Living a Vibrant Life Despite Your Circumstances | Interview with Valerie Ritchie
Career Foresight | Future of Work for Creative Professionals
English - December 03, 2019 14:53 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCareers Business Education creative work future of work creative economy solopreneur freelance lifestyle creative professionals gig economy feminine foresight decision making decision coach Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Valerie is one of the most dynamic people I have ever met. She exudes strength and presence. When she asks questions or shares her perspective, it's obvious it comes from a well of wisdom and thoughtfulness. She's the founder of the Vibrant Life Collective, an online yogic community for women of color, and I'm so thrilled to have her on the show!
I was lucky enough to meet Valerie back in March when we both participated in a workshop to help launch our budding businesses. Immediately, Valerie's presence was captivating. Everyone in our cohort agreed that she had special kind of power in her voice. When she speaks up, you listen and you feel something.
Valerie created The Vibrant Life Collective for women of color to have a space where they can come together and practice yoga and inner peace exercises.
She has over 20 years of experience teaching yoga, and has traveled to and lived in cities and countries all over the world. She's lived in, or traveled to over 150 cities! Currently, she lives in a small, rural town in Canada. The vastness of Valerie's experience is fascinating to me, and it definitely plays into her knowledge of what a vibrant life means and looks like.
Her desire to create an online space for women of color was inspired in part because of her own experience being the only black woman in her current town, but also because of the general lack of women of color in the North American mainstream yoga culture.
In our conversation, we also discuss:
The 7 pillars of living a vibrant lifeHow to befriend hard experiences, like shame, in order to embrace a vibrant lifeHow to be mindful of cultural appropriation, specifically related to yogic practicesWhy yoga and mindfulness is especially important and relevant for women of colorHow living in a town where no one else looks like her has informed how Valerie pursues her workI know you are going to be inspired by Valerie's story and perspectives on life. I can't wait for you to dive in!
For full show notes, visit: https://jenniferspoelma.com/podcast-feed/vibrant-life