Self Care Sundays
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSelf Care Sundays is a podcast that centers around communities of color and their access to sustainable, non-commercialized self-care. This podcast brings together guests across various professions, races, religions, and sexual orientations to talk about how their self-care practices impact their day-to-day lives. Find us on Twitter at @SelfCareSundays.
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Ep. 217: Audio Engineer Cato Zane
August 12, 2018 04:01 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBOn our last episode of Season 2, we’re joined by a very special guest: our very own audio engineer, Cato Zane! As Cato has had the pleasure of listening to all our episodes, she’s the perfect candidate to help us reflect and sign off on another great season. Cato gives us some insight on her life as a female audio engineer and dealing with sexism in a male-dominated career. She also tells us about her work with Playing for Change and Music for Peace San Diego. For her, choosing gigs that a...
Ep. 216, Part 2 on Gun Violence: Mike Martin of RAWTools
August 05, 2018 04:01 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBOn Part II of our two-part episode on gun violence, we’re talking to Mike Martin, the founder and executive director of RAWTools. RAWTools is an organization based in Colorado that focuses on restorative justice and conflict mediation. Mike uses non-violence education and community development to combat gun violence and keep communities safe. A former youth pastor turned blacksmith, Mike is on a mission to turn destruction into creation with Swords to Plows. Through this program, you can s...
Ep. 216, Part 1 on Gun Violence: Maj Toure of Black Guns Matter
August 05, 2018 04:01 - 28 minutes - 65.7 MBOn Part I of our two-part episode on gun violence, we’re speaking to Maj Toure, Chicago youth educator and founder of Black Guns Matter. Maj believes that communities of color should bear arms as a form of self-defense against oppressive forces. He also informs us on the racist history of gun control, mass incarceration, and bias within law enforcement. He uses his organization to give young people an understanding and responsibility for the tool so they know how to safely resolve conflict...
Ep. 215: STEM Educator Canissa Grant
July 29, 2018 04:01 - 27 minutes - 62.1 MBOn this episode, we’re talking to Canissa Grant, a science educator based in Avon, Connecticut. With experience as both a private and public school teacher, she shed a light on some of the disparities in curriculum and expectations. She also calls for a heightened sense of transparency and inclusivity in STEM classes, especially for students with disabilities. Teaching through a social justice lens, she aims to give her students a well-rounded and transformative learning experience. Cani...
Ep. 214: Founder of Reboot America and Director of Community at Lesbians Who Tech Angie Coleman
July 22, 2018 04:01 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MBAngie Coleman joins us on the show to tell us how to put the self back in self-care! The tech aficionado is the founder of Reboot America and the Director of Community at Lesbians Who Tech. She joins us on the show to talk about reaching health goals, disconnecting once in a while, and relying on your team to pick up extra work while you’re away on vacation. Angie also unpacks how she approaches self-care, particularly by way of creating challenges for herself. She argues that our fast-p...
Ep. 213: Progressive Political Analyst Jehmu Greene
July 15, 2018 04:01 - 25 minutes - 57.9 MBOn this episode, we’re talking with Jehmu Greene, a Democratic strategist, Fox News contributor, Board Chair of Vote Run Lead, and former candidate for DNC Chair. Jehmu shares how she came about cultivating self-care habits while battling exhaustion on the road with Rock The Vote. For her, the decision to make space for things outside of work was life or death. We talk to Jehmu about her civic engagement with VoteRunLead, keeping her cool during heated discussions on Fox News, and taking...
Ep. 212: Artist, Activist, and Youth Mentor Maxwell Emcays
July 08, 2018 04:01 - 32 minutes - 74.7 MBOn this episode, we’re talking to Chicago-based artist and activist, Maxwell Emcays. Maxwell got his start with t-shirt design and eventually made a name for himself with Never Forget Chi, a project that aims to memorialize the lost lives of young Chicago residents who are often forgotten in the world of fast-paced media consumption. We talk to Maxwell about his work as a youth mentor and his goals to teach kids in underserved areas to value themselves and overcome the hardships they face....
Ep. 211: Editorial Director at Girlboss Jerico Mandybur
July 01, 2018 04:01 - 31 minutes - 72.2 MBJerico Mandybur is a culture writer and editorial director at GirlBoss. She’s also the host of Self Service, a weekly podcast on a mission to empower women through tarot and astrology. On this episode, we talk to Jerico about some of her favorite cosmic forms of self-care, astrology’s newfound trendiness, and finding a sense of community in spirituality. She also sheds a light on her struggles as a woman in media and taking pride in her beliefs in the workplace. As a native Australian, J...
