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Share the Load
by Mia Schachter
Share the Load explores all things consent, including and beyond sex. I'm your host, Mia Schachter. I'm an intimacy coordinator for film, television, and theater, and a writer and educator in Los Angeles. You can find me on IG @consent.wizardry and you can reach me at [email protected] with listener questions for future episodes. www.consentwizardry.com
Episodes
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Consent + DNVC with Meenadchi
Meenadchi is a somatic healing practitioner, TEDx speaker, and communications word-nerd whose work centers social change and embodied transformation. Her work supports socially conscious organisations and changemakers in developing clear and intentional communication that prioritises the…
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Consent + Creativity
I wrote a speech! Subscribe on Substack for more in depth writing and for my book, Unsolicited Advice: The Canceled Memoir of a Consent Educator. Check out upcoming classes, recorded classes, workbooks, and merch from Consent Wizardry. We have cool hats!! New podcast: You’re Doing It Wrong with…
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Andis Solomon on Polyamory, Communication, and Turning Consent into dirty talk
Andis Solomon is a film director, editor, and my partner :) Subscribe on Substack for more in depth writing and for my book, Unsolicited Advice: The Canceled Memoir of a Consent Educator. Check out upcoming classes, recorded classes, workbooks, and merch from Consent Wizardry. We have cool hats!!...
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Mia interviews Kai Cheng Thom on What Consent Is Not
Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer in Toronto. She is the author of the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir Metonymy Press), the essay collection I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes at the End of the…
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Mia interviews jo + bahar on Kink, BDSM, and Creativity
bahar (they/them) is an Iranian, queer, trans, non-binary Intimacy Coordinator + bike mechanic based in NYC. Their background in theater and acting often explored themes of gender and sexuality, paving the way to their role as a Sex Educator & Consultant. They are passionate about biking…
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Special Episode: Virginia Woolf: Who is she writing for? (Or, for whom is she writing?)
Subscribe on Substack for more in depth writing and for my book, Unsolicited Advice: The Canceled Memoir of a Consent Educator. Check out upcoming classes, recorded classes, workbooks, and merch from Consent Wizardry. We have cool hats!! New podcast: You’re Doing It Wrong with Mia and Risdon...
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Brooks on Grief and OCD
Brooks Herr (they/them) is a practitioner & educator of emotional-spiritual care work. You can find them on Instagram @veils.veils.veils. You can register for their class here. Starts 10/22. Subscribe on Substack for more in depth writing and for my book, Unsolicited Advice: The Canceled Memoir…
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Charlie James on Just Doing Stuff
Charlie James is a comedian and writer living in Los Angeles. Best known for his TikToks (@nonbinarycowboy), he's made videos for Funny Or Die and written humor pieces for Slackjaw and Points in Case. His day job is tweeting from the perspective of a 67 million-year-old fossil. His night job is...
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Rabbi Aaron Leven on having a calling and the symbolic exemplar
Aaron Leven is the associate rabbi at Nefesh, an open-hearted spiritual community serving the east side neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in May of 2023, he is a native Angeleno who is thrilled to be back home where he is in walking distance to both Nefesh,...
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Unblocked: Sam Sundius on Undiscipline
Sam Sundius is a visual artist, writer, translator, opinion-haver, advocate, drinks specialist, sourdough starter starver, and person with too many houseplants. A Sam of many hats, to be sure. Through their practice Art of Undiscipline, they coach on money, success, grief, disability,...
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Unblocked: Kiana Elkins on Conflict and Loving Practice
Kiana Gabrielle (she/they) is a Black queer feminist scholar and community steward helping people change their relationship to conflict. Drawing on their background in youth mentoring, community organizing, and leadership development, Kiana facilitates a peer learning community and publishes...
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Hannah Said on Coffee and Community
Hannah Said (she/her) is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner and community organizer. She has an unwavering commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion that is fueled by her passion for social justice, art, and authentic community building. She uses creativity and humor to...
