Indigenous Wisdom Conversations: Walking Both Worlds and the Now of Life with Juliana Guerrero

What did the word "woke" mean before the over culture got hold of it?In this conversation, Julia Carmen sits down with her granddaughter, Juliana Guerrero — high school English teacher, writer, and curandera in her own right — for one of the talks they share a few times a year.They begin with that one loaded word and the difference between its political version and the older one: the meaning that lived in us first. Not awakening for the first time, but remembering what we already are in the soul self of being.From there: what it takes to stay awake when the world keeps pulling us back to sleep. Juliana, three years into teaching high school English, talks about the "iPad generation," the decline in critical thinking, and children who only know how to communicate through a screen. Together they name what that costs — and the medicine that answers it: Chi Chi soul time, kindness to yourself, boundaries, and community, because we cannot do this alone.This is Part One of a two-part conversation. Next time, Julia and Juliana sit with heritage and the female frequency of being.Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul SelfEnroll in The Magical PapersSchedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with JuliaExplore The School Without WallsProduction assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.