Ep. 210: Founder of Rooted Bodywork Massage Services Carla Gaskins-Nathan
June 24, 2018 04:01 - 38 minutes - 89.2 MBCarla Gaskins-Nathan (she/they) is a licensed massage therapist and owner of Rooted Bodywork based in New York. As a queer person of color, Carla’s work places an emphasis on self-care for people of all backgrounds, body types, and gender identities. As this is Carla’s second time on the show, we touch on some topics we weren’t able to address back in 2017 and expand upon some of their views on Eastern medicine, spirituality, and religious self-care practices. This time, Carla unpacks thei...
Ep. 209: Bitch Media Editor-In-Chief Evette Dionne
June 17, 2018 04:01 - 34 minutes - 78.8 MBOn this episode, we’re talking to the editor-in-chief of Bitch Media, Evette Dionne. Evette offers some insight on a topic even we struggle with: preserving your mental health while navigating news media and pop culture. As a black feminist and writer, Evette helps us define black and intersectional feminism and how it differs from feminism through the white lens. She also sheds a light on her experience as a former HBCU student, the good, the not so good, and how attending an HBCU be a fo...
Ep. 208: Comedian and Community Religious Leader Jay Malsky
June 10, 2018 04:01 - 34 minutes - 78.3 MBHow does one navigate Catholicism as a gay congregant? Can drag be a form of self care? Both of these questions and more will be answered in this episode with our guest, Jay Malsky, who is a New York comedian, drag queen and also a devout practicing Catholic. On this episode, we will explore how Jay has handled being both gay and Catholic and how this has been a positive experience in his life and influence his self-care habits. In addition, Jay will also discuss how being a drag queen has...
Ep. 207: lauren Ornelas of the Food Empowerment Project
June 03, 2018 04:01 - 33 minutes - 77.3 MBCan veganism be a form of self care? Is a cruelty-free lifestyle a right or a privilege? On this episode, we’ll unpack these issues with lauren Ornelas, Founder and Executive Director of “Food Empowerment Project,” an organization on a mission to make vegan food more accessible in low-income areas and communities of color. But cruelty-free eating doesn’t stop with animals. The organization also has a focus on fair conditions for produce workers both here and abroad. In this way, lauren p...
Ep. 206: Miss Rizos Founder Carolina Contreras
May 27, 2018 04:01 - 39 minutes - 89.4 MBWelcome Carolina Contreras, joining us from the Dominican Republic! Carolina, also known as “Miss Rizos,” or “Miss Curls,” is an Afro-Latina beauty blogger and entrepreneur who founded Miss Rizos salon. This episode features an examination of communal self-care. Carolina begins discussing how her upbringing as a Dominican-American in Massachusetts shaped her modern understanding of belonging. She then transitions into her experiences with relaxed hair, shaving it, and deciding to fully embra...
Ep. 205, Part 2: Kaytlin Bailey and Sex Work
May 20, 2018 04:05 - 40 minutes - 92.1 MBWelcome to a special two-part episode about sex work! We’re speaking with former sex worker and comedienne Kaytlin Bailey today. In Part 1, Kaytlin gave us a "Sex Work 101." We recommend listening to that episode first if you're unfamiliar with sex work. Now in Part 2, we dive into the discussion of sex work and self-care. Kaytlin describes the emotional labor of sex work and draws parallels between it and therapy. She also contrasts sex work to other professions such as waitressing, no...
Ep. 205, Part 1: Kaytlin Bailey and Sex Work
May 20, 2018 04:01 - 19 minutes - 44.3 MBWelcome to a special two-part episode about sex work! We’re speaking with former sex worker and comedienne Kaytlin Bailey today. This is Part 1, a “Sex Work 101” for audience members who may be unfamiliar with sex work. We discuss the narratives that surround sex work, the terminology of sex work, labor exploitation, and modern legislation impacting the sex industry. Part 2, more closely examining sex work and self-care, is also available now everywhere Self Care Sunday's is streaming. ...
Ep. 204: Bushra Amiwala, Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners
May 13, 2018 04:01 - 36 minutes - 83 MBWelcome Bushra Amiwala for Episode 4! Bushra is a 20-year-old Chicago-based college student who ran for Cook County Board of Commissioners. On her episode, Aditi and Bushra share their experiences with self-care growing up as girls in South Asian households. Bushra dives into her experience as a young woman of color running for office, noting how her outfits, hijab (headscarf), and skin were subject to frequent scrutiny from the public. She continues with a discussion of who has the privileg...
