Tracks here are from my Be Here Now ReRooted podcasts, as well as archived WiseGirl podcasts. https://beherenownetwork.com/category/francesca-maxime/

Francesca Maximé: ReRooted & WiseGirl podcasts

In today's #WiseGirl, I chat with Rob Okun, Editor and Publisher of the Pro-Feminist Men's Magazine,  Voice Male Magazine. Rob's been at this work for 40 years. We talk about what even is the definition of masculinities, pro-feminist men or patriarchy? We also talk about #MeToo, mass schootings, victim blaming, bystander intervention, consent v. entitlement, and intimacy and emotional expression as it relates to equality. Basically, we talk about why equality, vulnerability and intimacy are just as good for men as they are for women. To learn more about Rob, the magazine/book, and the other groups he works with, please visit: https://robokun.net/ and https://voicemalemagazine.org/

WiseGirl: Rob Okun, Editor & Publisher of Pro-Feminist Men's Magazine 'Voice Male'

Oglala Lakota & Chicano journalist and activist Simon Moya-Smith joins me on #WiseGirl to talk about what we need to know about our history with Native American and Indigenous peoples, cultural appropriation, mascots and sports teams, and more. You can follow Moya-Smith at: https://twitter.com/SimonMoyaSmith, read his work here: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/native-american-teens-pulled-college-tour-are-latest-victims-push-ncna871981 and find out more about current events around Native peoples at https://twitter.com/hashtag/NativeTwitter

#WiseGirl: Simon Moya-Smith, Oglala Lakota & Chicano journalist on Genocide & Colonization

In today's #WiseGirl podcast, I talk  with Heath Fogg Davis, PhD, the author of Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? Davis is the Director of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at Temple University. In our wide-ranging conversation, we discuss the difference between sex and gender, we explore the definition of trans, we look at ways in which we can begin to look at and be mindful of our own beliefs around gender, examine what it can mean to be gender-fluid, look into what individuals and organizations can do to promote greater equality for all, and more. https://heathfoggdavis.com/

#WiseGirl: Heath Fogg Davis, PhD, Author: Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter

In the latest #WiseGirl podcast, I speak with esteemed psychiatrist and NYT-bestselling author Dr. Dan Siegel, about his latest book, AWARE: The Science and Practice of Presence, to be released August 21st. In our conversation, Dan explains the power of the Wheel of Awareness practice (offered for free on his website http://www.drdansiegel.com/) and how focused attention, open awareness, kind intention can help reveal a plane of possibility within each one of us many describe as a peaceful, loving, spacious arena internally that's able to connect, care, and relate to others in new ways. Dan explains the science -- including the quantum vacuum - and 10,000-person research study behind his findings, as well as the implications for each of us and how we inter-relate to our "MWe" - the me/we connection with the broader world. Enjoy!

#WiseGirl: Dr. Dan Siegel, psychiatrist & author, AWARE: The Science & Practice of Presence

In this #WiseGirl podcast, I engage in conversation with Ruth King, author of Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out. Ruth shares her deep wisdom and compassionate heart, the ways in which mindfulness practice can serve as an anchor in exploring the topic of race, membership in different identity groups, the benefits of establishing a Racial Affinity Group, and more. www.ruthking.net
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Ruth King is an international teacher in the Insight Meditation tradition, and an emotional wisdom author and life coach. She is on the Teacher's Council at Insight Meditation Community of Washington and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is the founder of Mindful Members Insight Meditation Community in Charlotte, NC.
In former years, King managed training and organizational development divisions at Levi Strauss and Intel corporations where she designed diversity awareness programs and consulted to leaders on cultural change initiatives, including the behavioral implications of mergers and acquisitions. A world traveler, King’s work has been influenced by many cultures, and is often described as “ceremony.” Her intuitive methods, knowledge, and skills weave the fields of Western psychology, Buddhist philosophy, leadership development, mindfulness meditation, and fun!
Currently recognized as a trainer of trainers and consultant to consultants, King offers teaches the Mindful of Race Training and Facilitation programs, which blends mindfulness principles and meditation with an exploration of our racial conditioning, its impact, and our potential. Both dynamic and compassionate, King speaks to the heart of her audiences with authenticity and joy. www.ruthking.net