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Unblocked: Josie Alexandra
Josie Alexandra (they/them) is an award winning experimental multi-dimensional artist, fascinated by the potential of intra-personal relationships as sites for reclamation and transformation in world-making processes. Their work offers critiques and envisionings to plausible futurisms [for trans...
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Louisa Pillot on Consent and Music
Louisa Pillot (she/her) is a musician, DJ, and consent educator based in France. You can find her on IG @louisahhh. Check out upcoming classes, recorded classes, workbooks, and merch from Consent Wizardry. We have cool hats!! Goodies for you that offer Share the Load a little kickback: You can...
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Brooke Herr on the Death of Dreams
Brookes Herr (they/them) is a practitioner & educator of emotional-spiritual care work. You can find them on Instagram @veils.veils.veils. You can register for their class here. Starts 11/8. Check out upcoming classes, recorded classes, workbooks, and merch from Consent Wizardry. We have cool...
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5 Patterns in Early Consent Learning
Check out upcoming classes, recorded classes, workbooks, and merch from Consent Wizardry. We have cool hats!! Get your luxurious goodies at Foria Wellness. Use the code MIAS20 for 20% off. Advertise on the pod. Please consider supporting the show financially at Patreon.com/sharetheload. Share the...
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CJ Interviews Mia about How It All Started
CJ Miller is a white, intersex, non-binary, trans femme artist and educator. Working in film & television, with LGBTIA+ advocacy groups, and with community organizations, her education and consultant work is aimed at creating safer spaces for trans, non-binary, and gender expansive identities.…
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Ari Simon on Grief and Masculinity
Ari Simon (they/them) leads workshops, trainings, coaching, and consulting around grief, resilience, values-driven outcomes, and wellbeing. Through a practice that’s uniquely Ari, they equip people to best thrive in the face of loss, increasing wellbeing, psychological safety, and sense of...
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Kitty Stryker on Consent with Self and Others
Kitty Stryker is one of the people who pushed the term "consent culture" into mainstream conversations, as well as being an anarchist activist, queer femme, and leftist doomsday prepper located in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of "Ask Yourself: The Consent Culture Workbook," a…
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Embodied Boundaries and Mindfulness
Sign up for the retreat. KUAN LUO (she/her) Mindfulness and Buddhist Meditation Teacher; Outdoor Educator Kuan is a Chinese-French-American mindfulness and meditation teacher and outdoor educator. She believes spiritual awakening and psychological maturity need each other to fully support healing...
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What is consent? Part I
Check out upcoming classes and recorded classes from Consent Wizardry. Get your luxurious goodies at Foria Wellness. Use the code MIAS20 for 20% off. Advertise on the pod. Please consider supporting the show financially at Patreon.com/sharetheload. Share the Load explores all things consent...
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MI Leggett on Creative Constraints
MI Leggett (he/they), upcycle designer, artist, and founder of Official Rebrand talk about seeing the vibrancy of gender, the benefits of limitations in art, and genderless fashion. You can find MI on Instagram @official_rebrand. ••• Check out upcoming classes and recorded classes from Consent...
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Maisha on Finding Your Purpose
Maisha Aza MSW, CMT (she/they), founder of Black Girl Tantra, LLC is a fat, black, queer Tantric Shaman, and Intuitive. Maisha holds the door open and the mirror up for black indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) who have been marginalized and unaccepted within their own communities, families…
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Meenadchi on Doritos
Meenadchi (she | her) and I talk about their journey with consent, kink, and Doritos. You can find her on IG @with.meenadchi and through her website. ••• Check out upcoming classes and recorded classes from Consent Wizardry. Get your luxurious goodies at Foria Wellness. Use the code MIAS20 for…
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Rebekah Rose on Self-Expression
Rebekah Rose they | she Boundaries + Consent for Teens!! January 2-6. Illustrator, Muralist, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher + Non-Profit Program Manager Rebekah Rose has their BFA in illustration from California State University Long Beach and over eight years experience facilitating groups and...
