Find Your Fierce & Loving (Lola Wright)
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| 01 Dec 2020 | Fall in Love With the Gifts of Struggle | 00:22:10 | |
“This is the great paradox - as you cultivate intimate relationship with your struggle, as you bring it forward into the light, into your awareness, it becomes a neutralizing experience. And you will find stillness on the other side of that.” - Lola Wright It's such an important time of the calendar year to get honest about what is nudging you, weighing you down, and holding you back. It really is true that what we resist persists. When you fight against that which burdens you, what you’re really doing is amplifying your discomfort. And so it's a great time of year to fall in love with the gifts of our struggle. 2020 has been a wildly disruptive, reorienting, and recalibrating year. But beauty and opportunity can still be found even when confronted with deep loneliness and loss. Move toward discomfort, don’t run away! When we claim the gifts of our struggles, our breakdowns, our challenges, we completely transform the quality of them. Our theme for the month of December is the gifts of struggle, challenge, and breakdowns. Listen to the episode and consider - what would it look like to develop an intimate relationship with your struggle?
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 15 Dec 2020 | Get Uncomfortably Close to Your Growth Edge | 00:27:52 | |
“Dreams worth pursuing will scare you. This thing we call struggle, when understood as growth, is a great gift.” — Lola Wright What is pushing your buttons? We have an opportunity to learn to develop comfort with our discomfort. It involves familiarizing yourself with your inner growth edge. I'm talking about your inner state. What rattles you? What throws you off? One one of my early teachers, Denise Schubert, would say, “I may have pushed your buttons, but I did not install them.” On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I ask you to get close to your personal growth edge. Closer. Uncomfortably close. Ask it to expand your capacity for discomfort. Receive the gifts of your struggle as you become more in tune with yourself and the things you previously could not see - evolution, growth, and expansion. Tune in and let’s push some buttons. Let’s ask the necessary questions. Let’s get uncomfortably close to your inner growth edge.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 27 Oct 2020 | Wonder About Your Wild | 00:28:15 | |
“Set the world on fire with you. Because this world is calling for a kind of aliveness that only you know.” – Lola Wright Welcome to the inaugural episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving! If we haven’t met yet, I’m Lola Wright and I want to guide you in finding your purpose so you can live a joyous, wildly alive life. On today’s episode, I make the case for why it is so important for you to move your body. Movement and breath are each cornerstones to getting out of your head and into your life. Pain is inevitable but suffering is elected. I will help you learn the tools you need to discover the unique contribution you were put on this earth to make. Join me on the journey.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 26 Jan 2021 | The Path of Impact with Xavier Ramey | 00:38:48 | |
"Love is not simply a quiet acceptance and cherishing of one another. Love is strength." - Xavier Ramey We all have the desire to make a difference, whether that’s in ourselves, our communities, or in the world. However, the path to making that impact can seem insurmountable. How do we turn this want into an understanding and a willingness to do the required work, without hurting ourselves in the process? On this week’s episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, we take a dive into what a fierce and loving life looks like for a social consultant and community activist. There is a lot of passion in the social change space, but there is also a lot of burnout and idealism that becomes naivety. Xavier Ramey is dedicated to doing the work to pull his own life into alignment, and to teaching others how to do the same. We talk about his leadership philosophy, how to keep your life in alignment, and the bravery of loving without fear in this vital episode.
Xavier Ramey is the CEO of Justice Informed, a social impact consulting firm based in Chicago, IL. He is an award-winning social strategist, noted public speaker, & conflict mediator. Combining his background in economics, extensive management & social impact experience, & direct action campaigning in the Black Lives Matter movement, Xavier leads a company that brings a wealth of experience & network to clients seeking catalyzed strategies for inclusion, philanthropy, CSR, & community engagement. A native Chicagoan, he is a recognizable voice on the topics of community and economic development, policing & policy violence, & connecting the Christian faith to our lived experience. Through his leadership at Justice Informed, Xavier has consulted dozens of institutions on their DEI, community engagement, and philanthropic strategies, served as an advisor to Fortune 500 executives, provided strategic social impact guidance on multi-billion dollar business acquisitions and impact portfolios, led Masterclasses at top ranked graduate programs in business and executive communications, and has delivered keynotes across the world, including the TedX stage as well as before audiences of 20,000 people alongside world leaders on the topic of global equity and change. You can see more of Xavier Ramey’s work on xavierramey.com or justiceinformed.com. You can connect with him on Instagram @professorecks, Facebook or Instagram @justiceinformed, or on LinkedIn at Xavier Ramey. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and | |||
| 09 Mar 2021 | Commitments of Conscious Leadership with Jim Dethmer | 00:46:02 | |
“If you stop numbing the pain that’s there because you are not living in your deepest, fiercest loving way, the pain will escalate to where you have to do something different. And it won’t just be a temporary fix, you’ll have to do something meaningfully different.” - Jim Dethmer Jim Dethmer has been called to reduce suffering by targeting the institution that’s more central to our lives than ever: work and business. As the founder of The Conscious Leadership Group, he finds the ways that teams are struggling and shows them not only how to better their experience at work, but improve their lives as human beings. By smuggling transformational principles into corporate worlds, he is cultivating true conscious leadership from the people who never knew that was something they even needed. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, let go of the belief that you must always be seeking more. Let yourself feel the pain of existence so that you may finally act, push fear aside, and become fully alive.
Jim Dethmer is a coach, speaker, author, and founding partner at The Conscious Leadership Group. He has personally worked with over 150 CEOs and their teams to integrate conscious leadership into their organizations. Jim also leads monthly Forums for select leaders in Chicago and New York, and trains coaches through The Conscious Leadership Group. He has spoken at Conscious Capitalism, Wisdom 2.0, Mindful Leadership Summit, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, and USC School of Medicine Greenville (where conscious leadership is part of the curriculum). He is co-author of High Performing Investment Teams, and The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, an Amazon bestseller (2015). Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Pod | |||
| 08 Dec 2020 | Born Out of Crises with Latham Thomas | 00:42:42 | |
“Beautiful things can be born out of crises if we move in the energy of gratitude and possibility.” - Latham Thomas What makes Latham Thomas so extraordinary and her work so critical is the lens of liberation that she brings to birth work in this country. All of her training is with Black maternal health in mind and serves as a demand to bring attention to the crises that we tolerate, that we endorse, that we remain asleep to around Black women and the birthing process in this country. Listen in to this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear from Latham, a maternity lifestyle maven, world renowned wellness leader, and master birth doula as she talks with Lola about how the birth of her son ignited a calling she could no longer ignore and why it’s well past time to take a critical look at the state of Black maternal health in this country.
