Decolonize Yourself
Decolonize Yourself is a podcast on how to decolonize your mind, body, spirit, and relationships. If you seek to create oppression-free spaces in yourself, in your spheres of influence, and cultivate oppression-free spaces with others, then this podcast is for you.
Episodes
In this episode, Cárol Mejía, MSW, helps us to reorient our minds and spirits by evoking the powerful metaphor of water and by reviving our sense of wonder. The work of decolonizing social work not only includes "dream[ing] up new processes alongside communities that we belong to, dream[ing] up new solutions that eliminate social work's ties to the carceral system" but also restoring our powers of self-actualization....
Aditi Mayer, a sustainable fashion and labor rights activist, reminds us that "a return to Indigenous wisdom is the first step towards decolonization" (Green Dreamer podcast, Episode 253). We get a sense of what this "return to Indigenous wisdom" looks like, as public health researcher Abaki Beck shares her journey of decolonization in this episode. A member of the Blackfeet and Red River Metis, Beck calls us to...
In this episode, dancer, choreographer, and artist Chitra Vairavan speaks with SooJin about how her experience with racism and caste discrimination as a Tamil, non-Brahmin artist spurred her to create alternative practices rooted in deep listening and self-love. These principles serve as the foundation of what she calls the "decolonized spiritual," as well as her own creative liberation practice. For her, we decolonize ou...
In this episode, Alexs Pate, writer, author of Amistad, founder of the Innocent Classroom, and CEO of Innocent Technologies, joins SooJin to share his journey of removing the "guilts" - the negative stereotypes and expectations that white supremacist society forces upon people of color, specifically Black men - from his psyche and way of life. He talks about how unburdening himself of these "guilts" has helped h...
In the inaugural episode of Decolonize Yourself, host Dr. SooJin Pate shares her journey of decolonization: what prompted it, what motivated her to commit to decolonization, and some of the initial steps she took to decolonize her mind. She discusses some of the primary tools and weapons of colonization, how transnational adoption is a form of colonization, and the role Howard University played in helping to jumpstart her decoloniz...
Welcome to Decolonize Yourself, a podcast on how to decolonize your mind, body, spirit, and relationships. My name is Dr. SooJin Pate, and I'm your host. Listen to learn more about who I am, why I'm starting this podcast, and why the work of decolonization is integral to our individual and collective healing.
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