Ep. 203: Travel Journalist Nneka Okona
May 06, 2018 04:01 - 40 minutes - 93.7 MBToday we speak with travel journalist Nneka Okona, joining us from Colombia! We begin with a look at the life of a travel blogger. Nneka describes the “white gaze” she encounters in travel in her pursuit of documenting the global iterations of blackness through her work. We then discuss her identity as a Nigerian-American and how food offers a lens through which we can understand identity. Though her roots are in travel writing, she notes she has considered writing about grief as a form of s...
Ep. 202: Paralympic Rower Andrew Johnson
April 29, 2018 04:01 - 34 minutes - 78.4 MBWe welcome Paralympian Andrew Johnson for our second episode of Season 2! Andrew is a professional rower navigating the sport as a blind athlete. In our conversation, we explore how competition and exercise are forms of self-care. Andrew also considers race, privilege, and intersectionality throughout the show, discussing how he understands his whiteness though physically unable to see skin color. Beyond rowing, Andrew ends attesting to the power of music as we chat about his work as a DJ. ...
Ep. 201: Kat Calvin, Founder of SpreadTheVote
April 22, 2018 13:52 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MBWe welcome Kat Calvin, Founder of SpreadTheVote, on our first episode of Season 2! In this episode, Kat shares how life on the road as a non-profit founder informs her self-care practices and conceptions of boundaries. From Instagram to “Stickk,” she sheds light on how apps and social media contribute to self-discipline and self-accountability. She shares her take on the more physical components of self-care in her discussion of sports and veganism. She ends with lessons from her mother abou...
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Ep. 118: Artist Rommy Torrico
September 03, 2017 04:00 - 53 minutes - 121 MBRommy Torrico is an undocumented trans activist and artist. They shared how her journey into being more intentional with self-care began as they moved away from their blood family. They discuss how growing up, their self-care was largely rooted in spiritual practices. Next, they explain the concept of "chosen family" and we discuss building supportive communities when traditional ones aren't available to us. They then explain what it means to be undocumented, how it feels, and the challenges...
Ep. 117: Carla Gaskins-Nathan of Auburn Seminary
August 27, 2017 04:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBCarla Gaskins-Nathan is a massage therapist and healer in resident at Auburn Seminary. She shares how her journey into self-care began as she got sick after working too much. That burnout led her to explore the limits of Western medicine and how Eastern medicine provides a framework to think more holistically about self-care. We discuss how Eastern medicine conceptualizes energy and how Carla came to think about protecting and preserving her energy. Next, we discuss how boundaries are fundam...
Ep. 116: Kerri Kelly, Founder of CTZNWell
August 20, 2017 04:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MBKerri Kelly, the founder of CtznWell, shares how her journey into self-care was a radical shift in her life, but still imperfect because of her perfectionist tendencies. She shares how she defines the wellness industry and how it exploits people. She says well-being is really the opposite because it's rooted in interdependence and is a systemic approach. Next, we discuss how one can have boundaries in a community approach to self-care. In particular, we explore how self-worth is necessary to...
Ep. 115: Lawyer Jeena Cho
August 13, 2017 04:00 - 42 minutes - 98.3 MBJeena Cho shares burning out as a lawyer, being diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, and being chosen by lawyers to help them learn how to do self-care better. She shares how she realized that anxiety in the body is often rooted in something not being right and how she learned to listen to it. Next, we discuss how important it is in helping professions to understand the potential impacts of the work and how we can experience vicarious traumas. Also, how mindfulness allows us to notice and...
Ep. 114: April Reign of #OscarsSoWhite
August 06, 2017 04:00 - 54 minutes - 126 MBApril Reign discusses navigating how inclusive to be with #OscarsSoWhite in a way that allows her to preserve herself and feels fair. She also shared how she creates digital boundaries and relies on her community online to help provide support. She also shares how she separates her personal life from her online life and ensures the privacy of her family as well as keeps herself safe. Also, how she is intentional about how and what she shares and how we might do the same. She also shares how ...
Ep. 113: Alice Wong, Creator of the Disability Visibility Project
July 30, 2017 04:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBAlice Wong, co-creator of #CriptheVote and creator of the Disability Visibility Project, shares her journey into self-care. She shares how her journey into self-care began as she realized that her body could not handle the exertion she was demanding from it. We discuss how she learned to set expectations that made sense for her within her unique strengths and limitations. Alice discusses the importance of saying, "no, thank you" to maintaining self-care. She remind us that if people want our...