After giving birth to her son Fulano in 2003, Latham Thomas set out on a mission to help women reclaim birth. A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is a maternity lifestyle maven, world renown wellness leader and master birth doula on the vanguard of transforming the wellness movement. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self care and is the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women. She authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, foreword by Dr. Christiane Northrup in 2012 and most recently published bestseller OWN YOUR GLOW: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in | |||
| 10 Aug 2021 | An Idea Whose Time Has Come | 00:20:01 | |
“There will be obstacles along the way, and the question then becomes, who will you be in the midst of it?” - Lola Wright I am so excited to celebrate the beautiful new Logan Square space with my husband and our community. Not that long ago, however, it looked like this new chapter wouldn’t work out after all. We almost lost the chance to buy the property when we were faced with an argumentative lawyer who seemed to be looking for a fight. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, I explore the ways that this world tries to teach us that a fight is necessary. Instead of joining a fight in anger, or passively rolling over, what can you do to be of service in these scenarios? How can you stay true to yourself and facilitate a better outcome for everyone? Join me in reflecting on these questions, and stay tuned until the end for a very special invitation to the new space on August 21-22!
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 18 May 2021 | Something’s Radically Right About You with Rev. Gaylon McDowell | 00:44:04 | |
“We need to discover and understand that the presence and the power of the infinite lives within us.” - Rev. Gaylon McDowell Reverend Gaylon McDowell doesn’t want to make people comfortable, he wants to help them transform. He critiques practices of “spirituality” that are about stillness with no action, thoughts without applications. Everyone is always demonstrating their values, whether they think they are or not. The transformative path forward is to be intentional and actively demonstrate the principles that you want to live by. Listen in to Find Your Fierce & Loving and hear Gaylon’s strong assertion that there is something radically right about you. There are many people in this world that benefit from you believing that you are inherently wrong. It is vital to understand that there is a power within you that allows you to totally transform your life.
The Reverend Gaylon McDowell is the Executive Minister and Senior Assistant Minister at Christ Universal Temple. He is the host of the podcast “Truth Transforms” on Unity Online Radio, a program that provides New Thought lessons and insightful interviews to help people live better lives. Rev. McDowell is an ordained minister, licensed teacher, and immediate past 2nd Vice-President on the board of directors for the Universal Foundation for Better Living. He has been on the Johnnie Colemon Institute’s teaching faculty since 1997, where he now serves as the director. He is also a success and life coach. Rev. McDowell is known as the “Hardcore Metaphysician” because of his passionate and powerful presentation of New Thought. He is a regular contributor to the Science of Mind Magazine, along with helping with projects for Unity, the Universal Foundation for Better Living and the International New Thought Alliance. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, | |||
| 31 Aug 2021 | Endings and Beginnings | 00:23:52 | |
“Are you surrounded by people that you can lean into? Are you surrounded by people that remind you of what’s true and real, even when you forget?”- Lola Wright When I first faced the challenge of having to change my language and the title of this very podcast, I felt deep resistance. But through the power of my practice, my support system, and a little bit of good legal counsel, I’m ready to let go and create something new. On this final episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I say goodbye to this wonderful iteration of this community, and turn towards the one that is already emerging. While the path here has not been all smooth, I have trusted it. As I reliably invite you to consider with me, something greater is happening here. And with that always guiding my way, I am so excited to share my new podcast with you in October. This very same feed will have a new name, new language, and renewed purpose. I promise, it will have the same fiery love that we’ve always had. I can’t wait for you to join me on this next leg of our journey.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 02 Feb 2021 | Embracing our Humanity with Bishop Carlton Pearson | 00:42:35 | |
“We know how to heal ourselves. Even in the midst of trauma, and drama, and excitement, we know what to do if we just follow the instincts of our nurtured and nature self.” - Carlton Pearson There are so many mistruths and half-truths in this world about what faith and love actually mean, and what the history of faith actually teaches us about those concepts. Bishop Carlton Pearson reaches beyond these obfuscations and sees us turning to recognize and fight for our shared humanity. Listen in to this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear a renowned heretic talk with Lola about what made him break with his Pentecostal dogma, the messy truths of that church, and the radical change that is happening all around us.
Carlton Pearson was one of the most beloved Pentecostal Christian personalities of his generation. Thousands would fill arenas and churches to hear him sing, preach and inspire. Things changed quite dramatically when he stood in his mega church pulpit to proclaim a new doctrine, one that declared that because of Christ, no soul will spend eternity in hell. His controversial doctrine polarized faith communities literally all over the world. He lost his influence, his church, his friends, his finances in a very short period of time, one of the church's most beloved went from hero to zero, seemingly overnight, and became the most prominently titled heretic of his generation. After spending the last two decades rebuilding and rebooting his life and ministry, Carlton Pearson has emerged with a new purpose aimed to help others examine and reconsider what they believe, why they believe it, and how those beliefs add to or subtract from the quality of their lives. He is developing a multicultural and radically inclusive Metacostal online community reaching thousands that emphasizes expanded consciousness, radically inclusive love and self actualization. His books The Gospel of Inclusion and God Is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu... are available on Amazon and his CD Reflections After the Rain is available on iTunes. You can find his movie Come Sunday on Netflix. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bod | |||
| 29 Jun 2021 | Orient Yourself Around Love | 00:20:03 | |
“We lose sight of what’s right here. What’s the spirit of life within me telling me to do?” - Lola Wright How much of your experiences do you actually hate? We don’t tend to ask ourselves questions like that, but we should. When we can see what we hate, and what’s holding us back, we can find our way back to love. Listen in to Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear a talk I gave at Bodhi Center. This episode is full of exercises to help you identify your own inhibitors, and most importantly, the invitation to re-orient around love of yourself.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 17 Nov 2020 | Expand into a Greater Experience of Life | 00:35:02 | |
“Be graceful with yourself. There's nothing wrong with you. You are here for a right and holy purpose. You have had all of the experiences in this lifetime that have prepared you to move beyond your neurotic navel gazing tendencies - which is not the truth of who you are - into a contribution. You're here to be a gift. You're here to take an inventory of the blessings that you have and then imagine how you can offer them up to those you're in relationship with.” – Lola Wright When you do the work of finding your purpose, fear and self-doubt ultimately start to creep in. Let these limiting beliefs float by you. Resisting your fear will only lead to more suffering. For this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I talk about the qualities of purpose and how every contraction in your life brings about an expansion. When you step into your purpose, you let go of the external validation that has been fueling your life. I have some homework for you this week. To craft your cosmic identity, you need to practice the art of noticing. Notice where your energy rises and falls. This is the space where the work begins. Take a listen to the episode and notice your aliveness.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat/ You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider | |||
| 21 Jan 2021 | Moving from Obligation to Aliveness | 00:20:33 | |
"The results of our lives are some level of reflection in consciousness to what we’re committed to.” – Lola Wright Most human beings are living their lives dictated by their unconscious commitments. I want to help you recognize what your commitments are and realize if they are truly where you desire your energy to be spent. On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I ask you to shed your obligations and instead embrace your truest, most vital life. This audio is from the recent Set On Fire Retreat, when we came together to find the love that truly sets us on fire and align our energy towards purposeful commitments.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 16 Mar 2021 | Finding Power Beyond Fear with Christian de la Huerta | 00:42:27 | |
“If we put a baseball in the center of a stadium, that’s what the ego is. Who we are, really, is the stadium. And we’ve allowed this tiny, tiny part of who we are to think that it is all of who we are.” - Christian de la Huerta As our world expands its definition of “hero” in response to the pandemic, Christian de la Huerta knows that we all have the capability to be heroes. We are being called to a collective awakening, and to help each other through this time of great upheaval. We are living through an “apocalypse,” but that doesn’t mean the end of the world—it means lifting the veil off of the world and seeing it for what it truly is. On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, Christian shares the radical power of breathwork and committing to the emotional and physical work of healing. We invite you to find power within yourself that is not hierarchical. As we step into the future, we will seek to create true equality together.