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Serena Caffrey on Endurance and Creativity
Serena Caffrey (she | they) and I talk about endurance and creativity, and working through those sticky times when you want to want to create, but don’t actually want to create. You can find Serena on Instagram @essyre__ or on their site serenacaffrey.com. Share the Load explores all things…
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Laila Makled on Knowing Yourself
Laila Makled (they | he) Consent, Communication + Care Educator Founder of push2exist, Laila Makled’s years of experience as an equity advocate and operations strategist led them to become a Consent, Communication & Care Educator. Through push2exist, Laila provides operations consulting & life...
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Sharon on Consent with Dogs!
Sharon Vincuilla (she/her) is a Human Animal Bond Facilitator and Human Canine Interaction Strategist, and Licensed Occupational Therapist. She specializes in rescue-rehabilitation with anxious and traumatized dogs. You can follow her on IG @holisticdogexpert and read more about her work at...
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Special Episode: CJ + Mia on Dating Preferences
We talk about how our preferences in dating are shaped by the media and our environment and what we can do to challenge them in order to try not to perpetuate harmful systems of oppression to the best of our ability. To support the show please consider joining the Patreon at...
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Special Episode: Judy + Mia on Consent and Capitalism
In case you missed it: Judy of @hearmefinance and I talk about whether or not consent is possible within a Capitalist system on this special episode of Share the Load. We originally had this conversation on IG Live on 3/24/22. Apologies for the garbled audio. It gets much better in the second…
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#3.1 Scarcity and Specificity
Welcome back! This is the first episode of the show in its new structure as a call-in advice show. We talk about dating as a genderqueer person, boundaries in work, and creating that feeling of fear in a safe way in bed. People I mention on this episode: Lina Dune of @askasub, Oumou Sylla...
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#2.13 Oumou Sylla on Burnout and Consent
Oumou Sylla (@connectwithoumou) and I discuss decolonizing therapy, reimagining labor, and self energy. Their influences are: 1. bell hooks and Assata Shakur 2. James Baldwin 3. The death of Black children at police hands. Please consider becoming a member to keep this show going on Patreon. The...
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#2.12 Cory Bush on Becoming a Doula and Consent with Pain
Cory Bush (@thecorybush) is a full spectrum doula, sex educator, and childbirth educator-in-training. They support birthing people and beyond in finding empowerment at the intersection of evidence based information and personal intuition. Their influences: 1. Father’s traumatic brain injury 2....
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#2.11 Mona Eshaiker on Burnout
CW: suicidal ideation, animal abuse Mona Eshaiker (@monalmft) and I discuss the honeymoon phase, learned helplessness, and asking for help. Her influences: 1. Spirituality 2. Louis Hay 3. Asking for help Please consider becoming a member to keep this show going on Patreon. The Share the Load...
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#2.10 MI Leggett on Creating Your Own Identity Through Fashion
MI Leggett (@official_rebrand) and I discuss finding his identity though fashion, greenwashing, and the importance of play. Their Influences: 1. Reading Testo Junkie while starting Testosterone. 2. Playing dodgeball with Ariana Gil of Brujas 3. Painting penises on clothes Please consider becoming…
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#2.9 Dr. Jon P. Higgins on Flipping Tables and Starting Fires
Dr. Jon P. Higgins (@doctorjonpaul) and I discuss how they cope with society by laughing, finding radical joy, and becoming their authentic self. Their influences: 1. Bayard Rustin 2. Audre Lorde 3. Tre’vell Anderson Please consider becoming a member to keep this show going on Patreon. The Share...
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#2.8 Xenon Universe on Being a Bird of Paradise
Xenon Universe (@xenonopaluniverse) and I discuss him committing to his identity and authenticity as a performer, being a choosy bird of paradise about who he works with, and holding and nurturing the little person inside of him. His influences: 1. His relationships with other trans people 2.…
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#2.7 Sydney Rae Chin on Still Being Owed for Her Emotional Labor
CW: sexual assault, rape, self-harm, and a mention of blood Sydney Rae Chin (@sydneyraechin) and I discuss putting a price on sharing her healing journey, Title IX, and transformative justice. You can find Sydney on her website, SydneyRaeChin.com, her Patreon, on IG @sydneyraechin &...
