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Jenn (she/they) and Chavonne (she/her) are a HAES®-aligned dietitian and therapist, respectively, who are passionate about dismantling the intersectional barriers to embodiment within the context of the matrix of domination. In this show, they interview professionals and those with lived experience alike to learn how they are affecting radical change and how we can all make this world a safer place for those living in larger bodies and in marginalized spaces. EFTROU is currently publishing season 4 every month on the first Thursdays of each month through April 2025.
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Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Embodiment for the Rest of Us - Season 3, Episode 3: Alishia McCullough
Chavonne (she/her) and Jenn (she/her) interviewed Alishia McCullough (she/her) about her somatic embodiment journey of reclaiming the Black body.
Alishia McCullough (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist, Somatic Healer, Writer, and Culture Shifter supporting BIPOC folks to holistically heal their relationship with their bodies. She specializes in somatic therapy, trauma healing, and eating disorder treatment with a focus on increasing embodied awareness and liberation. She is the owner of Black and Embodied™ Counseling and Consulting PLLC, outside of her clinical work, she is a Co-Founder of the global Amplify Melanated Voices Movement 2020, and has worked as a mental health influencer in META's "wellbeing collective". Her work has been featured by Forbes, Target, Bustle, Times OC, and Black Girl Nerds. To learn more about her work, check out at blackandembodied.com and her Instagram account @blackandembodied.
Content Warning: discussion of privilege, discussion of diet culture, discussion of fatphobia, discussion of eating disorders, discussion of healthism, discussion of racism
Trigger Warnings: None for this episode
The captions for this episode can be found at https://embodimentfortherestofus.com/season-3/season-3-episode-3-alishia-mccullough/#captions
A few highlights:
6:36: Alishia shares her understanding of the complexities of embodiment for Black, Indigenous, and People of the Global Majority
36:45: Alishia discusses her devotion to her own embodiment and supporting others’ embodiment process
45:01: Alishia shares her process writing her book, Reclaiming the Black Body
53:11: Alishia discusses how she sees her support work expanding in the future
1:01:35: Alishia shares how she encourages others and herself to hold boundaries around checking in with capacity, tuning into misalignment, and reclaiming energy
1:25:37: Alishia discusses the linked parallels of trauma-informed and race-informed work
1:39:57: Alishia shares what’s next for her personally and professionally
Links from this episode:
On Being with Krista Trippett episode with Resmaa Menakem
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Music: “Bees and Bumblebees (Abeilles et Bourdons), Op. 562” by Eugène Dédé through the Creative Commons License
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Website: embodimentfortherestofus.com
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