With 30 years of experience, Christian de la Huerta is a sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformation coach and leading voice in the breathwork community. He has traveled the world offering inspiring and transformational retreats combining psychological and spiritual teachings with lasting and life-changing effects. An award-winning, critically acclaimed author, he has spoken at numerous universities and conferences and on the TedX stage. His new book, Awakening the Soul of Power, was described by multiple Grammy Award–winner Gloria Estefan as “a balm for the soul of anyone searching for truth and answers to life’s difficult questions.” Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, | |||
| 03 Aug 2021 | Deconstructing Spiritual Bypass with Anita Kopacz | 00:41:44 | |
“It’s like, oh yeah, I believe we’re all one, but before we even get there… How do you feel about Black people? We have to do some work before we can really feel what that oneness is.” - Anita Kopacz Yemaya is the Yoruba deity of the sea, the original Black mermaid, and the heroine of Anita Kopacz’s new novel Shallow Waters. In her stunning novel, Yemaya intersects with 1800s history as she seeks her love, who has been kidnapped and brought across the Middle Passage to the Americas. Through years of work, rejection, and uncertainty, Anita felt called to tell this amazing story. Tune into this week on Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear about getting a book deal during a pandemic and how Charlamagne tha God fell in love with Anita’s work. With every step of this conversation, Antia brings her wisdom and curiosity to help you break apart your own spiritual bypass and rediscover who you really are.
Anita Kopacz is the author of the Simon & Schuster fiction novel, Shallow Waters. It is the second title that Charlemagne tha God will release on his imprint, Black Privilege Publishing on August 3, 2021. Anita is the former Editor-in-Chief of Heart & Soul Magazine and Managing Editor of BeautyCents Magazine. She is an award winning writer, a Spiritual Psychologist and a certified Tantra coach with a passion to see people thrive. Anita created the Zero F's Given campaign to raise awareness and help victimized and disenfranchised populations heal from sexual trauma, find their voice, and reclaim their power. She has helped thousands of victims through her work with Zero F’s Given and being on the board for the Center for Safety and Change. Through leading retreats around the world, working with private clients and storytelling, Anita fulfills her intention to awaken the divine simplicity, pleasure and joy in her life and others. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Ro | |||
| 02 Mar 2021 | Defining Four Aspects of Love and Bringing it Alive | 00:19:13 | |
“What aspects of “me” have I deemed unloveable? And can I fall madly in love with the aspects of self that I believe are unloveable?” - Lola Wright This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, I’m bringing you a topic that we’ve been talking about in the Our Circle community: how to define a love that is truly alive. As articulated by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn, there are four aspects of love: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and freedom. Join me as we dive into how love must come alive in ourselves, with romantic partners, among intimate friends and family members, and then in the public square. I am asking us to go beyond a conceptual understanding of love and activate a lived practice.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 05 Jan 2021 | Rise Above the Suffering Loop | 00:32:12 | |
“There is so much investment made in your brokenness and your woundedness. There is so much investment made in the drama of the human condition. How will you disrupt that in 2021?” – Lola Wright 2020 was a year of tipping points - from a global pandemic to toxic politics to an awakening around the hundreds of years of racial injustice in the United States. The unworkability that has existed in human consciousness is beginning to surface. This is good news. While awakening is upon us, human beings remain largely pushed by pain, and you may even find yourself attempting to make resolutions, goals, intentions, and commitments based on a kind of intolerant state. On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I’m asking you to step out of the loop of suffering. As one of my great mentors and friends, Michael Beckwith says, "pain pushes and vision pulls.” We need to get curious about a life pulled by vision rather than a life driven by adrenalized goals, commitments, and resolutions. Join me. Let’s do this New Year a bit differently. Let’s tap into your fierce and loving.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 30 Mar 2021 | Self-Care as a Radical Act with Dr. Janet Taylor | 00:40:22 | |
“When you move something from your unconscious to your conscious, it’s your responsibility to do something about it. Play in it, trudge through it, be uncomfortable in it, but try to come out with a more informed aspect of a belief that was false before.” - Dr. Janet Taylor Dr. Janet Taylor is known as the “self-care doctor.” She knows the enormous benefits of modern medicine, but also sees the weaknesses of the modern medical model. When we have a model that doesn’t account for a holistic view of a person’s life and environment, we are missing so much of what they actually need to be well. Not only does the current model fail everyone through its narrowness, it fails Black people in particular with its entrenched racist ideas of Black bodies. The health of our communities demands a restructuring of how we think about care and health. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, listen to the incredible insights on health and self-care from Dr. Taylor. She identifies the progress we’ve made in improving health, challenging conventions, and fighting racism, and lays out the path ahead.
