Poema Podcast
Episodes
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Poema S7 011 | Dr Khaleah Bradshaw on Black Women, Patriarchy & Singleness
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
I'm honoured to be joined by Dr Khaleah Bradshaw, who shares her own story, and also talks about her experiences and research on patriarchy and singleness within the black community.
We talk about the challenges all single people face, and why it's better to wait and find a partner who's a good match, than rush in. We also discuss how the challenges of breaking down patriarchal systems which can shame people for singleness.
This was a fun and insightful conversation, which will challenge and inspire.
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
In this episode I'm joined by certified life coach and therapist Shelley DeJong.
Today Shelley shares her own story of addiction, rock bottom and transformation, and the challenges and stigma she's faced with multiple sclerosis.
She talks about her lowest moments and how she shifted out of those places into recovery and healing, and the lessons she's learned in both her life, and her work now as a therapist and a life coach, about healing and personal transformation.
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Poema S7 009 | Jenna DeWitt on Sexuality, Gender Identity & Faith
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Today my friend Jenna DeWitt joins me. She tells her story of discovering her own sexual and gender identity having grown up in a more traditional Christian environment.
Jenna shares about the wide variety of types on the asexual spectrum, and how she discovered a community of people just like her, and found a healthy faith community which accepted her. She likens the wide variety in every aspect of creation, planets, plants, races, animals, how all are different yet all are beautiful and belong.
She also talks about the diversity of the divine themselves, and how this should and is reflected in his creation, including humanity.
This was a wonderful episode to record, Jenna has so much wisdom and insight in this area, take a listen and give her a follow on Twitter at @Jenna_DeWitt.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Poema S7 008 | Matt Nightingale on Coming Out as a Pastor
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Today LGBTQI+ pastor Matt Nightingale joins me to tell his story. He shares when he first began to realise he was gay, how this impacted his marriage and his work, and finally coming to the painful and courageous decision to go public, and end his marriage.
We then discuss the consequences of this for him, his family and his work and how he's now moving into more freedom and creating communities and safe spaces for LGBTQI+ online, and how it's impacted his role as a pastor.
Matt is so inspiring and courageous, it was amazing to talk to him.
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Poema S7 007 | Alexis De Weese on Creativity as a Spiritual Practice
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Today I'm joined by writer, theology and the arts MLitt student & book marketer Alexis De Weese to talk about how creativity & the creative process can be a healthy spiritual practice.
We both share experiences from our own lives & work where the creative process has allowed us to connect with ourselves and the divine, and how creativity can be a sacred act which opens us up to experience the divine in fresh, and deeply intimate ways.
And Alexis offers practical tips for us to help make creativity a sacred space for us.
This was such a fun, insightful and inspiring conversation, Alexis has such wisdom in this area and it was great to chat to her.