Badass: Tales of Resilience

10/29/2024

My goal is to close out our last year of Badass with 10,000 downloads. We are so close. Check out Badass on my website or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Link in the comments.

10/29/2024

Drum-roll please! The #10 most downloaded episode of Badass features Bloomington's own Jennifer Crossley!!! Our conversation had breadth, spanning grief, gun laws, and racism in the criminal justice system. If you haven't heard it check it out.

On this episode of Badass, Jennifer Crossley shares the story of losing her 23 year old brother, Leroy, to gun violence when Jennifer was just 20. We explore the impact this had on Jennifer’s family, and also how it has spurred Jennifer to speak out for gun control on behalf of families like hers....

10/29/2024

Let's see how Badass goes down...

Marabai's farewell.

10/22/2024

All good things must come to an end. Here is my farewell letter to our listeners, guests, and collaborators.

Marabai's farewell.

08/09/2024

My book, Holding Hope, made the short list for the Indiana Author's Awards. I am honored, and excited. Thanks so much to my editor Jim Poyser for championing me!

10/11/2023

On this episode of Badass Dr. Myers speaks with Marabai about her new book, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn. We also dive into why the historical context is SO IMPORTANT when we are talking about racism, making policies, and trying to be decent humans. It was an honor to talk with Dr. Myers.

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On this episode of Badass Dr. Myers speaks with Marabai about her new book, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn. We also dive into why the historical context is SO IMPORTANT when we are talking about racism, making policies, and trying to be decent humans. It was an hon...

09/27/2023

NEW EPISODE: On this episode of Badass, Marabai speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mullan about her new book, Decolonizing Therapy. Decolonizing Therapy puts forth a powerful argument for confronting the harm done in the world of mental health, and humanizing the mental health field. It provides a road map for the long work of beginning to heal a broken system. We hope you enjoy about the book, as well as the insights Dr. Mullan shares on how to embrace and express rage in a healthy way, and how to explore trauma through a dynamic lens.

We want to hear your thoughts! Drop a comment and let us know what you think about the Mental Health Industrial Complex. Remember to share, like, and subscribe.

On this episode of Badass, Marabai speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mullan about her new book, Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice. Decolonizing Therapy puts forth a powerful argument for confronting the harm done by racism, sexism, and ableism in the world of...

09/27/2023

NEW EPISODE: On this episode of Badass, Marabai speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mullan about her new book, Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice. Decolonizing Therapy puts forth a powerful argument for confronting the harm done by racism, sexism, and ableism in the world of mental health, and humanizing the mental health field. It provides a road map for the long work of beginning to heal a broken system. We hope you enjoy about the book, as well as the insights Dr. Mullan shares on how to embrace and express rage in a healthy way, and how to explore trauma through a dynamic lens.

We want to hear your thoughts! Drop a comment and let us know what you think about the Mental Health Industrial Complex. Remember to share, like, and subscribe.

On this episode of Badass, Marabai speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mullan about her new book, Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice. Decolonizing Therapy puts forth a powerful argument for confronting the harm done by racism, sexism, and ableism in the world of...

09/13/2023

NEW EPISODE: On this episode of Badass we are talking with Kel McBride about her book, The Death Changing Experience: An Oddballs Guide to Creating a Life and Death Plan, and how her own brush with death set her on her path. For Kel, resilience came in the form of taking what she had learned from a difficult experience, and sharing it with others. We will be talking about death. Fun topic, right? Well, you might be surprised, Kel is known as the Lively Death Lady.

I hope you enjoy it. Please like, follow, and share on your socials , and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of Badass we are talking with Kel McBride about her book, The Death Changing Experience: An Oddballs Guide to Creating a Life and Death Plan, and how her own brush with death set her on her path. For Kel, resilience came in the form of taking what she had learned from a difficult exp...

