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The Arise Podcast
by Danielle S. Castillejo, Margalyn Hemphill
Conversations about faith, race, justice, gender and healing.
Episodes
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Season 7, Episode 5: Danielle, Rebecca and Jenny on the question of Race and Greed in this moment
Sign up here for Missionary Deliverance https://indwellmovement.as.me/schedule/6c26b5e3/?appointmentTypeIds[]=99315731 Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 4:30 PM Missionary Deliverance - Danielle Castillejo with Jenny McGrath 1 hour 30 minutes @ $35.00 Come learn with two former missionaries about the...
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Season 7, Episode 4: Jenny McGrath, Rebecca Walston and Danielle S Castillejo on Elections
Patriarchal bargaining, belonging, and complicity Jenny | 14:55 “They were preserving themselves in the male dominated space of, if I call this out, then I'm going to be ostracized, exiled, whatever. And so all of it then becomes this performance of bargaining to continue to try to get power in...
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Season 7, Episode 3: Jenny, Rebecca and Danielle - the Power of Mutual Aid and the issue of Fear
Episode Summary In this episode, Danielle, Rebecca, and Jenny explore how political instability reaches far beyond elections—entering the body, the grocery store, the workplace, and the relationships people have with their neighbors. Jenny describes the physical relief she experienced crossing…
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Season 7, Episode 2: HBCUs, The Empire and Whatever else
“Everybody talks about genocides around the world, but when the killing is slow and spread over a hundred years, no one notices. Where there are no mass graves, no one notices. American outrage is always for show. It has a shelf life.” ― Percival Everett, The Trees Jenny — Vulnerability becomes…
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Season 7, Episode 1: The Graveyard of Instagram with Rebecca W. Walston and Danielle S. Rueb Castillejo
A major thread of the episode is the relationship between immigration rhetoric and broader racial control. Danielle and Rebecca argue that calls to “secure the border” are not only about the nation’s geographic borders, but also about who gets counted as belonging, qualified, safe, or fully…
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Season 6, Episode 33: Adoption and Whiteness with Rebecca, Jenny and Danielle
Rebecca In this country, what we do with adoption is this notion automatically that adoption is a good thing, and whoever is in the role of adoptive parent is the hero of the story. That usually means the story of the adopted child, and however they came to be in a position where adoption was an...
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Season 6, Episode 32: Jenny McGrath and Danielle S. Rueb Castillejo on the World Cup and Cancel Culture
Danielle Pull Quotes “I just love the competition of it and seeing how far people can push their bodies and how far they can go. And I love team sports. I didn’t used to like soccer, but I’ve been watching World Cup games with Luis, who’s my partner. Since Mexico played the United States, we...
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Season 6, Episode 31: Danielle Castillejo and Jenny McGrath talk about Dissociation
Jenny describes dissociation as the feeling of not being fully present, not quite in the body, and not able to feel one’s weight connected to the earth. Danielle adds her own experience of dissociation through music, piano, and “slow time,” complicating the idea that dissociation is always...
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Season 6, Episode 30: The First, The Few, The Only with Michael Thornhill
Michael Thornhill’s book, The First, The Few and The Only, is available through the official book site and shop. The site describes Thornhill as an AfroCuban author, consultant, and recovering DEI practitioner whose work explores race, erasure, tokenism, and mixed identity in North America. Book…
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Season 6, Episode 29: Rebecca W. Walston and Danielle S. Castillejo - Updates - Voting Right's Act
Rebecca 1. On grief, shock, and not trusting white institutions “I don't think shocked is the word that I would use. At the risk of making a sweeping generalization, I think we don't trust white people. I don't think we ever have. And I think even when we see something that looks like forward...
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Season 6, Episode 28: Rebecca, Danielle, and Jenny: Settler Colonial Sex and Purity Culture Stuff
Danielle 1. On adults needing honesty before they can guide young people “But then that comes back to us and being able to honestly talk about our own experiences as kids and be far more honest about what that experience was. Be far more honest about the spectrums we probably all lie along or the...
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Season 6, Episode 27: Danielle, Rebecca and Jenny McGrath - Pope Leo and the President
"Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth," Leo said during his four-country tour of Africa. "It is a world turned upside down, an exploitation of God’s creation that…
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Season 6, Episode 26: Danielle, Jenny, and Rebecca on Women in Power, Pam Bondi?
Danielle “When it comes to defending my kids, my husband, my community, my family members—even if I don’t like you and I thought it was unjust—I could really step in and kick some ass. But when it comes to myself, the shutdown is so strong. I almost want to fall asleep.” Rebecca “There’s a reason...