Dr. Janet Taylor is psychiatrist, self-care coach, entrepreneur, mother and lifestyle columnist, and has many coaching programs that are an integration of her years as a medical doctor, life coach, and mindfulness expert. She holds an M.D. from the University of Louisville, completed her psychiatric residency at New York Medical College and obtained an MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Her book The Courageous Classroom: Creating a Culture of Safety for Students to Learn and Thrive, written with Jed Dearybury, will be released this July. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, | |||
| 20 Jul 2021 | Surrender versus Giving Up | 00:23:53 | |
“When we’re living a life that is responding to vision, when we’re surrendering to the big idea of life in, as, and through us, we’re not listening for what’s probable, we’re listening for what’s possible.” - Lola Wright Once I got on board with Nathan’s vision for his business, I was eager to help and be part of making this next step in our lives a reality. Some of the challenges we’ve faced have been harder than I imagined. Accepting my vulnerabilities, asking for help, and releasing perfectionism has been required on this journey. In the second episode of a series called Three Things I Learned While Digging In the Dirt, I’m bringing you what I learned through the practice of surrender. This week, hear about what guttural faith and trust feel like for me, how to stop feeding into our sense of limitation, and start appreciating the messy, beautiful, non-linear path in life.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 04 May 2021 | Our Egos Are Triggered | 00:26:57 | |
“The practice for me is the ability to watch, to witness, to notice.” - Lola Wright I once led a series at the Bodhi Center centered around the beautiful book Stillness Speaks, by Eckhart Tolle. Today, I’m bringing you a talk I gave inspired by chapter two, The Egoic Self. When I am seduced by the ego in stressful situations, I am flooded by negative thoughts. I’ve had to learn self-awareness and how to recognize what messages are coming from my ego. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, we’re taking a step back and looking and how our ego minds affect our lives. So much on social media works to keep us in a reactive state that feeds our ego identity. Instead of giving in to it, let’s develop our practice and learn how to love our ego.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 25 May 2021 | Creation from Destruction | 00:19:18 | |
“Any time you are creating something new, destruction is present.” - Lola Wright When I spoke about the heartbreak of the new at Bodhi Center sixteen months ago, I didn’t know how much was about to change for all of us. But while that time feels like a lifetime ago, we had the same concerns that we have now—the role of social media in changing our world, the danger of resting in inertia, and how to consciously rise above the circumstances of our lives. The process of creating something new requires destruction, and you may naturally be tempted right now to return to your former life as quickly as possible. However, we deserve better than that, and we have the power to rise above those old ways. On this week’s Find Your Fierce & Loving, we investigate our patterns that aren’t serving us anymore. Listen in to learn how to handle the discomfort that comes from breaking those patterns and daring to create something new.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 16 Feb 2021 | A New Partnership Model with Nate and Kaley Klemp | 00:48:33 | |
“That conversation led us to the idea of: what’s a different way to do marriage? Especially against this backdrop of "we want to be equals, we want to be teammates, we want to be partners"—but also, we want to be in love.” - Kaley Klemp Kaley Klemp, an executive coach and expert in small-group dynamics and leadership development, and Nate Klemp, a prolific writer on the “inner technologies of the mind,” knew that traditional marriage models weren’t going to fit their busy modern lives. They struggled to divide work evenly, until they realized the stumbling block that trips up so many marriages: they were never going to feel like everything was equal. Instead, they discovered the power of radical generosity and shared success. Now they’re sharing their transformative ideas in the new book The 80/80 Marriage. Whether you’re in a decades-long marriage or happily single, everyone can benefit from hearing the Klemp’s remarkable new approach to relationships. Leaving behind unrealistic expectations and devoting ourselves wholeheartedly will help our relationships thrive and grow like never before.
Nate Klemp is a writer, philosopher, and entrepreneur. He is the co-author, along with Eric Langshur, of the New York Times Bestseller Start Here: Master The Lifelong Skill of Wellbeing. He is also a weekly columnist for Inc. Magazine, and he is a founding partner at Mindful, one of the world's largest mindfulness media and training companies. Nate holds a BA and MA in philosophy from Stanford university and a PhD from Princeton university. An expert in small-group dynamics and leadership development, Kaley Klemp specializes in building trusting, synergistic teams that are able to achieve their strategic objectives – even in the face of challenging circumstances. A favorite with Young Presidents Organization (YPO) forums and chapters, Kaley has facilitated retreats for more than 200 member and spouse forums throughout the world. Kaley is a graduate of Stanford University, where she earned a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Sociology, with a focus on Organizational Behavior. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal t | |||
| 13 Jul 2021 | Responding to Vision | 00:24:33 | |
“When you say yes to a vision that’s moving through you, it may not always be met with a popularity contest… But if there’s a vision moving through you, you have a responsibility to trust it.” - Lola Wright When my husband, Nathan, got a business opportunity, he had a vision for his future that I couldn’t see. Gratefully, he was persistent in his belief and I chose to trust him and support his plan. It was only after I accepted his idea that I was able to see the vision that he was drawn to. In the first part of a series called Three Things I Learned While Digging In the Dirt, I’m bringing you what I learned about responding to vision. Listen in to hear about the power of stillness, how to listen to your own visions, and when to trust your body and instincts instead of the easy path that you can clearly see.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 15 Jun 2021 | Resistance is a Gift | 00:27:46 | |
“I am committed to seeing everything in my life as fodder for my own evolution. So when I’m met with resistance, what’s the gift?” - Lola Wright It’s easy to live in a reactive state, chasing what we’re told to chase and constantly worrying about the past and future. But there’s a different way: the choice to keep our attention in the present moment. Through that active practice, we can recognize the gifts that obstacles bring us. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, I’m bringing you another talk from my series on Eckhart Tolle’s Stillness Speaks. This chapter, The Now, leads us through examining our attention and refocusing it in order to be more conscious in our own lives.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 17 Aug 2021 | Change With Me | 00:23:09 | |
“The gift of change is that it exposes everything that’s going on beneath the surface.” - Lola Wright I live by a principle that I learned in volleyball: keep your knees loose and move your hips. You never know when a ball is going to be hit your way, and you have to be ready to respond with purpose. On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I reflect on the process of moving into the new Logan Square space. When I found an environment lacking in joy and beauty, I had to figure out how to make my new surroundings work for me. Listen in to hear about how our greatest challenges may be our most powerful opportunities.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 13 Mar 2021 | One Year Later: Sharing Grief and Appreciation | 00:42:53 | |
“The journey of the one that is committed to awakening is becoming comfortable with the unknown. It is the great paradox of our existence.” - Lola Wright To share in our collective grief and hope, I am releasing this recent practice from the Our Circle community for everyone. I hope you find comfort, vision, and love in these exercises and conversations. You can hear more about living through this anniversary and honoring its gifts and challenges in our recent episode Become Comfortable with the Unknown.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 19 Oct 2020 | Are You Ready to Find Your Fierce & Loving? | 00:04:46 | |
