In this episode of Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace we meet a brave woman meeting her cancer experience "heart" on. Our guest, Jan Lucier, is a retired nurse and professor of holistic nursing. With a renewed and active spirit for the practices of shamanism, mindfulness, and the career journey of nursing the body and mind through healing, this woman is boldly exploring the most important questions of life and meaning -- beyond the theoretical. Learn about her life changing experience in Egypt and her insights about western medicine with host Wren Ribeiro.
End of Life considerations, planning, and support is available through The Doula Guild and its members. Join the guild and Wren Ribeiro as she interviews one member about her work as a doula. What insights does she have? What trends are she noticing? What films and books are available to help us expand our perspective about planning for end of life? Watch this interview on the InnerFortune channel.
Curious why we wear black after a loved one dies -- especially on Tuesdays? Join Wren Ribeiro and Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace guest Kate Mollison of On Tuesdays We Wear Black as we jump right on into the subject of grief. This intimate conversation about peaceful dying holds great joy as a requirement to healthy grieving as well as insights about bereavement leave and the costs of not being well in the workplace due to grief and other struggles we all experience. Ever been to a seasons grieving gathering? Or a death cafe with a certified playmaker? Jump on in with us -- or watch this episode on the InnerFortune channel.
There are options for us in the process of dying. We can have a peaceful, soft and quiet experience at home surrounded by loved ones. Grief tender Minda Sanchez, co-founder of the Village Doulas and the Doula Guild shares her work as a doula planning for and celebrating the lives of two women who engaged her services for their dying process. Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace host Wren Ribeiro shares intimate details about her mom's passing and affirms the heart moments that not only support the person facing death but also the care givers. This episode is full of celebration and creative ideas for consideration. Listen here or watch the video podcast in the gardens on the InnerFortune channel.
Following the Namu Myoho Renge Kyo chanting for peace, Sister Clare and Wren Ribeiro explore what a Peace Pagoda is and the practice of being peaceful with the land -- the pure land -- we all get to appreciate each day. This episode touches on the practices of honoring our ancestors, one that Wren got to experience at the Peace Pagoda in August, where prayers and offerings are shared in celebration and healing for our deceased relatives -- bringing peace to them across time and space. Sister Clare shares insights about ways to reroot and reconnect with ancestors, particularly beneficial for those of European ancestry, and references the important speech Chief Seattle gave on the subject in 1854. Drop into this delightful episode of Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace. And watch this episode on the InnerFortune channel for a richer experience.
If you've ever wanted to dabble with writing a prayer you can embody as you recite it, here is one you might like to try out. Wren Ribeiro and Sister Clare Carter share in this call and response prayer as a way to prepare for and give thanks for the opportunity to talk together about peaceful actions to heal the souls of those who did not pass peacefully. Watch the video on the InnerFortune channel.
Chanting, particularly this chant, is an immensely powerful peace action one can take individually or in community. Namu Myoho Renge Kyo has a translation of: "Devotion (or Glory) to the Mystic Law (or Dharma) of the Lotus Sutra" and can be further described as a choice to surrender reason in gratitude for the infinite unknowable mystery bringing an ebb and flow of learning experiences in life.Sister Clare Carter leads Wren Ribeiro in a learning of this chant. Enjoy! Watch the video on the InnerFortune channel.
End of life conversations are important and can be some of the hardest to have with family members. Deborah Ekstrom is a doula who has decades of experience in difficult health care spaces. As a former CEO of Community Healthlink and a trained political scientist, Deborah explains some of the big picture end of life health care challenges in the United States along with very practical considerations for providing your loved ones with their dying wishes. Join Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace host Wren Ribeiro in this intimate setting, outside with the crickets singing, and let yourself consider innovations for preparing bodies and minds for the inevitable end of life. Watch the video interview on the InnerFortune channel.
What is a Death Doula and what advice does one expert have for planning a peaceful death regardless of age or illness? What is a health care proxy and why is it critical? Hear stories of end of life by End-of-Life expert Patti Muldoon as she shares examples of what often goes wrong and what goes well. Watch this important interview on the InnerFortune channel.
Peaceful Dying - the theme of season 2 of Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace (MC4P) with host Wren Ribeiro. What are some cultural traditions that honor ancestors with celebration? What are some women saying about the need to plan for dying? Or at least talk about it! Tune in and find out with InnerFortune/MC4P. Watch this season intro on the InnerFortune channel.
