True Black Feminine's Revolutionary Dreams Podcast
By Adria Kitchens
True Black Feminine's Revolutionary Dreams PodcastJan 16, 2023
#13ActsofRevolutionaryHealing - Episode 15: Leading Powerfully through Uncertainty with Cheryl Handy MN, RN, NE-BC, Caritas Coach
#13ActsofRevolutionaryHealing is a series of episodes where we talk with black women leaders who are living their black feminine destiny. Each episode we are talking to women who navigated the struggles of systemic racism and life and transcended to live their dreams. We are asking questions like:
- What is the self care we need to show up fully for ourselves?
- How do we embrace our strength so we let go of being "the strong black woman?"
- How do we include ourselves in the circle of care?
- What are the supports we found along our journey helping us to align to our deepest desires?
This episode we are interviewing Cheryl Handy MN, RN, NE-BC, Caritas Coach
Cheryl Handy has spent 35 years of her nursing career with the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System with 28 of those years in nursing leadership roles. Those roles have included Nurse Manager, Nurse Coordinator and Associate Nurse Executive. Her passion and vision for providing conscious, compassionate care and services for veterans have resulted in her 35-year tenure with the VA system. Cheryl is the Associate Nurse Executive for Medical Specialty Care Services with oversight of Cardiology, GI and Pulmonary Services along with the Medical Subspecialty Outpatient Clinics. She also serves as Associate Nurse Executive for Special Projects for Nursing Services. She has been a pioneer in many areas within the VA System. She was instrumental in working with interprofessional team members in opening the first Primary Care Clinics and Community Based Outpatient Clinics for the Atlanta VA. She is also the first Watson Caring Science Caritas Coach and was instrumental in flourishing staff nurses within the Atlanta VA through creative emergence in developing Caritas Centering spaces throughout the Atlanta VA Healthcare System.
Co Hosts: Adria Kitchens and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane
ADRIA KITCHENS CREATES AND DESIGNS SPACES FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION. As Director of Equity and Activism at Out of Hand Theater, Adria creates spaces for collective transformation, connection, healing, and positive Anti-Racism action. She is a consultant and transformational artist, using relational power as a pathway to celebrating diversity, equity innovation, and empathy to activate inclusion, and belonging. Adria is a coach of leaders. She has coached thousands of women, supporting them in catalyzing and manifesting their dreams. For over a decade, she has specialized in working with executives, experienced coaches, therapists, authors, local and global leaders. She is a specialist in relational power as a pathway for transformation.
Adria's work is inspired by the work of her mentor of over a decade, Dr. Claire Zammit, founder of The Institute for Woman-Centered Coaching, Training, and Leadership.MARY ROCKWOOD LANE, PHD, RN, FAAN, IS A PROFESSOR, NURSE, HEALING ARTIST, PAINTER AND WORKS AS A PROFESSIONAL CARITAS COACH WITH INDIVIDUALS AND HEALTHCARE SETTINGS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
Her mission is to bring love, caring, and art into the light and celebrate the gifts of the Divine Feminine. She is a visionary creative activist. Her enthusiasm for this work has led her to develop a unique way of blending multiple modalities and life experiences to support people in a soulful and practical way. Her intention and vocation is to assist others in leading more open, authentic, loving, creative and fulfilling lives.
She is the co-founder and director emeritus of Shands Arts in Medicine program at University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where she created the first artist-in-residence program of its type in the United States.
#13ActsofRevolutionaryHealing - Episode 14: Joy in Leadership with Dr. Rose Rivers
#13ActsofRevolutionaryHealing is a series of episodes where we talk with black women leaders who are living their black feminine destiny. Each episode we are talking to women who navigated the struggles of systemic racism and life and transcended to live their dreams. We are asking questions like:
- What is the self care we need to show up fully for ourselves?
- How do we embrace our strength so we let go of being "the strong black woman?"
- How do we include ourselves in the circle of care?
- What are the supports we found along our journey helping us to align to our deepest desires?
This episode we are interviewing Rose Rivers PHD, RN, NEA-BC, FNAP
Strength for the Journey: The Healing Power of Joy
Co Hosts: Adria Kitchens and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane
ADRIA KITCHENS CREATES AND DESIGNS SPACES FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION. As Director of Equity and Activism at Out of Hand Theater, Adria creates spaces for collective transformation, connection, healing, and positive Anti-Racism action. She is a consultant and transformational artist, using relational power as a pathway to celebrating diversity, equity innovation, and empathy to activate inclusion, and belonging. Adria is a coach of leaders. She has coached thousands of women, supporting them in catalyzing and manifesting their dreams. For over a decade, she has specialized in working with executives, experienced coaches, therapists, authors, local and global leaders. She is a specialist in relational power as a pathway for transformation.
MARY ROCKWOOD LANE, PHD, RN, FAAN, IS A PROFESSOR, NURSE, HEALING ARTIST, PAINTER AND WORKS AS A PROFESSIONAL CARITAS COACH WITH INDIVIDUALS AND HEALTHCARE SETTINGS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
Her mission is to bring love, caring, and art into the light and celebrate the gifts of the Divine Feminine. She is a visionary creative activist. Her enthusiasm for this work has led her to develop a unique way of blending multiple modalities and life experiences to support people in a soulful and practical way. Her intention and vocation is to assist others in leading more open, authentic, loving, creative and fulfilling lives.
She is the co-founder and director emeritus of Shands Arts in Medicine program at University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where she created the first artist-in-residence program of its type in the United States.