#WiseGirl: Ruth King, author “Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out”

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk with Law Professor Rhonda Magee. We discuss mindfulness, social justice, the process of inquiry, systemic and judicial oppression and liberation, and where opportunity lies in personal mindfulness practice as well as in opening to the larger picture of our shared, relational being. 

https://twitter.com/rvmagee
https://www.usfca.edu/law/faculty/rhonda-magee 

BIO: Rhonda V. Magee (M.A., J.D.) is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco, and is an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader on integrating Mindfulness into Higher Education, Law and Social Justice.  A Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute, she is a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness and the Board of Directors for the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.  

Professor Magee is the author of numerous articles, including Educating Lawyers to Meditate? 79 UMKC L. Rev. 535 (2011);  The Way of ColorInsight: Understanding Race and Law Effectively Using Mindfulness-Based ColorInsight Practices, 8 Georgetown J. of Mod. Crit. Race Perspectives 251 (2016); and of a forthcoming book on Mindfulness and Social Justice to be published by TarcherPerigee, a member of the Penguin Random House Group.
Other resources mentioned: 
www.whiteawake.org
www.ruthking.net
http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/

#WiseGirl: Rhonda Magee, Law Professor on Mindfulness, Inquiry & Social Justice

In today’s #WiseGirl video podcast, I chat with psychotherapist Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT, co-originator of Coherence Therapy and coauthor of Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation. 
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What’s enlightenment, anyway? That’s one of the things I’ve been curious about for some time. The new neuroscience research that’s emerged in just the last 1-2 decades shows how subcortical synaptic changes in the brain can enable some people to be rid of issues that have plagued them for years, once and for all.  While explicit autobiographical memories of life experiences remain, after these synaptic changes take place — here known as memory reconsolidation — people who’ve gone through the process don’t end up reacting with the same patterns and locked into the same “triggered” emotion or feeling that’s bothered them for years. They can relate to it differently, from where they are, right here, right now. How does this happen? It’s a process that can occur spontaneously, either in the therapist’s office or in “regular life,” but it’s also one that can be accessed by following certain protocols. While acknowledging that many therapeutic theoretical models can and support these critical subcortical changes, Ecker offers a set of steps that fosters these transformations, known as Coherence Therapy, and discusses how the process works with me on #WiseGirl.
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Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT is also the author of Depth Oriented Brief Therapy: How To Be Brief When You Were Trained To Be Deep and Vice Versa. Clarifying how transformational change takes place is the central theme of Bruce Ecker's clinical career, and he has contributed many innovations in concepts and methods of experiential psychotherapy. Since 2006 he has driven the clinical field's recognition of memory reconsolidation as the core process of transformational change and has developed the application of this brain research breakthrough to advancements in therapeutic effectiveness and psychotherapy integration. Bruce is a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops internationally, has taught extensively in clinical graduate programs, and is in private practice near San Francisco, California.

https://www.coherencetherapy.org/

#WiseGirl: Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT: Memory Reconsolidation

In today's #WiseGirl video podcast, I sit down with bestselling author, writer, teacher, and spiritual guide Mark Matousek. Mark's books include Writing to Awaken, and his latest, Mother of the Unseen World: The Mystery of Mother Meera, as well as his groundbreaking memoir, Sex, Death, Enlightenment: A True Story. Using his own life journey as a roadmap, Mark invites each one of us to explore our own inner workings, using writing as a way to support our personal exploration and practices. I admire Mark a lot, for his candor, rigor, and warm heart. In our discussion we talk about the writing process, fear, faith, #MeToo and men, and more. Please join us for this stimulating, inspiring conversation. Mark offers writing classes and more in person and online around the world: https://www.markmatousek.com/

