Curated Consciously

“When we are insecure and unconfident in where we stand in this world, we are blocking our blessings.” - Jazzmine Raine

As the celebration of Women’s Month winds down, how do we identify our worth not just as a woman but as an individual?

It starts with an intentional pause to go inwards so we can confidently stand in our worth, communicate it clearly, and never feel taken advantage of as we proudly express our boundaries.

In this episode, Jazz reflects on what it means to stand in your worth as we move through transitions, whether in our relationships, our passions, and in our career.

Tune in to connect on:

• Balancing our divine feminine and masculine energies.
• Identifying what a “hell yes” and a “hell no” feels like in your body.
• Resources to support your journey in standing in your worth through the Inside Out Experience in April.

Connect with Jazz on Instagram @jazzmineraine. Embrace the Inside Out Experience this April by clicking here.

Continue the conversation with us in the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

“We live in the middle of contradictions.” - Maria Paz Amaro

We have been conditioned to believe calling “things” by their name is disrespectful, exclusive, and even racist. This has brought the onset of labels to help put people and things into boxes to create a layer of comfort, such as using terms like “people of color” and “LGBTQ”.

However, our identities cannot be so simply defined by labels. And that’s why we needed to check ourselves and dive into how the English language continues to colonize and oppress non-white folk and non-heterosexual folk (aka the “majority” or mainstream).

We are here to challenge this paradigm of language and explore the origins of our existing labeling system, their original intentions, and the emotional, social, and psychological repercussions on us humans.

In this episode, Maria Paz Amara joins us to explore the irony of “inclusive language” while sharing her personal experiences as a Chilean woman raised in Mexico.

Maria is a Doctor of Art History, a teacher, and a writer. She is the author of Anatomía De Un Fantasma.

During her postdoctoral stay, she had the opportunity to reflect on issues of ethnicity and identity within our diverse, global world from the lenses of phenomena through contemporary art and gastronomy.

Maria is also the co-host of the Imperrfectas podcast, exploring culture and identity of Spanish speakers across North America.

In this episode, we’re diving into:

• Where these terms within the English language originated from and how it has shaped and conditioned society.
• What labeling has done to our perception of self and others.
• The manipulation of concepts and how they perpetuate oppression.

Connect with Maria on Instagram and Twitter.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

“Our health is determined by how our energy flows.” - Sheri Fogarty

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), 18% of the American population is affected by anxiety every year, while 16 million Americans are affected by depression. Both are most prevalent in women, while marginalized communities, specifically the Black and Hispanic communities, are 20% more prone to suffering from mental health disorders.

Over the past 10 years, we’ve watched healthcare systems become harder (and more expensive) to navigate. As healing through spiritual practices and energy work, such as Reiki, become more mainstream and accessible, we’re seeing a lot of self-led practice and more teachers and resources widely available.

But imagine exploring energy healing 35 years ago and the stigma one would face in not just expressing curiosity, but finding the right teachers and people to deepen one’s own practice.

In this podcast episode, Jazz sits down with Sheri Fogarty of Sheri Fogarty Healing, to talk about how Reiki and energy healing has become the go-to for those exhausted of navigating the healthcare system for addressing mental health needs.

Sheri Fogarty is a Licensed Holistic Practitioner, Wellness Coach and Reiki Master with over 30 years of experience. She is passionate about healing through natural, hands-on, and meditation therapies.

Growing up in a neighbourhood where drugs were easily available, Sheri experienced the suffering caused by addiction at a young age. However, instead of indulging in drugs to avoid pain and negative emotions, she chose meditation.

From healing herself and her community to embarking on a learning journey to understand the power of alternative healing therapies, Sheri became one of the first Reiki Masters in North America. 

In this episode, Sheri and Jazz dive into:

• How Reiki and meditation can be powerful methods for healing.
• What energy blocks are and their relation to anxiety and depression.
• What it means to be a healer and how you can start using energy healing practices on yourself.

Connect with Sheri sherifogartyhealing.com and on Instagram @sherifogartyhealing.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

“Diversity is not the same thing as representation.” - Gelaine Santiago 

Did you struggle as a teen to fit in with white majority groups, abandoning your cultural identity and heritage in the process? 

Many of us feel a heavy sense of shame for trying to blend in as youth. So much so that we now guilt ourselves as we grow into understanding the importance of our incredible ancestral stories. 

For too long, we have masked our culture and our rich roots so we could just fit in. Now, we need to reclaim our space and our stories, and challenge existing dynamics of power when choosing where to invest our hard earned dollars. 

As activists, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and magical humans (our decolonized term for addressing people of color), we MUST change this mainstream way of being and consuming. We must hone in on how to support each other in our communities, ventures, art, and marketing by centering us (yes, US!) instead of subconsciously supporting white supremacy. 

