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When We Speak
by Tasha Hunter
When We Speak is a podcast where we have inspirational, candid, and empowering conversations. It’s a place where we share insight into how we cope, heal, and find meaning in a wide range of experiences. Hosted by mental health therapist, speaker, and author of “What Children Remember”, Tasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW.
Episodes
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67. Marta Sierra, LMHC
On today's episode I am with my friend Marta Sierra and we are discussing what's changed in her life since her previous conversations on the podcast. Marta is discussing her recent divorce plus the impact of abandonment trauma on her grief process. Marta and I also discuss: --her support system...
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66. Kaity Rodriguez, LCSW
In this episode, I speak with Kaity Rodriguez about how she embodies self-love and self-confidence. We discuss when and how she found her voice which led to her working with her clients on developing more assertive communication. We also discuss: --Kaity's blog series "100 Dates in Houston"...
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65. Marcie Alvis Walker
In today's episode I am with my chosen sister and friend Marcie. We dive right into her book, " Everybody Come Alive". We also discuss: --Recognition of the Divine inside of her --Marcie's process for honoring Blackness in her book --Microaggressions and barriers for Black writers/authors --The...
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64. Natalie Gutierrez, LMFT
In today's episode, I speaking with my sister, my friend, and fellow sojourner, Natalie Gutierrez. In this heart-lead, soulful conversation we discuss: --Her book, " The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color" --The parts of her that she is embracing today --We talk about…
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63. Tommy Allgood
This episode is everything--such a beautiful conversation with my friend Tommy Allgood. We discuss intersectional identities, queerness, sacred earth medicine, what is inspired our connection with each other. "Thomas Garvin (They/he), better known as Tommy Allgood, is a Registered Nurse turned…
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62. Faitth Brooks
Today's episode is with Faitth Brooks. we discuss her book " Remember Me Now:A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women". Faitth shares the following with listeners: --What her faith in God looks like present day --The parts of herself she's still working on embracing --What...
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61. Tina Strawn
In today's episode which was recorded February 2023, I speak with Tina Strawn (she/they). Tina is a joy and liberation advocate, activist, author of "Are We Free Yet? The Black, Queer Guide to Divorcing America" (Row House Publishing, January 2023). Tina is also the owner and host of the Speaking...
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60. Dr. Philip Butler
On today's episode I am with Dr. Philip Butler. We discuss his introduction to IFS and what he's learned about himself and others, the Seekr App, his hope for IFS and the Black community, our faith evolution, and so so much more. This is such a breathtakingly truthful conversation and I feel...
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59. Chris Burris, M.Ed, LCMHCS, LMFT
Today's episode is with Chris Burris and we discuss all things IFS and his new book, Creating Healing Circles: Using the Internal Family Systems Model in Facilitating Groups. During the conversation we also discuss --the two types of healing that must take place in a person's life --how Chris...
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58. Compassionate Conversations with Monica DiCristina, LPC
In this week's conversation I am back with one of my closest friends, Monica DiCristina, LPC as we share personal stories in the form of heart talk. In this episode, Tasha and Monica combine their years of training and therapeutic practice to address this all too often oversimplified question…
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57. Max Smothers
In today's episode I am with Max Smothers ( they/them, he/him) and we discuss their earliest memories of questioning their gender and sexuality, barriers faced in their journey, family and friend support, what they wish the Black community understood about being queer and trans, and their...
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56. Toko-pa Turner
Today's convo is with Toko-pa Turner. We discuss her book, "Belonging" and I get to read some of my favorite passages of her book which was transformative for my healing journey. We also discuss how she's practicing belonging today, what inspired the creation of "Belonging", and her gift of being…
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55. Polyamory and Queerness with Marta Sierra, LMHC
Today's convo is with my very good friend Marta and this is her second time appearing on the podcast. We discuss our queerness, religious upbringing, her introduction into polyamory and ethically non-monogamous relationships, the values that she brings into her work as an IFS clinician, and what...
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54. Becka Eppley, Jen Kinney, Marla Taviano
Today's episode is with three women who have deconstructed their faith and beliefs, are on a continued journey to become anti-racist, and they use their voice to advocate for marginalized and oppressed communities. I asked them to come on my podcast because I wanted to hear about their journey,...
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53. Nicki Pappas
Today's conversation is with my friend Nicki Pappas and we are discussing her forthcoming memoir, As Familiar As Family. We also discuss her experiences with spiritual trauma and other traumas, deconstructing her faith, what it means to have an embodied faith.
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52. Self-Publishing Lessons and Gratitude
Today's episode is all about what I learned and what I wish I would have known while self-publishing my book, What Children Remember. The past 2 years of witnessing my book reach people all over the world has amazed me in ways I can't describe. Thank you to every person who has supported me…
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51. Marla Taviano
Today's episode is with Marla Taviano, author of her newest book unbelieve: poems on the journey to becoming a heretic. This episode is in honor of Rachel Held Evans who inspired much of Marla's deconstruction and decolonizing journey. We discuss Marla's book, how she wrestled with her faith...
