Rachel Ricketts is a thought leader + outspoken advocate for Black and Indigenous womxn and our healing. As a racial justice activist, lawyer, healer, speaker + author, she educates white folx on their role in perpetuating white supremacy, and helps folx of colour heal from internalized oppression. Rachel hosts online and in-person workshops including her renowned Spiritual Activism series which promotes racial justice and offers practical solutions for all hue-mans to dismantle racist heteropatriarchy. Rachel’s work has been featured in publications such as Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Mind Body Green 21Ninety, Black Girl in Om and Thrive, and she's presented at international conferences including SXSW 2018 + 2019 and me Convention in Stockholm. She loves donuts, dancing and all things metaphysical. 

Learn more at www.rachelricketts.com and follow on Instagram. To take her online anti-racism courses head to https://www.rachelricketts.com/shop-products.

Episode Questions:• What forms of oppression do you call out or point to as being an issue? What activated you in working to address these issues?• What beliefs or ideas give shape to your spirituality? What were you brought up to believe? What do you choose to believe?• How does your spirituality or spirituality come into contact with or impact your justice seeking work?• What lights you up and gives you life in your connection with yourself? What are your thoughts or wonderings about yourself and what lies outside of yourself?• Given that your energy is finite, who do you dedicate it to as you work for change in yourself and in the world? Who doesn't get your energy? Who do you want to give more of your energy to?

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