In this episode, Jazz chats with friend and social entrepreneur Gelaine Santiago about reclaiming your cultural identity after years of hiding it, and how we’re working to honor and celebrate our cultures within our communities.

Gelaine is a writer, online storyteller, and social entrepreneur. She empowers BIPOC founders to scale their e-commerce businesses with decolonized marketing, smart content strategies, and authentic storytelling.

Gelaine is a proud woman of colour, Filipina, and immigrant. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Cambio & Co., an ethical fashion company that provides sustainable livelihood for artisans in the Philippines and empowers Filipinos in the diaspora to #WearYourHeritage. She’s also the CEO of Sinta & Co., a boutique for socially conscious Filipino weddings.

Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, CBC, Rappler, Metro Style and ABS-CBN. Gelaine was also a recipient of the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award in 2019.

In this episode, Gelaine and Jazz dive into:

• The intersection between cultural identity, honoring your heritage, and navigating entrepreneurship in the Western world.
• How you can be a leader for putting money back into communities of color.
• How to identify cultural appropriation in marketing and storytelling.

Connect with Gelaine at gelainesantiago.com and on Instagram and Twitter. And of course, support Filipino artisans and embrace the beauty of Filipino culture at shopcambio.co and shopsinta.co.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

Episode references:

• Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robin Maynard

"When we aren’t intentional about our days, we can end up completely abandoning ourselves." - Jazzmine Raine

Nobody wants to have a bad day, but when you spill your coffee on your shirt, trip on the dog, and get an annoying email first thing in the morning, things start to spiral.

So, how do we start every day in control of the direction it’s going to go? How do we ensure we are continually rejecting toxic and negative energy by grounding and energizing ourselves from the inside out?

That’s where intention setting comes in, helping you master energy transformation and leading you towards manifestation.

Intention setting is how you begin your journey in cultivating the light, joy, and connection you want to see in the world. But it can look different for everyone. 

In this episode, Jazz is walking you through different daily activities and conversations to have with yourself that nurture your journey in living every damn day in holistic alignment with your needs and your values (with a HUGE focus on the importance of intentional morning rituals!).

Tune in to learn:

• How to get into a routine of holistic habits.
• The difference between working smarter and harder.
• 8 morning rituals you can integrate into your daily routine.
• And what to expect from the Inside Out Experience this March (!!!)

Connect with Jazz at @jazzmineraine and learn more about the Inside Out Experience by clicking here.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

WOC conscious bad asses to follow:

• Tracy G
• Lauren Ash & Black Girl In Om
• Shantila Shatter

"In [our children’s] honour, we need to break these cycles of being silent and not expressing how we feel.” - Kenda Al Yaboki

You know when you’re young and you think your parents have all their shit together?

Then you grow up, observe their behaviors, experience your own soul wounds and healing and realize that maybe no one has their shit together?

Yup. We’re all going through it.

But here’s the thing, if we can just accept that we’re all winging it as we go, we can be a lot lighter on ourselves, our community, our family, and especially, our children.

In this episode, Jazz sits with long-time friend and conscious mama Kenda to define conscious parenting, and understand what it takes to continually inspire your children to be leaders of critical thought.

As an advocate for environmental and social justice, Kenda is passionate about living an alternative, low-waste, and conscious lifestyle. She uses her writing and photography skills to showcase the true beauty of people and the planet through her platform @kalyakphotography.

Kenda’s purpose is to create a just world for all children to thrive, breaking down systems of oppression and cultivating vibrant, equal communities.

Kenda is a proud Palestinian and Iraqi Muslim Canadian, and the mother of two beautiful children. 

Tune in as Kenda and Jazz dive into:

• The value of vulnerability and forgiveness in parent/child relationships.
• The importance of healing yourself so you can be authentic and honest with your children about where you are at and how you can support them.
• Establishing clear boundaries with your partner (if co-parenting) when approaching larger conversations around ethics and beliefs with your children.

Connect with Kenda at @kenda.alyakobi.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

“When we understand where the root of a fear lies in our body, we can learn to transform it.” - Jazzmine Raine

When’s the last time you were truly patient with yourself? 

Kind to yourself? 

Or let yourself go, removing the shackles of expectation?

Our generation’s fear of failure is robbing us of vulnerability, joy, and incredible transformation, and the only way to get over it is to recognize it.

“But, Jazz, that’s hard work!”

Yeah, honey, and it’s growth! 

Inconveniencing ourselves just a little (and sometimes a lot!) is what nurtures our healing, our success, our openness to new experiences, and above all, the joy we so deserve. 

And that, my friend, is worth the work.

In this episode, I’m sharing a recent experience where I tapped into a fear of failure to identify the true root of the fear, where it sat in my body, and how I transformed it through conscious thought and action.

