Ep 16: Ways of Knowing and Finding Ease

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅April and Tracie discuss different ways we process our experiences and knowledge: intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual. We notice the way, especially when those modes are out of balance, we sometimes make things harder than they need to be.Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about April’s work at Joyous Justice: https://joyousjustice.com/Read more of Tracie's thoughts at bmoreincremental.comResources mentioned:April's program (with Catherine Bell) Whiteness HavrutaMirabai Starr's book Wild MercyInstitute for Jewish Spirituality and more on HitbodedutTara Brach talks about her RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) method in many of her resources (including her book Radical Compassion, referenced in our Rosh Hashanah episode) and on her website.Support the showDiscussion and reflection questions:What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?