Ep. 112: Author and Speaker Akosua D. Edwards
July 23, 2017 04:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBWhat happens if you achieve all of your goals and are still unsatisfied? What do you do with the feeling of not being enough? Akosua D. Edwards shares her journey into self-love through positivity and gratitude. Also, how you can both acknowledge the shit in your life WHILE trying to change it. We also discuss how the focus on gratitude made Akosua more present and looking to increase the things in her life that were bringing about feelings of gratitude. She also shares how setting boundarie...
Ep. 111: Rohan Gilkes, Co-Founder of Innclusive
July 16, 2017 04:00 - 40 minutes - 93.7 MBRohan Gilkes, the co-founder of Innclusive, became interested in entrepreneurship as a way to make his work more enjoyable as a form of self-care. We discuss the sweet spot of privilege required in order to pursue this possibly risky path - enough resources to have the tools needed, but not so much to become complacent. Rohan also shares how the online space provided him with a digital community to learn and grow from to pursue his interests. Next, we discuss his current company Innclusive, ...
Ep. 110: Activist Anna Dardick
July 09, 2017 04:00 - 43 minutes - 99.8 MBAnna Dardick is an activist and a creative. She discusses how she learned to set boundaries while working as an activist in college after a racist incident on her college campus. She discusses white privilege and how white people can work to dismantle white supremacy when people don't feel they have privilege because of their class. She also shares how, perhaps, white guilt is actually white shame. We then move to how self-care is necessary for the sustainability of a movement and how people...
Ep. 109: Deepti Sharma, Founder of Food to Eat
July 02, 2017 04:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBThis week Deepti Sharma, founder of Food to Eat, joins us to talk about her journey into self-care. We start by talking about how she took up running after graduating from college and moving away from friends and family. Deepti shares how that practice grew from being solely physical to a meditation. She also shares that setting aside time for self-care and the people she cares about, helped her improve in her work because she had balance. Next, we discuss how she learned how to become inten...
Ep. 108: Tem Blessed and His #LoveArmyChallenge
June 25, 2017 04:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBTem Blessed joins Self Care Sundays to discuss his journey into self-care which began after he experienced police violence. He talks about how he needed to find ways to deal with that experience and to move forward. Next, we discuss how his experience and journey in self-care is shaped by him being raised as a man in our world. Tem Blessed also shares what he's doing differently with his sons and what he saw his father and mentors do with him. Finally, we discuss the #LoveArmyChallenge, whic...
Ep. 106: Renu Juneja
June 11, 2017 04:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBOur host, Aditi Juneja, interviews her mom Dr. Renu Juneja about her journey of self-care. She shares how she first thought about self-care after her mother passed away in 1996 out of necessity. She also shares how her emigration to the United States shaped her journey of self-care and how, even with the challenges of being an immigrant, privilege eventually gave her the space to think about it. The transcription for this episode can be found here.
Ep. 105: Digital Strategist Beth Becker
June 04, 2017 04:00 - 51 minutes - 119 MBBeth Becker, a progressive digital media strategist, shares her perspective on self-care when your job requires you to track social media. Also, Beth Becker shares the challenges of being a progressive and a self-described "redneck". The transcription for this episode is available here.
Ep. 104: Playwright Sarah Shourd
May 28, 2017 04:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBIn this conversation with Sarah Shourd, a noted activist, journalist, and playwright, we discuss how self-care can be indulgent and privileged, but how it can also be an opportunity to bolster community health that makes us all freer.
Ep. 103: Activist Blair Imani
May 14, 2017 04:00 - 34 minutes - 80 MBIn episode 3, we have a conversation with Black Muslim activist Blair Imani. The conversation goes through her journey in learning to be intentional about self-care and what practices work best for her. We also discuss what she's still learning to do. The transcription for Blair's episode can be found here.
Ep. 102: Lizzie Finesse, Part 2
May 07, 2017 04:00 - 30 minutes - 69.4 MBThis is the second part of the conversation with Lizzie Finesse focused on drawing boundaries and building supportive communities. Next week I will start interviewing guests! The transcription for this episode can be found here.
Episode 101: Aditi Juneja and Lizzie Finnese
April 30, 2017 04:00 - 31 minutes - 72.2 MBThis first episode is a conversation between Aditi Juneja and Lizzie Finnese on the basics of self-care, why it's important including our self-care journeys, and what it means to thrive. The transcription for this episode is available here.