Sun Seed Community Podcast

Are you planning your budget for the end times with your hommies? In episode 4 of the podcast, Leo and I talk about how we can incorporate liberatory financial planning into our safety protocols and how we show up for our loved ones in general. Oh and here's a link to the Ancestor I mentioned: Emma Dupree, Little Medicine Thing. Bless her wisdom!

**Content Warning: This episode covers topics on interpersonal violencel.**

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On episode 3 of the podcast, I get to have a much-needed convo with Samia on how enforcing gender stereotypes can negatively affect how we navigate conflicts in queer communities and what ways we can start to dismantle it.

**Content Warning: This episode covers topics on interpersonal violence, s*xual abuse, and harm.**

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Samia is a transformative justice practitioner and facilitator working to address harm, abuse, and violenc...

This was such a good convo y'all! In episode 2, I speak with Khadi about her journey into doing mediation work. We also dive into how we, as conflict care facilitators, are constantly learning and applying it in our day-to-day lives. 

**Content warning: this episode includes topics about interpersonal violence, child a*use and harm.**

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Khadijat A. Oluwatoyin is an attorney specializing in conflict resolution an...

I am beyond stoked to share this convo with you! In the first episode of the SSC Podcast season 5, I nerd out with my dear friend and colleague on all things Star Trek, and what we've learned about organizing, building community, and conflict through the generations of Starfleet and stories. 

***Please Note: This show contains spoilers of almost every generation of Star Trek. You've been warned, hommie.***

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Que Beyonce's "MY POWER' song cause we are gettin' into it for the final episode! This episode was inspired by the conversations I had with my community about how we define power and creative energy. Some call it Asè, some call it Qi . . . what do you call it?

After this episode you might just find yourself wanting to reconnect with your own power. . .and check out Goddexx in their sparkly blue one-piece. 

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Is closure a myth? Do we have to be emotionally open with ALL the people we know? What is a healthy amount of acceptance? These are the questions that Big Wind, Dalia, Julia, Kiam and I talked about navigating.  I think we all ask these questions when trying to trust after harm and experiencing grief.  What we don't always talk about is how very human and natural these experiences and thoughts are.

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This is a conversation I've had with many in my beloved community. We have a hunger to see and be affirmed by more deities and Spiritual practices that embrace our gender fluidity and queerness. So, here are a few folx who are reclaiming their Spiritual and cultural lineages in radically gender-euphoric and magickal ways. Join Goddess, Meesha, Nchedochukwu, and Tiff as they dive into their connections to deities that exist acr...

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This episode covers wanted and unwanted sexual experiences, and uses genital and sexual language.

Hará AraMaya of The Monarch Temple is a Sex Witch and Pleasure Embodiment Mentor. Even the way they start the episode is so grounding. Join us as we talk about divine sex and creative power, reclaiming the sacred whore. Sex is a powerful tool and asks a lot of both partners. So how do we stay present, set intentions...

Zeloszelos Marchandt of Ten Tiny Talks is a dear friend and collaborator so  when we get to going...it’s a whole ass vibe. In between our giggles and goobey-ness we talk about the complexities of navigating sex and relationships as Black queer and trans folx. Love is hard, real, and beautiful and what we’re learning is it takes some brave accountability. 

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IG: @tentinytalks

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This episode covers anti-Black and anti-queer violence both on a familial and national level. 

I was greatly humbled by my conversation with Cameroonian entrepreneur and LGBT+ activist,  Bandy Kiki. She clearly broke down African queer history while we navigated the differences and nuances of being Black queer sapphic folx from drastically different cultures and continents. Join our conversation as Kiki shares t...

*Firstly, my apologies for the poor sound quality. I was traveling while this was being recorded. This is an episode ya don't want to miss so I recommend listening on speakers because headphones make the echoes and noises harsher. Help me in getting better quality next season by clicking that "support" link.*

Affirmational Artist and Mental Health Advocate, Toni Jones, shares so many pearls of wisdom on this epis...

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode covers wanted and unwanted sexual experiences, and uses genital and sexual language.

Dalia Kinsey is a Holistic Registered Dietitian and Decolonized Wellness Coach and just plain dope! We dove into how we navigated our sex lives after escaping a cult and what reclaiming our bodies can look like with a lot of support, laughs, and boundaries. Dalia also shares some radical wisdom on how the health sys...

Our fourth episode is with Dragon Mystic Visionary, Tiff Lin. I can’t say that without thinking RAWR!  It was such a joy to hear about their experiences with self acceptance and radical empathy as a pathway back to humanity. Their wisdom and stories of healing and awakening as a queer non-binary Chinese person will leave you so grounded and dreaming of ways to address ancestral trauma with fearsome yet gentle love. Let’s unlock the...

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode covers wanted and unwanted sexual experiences, and uses genital and sexual language.

Whew! Fam, excuse me as I continue to fangirl on this dope-ass couple.  Erotic Artists, Papi and Feiginix Reign Sinner of Vagina Based were so sincere and honest about their work in the sex industry. Join us as we talk about the white fuckery of porn and how they are changing that. You’ll also hear some real ooey-go...

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode covers wanted and unwanted sexual experiences, and uses genital and sexual language.

Eros Griot, M'kali-Hashiki of Fierce Passions is a whole-ass force of nature! Join us as we talk about how facilitating a healing modality is not sunshine and rainbows and how the capacity to breathe deeply ties in with dismantling white supremacy. As a client myself I can say her breathwork sessions are on poi...

We begin our Third season resting with Self-love Coach, Kiam Marcelo Junio. Join us as we talk about how they are creating practices on listening to the Inner Child to work together to imagine more and trusting the present moment. They are such a calm and radiant soul that I know this conversation will brighten your day

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IG: @iamkiam

Venmo: @iamkiam

Cashapp: $MahalHealingArts

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Shirley Man-Kin identifies as a queer, asian-american woman of color. She lives and works as a community organizer and yoga teacher on the homelands of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Ute nations, also known as northern colorado. Shirley spends a lot of her time desperately trying to meld together two (artificially) separated worlds- the body work/spiritual realm and social movement organizing. She’s combining her skills and knowledge from ...

Whew y’all… this conversation is a whole mood, a whole journey, and a whole experience. Writer and Black Mermaids founder, Julia Mallory, sat down with me to reimagine what resilience can mean for ourselves and our people. It is time for reckoning, rest, and reparations. Grab your tea, blanket, notebook, and pen and vibe with me and Julia for the last episode of season 2. 

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Community care involves support for BlPOC birthing bodies and their babies. PERIODT. Full Spectrum Doula and Founder of Kismet Doula Services, Olivia Samples, and I talk about what it means to support birthing bodies outside of a white CIShet framework. Olivia does it all when it comes to birthing; from reproductive support all the way to making nutritional meals for her clients postpartum. If children are our future then making su...