at The Paradox Perspective, and owner of eightstep me coaching and consulting. Ben shares with us his story, experiences, and teachings around the paradoxes of consciousness and how science intersects with a holistic sense of purpose. Thank you for joining us during this 3-part conversation with Ben.
Organumics: An Epigenetic Re-Framing of Consciousness, Life, and Evolution: https://www.amazon.com/Organumics-Epigenetic-Re-Framing-Consciousness-Evolution/dp/1893121755
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Alison VB
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo E7:P2 | Bridging Consciousness & Collective Care
Welcome back! In this Part 2, we interview and engage with Ben Callif, HIR Wellness Board Vice President, Milwaukee-based philosopher, scientist at Bader Philanthropies, Inc., YouTube educator at The Paradox Perspective, and owner of eightstep me coaching and consulting. Ben shares with us his story, experiences, and teachings around the paradoxes of consciousness and how science intersects with a holistic sense of purpose. In this episode we discuss the memes, words, and dialogue that exists all around us. Stay tuned for Part 3 soon!
Organumics: An Epigenetic Re-Framing of Consciousness, Life, and Evolution: https://www.amazon.com/Organumics-Epigenetic-Re-Framing-Consciousness-Evolution/dp/1893121755
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Alison VB
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo E7:P1 | Bridging Consciousness & Collective Care
Welcome back! In this Part 1, we interview and engage with Ben Callif, HIR Wellness Board Vice President, Milwaukee-based philosopher, scientist at Bader Philanthropies, Inc., YouTube educator at The Paradox Perspective, and owner of eightstep me coaching and consulting. Ben shares with us his story, experiences, and teachings around the paradoxes of consciousness and how science intersects with a holistic sense of purpose. Stay tuned for the Part 2 and 3 soon!
Organumics: An Epigenetic Re-Framing of Consciousness, Life, and Evolution: https://www.amazon.com/Organumics-Epigenetic-Re-Framing-Consciousness-Evolution/dp/1893121755
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Alison VB
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Episode 6 | Part 2 | CAM Cohort Reflection & Synthesis with Lea S. Denny
Join us as we reflect together!
Episode 6 Recap: We dive deeper into Healthy Words and ask the questions on our minds.
Hosts: Fondé &
CAM Cohort:
John (with Odessa's support)
Min
Marcy
& Lea
Episode 6 | Part 1 | CAM Cohort Reflection & Synthesis with Lea S. Denny
Join us as we reflect together!
Episode 6 Recap: We dive deeper into Healthy Words and ask the questions on our minds.
Hosts: Fondé & Cory
CAM Cohort:
Xavier
Alison
Odessa
Healing Dojo: Episode 6 | Healthy Words for all.
Welcome back! Learning how to navigate and integrate using Healthy Words with ourselves and others has its challenges. We experience negative messages daily in our lives. Join Fondé Bridges and Cory as we learn more about Healthy Words, affirmations, and some ways to put them into practice.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges and Cory
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together.
Episode 5 | Part 2 | CAM Cohort Reflection & Synthesis with Lea S. Denny
Join us as we reflect together!
Episode 5 Recap: Interdisciplinary and integrated healing teams are essential for holistic healing and wellness. Occupational Therapists are often misunderstood in their purpose, goals, and capacities. Together we will learn more about this dynamic field and why diverse teams of practice make the difference in one’s healing journey.
Hosts: Fonde Bridges & Sara & Marcy
CAM Cohort:
Sara
John
Alison
Marcy
Min
Odessa
Healing Dojo: Episode 5 | Occupational Therapy, who?
Welcome back! Interdisciplinary and integrated healing teams are essential for holistic healing and wellness. Occupational Therapists are often misunderstood in their purpose, goals, and capacities. Together we will learn more about this dynamic field and why diverse teams of practice make the difference in one’s healing journey.
Hosts: Fonde Bridges & Sara & Marcy
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Episode 4 | Part 4 | CAM Cohort Reflection & Synthesis with Lea S. Denny
Join us as we reflect together!
Episode 4 Recap: Complex topics were discussed and shared around LGBTQ+, suicide, and social media. This may be a heavy reflection for some relatives (listeners). We thank you for continuing the conversation with us!
Hosts: Fonde Bridges, John & Mariah
Editor: Cory
CAM Cohort:
Sara
John
Alison
Marcy
Min
Odessa
Healing Dojo | Episode 4 | Part 3 : LGBTQ, Suicide, & Coming Out
Welcome back! In this Part 3, we seek to understand the intersectionality of LGBTQ+ and suicide. John, who identifies as gay-male and Hmong-American, shares his coming out story with Fondé and reflects on what it means to be a 'minority within a minority'. Coming out stories are beautiful, challenging, and unique to each person; this is just one share story of many that we hope will connect us as we hold respect for John and his courage.