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Season 6, Episode 25: Jenny, Danielle and Rebecca: Iran, Dolores Huerta, and Women
Episode Summary Trigger Warning: We should mention that parts of this story might be disturbing for some of our listeners. Dolores Huerta reminds us of the risk still carried in speaking: “I think that women when they do come forward with their stories, that they instead of getting the kind of...
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Season 6, Episode 24: Jenny, Danielle and Rebecca on Epstein, Iran and White Women
Jenny (00:02): I think is actually thought provoking. I've seen some conversation around the idea that there was this intentional move to make white women the face of this administration and to do it in a way that is you're woefully unprepared. You maybe even are intentionally ill prepared to…
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Season 6, Episode 23: Jenny, Danielle, Rebecca: Christian Nationalism and this Moment in Iran
“El mexicano frecuenta a la muerte, la burla, la acaricia, duerme con ella, la festeja, es uno de sus juguetes favoritos y su amor permanente.” ― Octavio Paz, El Laberinto de la Soledad Lindsay Graham:...
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Season 6, Episode 22: Danielle, Rebecca and Jenny
Jenny (02:14): I have been thinking about conversations that I've been having and things that I've been seeing lately about this new found anger and rage for MAGA friends and family members. And I think this facade of hope for a long time that I had been called Hyperbolic and I'd been saying I…
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Season 6, Episode 21: Jenny and Danielle and Rebecca on this current Trauma moment
Rebecca W. Walston: https://rebuildingmyfoundation.com At Solid Foundation Story Coaching, we believe that stories shape our lives. Our experiences—both joyful and painful—define how we see ourselves and interact with the world. Story Coaching offers a unique space to explore your personal…
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Season 6, Episode 20: Jenny McGrath and Danielle Rueb Castillejo on Subverting Supremacy in our Practices
In this episode, we explore what it means to stay human in a time of collective trauma. We talk about messiness as a core part of being alive, how purity culture and rigid systems disconnect us from our bodies, and why agency, consent, and clear yeses and nos are essential forms of resistance....
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Season 6, Episode 19: Jenny McGrath, Rebecca W Walston and Danielle S Rueb Castillejo on the Five Year Old Boy Kidnappe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/ice-arrests-five-year-old-boy-minnesota US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a five-year-old Minnesota boy on Tuesday as he returned home from school and transported him and his father to a Texas detention center, according to…
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Season 6, Episode 18: Jenny McGrath and Rebecca W. Walston and Danielle - this current moment in 2026
Season 6 episode 18 rebecca j...and therapy - 1_8_26, 10.27 AM Thu, Jan 08, 2026 10:40AM • 57:28 SUMMARY KEYWORDS emotional metabolization, existential threat, destabilizing changes, social media, information overload, Venezuela crisis, racial identity, colonization, anti-blackness, white...
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Season 6, Episode 17: Therapy and Healing around the Holidays w/Jenny and Danielle
Welcome to the Arise podcast, conversations on faith, race, justice, gender, the church, and what are we seeing in reality right now? So Jenny and I dive in a little bit about therapy. The holidays, I would don't say the words collective liberation, but it feels like that's what we're really...
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Season 6, Episode 16: Rebecca W. Walston, Jenny McGrath and Danielle on MTG, Politics and the Continuum of Moral Awareness
“It’s not enough to build a system and then exit stage left when you realize it’s broken. The ‘I’m sorry’ is not the work — it’s only the acknowledgment that work needs to be done. After the apology, you must actually do the repair. And what I see from her is the language of accountability…
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Season 6< Episode 15: Therapy and Faith, Colonized? Dominion? How do we make sense of it?
Danielle (00:02): Hey, Jenny, you and I usually hop on here and you're like, what's happening today? Is there a guest today? Isn't that what you told me at the beginning? And then I sent you this Instagram reel that was talking about, I feel like I've had this, my own therapeutic journey of…
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Season 6, Episode 14: Jenny and Danielle talk about Mutual Aid
Donations Resources (feminine hygiene products, and diapers, etc.) https://my.liberaforms.org/solidarity-kitchen-2 Cash Pledges (100 percent goes to families) https://my.liberaforms.org/solidarity-kitchen-3 Here is our plan: December 2, 2025 (Tuesday), 2:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., North Point Church Serve...
