The Fragmented Whole

The Fragmented Whole

Fragmented Whole (n.): Any entity navigating the fragments of broken systems, relationships, and geographies, while simultaneously striving to remain whole. The Fragmented Whole, a bi-monthly podcast, explores how the brokenness we see in ourselves is reflected in the world around us. Host and researcher, Amarachi Anakaraonye, investigates how the fragments of intergenerational and systemic trauma can be utilized to manifest individual and collective wholeness.

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April 2, 2020 28 mins

This episode was originally distributed through NC State University's Philanthropy Journal podcast, The Nonprofit Experience, on May 1, 2019.

Bethann James, Founder & CEO of Gemstone Professional Services Consultants, and public health professional and podcaster, Amarachi Anakaraonye, discuss the importance and challenges of presenting your authentic self.

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This episode was originally distributed through NC State University's Philanthropy Journal podcast, The Nonprofit Experience, on April 24, 2019. 

Digital storyteller, Amarachi Anakaraonye, and public health professional, Lydia Moges, discuss the ups and downs of nonprofit work; a life spent somewhere in the grey area.

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The process of unlearning problematic behaviors and learning affirming ones, is a sojourn. In this series finale episode, I share my fragmented journey to wholeness through virtual therapy sessions with my therapist, Shanequa Anderson.To learn more about Shanequa's services, you can visit her website, https://www.shanequaanderson.com/

Whether you are a seasoned subscriber or a first time listener, it has been my honor produc...

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October 28, 2019 22 mins

In this episode I speak with two Black Women of Durham organizers, Rachel Singley and Brianna Hargrove-Kennedy, about their 10 tips for self and communal care:

1. Say no

2.Take a mental health day

3.Check-in with yourself

4. Five minutes of yoga or meditation

5. Have an organism

6. Aromatherapy 

7. Breathe

8. Journal 

9. Listen to your fav music or podcast

10. Get a massage 

Founded in 2018, Black Women of Durham is ...

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October 14, 2019 23 mins

Founded in 2016, Blackspace is a digital makerspace based in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It offers Black and Brown youth a breathing space to manifest their dreams by any medium necessary. 

In January 2019, I spoke with Mariah M., the Program Director and Slam Master for Blackspace Poetry, and Miranda Stephens, a BlackSpace Youth Artist.  In this episode, I speak with Mariah and Miranda about the significance ...

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September 9, 2019 33 mins

In this episode, I speak with Rita Phetmixay, the creator and host of the virtual healing space and podcast, Healing Out Lao'd. Healing Out Lao'd explores Lao diaspora storytelling, healing, and tools for sustainability. For my POCs, reframing intergenerational narratives of trauma begins with dismantling and rebuilding how we see our individual and collective purpose and value today and everyday. Choose joy! Happy listening! 

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August 19, 2019 34 mins

I began 2019, wrestling with one question: how do you manifest joy and heal from trauma when you're overburdened with societal expectations of resiliency? In this episode, I speak with activists, Desmera Gatewood and Marion Johnson, about the price of toxic resiliency and strategies for transcending and reshaping oversimplified stereotypes. Happy listening! 

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According to LearnVest's 2014 Financial Confidence study, even though women's average income increases by more than 50% after age 25, their financial confidence decreases conversely around age 25. In this episode, I speak with financial planner and public health professional, Ashley Stewart, about strategies for gaining financial confidence at any-age by dismantling debt head-on. To learn more about Ms. Stewart's financial independ...

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July 15, 2019 37 mins

Crone (n.): an old woman who is thin and ugly. What happens when that 'old' woman is Black, beautiful, bold, and outspoken? What happens when she's above the age of 40 and still wants bodily, sexual, and professional autonomy? In this episode, I speak with activist and storyteller, Omisade Burney-Scott, about all of this and more. Happy listening! 

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July 1, 2019 24 mins

In this episode, I process what it means to be an adult by putting it into practice. I speak with Dr. Asani Seawell of Pacific University about how forgiveness positively impacts one's health outcomes. If you get nothing else from this episode, forgive for you. You don't need permission from anyone to forgive. Happy listening. 

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In this episode, I speak with Marcus Littles, the Founder and a Senior Partner of Frontline Solutions. Marcus provides strategies organizations can utilize to center equity not just in word, but in action. Happy listening to the entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers striving to facilitate spaces of production that are equitable and innovative. 

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Why are Black people not extinct based on everything we've been through? What factors are contributing to Black women continuing to have full-term births despite experiencing racism across their lives? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Monica McLemore, a reproductive justice nurse, scholar, and activist at the University of California-San Francisco, about potential strategies for reducing the disproportionate rates of Black matern...

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This season, we have explored an array of concepts and strategies for facing, combatting, and remaining resilient in the face of trauma. In this season three finale episode, I discuss with my therapist, Shanequa Anderson, LMSW, four present and future intentions for manifesting personal and relational joy and authenticity. Joyful listening and see you next season!
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Is it better to seek healing from acute or chronic trauma for oneself by oneself, or attain healing through the support of a community? What does it mean to be or remain resilient during or after a traumatic event(s)? The answers may not be so simple. Just a few questions that be sittin' on my brain. Joyful listening!
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This episode features Vacation.Charlie a Black, trans, and queer educator, healer, and experience. He is the founder and facilitator of the workshop, 'Sex As Healing:Better Sex & Self Care.' In this episode we discuss how sex can be a tool of healing and revision how we've been socialized to see ourselves as sexual beings. Joyful listening!
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July 15, 2018 27 mins
This episode features, Venneikia Williams, a self-proclaimed sinner, sociologist, and seminarian. Currently pursuing her Masters of Divinity, her independent study explores the strategies women of color are taking to heal themselves and others in a society that can be less than supportive of our humanity. Curious about her findings? Hit play. Joyful listening!
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July 8, 2018 24 mins
This episode features licensed acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, and yoga instructor, Emily Grace Siy, L.Ac. Her platform and practice, Emily Grace Acupuncture, is centered on helping clients attain balance and community in self-care and female empowerment. Joyful listening!
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July 1, 2018 31 mins
This episode features the insights of educator, healer, artist, and cultural bearer, Jana Lynne Umipig. Her platform emphasizes how self and communal care practices should incorporate one's ancestry, while simultaneously revisioning one's colonized identity. Wishing you joyful listening along this journey of resilient healing!
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In the season three premiere, I provide a glimpse into my therapy session with my therapist, Shanequa Anderson, LCSW, in order to demystify what exactly therapy entails and the stigma that surrounds it, particularly for us black and brown folks. As a disclaimer, all therapists are different and use different approaches. Joyful listening!
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The season 2 finale episode highlights commentary made during the first live audio recording of The Fragmented Whole. With the 2018 midterm elections on the horizon, this discussion addressed the following ideals and tactics: 1. Intra- vs. inter-partisan unity and reconciliation, and 2. The facilitation of conversations between individuals and organizations from opposing ideological backgrounds. Until season 3 of The Frag...
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