#WiseGirl: Mark Matousek, Bestselling Author, Writer & Spiritual Guide

In today's #WiseGirl video podcast, I sit down with Dr. Vincent Felitti, who researched and came up with the well-known, evidence-based Adverse Childhood Experiences Study - a series of questions leading to an "ACE" score of 1-10, exploring traumatic childhood events that can either contribute to emotional, physical, or mental unwellness or wellbeing over a person's lifetime. We talk about the implications of the study, medically, psychologically, and spiritually, and how clinicians, physicians, and the media could help. Our conversation intersects with explorations into early caregivers and attachment theory, mindfulness, physical health and addictive/compulsive behaviors. Learn more at https://acestoohigh.com/2012/10/03/the-adverse-childhood-experiences-study-the-largest-most-important-public-health-study-you-never-heard-of-began-in-an-obesity-clinic/  and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_Childhood_Experiences_Study

#WiseGirl: Dr. Vincent Felitti, on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE score) trauma study

In today's #WiseGirl video podcast, I talk with Dr. Stephen Porges, Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Bloomington and Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation. 

His research has highlighted how our mammalian (human) autonomic nervous system controls the reactions and behaviors of people affected by a wide-range of traumatic experiences. We discuss safety, defensive reactions and deep listening, why texting too much isn't good for mammals, and what our physiology and traumas large and "small" have to tell us about our deepest selves, spirits, and connection with one another. We also discuss his "Safe and Sound Protocol" (SSP), which is now available for professional use.  http://stephenporges.com/

#WiseGirl, Dr. Stephen Porges: Polyvagal Theory, Trauma, Safety/Intimacy & Mindfulness/Spirituality

Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and child psychiatrist, Principal Member of the Neurosequential Model Network and the Senior Fellow at the Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas. He is also the author of best-selling book, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing, and also published Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered. Both are co-authored with journalist Maria Szalavitz.

In our wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Perry goes deep into explaining the brain’s architecture and neuroplasticity: why the first two months of an infant’s life are incredibly impactful across an individual’s lifetime, creating pathways for later helpful or harmful behaviors to self or others. He also discusses how current models of mental health may be adapted to effectively treat trauma at its roots. Dr. Perry also explains the implications of untreated trauma on our greater collective wellbeing, how regulated embodiment can be transformative healing, and the role curiosity, joy and love in growing care, community and connection.
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Dr. Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy a Community of Practice based in Houston, TX and Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago andthe School of Allied Health, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria  Australia. 

https://www.bdperry.com/
https://www.neurosequential.com/
http://childtrauma.org/

#WiseGirl: Dr. Bruce Perry, Neuroscientist & Child Trauma Expert

In today's #WiseGirl video podcast, I talk with Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell about what is Focusing and the felt sense, the "something in you" that you can say hello to, how Focusing can help get to the core of addictions and relationship issues, and how this is a practice we can explore and cultivate.

Dr. Cornell is an American author, educator, and worldwide authority on Focusing, the self-inquiry psychotherapeutic technique developed by Eugene Gendlin.

She has written several definitive books on Focusing, including The Power of Focusing: A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing, The Focusing Student's and Companion's Manual, and Focusing in Clinical Practice. 

Cornell received a PhD in Linguistics in 1975 at the University of Chicago. While still a graduate student there, she met psychologist Eugene Gendlin, and learned the psychotherapeutic technique he had discovered and developed, called Focusing.

Cornell has taught Focusing around the world since 1980, and has developed a system and technique called Inner Relationship Focusing.

More about Ann and her work can be found at Focusing Resources, on the web at https://focusingresources.com/
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To learn more about Dr. Eugene Gendlin and Focusing, you can go to: http://focusing.org/ and https://focusinginternational.org/

#WiseGirl: Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell, Author, Teacher, Focusing Expert

In today's #WiseGirl podcast, I have the privilege of interviewing psychiatrist Dr. Judith Herman, incest and trauma expert.

