In our first episode, my producer Ryu Darko/Jo Oguni and I dive into his understanding of self-compassion and his physical, emotional and introspective engagements with it. Ryu Darko is a Vancouver artist, who identifies as a cis-gender male. Within the episode we talk about how his upbringing, familial/personal relations, and exposure to specific social paradigms have influenced how he practices self-compassion.