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Thank you for your patience before I create a new podcast page (: The Equitable Wellness podcast invites practitioners dedicated to liberation work to take the mic. While currently on hiatus, reach out to be featured in Season Two, coming out in fall 2026, alongside a fine line-up of guests!
- Explore Season One: Equitable practices in holistic health and healing arts. In other words, how spas, retreat centers, holistic practitioners, and luxury services incorporate collective liberation.
- This podcast is perfect for business owners, artists, “wellpreneurs,” coaches, consultants, and service providers destined to find one another in solidarity for justice and healing as one.
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Why we should (always) practice accessibility
I was briefly part of a work group in spring of 2022 that focused on accessibility standards for the spa. We called it the Equity work group.
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Burnout as Soul Sickness, with Jemarc Axinto: Creation as Healing
When I chatted with Jemarc Axinto on a cold day in early December, they were quick to call out my own sense of Soul Sickness (in this podcast episode’s title). With compassion and humor, Kuyate Jemarc—trauma expert, wellness consultant, spiritual guide, and nonbinary Filipinx neurodivergent…
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Winter Guard and Mental Health: Building a Culture of Care in the Arts
A deep conversation on mental health in the marching arts: winter guard, color guard, drum corps, and the broader sport of the arts. We won’t be side-stepping themes of representation, trauma, community care, and the future of mental wellness within adult & youth performing arts.…
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The Reluctant Capitalist: Marisa Guthrie on Ethical Business
For Marisa Guthrie, writing the forthcoming book The Reluctant Capitalist is an act of “audacious hope.” The Reluctant Capitalist: Profit, Purpose, and Collective Liberation We reckon the promise of thriving in business and supporting our families, knowing fully well that the very system enabling this…
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Decolonizing Yoga, Omwashing, and Collective Liberation: A Conversation with Dr. Sheena Sood
Sheena Sood, PhD, unpacks the weaponization of yoga: from its roots in war and colonialism to its enduring entanglement with state violence. This podcast explores how to evolve the practice for justice, ethics, and collective healing. Decolonizing Yoga: Beyond Representation and Into Liberation Yoga has…
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Shift your frequency, not your to-do list
On alignment and human design, with Irene McKenna Hack the Law of Attraction to go from doing to being Today with the beauty of Irene McKenna’s words and message, we talk human design strategy! Finally, a human design episode. It’s my great pleasure to welcome…
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Become your Unstoppable self, with Ishani Tewari
How ending people-pleasing shifts power and contributes to a more equitable world Embrace self-leadership and become unstoppable: insights from coach Ishani Tewari Become unstoppable in this episode of the Equitable Wellness podcast with guest Ishani Tewari, a coach dedicated to helping individuals overcome people-pleasing tendencies.…
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Embodying Values and Touching Lives, from Performance to Practice
What Does a Consent-Driven, Trauma-Informed, and Inclusive Practice Look Like? with Megan Yankee Once a high-impact dancer who moved audiences through performance, Megan now practices healing art and care through therapeutic touch Welcome back to exploring the intersection of holistic health, equity, and the healing…
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If Maternity Were Equitable, Part 2 of 2: The Tale of Two Estheticians
Ariel shares her pregnancy, birthing, and maternity story amidst tenuous times (and hope) in the U.S. Nova Elizabeth was born on November 12 The second episode of the Equitable Wellness podcast is the pregnancy and maternity story of Ariel Herrera-Molina, who in Episode 1 shared…
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If Maternity Were Equitable, Part 1 of 2: Aesthetics DEI
Ariel Herrera-Molina, Licensed Esthetician, talks DEI in the spa industry The Equitable Wellness Podcast premieres… Meet Ariel Herrera-Molina: licensed esthetician, Reiki practitioner, and proud spa owner in upstate New York. Ariel, the mom and star of today’s show, gave birth to Nova Elizabeth Herrera-Molina on…
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