During our wide-ranging interview, Dr. Herman discusses how she first came to studying incest and trauma (believing her patients), Freud and psychiatry's history regarding women and incest, statistics around childhood sexual abuse, the importance of (survivors) being and feeling safe,  what justice would ideally look like from the survivor/victim's perspective, and more. 

What's more, we talk about individual and collective trauma, the #MeToo and #TimesUp, feminism, and the culture of silence and what bystanders -- especially men who want to be allies -- can do to help.

Dr. Herman is the author of Father-Daughter Incest; Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror; as well as her recent contribution to The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President, released in 2017. 

More on Dr. Herman's work can be found here https://www.challiance.org/cha-services/victims-of-violence

Dr. Herman's books on group work with survivors, can be found here: https://www.guilford.com/author/Judith-Lewis-Herman
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Dr. Herman's partial bio, excerpted from Wikipedia, is here: Judith Lewis Herman (born 1942) is an American psychiatrist, researcher, teacher, and author who has focused on the understanding and treatment of incestand traumatic stress.
Herman is Professor of clinical psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a founding member of the Women's Mental Health Collective.

#WiseGirl, Dr. Judith Herman: Psychiatrist, Author, Incest & Trauma Expert

In today's #WiseGirl podcast, I sit down with psychotherapist and dating and relationship expert Ken Page to discuss Mindful Dating. He walks us through a process of self-discovery of our "core gifts" and how opening to the very things about which we feel most vulnerable can lead to true connection and lasting love. Enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day!
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www.deeperdating.com
www.deeperdatingpodcast.com
KEN PAGE, LCSW, is a renowned psychotherapist, leading Psychology Today blogger, Huffington Post blogger and author of the bestseller Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy. He has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Fox News, WPIX-TV News and more. Page has led hundreds of workshops on intimacy and spirituality for thousands of participants. He has taught at Columbia University, the Omega Institute and the Garrison Institute. Before writing his book, Page founded Deeper Dating in 2004; an event in which trained facilitators shared the insights of Deeper Dating and then led participants in a series of fun and enriching exercises. The live events he led provided an alternative to the bar scene and superficial dating events and drew thousands of men and women of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations. His work has been highly acclaimed by numerous top thought leaders, including Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Arielle Ford, Edward Hallowell, MD, Chip Conley, and Judith Orloff, MD. Katherine Woodward Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Calling in The One and Conscious Uncoupling says, “Ken Page is my new relationship guru!”

#WiseGirl: Ken Page, LCSW, author of Deeper Dating, on Dating Mindfully

In this episode of the Rerooted Podcast, Francesca shares a conversation with author, social worker, and psychotherapist Resmaa Menakem around working with racialized trauma on a collective level.

Resmaa Menakem is a visionary Justice Leadership coach, organizational strategist, and master trainer. He is an accomplished author of three books, including My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil shows as an expert on conflict mediation, self-care and healing. You can learn more about him, and sign up for his free Racialized Trauma 5-Day eCourse, at https://www.resmaa.com/

The HIPP Theory
Francesca and Resmaa begin their conversation about trauma, and how racialized trauma impacts an entire group of people rather than just the individual. Resmaa shares his HIPP Theory, which articulates the different aspects of trauma, including what is passed down through the generations.

“What actually happens when you watch somebody being whipped? What actually happens to the body that’s witnessing that?” – Resmaa Menakem

Dale Borglum talks about working with trauma on Healing at the Edge Ep. 34
White Body Supremacy (19:07)
Resmaa takes over the show and asks Francesca about her experience around the concept of  white body supremacy in the spiritual community. They discuss the fallacy of color blindness and the danger of taking a spiritual bypass when it comes to racialized trauma.

“There is no heat and no energy in comfort. And this whole structure is built around white comfort. The only heat and energy is in the edge of leaning into the suffering of not being aware that there is a structure that is built on white bodies being the standard of human.” – Resmaa Menakem

Discomfort Tolerance (40:11)
Francesca dives deeper into the idea of discomfort tolerance. Resmaa talks about needing to put in the reps and slowly work your way into being able to hold onto the discomfort. It’s about biting off a little bit at a time, not filling your mouth with more than you can chew.

