Rest and Awaken Podcast

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen record a podcast in the community and invite others into the conversation as they celebrate one year of conversations. Explore humans tendency to be scared by difference and how we can learn to notice and maybe even embrace difference without othering. Also discussed white comfort, introverts vs extroverts, and letting ourselves imagine a world of collective liberation.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about how easy or hard it is to live into one's truth, making room for good things, and inviting love into hard conversations.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about how being hijacked by fear can get in the way of connection or finding common ground towards liberation. They explore some of the polarization currently and the ways fear is leading to us vs them mentality. Some highlights: -what is zionism? -what is antisemitism? -rooting for Palestinian safety and liberation while not excluding the need for everyone to feel safe -how fear shapes so much of our life and gets in the way of liberation -the power of psychedelics -how touched Nathalie was by a story that Bryan Stevenson (black civil rights attorney) shared

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about discerning when you feel satisfied in a culture that focuses on not good enough. Also explore when you are not satisfied how do you pivot versus being caught in the binary of all or nothing.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about the every day ways we police ourselves and each other which can escalate to violence and death. Finding ways to make room for differences rather than fearing difference is a practice.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen reflect on how race is showing up in their lives and the gift of having cross racial dialogues about race, racism, whiteness and the caste system.

Dr Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about befriending the season of winter energy and seasons of grief and transformation.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about how resistance as a form of liberation shows up in their life, the fears that come with that and the importance of being connected to others and not getting in the way of others liberation journey.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about embodying liberation in all aspects of their life. Talk about parenting, partnering, and setting intentions for 2024 that have ease in mind.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about the energy of December; full of rest, traditions and liberation.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about effective ways to call people in and forward vs calling out during a polarizing time.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie address a polarizing topic with the perspective of collective liberation, having a nuanced conversation, not erasing anyone's history and not promoting antisemitism or islamophobia.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about what it means to lean into the hard in terms of feeling a range of feelings, processing grief, having honest conversations and embodying liberation in our lives.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about life as an odyssey and moments of transformation. Check us out on most major podcast platforms

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about how to balance ease and effort. How can we add ease into times of stress. Living into the idea that pain is inevitable and suffering is optional.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about the importance of different types of rest and listening to our bodies desire for connection or rest.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about the challenges with access in mental health care and strategies for making small changes to disrupt symptoms of oppression.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about creating antiracist outcomes, navigating heartbreak and cultivating more joy.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about humans tendency to default to the binary, being curious about difference, having proximity to difference, and holding multiple truths in relationships.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about queering the body and queering our lives.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk about the journey with religion and spirituality. How religion and spirituality can be a resource and a way to discover how we are all interconnected and work towards collective liberation and how it can also be oppressive.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about what it means to awaken in one's daily life.

Dr. Nathalie and Dr. Colleen talk about different seasons of their marriage and how they continually work to find liberation within themselves and their relationships as well as motherhood.

Dr. Colleen and Dr. Nathalie talk a little bit about how they met, what this podcast is about, the importance of authentic relationships and self reflection in order to deconstruct all things that keep us from living our most authentic life and the importance of balancing rest and awakening.