Something is stirring. Maybe you’ve felt it. We are reckoning with the reality of injustice and binary thinking that feeds the political machine. New conversations are happening around race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Humanity is in the midst of a heartbreaking and painful paradigm shift. That is a good thing. What I have learned is that the most radical thing I can do is support people in freeing their minds. This podcast is intended to help you disrupt, untangle, and free your mind of personal and collective agreements, patterns, and beliefs that are holding you back and weighing you down. Personal transformation AND collective awakening involve being the most alive, brilliant, inspired, creative, and on fire version of yourself, a version that is not consistent with the status quo. My name is Lola Wright. I'm not here to maintain the status quo. I'm here to support the dismantling and remembering that is necessary within you to reconfigure, reorient, and recreate reality from a place that is not based on scarcity and survival, but abundance, imagination, and desire. Find Your Fierce & Loving is not your typical podcast. You'll never get the same show twice. I'll be doing long-form interviews with conscious creatives, taking you on meditative experiences to move your body, awaken your soul, and provoke your mind. I'll bring together artists, activists, and thought leaders for transformational experiences and soul revealing work. We desperately need your fierce and loving purpose now more than ever. We've been brought to our knees and not a moment too soon. At a time when protests are sweeping the nation, here's what I know - your purpose is your protest. It is the most radical thing you can bring to the world. And my purpose is to help you find yours. This podcast is a wake-up call, a roadmap back to your holy purpose, an invitation to set fire to the box you've been living in, and watch it burn. Featured Guests:
Chicago born and built, I grew up in the wealth and privilege of private schools, country clubs, and manicured neighborhoods, yet I always sensed something was missing. I sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing myself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. Then at 18, a pregnancy. By 22, the mother of two young children and living in a volatile and insecure environment. A year later, I was on my own, determined to create a new experience. I am an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, I served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. On this podcast, you can expect meditations, reflections, and interviews that are thought-provoking and filled with heart and humor. You can follow me, Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast | |||
| 08 Jun 2021 | Creation not Competition with Joél Leon | 00:39:15 | |
“I didn't feel like I saw anybody from my perspective, coming from where I came from. So I just started speaking it on my own terms.” - Joél Leon Storyteller and performer Joél Leon didn’t see many people speaking about mindfulness in a way that addressed him and his community. He now uses his own experiences to bring those principles back to Black people, and fostered a thoughtful community through social media. Today on Find Your Fierce & Loving, Joél talks about the joy of creation over competition and how he celebrates seeing other people share his work. With his daughter in his lap, he shares the practice of nurturing kindness and serving as a role model for his children and other people online and in person.
Joel L. Daniels, also known as Joel Leon, is a Bronx born and raised performer, father, author and storyteller who writes and tells stories for Black people. His TED talk on healthy coparenting has been viewed over 1.5M times. He’s worked with The Gates Foundation, HBO, Nike, Twitter, and the TODAY Show, and has been featured in EBONY, The Independent, Newsweek, Medium, BBC News, Sirius XM, Forbes, the Huffington Post, Blavity and others. He is a Creative Collective NYC Creative Class alumni, winner of the BCA Bronx Recognizes Its Own Award in Poetry, and author of "Book About Things I Will Tell My Daughter" and "God Wears Durags, Too". He is repped by Folio Literary. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 27 Apr 2021 | Radical Redemption with Derrick Wells | 00:32:19 | |
“It’s you and I showing up authentically every day being led by that which is within us, and that which gave presence to us, and just letting that shine in the spaces that we enter into.” - Derrick Wells As a community leader, Derrick Wells faces unique challenges right now. He sees a power in all of us to not just go through hard times, but to grow through them. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, Derrick shares his extraordinary story from the streets of Chicago to Senior Minister of Christ Universal Temple. Along the way he was propelled by the power of discomfort, growth, and the commitment to become more of himself, until he could become the vital teacher and leader that he is today.
Chicago native Derrick B. Wells, Ed.D. is an author, artist, corporate CEO, and The Senior Minister of Christ Universal Temple. Derrick’s journey to ministry draws from his own personal life of encountering challenges as an adolescent in the inner-city of Chicago. In his words he was “unchurched,” but found his way to Christ Universal Temple in search of someplace that could help him change and become better. Nearly five years after the Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon’s retirement, the Reverend Dr. Derrick B. Wells was selected by the congregation as the second Senior Minister in the history of CUT. In his new book, Guidelines for a Master: 12 Steps to an Extremely Happy Life, Derrick shares clear insights on how to live an authentic life through practical spirituality. In 2012, Wells was a contributing author for the book Spiritual Principles for a Prosperous Life. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in | |||
| 23 Mar 2021 | You Are Exactly Where You’re Supposed To Be | 00:21:55 | |
“You have a story: does the story serve you, and are you going to be seduced by it, or are you going to have it serve the scripting of something new?” - Lola Wright My nine-year-old son recently shared a heart-breaking idea with me: that he wasn’t supposed to be here. I gave him the chance to share why he felt that way, and in our conversation he soon came to his own conclusion: that he really was meant to be here. The distress my nine-year-old felt is the same kind of ordeal we are constantly grappling with. Unhappiness is found when we feel that we are in the wrong place, that our reality is a mistake and must be changed. In this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I invite you to investigate that thought instead of indulging it. Can you identify what narrative you’re telling yourself about your life? Can you find the reason that you are exactly where you’re supposed to be?
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 24 Nov 2020 | An Invitation to Awaken | 00:24:08 | |
“So often we move throughout our lives, throughout our days, focusing on the needs of others, focusing on satisfying others. But as you move towards finding your fierce and loving, and reconnecting with your purpose, you bring your awareness to an appreciation for all that you are and all that you have.” – Lola Wright Personal transformation happens when we move our bodies and awaken our souls. To get clear on your purpose, meditation is an excellent resource you can use to access that place within you that is the keeper of your beliefs and memories. Oftentimes when we're wanting to expand or grow or evolve, we focus so much on where we're going that we miss the perfection and the exquisite nature of where we already are. In this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I want to remind you that what you appreciate appreciates, and what you focus on expands. I will guide you through meditation to put a little attention back to where you are right now, to appreciate that you, and all the aliveness that is natively yours is worthy of attention and celebration. And now I invite you to find a comfortable, still space and to give yourself the gift of slowing down.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 10 Nov 2020 | Your Purpose Is Where You Are | 00:33:49 | |
“Your purpose is whatever it is that brings you alive. You get to design your life in a way that works for you.” – Lola Wright What is it that brought you alive as a child? Buried in the dreams you left behind in the name of practicality are the clues, the breadcrumbs that will lead you out of the status quo and into the big idea of your life. It is time to untangle the toxic idea that your purpose is a job title and to find the things that light you up. On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I talk about the importance of paying attention to your aliveness and knowing that purpose will look different for you than anyone else. Your purpose and unique contribution to this time in humanity are found in the spaces where you feel energized and passionate. It’s time to stop delaying your joy and start tapping into your creativity and imagination. If you have spent years suffering and exhausted by all the talk of ‘finding your purpose’, this episode is for you. Tune in and start to think about how you can create the life you desire.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 22 Jun 2021 | Constructing Identity with Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | 00:40:29 | |
“There’s an instinct right now on planet Earth for identity groups to be turning inwards, as if that inward turn will protect us from oppression. And that’s the move that we as Jewish people, but also all groups as human people on this planet, need to be turning towards each other.” - Rabbi Lizzi When Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann was growing up, she identified her family as German and Polish, since her grandparents had immigrated from those areas of Europe. However, when she visited Germany, she saw the contrast between a German identity and a Jewish identity. Between those early visits and her role now as a Jewish leader she went on a journey of discovering culture, privilege, oppression, and all of the ways those intersect in her life. That journey, and the others like it that she guides her community members through, continues to this day. Listen in to this week’s Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear about how identities can be both empowering and limiting. Human beings have infinite potential for collaboration and discoveries—if they properly invest in themselves and others.
Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann is the founding rabbi of Mishkan Chicago, an independent, post-denominational Jewish spiritual community in the city of Chicago. She grew up on the South Side of the city and graduated with Honors in Religious Studies and Philosophy from Stanford University, and was ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles. Rabbi Lizzi currently serves as the senior Rabbi and Founder of Mishkan Chicago, where she leads services, guides the organization's vision, and hosts the podcast Contact Chai, a podcast that features weekly sermons and inspired, down-to-earth Judaism in conversation. Outside of Mishkan, she currently sits on the board of T'ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and the first rabbi to be a part of the Chicago Commons Project, a program run by the University of Chicago School of Divinity that cultivates a cohort of the city's faith leaders. She was named one of Jewish Women International's Women to Watch in 2018 and is a frequent presenter at conferences nationally on prayer leadership and revitalizing Jewish communities. She is married to Henry Bernstein, and is the mother of two children under 4, Judah Lev and Adira Hannah. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weavin | |||
| 06 Apr 2021 | Building Business and Community with Eric Williams | 00:43:36 | |
“I try and use this space for good. And hopefully not just for me, but to inspire other folks to do something similar. This could be a restaurant, but it could be something else also. How do we use our spaces to help other people?” - Eric Williams Eric Williams started his adult life by studying finance in the classroom and selling products on the streets of Chicago. Over many years he built his business into the Silver Room, which operates not only as a store but as a community—supporting the neighborhood, hosting artists, and putting on an annual block party attended by tens of thousands of people. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, Eric shares the lessons that helped him weather the extraordinary challenges brought by the last year. Listen in to hear his remarkable insights on the importance of maintaining a positive mindset, nurturing the next generation to be compassionate and curious, and why sunglasses are the great equalizer for all people.
Eric Williams is the founder and creative director of The Silver Room, a retail space, community events hub, and art gallery. As a social entrepreneur, Williams successfully addresses the historic disenfranchisement in communities of color over the past 20 years by providing space, mentorship, and programming that responds to his core constituents’ needs. In 2018, Downtown Hyde Park dedicated its inaugural Economic Impact Award to the Sound System Block Party, and in 2019 the event brought over 100 musical artists, 100+ small business owners, and more 50,000 celebrants to the neighborhood, generating an estimated $2.3 million dollars in economic impact for the Southside of Chicago in one day. In 2019, Eric Williams established The Silver Room Foundation. This foundation exists to further the reach, promotion, and education of artists and creative entrepreneurs, and to strengthen, leverage, and lend structure to the efforts of the social impact placemaking work catalyzed by Mr. Williams over the past 25 years. The Silver Room Foundation mission is to create intentional art-centered experiences, spaces, events, and programming to increase the health, wellness, equity, and economic prosperity outcomes for communities of color on Chicago’s south and west sides. Williams holds a degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a 2017-2018 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a ne | |||
| 01 Jun 2021 | Owning Your Story with Kelley Kitley | 00:40:26 | |
“Sharing my story actually had the opposite effect. It opened up this whole other culture for me in terms of having platforms to share my experience on.” - Kelley Kitley After Kelly Kitley struggled in her relationship with alcohol for years, she decided to stop drinking altogether. She discovered that there are many communities to support sobriety, that there are practically infinite reasons people choose not to drink, and that the mainstream narrative on alcohol doesn’t cover so many experiences. Kelley channeled her own experiences with alcohol, sexual violence, and mental illness into a stunning memoir that has expanded her therapeutic practice into public advocacy work as well as one-on-one treatment. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, Lola and Kelley dive into their relationships with alcohol, intimate partnerships, and their shared Oak Park neighborhood. Listen in to investigate your own experiences and how you can reclaim them to better your life.
Kelley Kitley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been inspiring and motivating clients for 20 years. Kelley is a sought after international women’s mental health expert and award winning best selling author of An Autobiography of Survival, "MY self." She's appeared in hundreds of publications, podcasts, live news, and radio including WGN, NBC, The Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Self, Shape, and as a columnist for Fitness Magazine, Recovery Connection, and Thrive Global. Kelley has shared her experience, strength, and hope on national media outlets such as TODAY, Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew Access Live, and as a TEDx speaker. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please con | |||
| 19 Jan 2021 | Set On Fire | 00:29:17 | |
“What is your holy intention? This is an emergent, dynamic idea. You are literally speaking your life into existence in every single flipping moment—let this holy intention serve you, and you serve it.” – Lola Wright We are in a pivotal time in human consciousness. While many of us feel trapped in the cycle of survival, taking the next step of growth requires us to welcome joy. By releasing what no longer serves us, we can finally grasp the love and peace that allows us to serve ourselves and others. On this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I invite you to embrace the radical truths of the life you desire. This audio is from the recent Set On Fire Retreat, when we came together to find the love that truly sets us on fire and interrogate what holy intentions come from that love.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 09 Feb 2021 | Become Comfortable with the Unknown | 00:30:33 | |
“I’d love for you to ask yourself: how am I applying old logic to an entirely new set of circumstances?” – Lola Wright There is a Jewish ritual called Yahrzeit, which is the day one year following the death of a loved one. It is a time to mourn and honor a loss through ceremony. As a people we are approaching a kind of collective Yahrzeit, a time to both recognize grief and honor everything that has come over the past year. While the future is still as uncertain as it ever has been, we cannot deny that the last year has changed us in unparalleled ways. Instead of clinging to our old understanding of the world, how can we use this anniversary to take inventory of what has changed and what no longer serves us? I invite you to leave your desire for control behind and take a step into the next stage of your life.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 11 May 2021 | Make Noise and Do Good with Angela Engel | 00:46:01 | |
“Books change lives. Books can create a movement in people. And when people are moved, they are able to change the world.” - Angela Engel Angela Engel doesn’t let anyone tell her no. When she didn’t have the right job for her, she convinced a publisher to make a position for her. When everyone in the publishing industry told her “this is just how it’s done,” she founded The Collective Book Studio to shake up timelines, nurture talent, and give stories to the audiences that need them. In 2020, Angela used those same skills and mindset to create and distribute PPE for communities across the country. As the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, Angela feels called to make noise and do good. Listen to this week’s episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear what that means to her and how she’s taken her principles and made them a reality.