“The moment we start to experience any discomfort. We create these very elaborate dodges around it that look like healing, that look like social moving and caring, but are actually dodges.” – Resmaa Menakem

#ReRooted: Resmaa Menakem, LCSW, SEP on Racialized Trauma, White Body Supremacy & Healing

Francesca speaks with cultural somatics practitioner Tada Hozumi about gender identity, the confluence of trauma and white privilege, and the concept of insecure cultural attachment.

Tada Hozumi is a practitioner of a practice known as cultural somatics. The work of cultural somatics is facilitating change by supporting the co-healing of individual and cultural bodies. Tada offers coaching and consulting work, as well as workshops. You can learn more about Tada at selfishactivist.com. 

Supermarket Pronouns

Francesca and Tada begin their conversation by touching on gender identity and the use of pronouns, and how it’s always good to have a space that affirms your existence. They talk about how the root of mindfulness is in being curious and learning, and not making assumptions.

“So much of our learning process is baked in with the trauma response.” – Tada Hozumi

Getting Messy (10:03)

The conversation gets a little messy, which is exactly what Francesca and Tada want! They talk about the intersection of trauma and white privilege. What happens when generations of trauma are stored in the body, and how does that manifest in spaces of healing?

“Even when we were talking about the messiness of life, a lot of the times things like racism and transphobia weren’t included in that messiness for a very long time in healing spaces.” – Tada Hozumi

Learn more about Tada's work here:
https://selfishactivist.com
https://beherenownetwork.com/francesca-maxime-rerooted-ep-15-tada-hozumi-pt-1/

Tada Hozumi: Cultural Somatics & Insecure Cultural Attachment

Author Patti Digh visits the #ReRooted Podcast for a conversation about understanding systemic racism and waking up to our own biases.

https://beherenownetwork.com/francesca-maxime-rerooted-ep-7-waking-up-to-racism-with-patti-digh/

http://www.pattidigh.com/racism/

Patti Digh is the author of 8 books, including the grassroots bestseller, Life is a Verb: 37 days to wake up, be mindful, and live intentionally. Formerly the founding Vice President of International and Diversity Programs for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), with over 350,000 members worldwide, since 1996, Patti’s company, Strong Offer LLC, has inspired individuals and organizations to create courageous, creative, compassionate and inclusive communities so people can make “strong offers” that change the world. Learn more at pattidigh.com.

Waking Up to Racism
Patti talks about encountering the realities of racism at an early age. She shares the influences that led her to work in social justice and towards the eradication of structural racism. Francesca and Patti talk about applying mindfulness to our own biases and privileges when examining racism.

Hard Conversations (24:10)
Francesca and Patti discuss the discomfort that comes when people of privilege confront the truths of structural racism. Together they look at the role that fear plays in racism.

“Racism is a complexity, not a complicated problem. A complicated problem is solvable. You make a plan and you solve it. Racism is not solvable in that way.” – Patti Digh

More Than History (37:10)
Patti and Francesca talk about Juneteenth, the annual commemoration of the day of the announcement that slavery was abolished in America. They discuss events encompassing this year’s Juneteenth that highlight the division and ignorance that still exists around racism.

“We have to look for these kinds of hallmarks of what the culture is talking about.” – Patti Digh

#ReRooted: Patti Digh, Understanding Systemic Racism and Waking up to our Own Biases

“Awakening together, moving into compassionate, wise action together. Really doing the self-inquiry and interrogation around what prevents us from being more connected.” – Francesca Marguerite Maximé Francesca Marguerite Maximé

Eleanor Hancock and David Dean join Francesca to talk about their online course for White Awake, Roots Deeper Than Whiteness, and the connection between capitalism and white supremacy. New course starts next month, Oct. 6 and fee is sliing scale $50-$250 (pay what you can).

https://beherenownetwork.com/francesca-maxime-rerooted-ep-…/

https://whiteawake.org/

David Dean's website: https://www.educationforsolidarity.org/

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ReRooted: White Awake, Roots Deeper than Whiteness w/ Eleanor Hancock & David Dean

James Doty, MD, joins Francesca Maximé for a conversation around compassionate action, building healthy self-esteem, and making the shift from fear mode to love mode.
James Doty, MD, is a clinical professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), of which the Dalai Lama is the founding benefactor. He is the author of the book Into the Magic Shop. Learn more about James here.