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50. IFS and Transracial Adoptee Trauma with Marta Sierra, LMHC
Today's conversation is with my friend Marta and we are discussing IFS and transracial adoptee trauma, her experience of being raised in a predominantly White environment and the many layers of complex PTSD.
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49. IFS and Psychedelics with Candace Oglesby, LCPC and Victor Cabral, MSW, LSW, CCTP-I
49. IFS and Psychedelics with Candace Oglesby, LCPC and Victor Cabral, MSW, LSW, CCTP-I
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48. Christa Couture
Today's convo is with my guest Christa Couture. We discuss her book, How To Lose Everything and how grief gave meaning to her gifts, shaped and redefined her role in her community, the importance of naming grief and attending to it, what grounds her today. We also discuss advocacy and how being...
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47. Andre Henry
Today's convo is with Andre Henry and we discuss his new book All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep, compromises we make when we are in relationship with people who are non-Black, how the murder of Eric Garner became a wake-up call, and anti-Blackness that exists in all of us. When the rallying…
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46. Dr. Patrice Berry
In today's conversation we speak with Dr. Patrice Berry about her book, "Turning Crisis into Clarity", the mental health stigma in the Black community, how to find the right therapist, and how she became a social media influencer and content creator. Dr. Patrice Berry is a licensed clinical...
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44. The Ancestor Project
Today's episode is with Undrea Wright and Charlotte James, creators of The Ancestor Project. Our discussion is all about sacred earth medicines and their work with the BIPOC community. We delve into their inspiration for starting the Ancestor Project, reclaiming ancestral practices, the medical...
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43. Kim Paulus, LMFT
Today I am speaking with my friend and Internal Family Systems peer Kim Paulus, LMFT. Kim and I discuss the intersection of queerness and BIPOC, being a first generation immigrant and biracial. We discuss legacy burdens and ancestral healing among BIPOC queers. We also discuss what it means to...
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42. Alishia McCullough,LCMHCA
"Love is the ritual, compassionate attuning is the medicine." -Alishia McCullough, LCMHCA Today I am speaking with Alisha McCullough, LCMHCA about disordered eating in the Black community. Alishia educates listeners on the many categories of disordered eating, how white supremacy shows up in...
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41: Melissa Guttman
Today's guest is Melissa Guttman. We met via Instagram and bonded over Internal Family System (IFS). We discuss how she found her voice and helps others to do the same, her work with creatives, performers, and singers, how we validate our own voice, and how music evokes memory. Melissa Guttman is…
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40: Aundi Kolber
In today's interview I speak with Aundi Kolber about her books Try Softer and newly released, The Try Softer Guided Journey. Aundi and I discuss some of the most painful seasons of her life, the healing journey, what it means to be an authentic therapist, how we show empathy and compassion in our...
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39. Joquina Reed
In today's episode and am speaking with my one of the funniest, and most intelligent Black women in my community, Joquina Reed. We discuss: Institutional racism Joquina's superpower and kryptonite The Triad (white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism) How whiteness and white supremacy harms Race...
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38: Amber Webb Sims
In today's episode I am speaking with my guest, Amber Webb Sims. This is one of the most powerful episodes I've recorded. Amber and I discuss her career as an attorney and how she uses her voice to demystify information. Amber shares what it means to divest from white supremacy, how racial...
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37: What Oprah Taught Us
Today's episode is all about honoring Oprah Winfrey. I am joined by my friends Andrea Kingsley-Miller, Cha Sears-Barefield, Marcie Alvis-Walker, and Monica DiCristina. I wanted a fun episode with some of my closest sisters and what better way to spend time with them than on a podcast talking…
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36. Black Women Woes Part II
Today's episode was inspired by Black Women Woes Part I but with a new group of beautiful, inspiring, powerful, and passionate women. This discussion felt like love, family, strength personified, and spiritual. We laughed, held space for each other, snapped fingers, and said amen more than once....
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35. Bonus Episode: Suicide and How to Save a Life
Today's bonus episode is in honor of Suicide Awareness Month and the one person every eleven minutes who decides to end their life. I start this episode by sharing my own story of being a Black woman who struggled with suicidal thoughts since the age of ten years old. I also discuss some of the...
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34. Diana Oestreich
Today's episode is with peacemaker, author, speaker, and advocate Diana Oestreich and we discuss her book " Waging Peace" and why this book spoke to me. I select some of my favorite passages of her book that resonated with my experience and is the story of so many active duty and veterans across...
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33. Sonja Price-Herbert
Today I am speaking to Sonja Price-Herbert about racism in the fitness industry. Sonja shares what ignited her to specialize in anti-racism in fitness industry and how racism has personally impacted her. Sonja discusses the importance of having diverse voices from the Black community to speak on...