When Angela Engel launched The Collective Book Studio she wanted to build a different kind of publishing business, one that adhered to the author’s vision every step of the way. Her experience in traditional publishing allows her to introduce beautiful books into the world, and she brings her passion for reading and sharing new ideas into every new project she undertakes. Angela grew up in Minneapolis, MN, and now calls Oakland, CA, home. For many years she worked in sales and marketing for nationally known category leaders in publishing, including Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Cameron + Company, Dwell Studio, and Moleskine. She has sold to key national and international retailers such as Amazon, Costco, Nordstrom, and Target and became a sought-after expert in the industry. Now, with The Collective Book Studio, she has the opportunity to provide authors the support they need to get a book out into the world, from start to finish. During the quarantine Angela established a fund to create and distribute 10,000 PPE face shields nationwide, and has raised more than $35,000. You can see more at The Collective Book Studio on Instagram. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscri | |||
| 06 Jul 2021 | The Law of Positivism with Shereen Öberg | 00:32:11 | |
“The first healing I got was really apparent, that I was lacking self-love.” - Shereen Öberg We are taught limiting belief systems that make us feel like we’re not enough as we are. This feeling of a lack of ourselves is an illusion, and we can reclaim our idea of ourselves. Shereen Öberg shares the power she’s experienced of positive focus and affirmations, without falling into the trap of toxic positivity. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, nurturing your awareness of yourself and your relationship with others. Break out of the suffering loops that trap you individually and seek to trap this species as a whole.
Creator of the Law of Positivism Instagram and podcast, Shereen Öberg is a certified yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki III practitioner, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture practitioner and doula, and is currently studying health and wellness at university. She also holds a BA in Business and Economics. Shereen is of Kurdish descent, but was taken to Sweden when she was just a year old, and has made it her home ever since. She has also spent extended periods studying in the US, in Los Angeles, and working in Dublin, Ireland. Passionately and deeply dedicated to her spiritual path, Shereen enjoys learning and expanding her knowledge into new areas of health and wellbeing. The Law of Positivism podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, Anchor and Acast. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in | |||
| 27 Jul 2021 | Right Relationship | 00:24:08 | |
“We are being called into right relationship as a species. I wonder, how is that stirring in you these days? - Lola Wright I’ve never gotten along well with the heat. Combine a Chicago summer with relentless physical labor, a steep learning curve, intense client demands, and my own transformation and watch me brought to my knees in deep practice. This season of my life has been filled with sacrifice. I have been humbled. I have been inspired. I have been heartbroken. I have been moved. Each day I notice a new encounter with all that is sacred. In the final episode of a series called Three Things I Learned While Digging In the Dirt, I’m bringing you what I’ve newly discovered about cultivating right relationship with myself, my work, and others. Listen in to hear about our own responsibility, how we can tend to ourselves in challenging circumstances, and creating our desired future, no matter what it takes.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 22 Dec 2020 | Cultivating a Forgiveness Practice with Mark Anthony Lord | 00:35:08 | |
“The world says there are good people and bad people. But we have to surrender the limitations of duality and begin to entertain that there is just one power, it's neutral and it goes where we direct it to flow.” - Mark Anthony Lord We grow up with the world screaming that there are two powers. Dualistic thinking of right and wrong, good and bad leads us to humanity’s suffering loop. Mark Anthony Lord, author and minister, believes that as we fiercely accept ourselves, extend grace to those we meet, and practice forgiveness, we have the capacity to shift this trance. On this week’s edition of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I invite you to share in an important conversation with my good friend, my mentor, my teacher, my practice partner in all things awakening. We discuss Mark Anthony’s journey through his own broken ideas of God, himself, and the world and how it has led him to find increased peace and become the great spiritual leader he is today. We talk about how the suffering of 2020 is an invitation to give up playing small. Tune in!
Mark Anthony Lord is a minister, author, online course creator, and is passionate about helping people heal from religious trauma - creating a new, more loving and empowering relationship with God. Mark Anthony has come a long way from the broken ideas of God, himself, and the world. It wasn't an easy journey, as it isn't for any of us, but it has been deeply rewarding and fulfilling. The good that he has experienced far exceeds the pain he has had to move through. Mark did his time in 12 step rooms, including 30 days in a private treatment center in Canada, and he was truly changed by that awakening. He was led to the spiritual side of himself and his life. It gave him an insatiable drive to consume countless spiritual books, attend every workshop possible, and eventually stand on the stage at Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles when he graduated with his Masters in Divinity and became a minister. It was a long way from where he started. Mark has done more than 10,000 hours on the spiritual field, teaching, speaking, preaching and practicing spiritual truths that are the cornerstones for living an authentic, faithful life. Mark knows how to help people find the pitfalls of perfectionism, transform them and break through the fears along the path to self mastery. This certainly does not mean that Mark does not fall down, act a fool or forget, but he has faced enough of the ego's bullshit to be able to smell it a mile away and has made a hundred percent decision that he is not buying that for himself or for any of us. You can connect with Mark Anthony Lord through his website, markanthonylord.me or on instagram @markanthonylord. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, | |||
| 23 Feb 2021 | The Power of Possibility Partners with Angela Montano | 00:47:44 | |
"If you're loving you, then you're going to have a holy no. You're going to say no as easily as you say yes." - Angela Montano Angela Montano has spent twenty years guiding people through trust and surrender. She sees the possibilities in life’s challenges, and can help us re-align with the journeys that are right for us. In this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, I invite you to join in a vital discussion of prayer, power, and the different forms that these concepts can take. Angela shares why prayer does not exclusively belong to religion, the power of prayer to change your existence, and the importance of integrating “fierce” and “loving.”