Compassionate Action Amidst Social Distancing
Francesca welcomes James Doty, MD, to the show and asks about getting rerooted to our true, compassionate nature. They discuss the reality of suffering and trauma, and the false narrative of rugged individualism in our culture. James reminds us all about the power of compassionate action, even in this new age of social distancing.

“An important thing is to try to pause and not let fear overtake you, and be more realistic and thoughtful and objective.” – James Doty, MD

Ethan Nichtern explores practicing in the world as it is right now amidst the COVID-19 pandemic on The Road Home Ep. 36
Healthy Self-Esteem and Inner Dialogue (18:11)
Why is it so important to have a healthy inner dialogue? Francesca and James talk about how to build up healthy self-esteem. James discusses some of the evolved beings he has spent time with, including the Dalai Lama, and shares a heart-opening story about judgment and compassion.

“When you get to the point when you see the other as yourself, then you truly have evolved and you see the true nature of reality.” – James Doty, MD

From Fear Mode to Love Mode (31:38)
Francesca and James tackle the concept of superiority and why it’s such a problem in our society, including the spiritual community. They talk about how to not get lost in the head, and instead sit with the heart. James explores how when we practice compassion with intention, we shift from the fear mode of existence to the love mode. 

“When I changed how I saw the world, the world changed how it saw me.” – James Doty, MD

James Doty, MD: #ReRooted – Ep. 26 – The Shift from Fear to Love with Francesca Maximé

Francesca Maximé offers a reflection on the opportunity for healing and repair that is available when we bring awareness to destructive systemic patterns, our attachment to our small sense of self and the traumas that inhibit us: https://beherenownetwork.com/francesca-maxime-rerooted-ep-25-an-opportunity-for-repair/ 
@francescamaxime
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#ReRooted Episode 25 --Francesca Maximé: An Opportunity for Repair

Please come along! As of April 2019, #WiseGirl has rebranded as #ReRooted and can now be found with new podcasts posted every other Friday on Ram Dass's Be Here Now Network at:  https://beherenownetwork.com/category/francesca-maxime/
and on my website https://www.maximeclarity.com/podcast

My podcast still sits at the intersection of mindfulness, psychology, neuroscience, the creative arts and social justice.  ReRooted: Unearthing Our Natural Radiance, And Remembering The Roots We Share

Welcome to the ReRooted Podcast with Francesca Maximé, trauma-sensitive mindfulness meditation teacher and poet. Together we’ll take a closer look at approaches to transforming trauma with insights from psychology, neuroscience, spirituality, social justice and the creative arts. Join Francesca and her guests for an exploration of our shared connection and how we can cultivate greater compassion for ourselves and for others.
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#WiseGirl is where we invite you to discover your own inner wise girl or wise guy -- the wisdom within that has always been there, deep inside. The show aims to help us connect to our wisest self, to help guide us through our interconnected lives, with respect and compassion. WiseGirl aims to help us understand why we do what we do, and how we can relate to things differently so we can shift into a new way of being: to go from surviving to thriving.

About me: Brooklyn-based TV personality, certified  mindfulness meditation teacher, and wellbeing and life coach: Creating Space for Wellbeing & Mindful Brooklyn.  Journalist, poet/author/writer. Haitian-Dominican Italian-American. Harvard. Cats. Tennis. Yoga. Gratitude. Love.

Francesca Maximé: ReRooted & WiseGirl podcasts

Francesca Maximé: #ReRooted on BHNN & #WiseGirl