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Season 6, Episode 13: Jenny McGrath and Danielle Castillejo on Abstinence, Purity Culture and Epstein
Bio: Jenny - Co-Host Podcast (er): I am Jenny! (She/Her) MACP, LMHC I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, Certified Yoga Teacher, and an Approved Supervisor in the state of Washington. I have spent over a decade researching the ways in which the body can…
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Season 6, Episode 12: Jenny McGrath and Organizer Mary Lovell Reality and Organizing in this moment
Mary Lovell is a queer grassroots organizer, visual artist, and activist who has been fighting oil and gas infrastructure and for social justice for their adult life - living up in the Kitsap Penninsula they are working on their first book and love working with people to build power in their...
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Season 6, Episode 11: Jenny McGrath, Renee Begay, and Rebecca W. Walston on Resilience and Die De Los Metros
Guest Bio: Renee Kylestewa Begay is from the Pueblo of Zuni in Southwest New Mexico. She is a mother to three daughters and married to high school sweetheart Donnie Begay. During her undergrad, she founded the Nations movement—a national ministry... Good morning. It's October 30th, 2025. Can you...
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Season 6, Episode 10: Jenny McGrath and Sandra Van Opstal of Chasing Justice talk about Chicago and Resilience
BIO: Sandra Van Opstal EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF CHASING JUSTICE Sandra Maria Van Opstal, a second-generation Latina, is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Chasing Justice, a movement led by people of color to mobilize a lifestyle of faith and justice . She is an international…
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Season 6, Episode 9: Danielle S. Castillejo speak with Vanessa Ogaldez, LAMFT and Chicago and La Migra
Vanessa Ogaldez, LAMFT SPECIALTIES: Trauma Couples Communication Identity/Self Acceptance https://www.dcctherapy.com/vanessa-ogaldez-lamft From Her website: Maybe you have said something like, “What else can I do?” and it is possible you feel stuck or heartbroken because you can’t seem to connect...
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Season 6, Episode 8: Jenny Mcgrath, Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas and Danielle Castillejo speak about Christian Nationalism, Race, and History
BIO: The Reverend Dr. Starlette Thomas is a poet, practical theologian, and itinerant prophet for a coming undivided “kin-dom.” She is the director of The Raceless Gospel Initiative, named for her work and witness and an associate editor at Good Faith Media. Starlette regularly writes on the...
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Season 6, Episode 7: Jenny Mcgrath and Rebecca Walston speak about Reality and Resilience in this moment
Bio: Jenny - Co-Host Podcast (er): I am Jenny! (She/Her) MACP, LMHC I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, Certified Yoga Teacher, and an Approved Supervisor in the state of Washington. I have spent over a decade researching the ways in which the body can…
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Season 6, Episode 6: Community Advocate Sarah Van Gelder speaks about Reality and Politics
Danielle (00:20): Welcome to the Arise podcast, conversations about reality and talking a lot about what that means in the context of church, faith, race, justice, religion, all the things. Today, I'm so honored to have Sarah Van Gelder, a community leader, an example of working and continuing to...
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Season 6, Episode 5: Jenny Mcgrath on Reality and Therapy - How do we get through this?
Bio: Jenny - Co-Host Podcast (er): I am Jenny! (She/Her) MACP, LMHC I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, Certified Yoga Teacher, and an Approved Supervisor in the state of Washington. I have spent over a decade researching the ways in which the body can…
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Season 6, Episode 4: Reality and Faith with Dr. Phil Allen Jr. Part 2 - Knowing your roots
Bio Phil Allen, Jr., PhD is a theologian and ethicist whose research and writings include the intersections of social structure, race, culture, and theology and ethics of justice. He has authored two books: Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption and The Prophetic Lens: The...
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Season 6, Episode 3: Reality and Story Work with Rebecca W. Walston
Rebecca A. Wheeler Walston, J.D., Master of Arts in Counseling Email: [email protected] Phone: +1.5104686137 Website: Rebuildingmyfoundation.com I have been doing story work for nearly a decade. I earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary and…
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Season 6, Episode 2: Reality and Faith with Rev. Starlette Thomas and Dr. Tamice Spencer Helms
Reality and Faith Prompts 1. What are the formations or structures for how you know you are in reality in regards to your faith? Do you have indicators? Internal senses? External resources? 2. Who are you in active dialogue with in regards to your faith? Who that is living and who that is passed...
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Season 6: Episode 1: Re-Introducing - Reality? Faith, Race, Gender, and Current Events
The Arise Podcast – Edited Transcript Speaker 1 (00:29): Welcome to the Rise Podcast. As part of this process, we're going to talk about what reality is—how to find it, and how to ground yourself in it. I’ll have some regular co-hosts with me, as I mentioned earlier, and we’ll continue to explore...
