#38 Khadijah Ward (EVOLVE) / Joan Ffolliot (Ffolliot Design) "Deep Connection to the Earth, Art As Language"

Hello listeners! How are you? Shana here... Theresa is calling in from the road, she's on her way to Joshua Tree in California for a (((gong)))) retreat!! Amazing right? When we were discussing what to talk about today on our show, I mentioned the NY Times podcast "The Daily", they ran an interview with high schoolers in NYC talking about their take on the Kavanaugh decision it's called , "Who Is Believed and Who is Blamed". . Ultimately we wanted to just give a shout out to women who maybe experiencing trauma and fear because of the senates confirmation of judge Kavanaugh. Our first guest, Khadijah Ward, sat down with Theresa a few weeks ago for this special interview. Khadijah comes from a mixed racial family long before society was accepting of that type of love. Her family moved from the Bronx to "the country" in the late 1950's which set the foundation for her feeling most at home in mother nature. Khadijah's deep connection to the earth is also reflected in her appreciation for all of the earth's creations, preferring diversity over homogeneity, or as Bruce Lipton describes, it takes all colors of the rainbow to create light. Khadijah now works at FAMILY of Woodstock as the program administrator for EVOLVE, a batterer's intervention program. To keep life balanced and stress at bay, she's plays in a shekere group called the Good Gourd and makes sure to get in her well deserved vacation time. She herself is one of the bright lights of the Kingston community, and we are grateful to have her as a guest. Our second guest is designer and artist Joan Ffolliot of Ffolliot Design here in the Hudson Valley. Shana met her through her house painting work, she is a distributor of C2 paint and also a colorist and designer for some of Shana's clientele. RISD graduate and educator at Woodstock School of Art, color consultant and cabinet maker, she has had a lot of experience in transforming environments and homes all over the Hudson Valley. We dove into her arts education back ground and importance of understanding what you're trying to convey, what are you wanting others to experience, and are you 'hitting your mark' or not. In working this way she really is able to intimately help her clients understand their home or project as art, as a piece of work that they are collaborating in. We also talked about setting boundaries with clients, and experiencing self-worth even in a work dynamic that can set clients and workers in an awkward power dynamic instead of equals working on a project together. Go Team! Self care! Yes... oh yess... that thing we try and fit in every damn day. Joan stayed with us for the conversation! Theresa chimed in about the idea that it IS self care to communicate your needs, to stand up for yourself, to say no, to move on if needed. YES YES YES! Today’s show was engineered by Manuel Blas of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, and audio from the film, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, http://www.shesbeautifulwhenshesangry.com ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to our pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND US :) Follow Us: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas