The Diversity Gap
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When it comes to diversity, good intentions are only the beginning. Join Bethaney Wilkinson as she explores the gap between good intentions and good impact as it relates to diversity, inclusion and equity. She starts every episode asking her guests: "When did you first realize that you had a race or ethnicity?" and continues to delve deeply into individual experiences, victories, and..
The Diversity Gap
3M ago
Listening to our soul in all seasons, but especially those of restlessness, is hard, but rewarding work. In today’s episode, you get to hear Matt’s story of listening to the restlessness of his soul and pursuing a richer life through vulnerability.
Matt and I discuss:
playing in community
navigating transitions in our identity
listening for restlessness of our souls
importance for vulnerability
the need for community
Episode Notes:
For the episode transcript, click here.
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The Diversity Gap
4M ago
Learning how to tell the truth about who we are is among the bravest and most challenging work we do. It is also essential for our growth and flourishing. In today’s podcast, you get to hear Danielle’s story of shedding old identities and stepping more fully into her sacred work and identity.
Danielle and I discuss:
shedding layers of conditioning and expectations
choosing to not become a biological mother
the liberating power of Black storytelling
making space for our healing and evolution
listening to and learning from our inner children
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The Diversity Gap
5M ago
What does it look like to be connected to our minds and our bodies in today’s society?
This A More Beautiful Way Conversation with Dr. Cherini Ghobrial is a thought provoking reflection on what it looks like to feel your feelings, come home to your body and live embodied.
Cherini and I discuss:
being conditioned to be a high achiever
chronic pain and fatigue
living in the present, moment by moment
coming home to yourself and somatic therapy
feeling your feelings and coming back into your body
countercultural living focused on healing and liberation
th ..read more
The Diversity Gap
5M ago
What does it look like to hold the nuances of resistance, decolonization, storytelling, and everyday flourishing in today’s world?
This A More Beautiful Way Conversation with Kaitlin Curtice is a thoughtful, shared reflection on what it looks like to slow down, to tend to our wounds, to build connection through storytelling and to continue on the journey of healing and decolonization.
Kaitlin and I discuss:
the daily habits that ground the morning and orient our days
the need for grief and ritual as we move through life’s endings
how the wisdom of children is vital in our creati ..read more
The Diversity Gap
6M ago
In this A More Beautiful Way Conversation, Hillarie Maddox and I have a warm, inviting dialogue on what it looks like to rewild our lives and create slower, more connected lives.
Hillarie and I discuss:
identity and self discovery
landscape, culture and sustainability in South Dakota
homesteading
land and healing for black women
race, land ownership, and connection to the land
rewilding and slowing down our lives
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The Diversity Gap
6M ago
If you're hoping to linger with the bigger questions of personal and collective healing, this conversation is for you.
Host, Bethaney Wilkinson, interviews Nina Simons about the role self-cultivation and personal healing plays in the work of addressing the many crises we're facing as a species.
Nina Simons is co-founder of Bioneers and serves as its Chief Relationship Strategist. She is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about the power of women to transform the world, reaching racial and gender justice, indigeneity and rekindling a sacred relationship to nature, while co-creating a ..read more
The Diversity Gap
7M ago
What might it look like to find a more beautiful way to navigate the racial harm and disconnection of our time? What might it look like to find the healing pathways within our own family lineages and in the places we come from? What roles do repair and forgiveness play in cultivating a new world?
In today's conversation, we are joined by author, activist and storyteller Lisa Sharon Harper. Through the lens of her most recent book, "Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All," Lisa walks through how learning our family histories, and setting those histories within ..read more
The Diversity Gap
7M ago
In today’s episode of A More Beautiful Way, you get to hear from an AMBW Community Voice: Jordyn Robinson. Jordyn takes us on a journey into three powerful questions, giving voice to what it’s looking like for her to embody ~a more beautiful way~ in this season of her life.
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The Diversity Gap
7M ago
In this soul-filling conversation, Leah and I discuss the importance of learning to be one another’s story-keepers. We talk about working with art and floral design to help a community remember and heal from the tragic Greenwood Massacre (also known as the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.) We reflect on how working with plants and created-things sustains us. And Leah shares a gracious invitation for us to partner with her and The Wild Mother to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women.
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The Diversity Gap
7M ago
In today’s episode, Bethaney Wilkinson continues her interview with Margaret Reynolds as they discuss Bethaney’s transitions within her work including how The Diversity Gap has moved into A More Beautiful Way.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
10:09 The Diversity Gap is Born
19:52 Summer 2020 and The Diversity Gap Transitions
43:06 What is A More Beautiful Way?
59:44 How to Get Involved with A More Beautiful Way
Episode Notes:
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