Season 3 Episode 24: Dreaming As Strategy w/ Kristianna Smith

Welcome back and Happy Holidays ya'll! This episode I am in conversation with Kristianna Smith (she/they) about what it means to dream as a strategy of liberation. Or what I call "Strategic Dreaming" . What would it look like to lead with your dreams? What would it take for you to bring them into reality? Support for this podcast is always appreciated. Join my Patreon at just $5/month and help me keep the content free for folks to enjoy! Kristianna Smith (she/they) is a visionary curious about how we bring our collective imagination to life.They are a liberation cultural worker, published author, facilitator , theatre artist, educator, gardener, experience alchemist, intuitive, and Queer Black Abolitionist Mama intent on bringing the best of our collective imagination to life. They use play and theatre as mechanisms to dismantle institutional oppression and take up practices that move us closer to a structurally care-centered world. Kristianna is the cultivator of many projects, most recently a written artwork that seeks to affirm and encourage folks as they seek to align their values with their day to day actions, Seed Packets for Liberated Practice: Harvesting Chaos Collection. Kristianna uses their social media platforms to explore what it means to embody pleasure as a Black Queer Parent asking, "How might we bring what we dream into being?" Most days you’ll find them wandering through her garden (regardless of season) and learning from the lessons it offers. In their whole, Kristianna practices generative conflict, embodied joy, and radical embodied dreaming. Learn more about Kristianna and her practice at kristiannasmith.com SocialsInstagram- @harvestingchaosTikTok- @mochaeinstein27 Song selected was Lianna LaHavas "Weird Fishes" Music Produced by Forest Brooks Ways to support and work with me: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for consulting, dreaming, facilitation and speaking engagements. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - please join and continue to support my work so this podcast can stay open to the public! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ $drnicoletruedell (Cashapp and Venmo), [email protected] (Paypal and Zelle)