The Radical Restoration Podcast: Coming to a Podcast Platform Near You...

Here you are again, telling yourself you will take that break, make time for self-care, slow down, balance life, and finally prioritize your rest. You’ve read and saved all the self-care Instagram quotes and followed all the wellness girlies, but you still feel exhausted. You’re still suffering from burnout and need something to change. We’ve been there too, and are here to support you, sis! 

Introducing Radical Restoration, a nurturing and cozy podcast for Black millennial women searching for rest. We discuss the art of rest and offer tools and strategies to realistically put rest into daily practice. Join our 'Pillow-talk' hosts, Dr. Niecie and Coach Bethany, as we cultivate a safe community for Black women who need to recover from exhaustion and establish a work-life fit. Need to heal from chronic distress? Need an escape from hustle culture? Need a community you can depend on and trust in? We got you. This virtual home offers respite from the pressures of a capitalistic society and will help you find fulfillment in everyday life. Welcome home, sis.

Over the years, we've collaborated to provide healing spaces for Black women and developed strategies to help you prioritize rest and reclaim work-life balance.

In this introductory trailer, we'll introduce ourselves as your hosts and provide an overview of our brand-new podcast. We'll explore various topics, including daily rest practice ideas, healing from institutional violence, work-life fit, rest and restoration practices, philosophies of rest, and much more. Throughout our episodes, we'll offer tips for living the Radical Restoration lifestyle, transforming generational trauma, and finding restoration in interpersonal relationships. We'll also discuss self-care and community care, and share our favorite books, podcasts, movies, etc., that center on rest(oration). You'll hear from both a creative coach/therapist, a health and wellness coach, and other guests, and we'll teach evidence-based ways to trade hustle culture habits for healthy rest habits. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, pillow, and blanket, and join us on this journey. Let's get rested!

Tune in this Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, when we release our first two episodes! 

Our Hosts:
We’re your hosts, Dr. Niecie Jones and Coach Bethany Cherry. Dr. Neicie is a licensed marriage and family therapist and holds a Ph.D. in Psychotherapy with a wealth of experience in her practice and clinical research on the mental health of folks in the African Diaspora. She is a creativity coach and DEI Consultant in the tech space! Her work centers on psychological safety, intuition, meaning-making, and spiritual tools like Tarot. She is passionate about helping Black women find and operate in their flow. Coach Bethany is a board-certified health and wellness coach with a Master’s Degree in Health and Wellness Coaching. She is passionate about liberation and social justice. She’s

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Bethany (00:05):
And I'm Bethany Cherry.

Niecie (00:07):
And we're both practitioners in the wellness
space who are here to chat withyou about taking that break you
keep saying you're going to giveyourself, but you don't.
At least not consistently.
We just wanna chat with youabout it.
We're not your mama, yourauntie.
We're your therapist, we're yourgirls, and we have some
information you may wanna thinkabout moving forward.

Bethany (00:28):
Introducing Radical Restoration, a podcast centering
black millennial women in oursearch for rest.
Radical restoration providesspaces that give opportunities
for sharing, release andlearning for black women.
We offer constructiveconversations about the
challenge of a daily restpractice because seriously, it

(00:51):
is a struggle and you may bewondering.
What do these chicks know aboutradical rest and why should I
listen to them?

Niecie (00:59):
So, I am technically Dr.
Niecie Jones.
I'm a licensed marriage andfamily therapist, and I do have
a PhD in psychotherapy.
I have a lot of clinical andresearch expertise in Black
American mental health inparticular, though I have
worked, um, and continued towork with black folks across the
diaspora, including, uh, manyAfrican countries.

(01:24):
Um, In addition to my therapypractice, I'm also, I play a few
other roles, so I'm a creativitycoach and I focus on the
intersection of, um, usingintuition, meaning making and
mental health.
I'm also a diversity, equity andinclusion consultant that works
primarily in the tech space.
And one of my major foci ispsychological safety, which I

(01:46):
would love to get into on thepodcast.
It's a very important topic forpeople.
No matter how or where you workin life.
And then on the more spiritualside, I do read Taro and Oracle
cards professionally, which forme and many others, has proven
to be a really helpful tool inbeing able to find rest and

(02:07):
restoration.
So in lots of ways, I've used mywork, um, to help black women
find and operate in their flow.

Bethany (02:16):
Love that, especially that word flow.
So technically I am coachBethany and I'm a health and
wellness coach, uh, nationallycertified, and I'm currently
pursuing my master's degree inhealth and wellness coaching.
I am super passionate aboutliberation and social justice.

(02:37):
And I love supporting blackwomen to find pathways to
wellbeing and to help themflourish As an educator, I'm
passionate about diversity,equity, and inclusion, as well
as mindfulness in schools.
I'm also a writer and I writepoetry on the side.
A lot of my work, overallcenters, slow living rest and

(03:00):
the science of flourishing asguidance toward greater
wellbeing.
I really believe that all of us.
Deserve and can find authenticpathways toward whole wellness
and whole centered living.
So through this podcast, my hopeis to share my knowledge and

(03:21):
experiences with you, andhopefully we can bring out some
guests.
Who can inspire and educate usin living a more fulfilled and
restful life.

Niecie (03:31):
Bethany and I have worked together in various
capacities over the years toprovide healing spaces for black
women.
Specifically.
We have run virtual and physicalhealing spaces for black women
addressing institutionalviolence, the pandemic and
everything in between.
We have learned so much from thewomen we've worked with and we
have found some tools andpractices that may work for you

(03:54):
moving forward.

Bethany (03:56):
We hope that through this podcast you will be heard,
you will be seen.
You will feel valued andequipped with the proper
resources to reclaim work-life,fit, and prioritize your
restoration practices.
We are two imperfect people whowork in the wellness space,
experimenting with differentrest practices and philosophies.

(04:18):
We are on the journey with you.
So let's walk it together ineach episode.
We need each other.

Niecie (04:25):
Yes, we do.