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#2.6 Lina Dune on Pitching a Tent
Lina Dune (@askasub) and I discuss BDSM, camping, and more. Her influences: 1. Anais Nin 2. Sex workers 3. Her current relationship
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#2.5 1/2 Mini Episode of Mia's Salty Articles
CW: Suicidal Ideation, Sexual Assault, Stealthing, Medical Gaslighting
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#2.5 Mia Schachter on Sharing the Load
In this week’s episode, Laurel Atwell interviewed me! Please consider becoming a member to keep this show going on Patreon. The Share the Load Patreon is now a place for DIY, self-paced learning about consent and boundaries and starts at $5 a month. Other ways to support the show are to write a...
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#2.4 Laurel Atwell Says, "Today Is Day"
Laurel Atwell, Qi Gong teacher and performer, and I discuss feeling depleted and feeling resourced and how to access the circumstances that create the environment to feel nourished.
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#2.3 Jimanekia Eborn on Looking Outside of Yourself
Jimanekia, the one and only Trauma Queen, and I talk about self care plans, putting together care pods, and running a business. Jimanekia is a co-founding member of Centaury Co., our Intimacy Coordination training program. You can find her on Instagram @jimanekia and you can find her podcast…
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#2.2 Lola Jean on All Kinds of Accountability
Lola Jean and I talk about confidence, consent, and accountability. You can find Lola Jean on IG @lolajeandotcom and via her website. You can hear her podcast Is Our Love ___? on all podcast platforms including PornHub. Please consider becoming a member to keep this show going on Patreon. Other...
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#2.1 Meenadchi on Redefining Labor
In this week’s episode, Meenadchi (IG: @whostoleserendib) and I discuss the difference between labor and purpose, and invisible labor vs unacknowledged labor. You can support the show at Patreon.com/sharetheload. Hats and shirts are available at sharetheloadinc.com. Writing a review and sharing...
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#15 Kamra on How the Work Has Changed
Kamra is back to talk with me about how the work has changed since our first episode. Kamra Sadia Hakim (they/them) is a 27 year-old Brooklyn-based futurity artist using the mediums of dance, music, writing, and movement building to create worlds and possibilities beyond the status quo. You can...
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#14 Augustus Prew on Being Wrong
Augustus Prew is an actor and a friend known for various shows such as The Morning Show, Pure Genius, Prison Break and Special. Auggie's Influences: his husband Jeffrey Self for always being his authentic self and helping Auggie to do the same. a conversation that he had with a stranger, Jamie…
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#13 Adrianne McCurrach on Telling More Stories
As a longtime mentor and supporter of diversity in the industry, Adrianne McCurrach has spent her career collaborating with brands to communicate their message while also helping young women creatives tell their stories in film. She is a passionate advocate for the arts, teaching media literacy...
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#12 marlee grace on Burnout
marlee grace is a writer and dancer living in New Mexico. marlee’s influences: Rachel Cargle @rachel.cargle Glennon Doyle Melton and Elizabeth Gilbert Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo and Ellen Rutt You can find marlee on KMRD radio, on IG @marleegrace and @personalpractice. Marleegrace.space. You can...
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#11 Cameron Glover on the Energetics of Money
Cameron is a certified sex educator and business coach for sexuality professionals. Through Successful Sex Ed, she helps sexuality professionals to monetize their expertise and build online businesses. In addition, she also hosts the Sex Ed in Color podcast, centering the experiences of sexuality...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Share the Load explores all things consent, including and beyond sex. I'm your host, Mia Schachter. I'm an intimacy coordinator for film, television, and theater, and a writer and educator in Los Angeles. You can find me on IG @consent.wizardry and you can reach me at [email protected] with listener questions for future episodes. www.consentwizardry.com
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Share the Load explores all things consent, including and beyond sex. I'm your host, Mia Schachter. I'm an intimacy coordinator for film, television, and theater, and a writer and educator in Los Angeles. You can find me on IG @consent.wizardry and you can reach me at [email protected]...
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