Peaceful Dying -- let's talk about it. With a layered focus on interviews with death doulas and other professionals co-laboring for peace at the end of life, interviews with those actively preparing for a "good" death, and episodes spotlighting insights and other women making a difference, this season will support a more peaceful living as it informs about death and dying.
This is a sweet recap of 21 episodes in MC4P's first season highlighting show guests and their important peacemaking collaborations, along with a tribute to Jane McAlevey, music of BCUC that inspired the writing of Wren's womanifesto that led her to produce Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace, and a number of gleanings from that document. Watch this season recap video on the InnerFortune channel.
Being concrete with words in order to not override emotions like fear. Talking about injustice or harm directly about real people and real situations -- not vaguely -- so that language doesn't perpetuate more fear. Words are magic and deserve to be alive -- in us and in between us. Join Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace for the second half of this dive into how language connects or disconnects, Susan's experience co-laboring on the Healing Histories Project and their beyond impressive 500 plus year timeline of the medical industrial complex through stories of care and control. Watch this bonus episode on the InnerFortune channel.
We've got inspiration in abundance for you in this two-part Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace episode. Imagine walking 4000 miles with a heavy backpack. That's what Susan Raffo is doing right now!In this first part we hear how inspired conversation brings grace to life's challenges -- even when someone (me) get 9 ticks in one day! We drop in to the experience of bodywork for our children along with little known appropriated history of cranio-sacral therapy, and, especially, ways to hold one another with active heart intention. Watch part one with Susan on the InnerFortune channel.
Yes, it has been centuries of inequity for women. But Cassidy Sugimoto brings equity for women in science with ALL the numbers to quiet any naysayers or antagonists! Dr. Sugimoto shares her hopes for expanding spheres of influence, for leaders like Jess Wade and Kaye Husbands Fealing, and for lasting behavioral changes to dismantle the systemic barriers to advancement for women — in science and beyond. Watch this episode for all the visual details on the InnerFortune channel.
Join in with Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace for an intimate conversation with Bitsy Joy Bentley, a clay artist, climate activist, leader in democratic process, and facilitator of embodiment practice toward cultural harm reduction and respect. Hear stories of very slow relationship building between members of the Prairie Island Indian Community and Wasicu (white settlers) on Mdewakanton Dakota territory in and around Red Wing Minnesota. Watch this video interview on the InnerFortune channel.
Watch (or listen to) an activist who lives as if activism were her rent for living on this beautiful planet. A healer of misogyny, capitalism, and climate change through decades of peace vigils and advocacy for housing and food sovereignty, and making spaces for intergenerational lesbian connection and celebration -- including in an upcoming pride parade, Mary McClintock knows activism. Her stories inspire shifts in perspective about capitalism and choice. Her sheros are many. And this intimate conversation with host Wren Ribeiro will "hope-fully" uplift your spirits and strengthen your resolve for getting vocal and public about what feels important to you. Watch this video interview on the InnerFortune channel.
You've heard the phrase "hurt people hurt people" -- the flip side is also true insomuch as healed and healing people can help others heal. Join in for an intimate MC4P conversation between host Wren Ribeiro and guest Darnell Adams as she reflects on preparations for publishing articles about food sovereignty and facilitating high stakes conversations. Watch this video interview on the InnerFortune channel.
This episode includes an educational segment for students grappling with the intersectionality of climate change, capitalism, and misogyny that is balanced with heart centeredness, discussion of how to take action, how to cultivate motivation, and the trustworthy wisdom keepers holding the weight of these realities. Dive in to the history of the electric car and why fossil fuels overtook what Thomas Edison called the superior technology. Features MaMuse, Linda Hogan, Elizabeth Kolbert, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Pema Chodron, Extinction Rebellion and the Red Rebel Brigade. Watch this important Earth Day episode on the InnerFortune channel.
This is a great episode for you if taking that first step toward healing feels hard. Allison Luke shares a number of frameworks for understanding psychological safety along with examples for what to look out for. Wren explains the difference between static trauma and dynamic trauma and together she and Allison inspire courage to accept brokenness as a true part of being human along the journey to wholeness. Watch this interview on the InnerFortune channel.