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32: Ashley Easter
In today's episode I am speaking with Ashley Easter and we discuss what it was like for her growing up in a cult, experiencing various types of abuse, and how her intuition played a major part in her own awakening and courage to leave the only faith and family that she knew. Ashley explores how…
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31: Andrea Kingsley Miller
Today's episode is with my closest friend Andrea Kingsley Miller. We recorded this episode at Andrea's home during the weekend of my birthday weekend and it was easily one of the BEST birthdays I've ever celebrated. Having Andrea as a friend has honestly been the gift I didn't know I needed. She…
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30. Bonus Episode: People Pleasing
Today's episode is by request and I'm speaking about the people pleasing. I am discussing some of what I believe is the root cause of people pleasing behavior, symptoms of people pleasing behavior, Internal Family Systems perspectives as the behavior being a protector, and the long-term impact of...
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29. Black Women Woes Part I
Today's episode was birthed from an idea that I had several months ago. So Cha, Lettie, Marcie, and Patricia all said yes to speaking about the power of being a Black woman and some of what we deal with on a regular basis. I wanted to utilize the month of August to talk to feature all of us...
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28. Lettie Elizabeth
Lettie Shumate is a historian, educator, and facilitator in Wilmington, NC. She is also the host and owner of her podcast "History Shows Us" where she educates about history and bridges the past to the present, she discusses racial and social issues, and she doesn’t hold back the truth. Her gift...
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26. Bonus Episode : Barriers to Safe Bodies, Trusted Relationships, and Healthy Sex
Trigger Warning: I discuss childhood sexual abuse, sexual trauma, and other forms of childhood maltreatment.This episode is inspired by Glennon Doyle's podcast " We Can Do Hard Things". I listened to her most recent episodes which pertain to sex. It made me realize the importance of speaking out...
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25. Anxiety And Other Barriers To Becoming with Monica DiCristina
" What I know for sure is, it's never too late and it's never over."My friend Monica DiCristina joins me for today's show where we discuss anxiety, grief, fear, and common barriers to becoming the person you were always meant to be. Monica shares her experience with anxiety which is sure to...
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24. Authentic Friendship with Cha Sears-Barefield
" If I have to modify myself for you to value, see, or hear me--- then that means I'm not seen, valued, or heard." Cha Sears- BarefieldOn today's episode, I get to talk with my friend and sister Cha Sears-Barefield. I first became acquainted with Cha while listening to her the Still Becoming...
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23. Self-Harm and Finding Love Within Yourself with Grace Kingsley Miller
"Hey I see this pain. I see it. I'm willing to sit with you in it. I don't want to drag you out of it. I don't want to tell you it's going to be ok. I see you. And that pain is valid, but that pain won't last forever." On today's episode we are hearing from Grace Kingsley Miller as she shares her...
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22. Being Black in STEM with Diamond Williams
On today's episode we listen to Diamond Williams as she shares why we need more Black professionals in the STEM ( science, technology, engineering, mathematics) field. Diamond works in the engineering field and shares her professional journey. She delves into some of the barriers that prevents so...
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21. Travel Can Heal with Jackie Roby
" I know what real looks like and as a trauma survivor...I also know what healing looks like."Today's interview is with Jackie Roby. Jackie details her story of surviving childhood sexual trauma, coping with family secrets, PTSD, and her journey to finding freedom from the shame and secrecy....
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20. Revolution of Love Ministry with Rev. Felicia Parazaider
"If one is committed and married to systems, structures, and any forms of hatred, oppression, and violence, it's probably not going to work for you here. You might want to keep it moving." Today we are speaking with Reverend Felicia Parazaider about her Revolution of Love Ministry. We discuss…
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19. Prioritizing Mental Health as an Entrepreneur with Candace Joseph
"When you love you, nothing someone says will make you think differently about you." Today we are speaking with Candace Joseph about her mental health diagnosis and the impact PTSD, depression, and anxiety has had on her life and entrepreneurial journey. Candace shares her story with honesty and...
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18. Chronic Pain and Invisible Illness with Physician Assistant Michele Johnson
"You still have to live. You still have to figure out what you were put her for..." Today we are speaking to Michele Johnson, MHS, PA-C about her own journey with chronic pain and how she found ways to cope despite her medical diagnosis. Michele shares tips with listeners regarding what helped…
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17. Healing Repressed Trauma with Chandra Moyer
"God will love us right where we are, but I didn't really feel I was worthy."On today's episode Chandra Moyer shares her story of growing up in a military family in a predominantly White community. She details what it was like becoming aware of the abuse after more than thirty years of…
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16. Weight Neutral Fitness and Body Positivity with Jess Brock-Pitts
" Diet culture isn't happy to see you feel satisfied with yourself." In today's episode I'm speaking with Jess Brock-Pitts about her journey to weight neutral fitness and body positivity. Jess brilliantly explores the following: —How food shaming sends a message of who is worthy and who is…
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When We Speak is a podcast where we have inspirational, candid, and empowering conversations. It’s a place where we share insight into how we cope, heal, and find meaning in a wide range of experiences. Hosted by mental health therapist, speaker, and author of “What Children Remember”, Tasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW.
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