Healing the World Starts Within
Episode 4 season 4: Deb Shine Valentine on Thriving for Equity
Do you feel like if you suffer enough, the world around you will get better? In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth Cush talks with Deb Shine Valentine, PhD, about thriving while you work to change the world.
“It’s a very fine line between saving and centering … whether it’s a community or an individual.”
Show Notes:
You have a huge heart. You want to make the world a better place—kinder, more equitable, more just. Maybe you live on the verge of burnout, because no matter how much you do, it never feels like enough. Maybe you lie awake at night feeling guilty about your privilege. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, welcomes Dr. Deb Shine Valentine, a life, leadership and women’s empowerment coach and a racial equity consultant. They talk about the internal and system issues that can influence us as we strive for social justice and focus on the things we need to do to enjoy our lives while we make a better world.
Listen and learn:
How our fear of being selfish or privilege can sabotage us
Why you might not know what you need—and why it’s OK to own what you want
Why doing the inner work is essential
The difference between saving and centering—and why it’s important
Why it’s so difficult to talk about race today
Why we often feel that we have to sacrifice our way to make the world better
Why women might be more inclined to lean into anti-racism than anti-genderism
The misconceptions that can keep us feeling guilt and shame—and what we need to do to overcome them
How being courageous in loving can help shift the paradigm
Learn more:
Dr. Deb Shine Valentine on LinkedIn
Thriving for Equity on Instagram
Thriving for Equity on Facebook
Guided meditations on Insight Timer
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Resources mentioned in this episode
> Lubaya’s Quiet Roar by Marilyn Nelson
> Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy 1) edited by adrienne maree brown
> Layla Martin’s This Tantric Life podcast
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