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Season 5, Episode 6: Spiritual Abuse, Christianity and the Election with Guest Host
Spiritual Abuse, Christianity and the Election with Guest Host Christian Nationalism and Spiritual Abuse: A 90 minute workshop with Jenny McGrath (click here to register) w/Danielle S. Castillejo and Jenny McGrath Are you confused about what is going on in the US? Do you feel triggered about past...
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Season 5, Episode 4: Dr. Phillip Allen Jr and Danielle S. Castillejo talk about the Plantation Complex, the Election and Implications
https://www.philallenjr.com Phil is a man driven by vision, compelled to fulfill God’s calling on his life. His passion is not only to see individuals come to know and grow in a relationship with Jesus, but to see social transformation that includes addressing systems and structures that affect…
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Season 5, Episode 3: Anticipatory Intelligence and Anxiety with Rebecca Wheeler Walston
Trigger Warning: Proceed only if you are comfortable with potentially sensitive topics. This is not psychological advice, service, or prescriptive treatment for anxiety or depression. The content related to descriptions of depression, anxiety, or despair may be upsetting or triggering, but are...
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Season 5, Episode 3: Election Conversations with Mr. Matthias Roberts and Rebecca Walston
Matthias Roberts is a queer psychotherapist (in Washington State) and the author of both "Holy Runaways: Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion" and "Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms". He is one of my favorite friends I met in graduate school, a human deeply...
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Season Five, Episode 2: Election, Humanity, and How do we vote when nothing feels right
Trigger Warning: Proceed only if you are comfortable with potentially sensitive topics. This is not psychological advice, service, or prescriptive treatment for anxiety or depression. The content related to descriptions of depression, anxiety, or despair may be upsetting or triggering, but are...
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Season 5 - Election Season, a recap and where and how do we hold humanity of others in the midst of polarization
Contributors are listed here: Danielle S. Castillejo (Rueb), Cyon Edgerton, Rachael Reese, Chasity Malatesta, Debby Haase, Kim Frasier, Briana Cardenas, Holly Christy, Clare Menard, Marjorie Long, Cristi McCorkle, Terri Schumaker, Diana Frazier, Eliza Cortes Bast, Tracy Johnson, Sarah Van Gelder,...
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Season 4, Episode 20: Part 4 - In Their Own Voices - Justice for ALL Students Campaign
Link to Solutions article: HERE https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/03/10/parent-group-offers-steps-toward-safety-inclusion-in-schools/69987422007/ Latino parent group presents steps toward safety, inclusion in schools Danielle S. Castillejo Guest column On February 7…
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Season 4, Episode 19: Segment #3 of the History of the Campaign , "Justice for all students" from December 2022 to February 2023
STOP the HARM NOW Background informa/on, context and chronology of events: For those fighting racism in the North Kitsap School District In November you, NK families, were asked to come up with solutions to the problems your students and you are experiencing. As a member of the Poulsbo Latino...
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Season 4, Episode 18: An Introduction to a Latinx Therapeutic Lens with Danielle S Castillejo
Hey y'all, some reason I have to think that all of us got into this work is because there's something about telling our story or being on the other side of listening to someone else's story that connects us. And it's not just the pain that connects us, it's the goodness that brings us together…
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Season 4, Episode 17: JUSTICE FOR ALL STUDENTS - the Second Part on the history of Latino/a/x Struggle in North Kitsap School District
Latino parents, students say they face racism, discrimination at North Kitsap High Peiyu Lin Kitsap Sun NORTH KITSAP — More than 40 members of the Latino community gathered in the library of North Kitsap High School on Tuesday to tell high school administrators about instances of discrimination...
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Season 4, Episode 16: The "Break" Explanation and History of North Kitsap School District Latino/a/x Movement
LINKS to ARTICLES https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/11/26/latino-parents-students-discrimination-racism-at-north-kitsap-high-school/69673972007/ https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2023/02/06/latino-parent-group-meeting-with-north-kitsap-schools-over-race-issues/69864128007/...
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Season 4, Episode 15: Abby Wong- Heffter, Jenny McGrath and Cyndi Mesmer on Story Work
Listen to this fun conversation with @indwell_movement and @abbymwong and myself @artoflivingcounselingcenter as we talk about attachment, somatic body movement, and group work in the context of story. I love these fierce, brilliant and playful woman and we love doing our Trauma Focused Narrative...
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