Tune in to learn how to:

• Identify where fear sits in your body and transform it into intentional energy.
• Connect with your goals on a mental, physical, and spiritual level so you can manifest them.
• Recognize your fear of failure is most likely a fear of something much more deeper and subconscious.

Connect with Jazz on Instagram @jazzonasouljourney. 

Continue the conversation with us in the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

“Anything that helps you reflect is a great thing.” - Kelsey White

Are you currently between the ages of 28 and 30, or already in your early 30s, and wondering why everything just seems so freaking hard?

Honey, you’re in your Saturn Return.

Your Saturn Return is a transformative period that happens every 27 to 29.5 years when Saturn returns to the position it was in at the time of your birth. Saturn, one of the slowest moving planets in our solar system, changing signs every 2 to 3 years, is a huge energy force for transformative change, hard lessons, hard work, and serious personal growth. 

What does that mean for you? Your Saturn Return can take a serious toll on your physical and mental health. But, it’s important to think of it as a blessing in disguise.

Even if you aren’t big on astrology, Saturn Return is a great growth and reflection framework to help you navigate transitioning over to the “dirty 30”.

In this episode, Jazz shares how she heavily prepared for her Saturn Return at 28, while Kels reflects on being in the midst of their Saturn Return in 2019, and how the framework helped them accept the everyday changes they were experiencing.

Tune in to learn how to:

• Use astrology as a reflection and growth framework.
• Intention set for your life’s biggest growth periods.
• Identify healthy patterns and disrupt unhealthy patterns.

Connect with Kelsey and Jazz on Instagram @wayfaringsister and @jazzonasouljourney. 

Continue the conversation with us in the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

Episode references:

• Track your Saturn Returns
• Episode 003: Finding Comfort In Your Body (re: your second puberty in your 20s!)

“The more we practice suppressing our emotions, the more we disassociate with them.” - Ivonne I. Solther

How has your childhood shaped you? What consequences, challenges, and unconscious reactions are you still struggling to navigate?

You, as a child, are still alive and trying to thrive within your mind, body, and soul. But it’s been a while and you’ve been eager to grow up.

You’ve disconnected, ignored your inner child’s needs, and unconsciously been hurting yourself and others because you haven’t healed the open soul wounds of your childhood.

It’s time to validate your experiences and heal what’s blocking you from communication, love, and connection.

Ivonne is back on the podcast to help us navigate inner child work. Together, we’re looking inwards at our wounded, inner children, and consciously addressing the needs and triggers that have continually manifested into adulthood.

Ivonne is an ICF and NLP Certified Coach and professional animator. She is deeply passionate about helping her community go inwards to cultivate solutions outwards. In her spare time, she’s either cycling across new destinations or practicing handstands on her rooftop.

In this episode, Ivonne and Jazz dive into:

• Why we become so disconnected from our childhood.
• How to consciously observe and identify your triggers and needs.
• How to validate your own feelings and experiences so you can heal childhood wounds.

When you’re ready, dive deeper with Ivonne's 4 Ways To Heal Your Inner Child Worksheet.

Connect with Ivonne on Instagram @ivosolther.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

Episode references:

• Healing Your Inner Child With Affirmations by Meredith Lane
• Reconciliation: Healing The Inner Child by Thich Nhat Hanh
• I Am Diosa by Christine Gutierrez

“There’s a difference between functional stress and dysfunctional stress. When we get to dysfunctional stress, we reach burnout. While stress might be inevitable, burnout is not.” - Kelsey White

What is it that triggered stress for you everyday? Not sure? It’s probably because you haven’t taken intentional time to think about what those triggers are, or realize that they even exist.

After a rollercoaster of a year, it’s crucial that we finally take that intentional time to reflect, analyse, and implement mindful practices that allow us to thrive—not just into the new year but always in our conscious journeys.

Mindfulness is knowing how you are behaving in the moment, and having the ability to change your energies through intentional practices.

In this final episode for 2020, Kelsey walks Jazz through a new framework on approaching stress and anxiety through mindful practices that ensure we don’t spiral, catastrophize the present, and harm ourselves in the process.

Tune in to hear Jazz and Kelsey dive into:

• Defining stress, emotional hygiene, and emotional first aid.
• How your reactions could be rooted in childhood behaviors or trauma.
• Realistic advice and practices you can start implementing today.

And remember, be kind to yourself. Happy holidays!

Connect with Jazz and Kelsey on Instagram @jazzmineraine and @wayfaringsister.

Continue the conversation with us on the Conscious Bad Asses Facebook group and follow along at @curatedconsciously.

Get to know your stress style with our How To Mindfully Approach Stress & Anxiety Worksheet.