Equitable Wellness Podcast
The Equitable Wellness Podcast asks: can we have businesses that are as equitable as they are profitable? Ten episodes exploring liberation work in holistic health and healing arts: how spas, retreat centers, holistic practitioners, and luxury services incorporate collective liberation. Season One is complete. Visit the podcast page to listen, find the trailer, and pitch yourself for Season Two.
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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
With compassion and humor, Kuyate Jemarc—trauma expert, wellness consultant, spiritual guide, and nonbinary Filipinx neurodivergent healing artist—addresses burnout and how we can begin an inquiry into recovery.
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Winter Guard and Mental Health: Building a Culture of Care in the Arts
Jarid Polite of the Melanin Mosaic Performance Ensemble on mental health & the marching arts, starting with care. We don’t sidestep themes of representation, trauma, and the future of mental wellness for youth & adult 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.” Survive & erode capitalism with both profit and social justice values intact.
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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.
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Shift your frequency, not your to-do list
While it’s true that we’re psychological phenomena expressing DNA, we often shrug away the immense power of our esoteric contexts. Irene McKenna talks human design.
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Become your Unstoppable self, with Ishani Tewari
How ending people-pleasing shifts power and contributes to a more equitable world, with self-leadership coach Ishani Tewari
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Embodying Values and Touching Lives, from Performance to Practice
Once a high-impact dancer who moved others through dance, Megan Yankee’s healing art is now therapeutic touch. What a consent-driven, trauma-informed, and inclusive practice can look like.
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If Maternity Were Equitable, Part 2 of 2: The Tale of Two Estheticians
Ariel Herrera-Molina shares her pregnancy, birthing, and maternity story amidst tenuous times (and hope) in the U.S.
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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.
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