Love as Liberation: Unpacking bell hooks (with Heather Vickery)

Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/ ✍️ This week’s essay:“Love as the Practice of Freedom” by bell hooks🎙 This week’s guest:Heather Vickery is a coach, speaker, podcast host, and joy-bringer. Her work centers around intentional living, courageous leadership, and aligning action with values. Heather brings radical honesty and warmth to everything she does—even when it’s tough love.Find Heather: 🌐 vickeryandco.com 🎧 Was it Chance? 📷 @vickeryandcoDiscussed in this episode:What “love as liberation” really means in the context of political and personal resistanceThe difference between kindness and niceness—and why love is often neitherHow to balance boundaries with compassion without playing the “both sides” gameLove as an ethic, a choice, and a verb—not a passive feelingHow domination, control, and toxic positivity masquerade as “love”Heather’s personal experience with self-love, queerness, and choosing relationships with intentionParenting through a feminist love ethic: Holding boundaries as an act of careNavigating the guilt of not doing “enough” while doing what’s possible with what you’ve gotWhy white women talking about love must include interrogating privilege and practicing collective accountabilityResources mentioned:“All About Love” by bell hooks“The Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck👉🏼 Sign up for Becky’s newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower, for more conversations that call in your heart and your brain.