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Season 7, Episode 5: Danielle, Rebecca and Jenny on the question of Race and Greed in this moment

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Season 7, Episode 4: Jenny McGrath, Rebecca Walston and Danielle S Castillejo on Elections

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Season 7, Episode 3: Jenny, Rebecca and Danielle - the Power of Mutual Aid and the issue of Fear

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Season 7, Episode 2: HBCUs, The Empire and Whatever else

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Season 7, Episode 1: The Graveyard of Instagram with Rebecca W. Walston and Danielle S. Rueb Castillejo

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Season 6, Episode 33: Adoption and Whiteness with Rebecca, Jenny and Danielle

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Season 6, Episode 32: Jenny McGrath and Danielle S. Rueb Castillejo on the World Cup and Cancel Culture

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Season 6, Episode 31: Danielle Castillejo and Jenny McGrath talk about Dissociation

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Season 6, Episode 30: The First, The Few, The Only with Michael Thornhill

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Season 6, Episode 29: Rebecca W. Walston and Danielle S. Castillejo - Updates - Voting Right's Act

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Season 6, Episode 28: Rebecca, Danielle, and Jenny: Settler Colonial Sex and Purity Culture Stuff

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Season 6, Episode 27: Danielle, Rebecca and Jenny McGrath - Pope Leo and the President

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Season 6, Episode 26: Danielle, Jenny, and Rebecca on Women in Power, Pam Bondi?

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Season 6, Episode 25: Jenny, Danielle and Rebecca: Iran, Dolores Huerta, and Women

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Season 6, Episode 24: Jenny, Danielle and Rebecca on Epstein, Iran and White Women

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Season 6, Episode 23: Jenny, Danielle, Rebecca: Christian Nationalism and this Moment in Iran

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Season 6, Episode 22: Danielle, Rebecca and Jenny

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Season 6, Episode 21: Jenny and Danielle and Rebecca on this current Trauma moment

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Season 6, Episode 20: Jenny McGrath and Danielle Rueb Castillejo on Subverting Supremacy in our Practices

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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

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Season 6, Episode 18: Jenny McGrath and Rebecca W. Walston and Danielle - this current moment in 2026

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Season 6, Episode 17: Therapy and Healing around the Holidays w/Jenny and Danielle

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Season 6, Episode 16: Rebecca W. Walston, Jenny McGrath and Danielle on MTG, Politics and the Continuum of Moral Awareness

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Season 6< Episode 15: Therapy and Faith, Colonized? Dominion? How do we make sense of it?

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Season 6, Episode 14: Jenny and Danielle talk about Mutual Aid

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Season 6, Episode 13: Jenny McGrath and Danielle Castillejo on Abstinence, Purity Culture and Epstein

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Season 6, Episode 12: Jenny McGrath and Organizer Mary Lovell Reality and Organizing in this moment

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Season 6, Episode 11: Jenny McGrath, Renee Begay, and Rebecca W. Walston on Resilience and Die De Los Metros

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Season 6, Episode 10: Jenny McGrath and Sandra Van Opstal of Chasing Justice talk about Chicago and Resilience

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Season 6, Episode 9: Danielle S. Castillejo speak with Vanessa Ogaldez, LAMFT and Chicago and La Migra

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Season 6, Episode 8: Jenny Mcgrath, Rev. Dr. Starlette Thomas and Danielle Castillejo speak about Christian Nationalism, Race, and History

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Season 6, Episode 7: Jenny Mcgrath and Rebecca Walston speak about Reality and Resilience in this moment

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Season 6, Episode 6: Community Advocate Sarah Van Gelder speaks about Reality and Politics

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Season 6, Episode 5: Jenny Mcgrath on Reality and Therapy - How do we get through this?

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Season 6, Episode 4: Reality and Faith with Dr. Phil Allen Jr. Part 2 - Knowing your roots

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Season 6, Episode 3: Reality and Story Work with Rebecca W. Walston

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Season 6, Episode 2: Reality and Faith with Rev. Starlette Thomas and Dr. Tamice Spencer Helms

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Season 6: Episode 1: Re-Introducing - Reality? Faith, Race, Gender, and Current Events

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Season 5, Episode 6: Spiritual Abuse, Christianity and the Election with Guest Host

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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

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Season 5, Episode 3: Anticipatory Intelligence and Anxiety with Rebecca Wheeler Walston

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Season 5, Episode 3: Election Conversations with Mr. Matthias Roberts and Rebecca Walston

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Season Five, Episode 2: Election, Humanity, and How do we vote when nothing feels right

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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

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Season 4, Episode 20: Part 4 - In Their Own Voices - Justice for ALL Students Campaign

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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

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Season 4, Episode 18: An Introduction to a Latinx Therapeutic Lens with Danielle S Castillejo

