Episodes

  • Episode 30: The Finale

    Episode 30: The Finale
    Feb 8 2024
    In our final episode of Decolonize to Thrive we share the highly anticipated title of our new podcast, thank all those who participated in our giveaway, share our new launch date and set the intention for our upcoming podcast!
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    12 mins
  • Ep. 29: BONUS - Enter Our Podcast Title Contest

    Ep. 29: BONUS - Enter Our Podcast Title Contest
    Dec 28 2023
    Listen in to find out how to collaborate with us on choosing a title for our next podcast. We’ll take a poll and award the top three picks with gift cards to support a Black or Indigenous woman owned business. Find our latest Instagram post @decolonizetothrive with the instructions to enter. The opportunity ends on January 10th at 12:01 AM!!!
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    2 mins
  • Episode 29: No Endings, Just New Beginnings

    Episode 29: No Endings, Just New Beginnings
    Dec 20 2023
    If you could title this chapter of your life, what would it be? As we embrace the culmination of the Decolonize to Thrive podcast we discuss this and much more. Listen in to learn what our plans are beyond Decolonize to Thrive and how you can collaborate with us on our next journey! Remember there are no endings, just new beginnings✨✨✨
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    20 mins
  • Episode 28: What Happens When We Let Go

    Episode 28: What Happens When We Let Go
    Dec 6 2023
    For the first time in 3 podcast seasons, we came to the table with blank canvases. No topic to explore, no questions or premeditated stories to share, just our open minds and honest thoughts. We let the conversation flow how and wherever it chose, with the hopes that something meaningful could come from it. Tune in now to hear what came up for us, including: • Why we want to get out of our heads and into our bodies to connect with ourselves, one another, and the world more. •What shame and guilt can teach us •What systems of oppression gain when we (especially those identifying as women) ignore our anger • What we’re being intentional about going into 2024 and much more…
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    52 mins
  • Episode 27: Meet Your Inner Child with Larissa Valeriano

    Episode 27: Meet Your Inner Child with Larissa Valeriano
    Nov 22 2023
    Larissa Valeriano serves as the Clinical Director for an intensive outpatient program, providing individual counseling, and working closely with individuals in processing childhood and adulthood trauma and teaching emotional regulation skills and other DBT and CBT coping skills. She is trained in EMDR therapy and specializes in supporting individuals living with trauma and substance use disorders. Larissa’s approach to solutions and outcomes is rooted in connections, vulnerability, servant leadership, and helping her guests uncover their value. Listen in to hear our thoughts on: ❤️‍🩹How we define inner child work ❤️‍🩹How to recognize negative coping skills and how they affect our adult lives and relationships ❤️‍🩹 How systems of oppression profit from our dis-ease ❤️‍🩹Understanding how limiting beliefs about ourselves stem from existing within systems that prevent us from getting our needs met ❤️‍🩹What mental health skills need to be taught in schools and much more…
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 26: Free Palestine 🇵🇸

    Episode 26: Free Palestine 🇵🇸
    Nov 8 2023
    On the day this episode aired, 11/8/2023, many of us continued to observe the horrific genocide of the people of Palestine in Gaza, distressingly. In this episode, Ina and T aim to create space for one other and the podcast audience to promote the importance of community and solidarity in moments such as these. They discuss many topics along with their individual and shared feelings, thoughts, and wonders including: •The role of children and generational trauma • The paradox of oppression - when you’re marginalized and experiencing oppression but want to use your privilege to help • Is being pro-Palestine being anti-Israeli? • The influx of propaganda to spark divisiveness • What we thought about Dr. Umar’s response to the genocide • What we’re walking away with after processing all of the information we've been taking in, and much more… ***𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲*** The title of the Netflix documentary referenced in the episode is 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢.
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    50 mins
  • Episode 25: Disappearing People with Meredith Nnoka

    Episode 25: Disappearing People with Meredith Nnoka
    Oct 25 2023
    Meredith Nnoka is a Chicago-based writer, educator, and prison abolitionist originally from Southern Maryland. They teach poetry in carceral facilities in Illinois and have worked with the Parole Illinois and Defund CPD campaigns. Meredith’s writing explores questions of interpersonal harm and generational trauma. In this important conversation, we explore how our current prison system disappears people instead of problems and the interconnected relationships between generational trauma, abuse, domestic violence, and other ways each of us is capable of passing on the the harm we carry.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode 24: The Stars Belong to the People with Kamal X

    Episode 24: The Stars Belong to the People with Kamal X
    Oct 11 2023
    Kamal X is a self-taught documentary photographer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Photography found Kamal in 2015, after deciding to quit everything to travel the world in honor of his best friend who passed away from colon cancer. Most recently, Kamal is releasing his 2nd photography book, BLACK ASTRONAUT, which highlights a nationwide revolution ignited by the pandemic and the passing of George Floyd. In this episode we explore Kamal’s beautiful, yet turbulent journey to the creation of Black Astronaut and what it means for ‘The Stars to Belong to the People.’
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    1 hr and 24 mins