08/30/2023

On this episode of Badass we explore what it is to be with others in their pain, while we dance with our own, and the healing that can be born of that alchemy. Heather Maritano, a gifted therapist, educator, and activist, describes her path to thriving in adulthood after a childhood that held some very difficult moments. This is a sweet, intimate interview, with moments of delight and joy, as well as sorrow. I hope you enjoy it. Please like, follow, and share on your socials, and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode of Badass we explore what it is to be with others in their pain, while we dance with our own, and the healing that can be born of that alchemy. Heather Maritano, a gifted therapist, educator, and activist, describes her path to thriving in adulthood after a childhood that held some v...

08/17/2023

People, this one is so good. Maria Hamilton Abegunde reads an essay that she wrote about an experience of powerlessness at 15 that forced her to make some brave decisions in order to regain her autonomy over her body, and her life. It is moving, affirming, and just really damn good. You can listen on Apple, Google, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Share, like, and follow Badass on the socials. Subscribe on your podcast app.

Black and brown women experience significantly higher rates of violence than do white women, and while all violence against women is important to acknowledge and take action on, many black and brown women have had the experience of being dismissed, having their pain go unrecognized, or being blithel...

08/16/2023

We are breaking our own records again! Our 30 day numbers have never been this high. Watch out world, we are rising!

08/02/2023

NEW EPISODE: On this episode of Badass, we discuss the devastating fallout of the opioid epidemic. We are speaking with Lindsey Maxwell. She is sharing with us the story of her husband's fatal overdose, and also who he was in life. A loving husband, a great father. We explore how addiction changes the trajectory of a life full of promise. We hold up Lindsey's courage in the face of these terrible circumstances. She has navigated grief and being a single mom to 4 young children with grace and wisdom. She is a badass.

07/19/2023

Our latest episode is out now!!! Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor gives her first in depth interview about her brother's schizophrenia.

You may have heard the world renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, talk about the intricacies of the brain, but you haven't heard her talk about her brother's schizophrenia. Today on Badass we have an intimate conversation with Dr. Taylor about growing up with a schizophrenic brother, the....

07/12/2023

07/05/2023

On this episode of Badass we are talking with a nurse practitioner who worked on an ICU unit when Covid-19 hit. She allows us to take an intimate look at what it was like to provide care to the sickest of the sick during the first two and a half years of the pandemic. To live in the trenches during the worst moments. To witness death over and over again, helpless to halt it. The waves kept coming, and she and her colleagues kept showing up, despite their exhaustion, to save as many lives as they could. This episode honors the courage of healthcare workers, and asks us all to remember what they did in service to others, and how they are still carrying the weight of these experiences.

On this episode of Badass we are talking with Lindsay Bradley, a nurse practitioner who worked on a midwestern ICU unit when Covid-19 hit. Lindsay allows us to take an intimate look at what it was like to provide care to the sickest of the sick during the first two and a half years of the pandemic.....

06/21/2023

People, don't snooze on this episode. It is beautiful. Poet, Mary Hiatt Sexson, speaks with us about how the act of channeling her emotions through poetry kept her from sinking while she watched her daughter struggle with addiction. She reads several of those poems during the episode, and they are SO POWERFUL. Her daughter recovered, and is thriving, and she speaks of her with the utmost love and compassion. Really, this one is so worth your time.

On this episode of Badass we are talking with Mary Sexson about her upcoming book of poetry, Her Addiction, An Empty Place at the Table. The poems contained within it provide an unflinchingly honest look at addiction, the impact it has on families, and the endless orbit between fear, despair, and ho...

06/21/2023

Episode 2 is now out!!!! I am so happy about bringing the poems of Mary Sexson to you, dear listeners. It is SO POWERFUL! In this episode she shares poetry written during her daughter's struggle with addiction, which has now been collected in the book, Her Addiction, An Empty Place at the Table, out now. She both writes and speaks with such insight and compassion. This is absolutely one to make time for. A link to order the book is in the episode notes on my site. Just click below. Please share this episode with your friends, and like and follow us on the socials. If you like this episode subscribe to Badass on your favorite podcast app. We have many more coming.

On this episode of Badass we are talking with Mary Sexson about her upcoming book of poetry, Her Addiction, An Empty Place at the Table. The poems contained within it provide an unflinchingly honest look at addiction, the impact it has on families, and the endless orbit between fear, despair, and ho...