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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

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Season 4, Episode 16: The "Break" Explanation and History of North Kitsap School District Latino/a/x Movement

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Season 4, Episode 15: Abby Wong- Heffter, Jenny McGrath and Cyndi Mesmer on Story Work

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Cyndi Mesmer, Rebecca Walston and Danielle Castillejo on Story Work - Listening Circles

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Season 4, Episode 13 - New Year Thoughts with Danielle S Castillejo

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Season 4, Episode 12: Kitsap County Panel on Health, Wellbeing and Racism i

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Season 4, Episode 11: Bethanee Randles of Elevate Strength & Conditioning speaks with Danielle S. Castillejo about Small Business, Equity, and Inclusion

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Season 4, Episode 10: Therapist Jennifer Jordan and Danielle S. Castillejo talk about Spiritual Abuse and It's Impacts

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Season 4, Episode 9: Alethea Lamberson & Danielle S. Castillejo on Tiffany Cross, Elections and Equity

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Season 4, Episode 8: Akuyea Karen Vargas and Danielle S. Castillejo on Healing and Racism in Kitsap County

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Season 4, Episode 7 - Misty Harper - Anderson and Danielle S. Castillejo on Liminal Space and Calling

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Season 4, Episode 6 Inter Cultural Conversations on Repair with Dr. Ernest Gray, Rebecca W. Walston, Jen Oyama Murphy, TJ Poon, and Danielle S. Castillejo - Part 2

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Season 4, Episode 5 Inter Cultural Conversations on Repair with Dr. Ernest Gray, Rebecca W. Walston, Jen Oyama Murphy, TJ Poon, and Danielle S. Castillejo

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Season 4, Episode 4, Rebecca W. Walston, TJ Poon, and Danielle Inter-Cultural Conversations

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Season 4, Episode 3 Jacqueline Batres Bonilla on Therapy and Latinx Culture

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Season 4, Episode 2 - Educator Martha Little on Belonging, Care and Immigration

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Season 4 Episode 1 Dr. Eliza Cortes Bast - Belonging and Latinx Heritage Month 2022

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Season 3 Wrap Up

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Dallas, Houston, Buffalo, Irvine, Uvalde - Racial Violence

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Unpacking Purity Culture with Angie Hong, Jenny McGrath and Abby Wong-Heffter

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Decolonizing Theology with Jana Peterson

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Listening Well with Susan Cunningham

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Checking in on 2 Years of a Global Pandemic, the war in Ukraine

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Rebekah Vickery On Quiverfull Theology

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Purity Culture, Sex and Race - A Conversation with Jenny McGrath and Abby Wong-Heffter

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Chris Bruno & Tracy Johnson - Wisdom, Thoughts and Resources for Mental Health Care

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Jan 6th - A Collection of Stories and Laments

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Insagram live with Rebecca Wheeler on Collective Identity and Advent

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Advent, COVID and Year End

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Women in Leadership, the Journey and Ezer Collective with Kali Jensen (LMHC) and Danielle S. Castillejo

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Grief and Pregnancy Loss with Unexpecting Author Rachel Lewis

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Spiritual Abuse and Deconstruction with David Hayward, the NakedPastor

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Dream Work with Jen Oyama Murphy

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Mental Health, Story Work with Therapist Cyndi Mesmer

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A Statement on Sexual Assault in Kitsap County High Schools by Danielle S. Castillejo

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David Hayward, NakedPastor on Art

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Phil Allen Jr on Racial Trauma, Resilience and Solidarity

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Conversation with Randy Woodley on Deconstruction

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Critical Race Theory Rebecca Wheeler Walston and Danielle S. Castillejo

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LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR

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Part Two with Michael Chen on Collective Liberation and Asian American Theology

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Michael Chen on Collective Trauma, Margins and AAPI.Liturgy

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In "Circle" with Trauma Coach Marisa Wandeler on Decolonizing Healing Practices, Resilience and Consent

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Statement Against Asian Hate

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LENT 2021 with Rev. Dr. Susie Beil and Deanna Gemmer

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Leticia Ochoa Adams on how Faith and Therapy can work together in Healing

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Psychotherapist and DV Advocate Yvette Stone talks about Narcissistic Abuse

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Tamara Woodruff, Trades of Hope and fighting the effects of human trafficking

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Rev. Dr. Susie Beil and Deanna Gemmer on how to engage critical conversations around current events

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Danielle and Maggie talk about year end traditions new and old.

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S2E10: Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton-Chen on Advent and Holding Tension

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Season 2, Episode 9: Diana Frazier and Alex Jacobson talk about Covid disruption, changing systems, hope and advent

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Season 2, Episode 8: Dr. Kimberly Riley and Dr. Jessica Guerrero on Ambiguous Grief and the Election Season