Episode 13: Shining from the Throne Within
Standing in our radiance is what creates the space for magic to happen all around us and aligns us with ourselves, the greater field of Life, and others. Shining from the throne within is having the capacity to hold our space while amplifying the light from others.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 12: The Goddess Journey
How do we live as an expression of the divine? What greater calling is there on our lives? Today we are stepping into a new understanding of ourselves. Understanding that living our story at the True Black Feminine is the journey of the Goddess.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 11: Activating our Collective Divinity
What is the juice that propels us into our destiny? Where do we find the connections that support us in becoming who we feel called to become? Today we are talking about Activating our Collective Divinity. When our collective wisdom is our guide, we create greater, sustainable change for ourselves and others.
Our exercise today is from Thriving Women Thriving World published by the Taos Institute. I want to lift up to of my colleagues who are authors in this book, Tanya Cruz Teller and Marlene Ogawa.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 10: Dreaming our soul dream
What does it mean to dream your soul dream? To be so connected with your own knowing that you have a tangible experience of being in relationship with it. Our experience of dreaming can be painful when we are in relationship to our deepest yearnings from a place of disconnectedness from ourselves. Today we are talking about dreaming your soul dream and connecting with the internal experience of our own divinity.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 9: Reclamation
Connecting back in and reclaiming the parts of yourself that have been buried inside of limiting beliefs and glass ceilings that prevent us from being visible or having the confidence to really show up. Remembering who we are is true reclamation. This is our truth. Join me today as we talk about reclamation.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 8: Atonement
The capacity to repair the harms done to us by our own choices and by others is critical in our healing journey. We are often holding onto unforgiveness, resentment, anger, even rage towards ourselves. Today our focus is on atonement, the revolutionary act of uniting the disconnected parts of ourselves so that we take back our power to navigate our healing journey.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 7: Forgiveness
What does it mean to forgive ourselves and others? Today we are focused on forgiving ourselves to release from the hurts and shame of the past. Tapping into our nexus of power allowing us to shift our experience in and of the world. Join me on the journey of bringing closure to past hurts and create the capacity to grow ourselves forward.
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Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 6: Vulnerability
What is vulnerability? It’s that part of ourselves that we hold the closest, the place where we feel the most exposed. And for many of us it is the place where we see the most flaws in ourselves and where we hold the feelings and beliefs that we haven’t been able to shift or where we feel stuck. Today we talk about the place we feel the most fragile and exposed. And we share an exercise to support us in navigating these tender parts of ourselves.
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Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 5: Lifting the Veil
This week we celebrate and commemorate historical events in the U.S. Never before has it been more important to turn towards ourselves and face the truth of who we are. We believe that turning away and contracting from the big feelings and the truth of who we really are keeps us safe. Feelings like panic, stress, and shame can seem overwhelming and as if they will take us over. Lifting the Veil is the first step of turning towards and not turning away from those feelings. It was creating the space to turn towards my own feelings, my own shame and guilt that ultimately lifted the veil of darkness I’d been inside of and allowed me to see the glory within. Join me as we learn how to create the space for our most amazing journey inward.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 4: I See You, You See Me
What does it mean to really see yourself and how do we see others? I see you, you see me is for us to understand why knowing all the parts of ourselves empowers us. Join me as we look using the groups we belong to as an access point to relating more deeply with ourselves and others. Especially for black women, indigenous women, and other women of color this is critical to our sense of self.
Here is a link to Dr. Dietra Hawkins' website, www.drdietra.com. Here is a link to a more recent article by Kimberly Lou and Barbara Dean that describes the Diversity Wheel model.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 3: Living from the Unlimited
What would be possible for us if we allowed ourselves to dream fully? Living from the Unlimited is an invitation to step into possibilty from the place where we are. Can we hold our reality and our dreams at the same time? Yes, we can. Join me as we step into dreaming and visioning a future where we all thrive. I'd like to acknowledge my sister and friend Regina Quince and my sisters in my small group, the Goddess Journey, for helping me create this name.
Here is a link to Audrey Lorde's essay, shared by Boston University Dean of Students in Meditation for Young Folk on the Street.
Here is a link to Thriving Women Thriving World by Diana Whitney, Jessica Cocciolone, Caroline Adams Miller, Haesun Moon, Kathryn Britton, Alejandra Leon de La barra, Angela Koh, Tanya Cruz Teller and Marlene Ogawa and published by TAOS Institute.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 2: Catching our Breath
When you are always "waiting to exhale," breathing is revolutionary. Catching our breath is stepping into our capacity to hold and contain our own air and breathe in and expand to hold all that is within us. It's the simple act of learning to breathe. The True Black Feminine is about being revolutionary, turning back, towards ourselves as an act of radical self care and self love.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Episode 1: Healing and the Power of Intention
I was always waiting to be able to say, 'I am healed.' I came to realize that healing is a journey not a destination. Healing and the power of intention is creating the conditions for healing from the inside out. We can use our healing as the spark to our own self actualization. The True Black Feminine is about being revolutionary, turning back, towards ourselves as an act of radical self care and radical self love.
Adria Kitchens is a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Coach, Facilitator and Leader and mother of three amazing adult children living their passions in the world. She has been personally mentored by Dr. Claire Zammit, creator of Feminine Power and founder of Evolving Wisdom, for over a decade. She has a MBA, MAFM from Keller Graduate School of Management, a BA from Johns Hopkins University and is a native of and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