*We recognize that data, information, and perspectives are constantly updating; please note that we are discussing from our perspectives and knowledge known at the time of recording.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion around suicidality and its prevalence. We understand these topics heavy, complex, and are sensitive; we ask that you use caution and to listen with care. If you find yourself activated, please reach out to your supports, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255, or for our Indigenous Wisconsin listeners, the CARES line is available for you to call or text. Contact information is available on our website: www.hirwellness.org
Hosts: Fondé Bridges and John Y.
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo | Episode 4 | Part 2 : Social Media & Suicide Today
Welcome back! Social media has been a way for us all to stay connected but it is not without its side effects. We will discuss the recent data, the impacts on increased screen time, and how to identify warning signs in others. We recognize that data, information, and perspectives are constantly updating; please note that we are discussing from our perspectives and knowledge known at the time of recording.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion around suicidality and its prevalence. We understand these topics heavy, complex, and are sensitive; we ask that you use caution and to listen with care. If you find yourself activated, please reach out to your supports, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255, or for our Indigenous Wisconsin listeners, the CARES line is available for you to call or text. Contact information is available on our website: www.hirwellness.org
Hosts: Fondé Bridges, Mariah J, and John Y.
Join lHealthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo | Episode 4 | Part 1 : Social Worker, who?
Welcome back! There may be misunderstandings and confusion around what a Social Worker may do. Join two Master Social Work students and interns as they share a brief understanding of the profession with Fondé. As a reminder, this understanding is from the lens of just two, we know that social work is wide and deep in its history, roots, and roles. We look forward to continuing this conversation in future episodes!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges, John Y., and Mariah J.
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together.
Episode 3 | Part 2 | CAM Cohort Reflection & Synthesis with Lea S. Denny
Join us as we reflect together!
Episode 3 Recap: We are all on a journey to seek out peace and the work to finding it is not easy. Shadow work is doing the work of becoming conscious about what has become unconscious. It is following the fear so it no longer controls our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Together we will learn more about this critical self-work!
Hosts: Fonde Bridges & Alison VB.
CAM Cohort:
Sara
John
Alison
Marcy
Min
Odessa
Healing Dojo: Episode 3 | I tell myself ___, but the truth is ___.
Welcome back! We are all on a journey to seek out peace and the work to finding it is not easy. Shadow work is doing the work of becoming conscious about what has become unconscious. It is following the fear so it no longer controls our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Together we will learn more about this critical self-work!
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Alison VB.
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Episode 2 | Part 2 | CAM Cohort Reflection & Synthesis with Lea S. Denny
Join us as we reflect together!
Episode 2 Recap: Life is a challenge and navigating our relationships can be both rewarding and exhausting; we must understand how our communication matters with others and ourselves. Together we will make connections between the narratives that guide our lives.
Hosts: Fonde Bridges & Xavier Smart
CAM Cohort:
Sara
John
Alison
Marcy
Min
Odessa
Healing Dojo: Episode 2 | Who is the Author of Your Life?
Welcome back! Life is a challenge and navigating our relationships can be both rewarding and exhausting; we must understand how our communication matters with others and ourselves. Together we will make connections between the narratives that guide our lives.
Hosts: Fonde Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo: Episode 1 | Part 2: What...are Healthy Words?
As part of the first efforts with a podcast recording, we appreciate grace on the audio and recordings as we learn to improve our delivery moving forward. Thank you! Be aware that audio may not be sharp and concise, however, we hope the message and content remains loud and clear.
Welcome to our First Podcast: Part 2! We all know that finding ways to engage together is essential for our mind, body, and spirit. In this episode, we continue to explore what Healthy Words are and address this complex topic and question: How do men of color express healthy words in a time of social unrest?
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!
Healing Dojo: Episode 1 | Part 1: What...a Podcast?
As part of the first efforts with a podcast recording, we appreciate grace on the audio and recordings as we learn to improve our delivery moving forward. Thank you! Be aware that audio may not be sharp and concise, however, we hope the message and content remains loud and clear.
Welcome to our First Podcast! We all know that finding ways to engage together is essential for our mind, body, and spirit. Tune in to hear more about HIR Wellness, who we are, and why it was important for our founder & CEO, Lea S. Denny, to find unique ways for interns to lead and bring new ways to practice mental health without borders. In this episode, we get a brief introduction into Healthy Words with our collaborator and mentor, Fondé Bridges.
Hosts: Fondé Bridges & Xavier Smart
Join Healthy Words™ Founder & Head Chef Fondé Bridges as he interviews with the HIR Wellness Institute team to engage in meaningful conversation around the complexities of our collective healing, learning, and living.
If you are looking to engage in the conversation and reflect for yourself, come along with us as we free-think and activate our medicine together. Come as you are!