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What I learned from a tiny carrot
I harvested the world's tiniest carrot from our garden yesterday.
In a previous newsletter, I shared that we started our first garden at the end of the summer. We planted spinach, little gem lettuce, mesclun greens, carrots, beets, and radishes, all from seeds. We transplanted cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and kale from seedlings that I grew indoors for the first time. Big plans with big expectations.
Engaging in activism despite setbacks with Marisa Pyle
In this episode, Jill interviews Marisa Pyle, an anti-zionist organizer.
You’re not broken (and you don’t need to be ‘fixed’)
As a trauma-informed tapping practitioner, one of my deepest values is that each of us is enough, exactly as we are. While we may do work to improve things in our lives and heal from trauma, we aren’t ‘broken’, and we don’t need to be ‘fixed’. Watch as I demonstrate how to tap through the self-limiting belief of thinking that we’re broken. One of the things you’ll want to do is include that belief in your set-up statement.
The Surprising Place I Found Hope
It was an example of how observance of Jewish rituals can exist, and even thrive, without being tied, in any way, to the state of Israel. There was laughter, tears, community, prayer, solemnity, and lightheartedness. There was a commitment to collective liberation. There was an honoring of all people's humanity, not just the people who look and sound like me. It felt, to me, what religion should feel like.
Indoctrinated in Zionism with Dr. Ilise Cohen
In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Ilise Cohen, a Sephardi-Mizrahi Jewish scholar-activist.
Tapping as Self-Care for Activists
As a trauma-informed tapping practitioner, I teach tapping as self-care for people in the social justice movement all the time- for both physical and emotional symptoms. Watch as I demonstrate how to tap on a stress-related physical symptom.
Being Palestinian in America with Lydia El-Sayegh
In this episode, Jill interviews Lydia El-Sayegh, a local Christian Palestinian activist. Lydia gives details about how her Christian religious tradition motivates her to respond to injustice, and she also shares her experiences being Palestinian in America.
Tapping as a somatic practice for trauma survivors
Watch as I discuss tapping as a somatic practice- it uses the body as part of the technique, which allows patients to get an even deeper access to trauma in order to heal it.
The history of far right violence with Romain Muhammad
In this episode, Jill interviews Romain Muhammad, the Founder and CEO of Diversify. They explored the topics of the recent race riots in the UK , as well as the history of far right movements in the UK and how these movements impacted not only the entire country but also his own family's immigration story.
Tapping for burnout in healthcare
Trying to take good care of patients when you’re burned out is one of the most draining, difficult things to do. It can lead to serious mental health issues, and it can also lead to worse outcomes for patients. Because burnout can bring a complex mix of emotions, watch as I demonstrate a technique that can be helpful to process burnout that’s different from how we usually approach tapping- you can focus on the physical sensations of the exhaustion and burnout, rather the emotions themselves.