Drama Therapy, Creativity for Victims of Systemic Trauma & the Impact of Play for Mental Health w/ Natasha Williot, Dramathérapeute / Drama Therapist

Natasha Williot is a drama therapist and Canadian Counsellor working in private practice with neurodivergent, queer/LGBTQ+, multicultural, and Indigenous folx. Most of Natasha's clients are at the intersections of 2+ of these identities and centres creativity in practice as inherently healing, as well as main way to communicate in more than words. Natasha's work aims to be anti-oppressive (anti-capitalist/colonialist/patriarchal/racist) and holistic. In this episode Natasha and I chat about drama arts in therapy to help folx understand themselves, to make changes in their lives, and to work through grief and violence. Natasha speaks about victims of systemic trauma such homophobia, transphobia, ableism, patriarchy, sexualized violence, and colonialism and how this shows up as anxiety and depression but when you start digging a bit deeper, there is root in resisting, managing and surviving these systems of oppression. Mentions: Book - When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron Book - Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World by Malcolm Harris Mentor - Cathy Richardson's substack Connect with Natasha: Website - ⁠⁠www.nwilliotdt.com⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/nwilliotdt Facebook - facebook.com/nwilliotdt ~~~ Upcoming Online & In-Person Gatherings with Mandee: ↟ Magic Moon Paint Nights (online + in-person):  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/magicmoonpaintnights⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↟ Spring Nature Meditation LIVE (Zoom/Instagram) on Wednesdays. Replays will be available if you can't make it live! Register Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/springnm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ↟ Grab your Spring Nature Rituals Workbook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/springritualsworkbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Earth- & Energy- Conscious Community for Self- & World- Healing: Are you following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Earthly Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠? Follow along to be notified when new episodes release every Tuesday! Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@innerlightbotanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Inner Light Botanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My book recommendations - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/shop/mandeenicole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Your Host: ↟ Mandee Nicole, founder of Inner Light Botanicals and Just Earthly Podcast host, gathers earth- and energy- conscious community and hosts online workshops, in-person outdoor adventure retreats and trainings in nature that always have a deep focus on building conscious community, creating a safe space, and a foundation for going deeper in personal practice with hands-on practices to embody the work.  Mandee is also a Creative Rituals Guide, Reiki Master, + Process Artist that paints with nature's cycles and helps you accept where you are in life. Stuck in limbo? the unknown? uncertainty? the VOID? She believes it’s all about trusting the process and journey, rather than the product, outcome or destination. Mandee creates Magic Moon paintings with positive affirmations + reiki as the inner landscape layer on New Moons + a moonscape as a reflection of the outer layer on Full Moons and hosts online and in-person Magic Moon Paint Nights.  She shares her writing through gentle mornings☁️, a weekly Sunday morning newsletter with thoughts, feels, reflections & writings for a slow, simple + cozy life.  Learn more and explore at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ She is an advocate for self-healing and world-healing through nature and aims to do this through her work.