Angela Montano prays a lot. Practicing and teaching what a ‘consciousness of prayerfulness’ is, she guides people to commune with the mystery of Love. This is a challenging practice, but worth it. Angela is both a prayer intuitive and a prayer advocate. As a prayer intuitive, Angela has facilitated more than 20,000 individual prayer sessions; through her classes, speaking engagements, interviews, workshops, and retreats, she has prayed for and with over 100,000 people. As a prayer advocate, Angela's mission is to guide people to ‘rethink prayer,’ inspiring new conversations about prayer. She teaches ancient and new prayer technologies, encouraging people to cultivate a prayer practice which includes: praying for oneself, loved ones, situations, and really anything that calls one to ‘reach beyond,’ which is Angela’s most basic definition of prayer. Angela is host of the weekly live interactive talk show, Prayer On The Air. She is also the author of the best-selling DailyOM course, 21 Days of Prayer to Change Your Life, which currently has over 27,000 students enrolled. You can join anytime to begin your 21 days. To learn more, go to angelamontano.com or linktr.ee/AngelaMontano. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subs | |||
| 29 Dec 2020 | Honor the Unexpected | 00:22:45 | |
“Recognize there is an order to this vast universe that transcends our ability to comprehend. There is something that goes far beyond the circumstances and conditions of our lives. There is something that transcends the devastation and despair of our human reality. I invite you to surrender into this unknown, unseen realm.” – Lola Wright This year we have navigated great loss, great transition, and great trauma. In this mediation, I invite you to scan your memory and bring forward anything that's calling your attention, that lives in the realm of dreams, desires, and expectations for this past year. As we soften, we create more space, we become curious, available, and open to the infinite interpretations of our life experiences. In this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving, we navigate this threshold into a new year with the support of this vast universe that is in you and all around you. I will guide you through a meditation that deeply honors loss, the unknown, and the unexpected. And now I invite you to find a comfortable, still space and to give yourself the gift of slowing down. May we be available to see all of the good that is around us in every given moment.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 20 Apr 2021 | Defining Your Narrative with Channyn Parker | 00:47:56 | |
“Are we seeking the gift that this person is, and the gift that this person brought out in us?” - Channyn Parker One of the greatest pieces of wisdom that Channyn has learned is that everyone on this earth has their part to play. You may not enjoy their effect on your life, but they are on your path for a reason, whether that reason is to nourish you or to teach you valuable lessons. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, we invite you to consider the humanity of every person who exists alongside you. Each one of us is full of contradictions and history that we cannot judge as good or evil. We can only recognize ourselves as partners in humanity and accept our responsibility to work on it together.
Channyn Lynne Parker is a Human Rights advocate, public speaker, community-centric leader and Director of Strategic Partnerships for Howard Brown Health Center and serves on the board at Equality Illinois. Prior to her current role, Channyn served as manager of The Broadway Youth Center, Youth Development Program, and manager of Chicago House Social Service Agency’s TransLife Project (2017). Channyn is the first openly transgender woman to work in the Cook County Dept. of Corrections, working with populations in protective custody. Inaugural Trans100 awardee (2013). White House speaker, National HIV/AIDS Strategy (2015), Chicago Women’s March speaker (2017, 2018). Recipient of the Henrietta Lacks award, Women in Health in Chicago (2018) and Equality Illinois prestigious, Humanitarian, Freedom Award (2019). Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your | |||
| 24 Aug 2021 | Going Beyond Problems | 00:23:41 | |
“You and I are not here to suffer. We are not here to struggle. But those are always available if you want to pick them up.” - Lola Wright It’s tempting to find problems everywhere. In our personal lives, communities, and the world at large, it seems like you can’t go through a day without seeing roadblocks in your way. But while it’s easy to find issues, you cannot solve problems at the level of consciousness that created that problem. This week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, we’re deconstructing the way that we perceive issues in our lives. It is possible to move through the present moment with curiosity and grace. Are you willing to accept that just maybe, every problem we perceive is manufactured by fear in the human condition?
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 12 Jan 2021 | Speaking Radical Truth About Yourself to Yourself | 00:27:52 | |
“Slay the stories that no longer serve your highest and holiest expression. Connect with the radical truth of who and what you are.” – Lola Wright I have spent a lifetime seeking affirmation from other people, places, and things. And as I have untangled that pattern, I have learned how to source the truth. When you and I develop the capacity to source our own sense of truth, we become immovable in the best ways. The invitation this week on Find Your Fierce & Loving is to uncover the radical truth about yourself. The more comfortable and competent you are in speaking truth about yourself to yourself, the more possible the reality you desire will come forward. You are here to live a rich life. You are here to experience wild degrees of love. This is the moment. Join me.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||
| 03 Nov 2020 | Cultivating Radical Love with Bishop Yvette Flunder | 00:47:16 | |
“If we realized that we have the power as the people, to decide to take back our own decisions and abilities and our own power; to make good and right decisions for the good of the whole, we will leave room and space. There are many different flowers in the Garden of God. And there are many different ways in which those flowers cross pollinate. There's room and space for all of us to grow and be healthy and we can make room.” - Bishop Yvette Flunder When society does not accept you for who you are, it takes radical self love and potent community to experience real freedom. Bishop Yvette Flunder found herself in this position when she realized that traditional religious frameworks weren’t designed with her in mind. Bishop Yvette Flunder is my guest this week on Find Your Fierce & Loving. We had a wide-ranging conversation and Bishop Yvette had an electrifying perspective on the state of politics, religion, and the necessary ingredient each of us is at this moment on the planet. As Bishop Yvette Flunder says, closets are for brooms. It’s time for you to come out into your light. Take a listen to the episode for more of Bishop Yvette Flunder wisdom and her beautiful choir voice.
Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder, a San Francisco native, has served her call through prophetic action and ministry for justice for over thirty years. This call to “blend proclamation, worship, service, and advocacy on behalf of those most marginalized in church and in society” led to the founding of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in 1991. In 2003, Rev. Dr. Flunder was consecrated Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, a multi-denominational coalition of over 100 primarily African American Christian leaders and laity. Rev. Dr. Flunder is on the Board of Starr King School for the Ministry and DEMOS and has taught at many theological schools. She is a graduate of the Certificate of Ministry and Master of Arts programs at Pacific School of Religion and received her Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is also an award-winning gospel music artist and author of Where the Edge Gathers: A Theology of Homiletic and Radical Inclusion. You can find out more about Bishop Yvette Flunder by following her on Facebook @bishopyvetteflunder, and Instagram or Twitter @bishop_flunder. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After fin | |||
| 13 Apr 2021 | You Are The Authority On You | 00:20:26 | |
“There’s a desire that lives in you. There are an infinite number of ways that you can bring that desire to form, and it is your responsibility, it is my responsibility, to pay attention to how I uniquely want to bring that forward.” - Lola Wright When I was doing consultations for my book, I got a piece of advice that brushed against the ideas I had for this community. I had to tune into the intelligence of my own body and instincts to determine whether that expert opinion was really right for me and for my specific experiences. This week, I invite you to examine the input that you are getting from the people around you. Is their advice serving you and your purpose? Can you identify what is useful for you and what isn’t? You are the only expert on your own life.
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com. Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience. Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal. If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. | |||