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Mixed Race Belonging

Mixed Race Belonging

by Raina LaGrand

Mental Health Relationships

Season 1

38. Identities, Unbelonging, & Solidarities with Gayatri Sethi

When does the quest for belonging become another way to bypass power and oppression? What might actually be more important than belonging? Is identity the best way to build belonging? These are some of the questions I explore in today’s episode with guest Gayatri Sethi, author of Diaspora-ish: Notes on Identities, Unbelonging, & Solidarities. Tune in for this paradigm-shifting conversation and don’t forget a notebook – there’s lots of gems you’ll want to write down. Learn more about Gayatri and where you can buy her phenomenal book here. Gayatri's Reading Raina-bow suggestions: When We Are Kin: The History and Future of Afro-Indigenous Solidarity by Kyle Mays From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures by Lara Sheehi BONUS: Lara Sheehi's podcast, Psychic Militancy – Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective and join us on August 9th for our next workshop. Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod.

37. Feeling Whole Starts with Feeling Held

Feeling whole as a mixed person does not start with the perfect description of your identity, it starts with a body that feels held. As a mixed person, you might not have felt held by anyone, anywhere, which has amplified the impulse to describe yourself in fractions, hide aspects of your personality, or avoid social situations altogether. But the truth is that most humans lack the experience of feeling held. In today’s episode, I’m talking about the colonial roots of feeling existentially unheld, the unique impact on mixed race people, and how somatics can help you finally find sources of support where you can feel held. Because when your body feels held, you stop scanning the room for who might reject you, and you can actually be present instead of performing. Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective and join us on August 9th for the HELD workshop, where I'll teach you these somatic practices. Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod.

36. Multicentriçism with Chiyuki Shannon and Friends

This is a special episode because it's a group discussion with mixed elder and founder of the Multicentric Institute, Chiyuki Shannon, and other mixed community leaders, Bee Barba-Padilla, T Barba-Padilla, Lili Stiefel, and Preston Locklear. In this episode, we discuss Multicentriçism, which describes the worldview of mixed-race, minoritized individuals who come from split genetic, philosophical, and cultural frames of reference; who think, communicate, and access information from more than one frame of reference at the same time without confusion, utilizing multiple levels of sensitivity transmission. Listen in for this stimulating conversation and let us know what it brings up for you! Book recommendations The Savage Mind by Claude Lévi-Strauss Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature by Federico Faggin The Existence of the Mixed Race Damnés: Decolonialism, Class, Gender, Race by Daphne V. Taylor-Garcia Crucible of Light: Islam and the Forging of European Civilization by Elizabeth Drayson We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown Fantasies of Identification: Disability, Gender, Race by Ellen Samuels Ancestors Said: 365 Meditations for a Peaceful Year by Ehime Ora And you can learn more about the mentioned mural here and here. – Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective and join us on July 12th for the first Belonging Building Blocks workshop. Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod. – Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. Hosted by Raina LaGrand - a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. Episodes released mostly weekly.

35. What People With Strong Relationships Aren't Afraid To Do

People with stronger relationships and a deeper sense of community aren't lucky or cooler than you. In this episode, I'm breaking down some of the key factors that differentiate people who feel connected from those who are more isolated. – Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective and join us on July 12th for the first Belonging Building Blocks workshop. Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod. – Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. Hosted by Raina LaGrand - a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. Episodes released mostly weekly.

34. Are You Seeing Red Flags Where There Are None?

If you’re primarily measuring your friendships based on whether your friends completely understand you, agree with you, or meet your every need all the time, you might be missing out on meaningful relationships. In this episode, I share a personal story about something a friend said to me about mixed people that could have easily triggered me, and how somatics has helped me pause and ground myself before throwing a way a perfectly good relationship. PLUS I share how I can help you develop the same skills and capacity to actually feel closer to people after misunderstandings and conflict. – Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective and join us on July 12th for the first Belonging Building Blocks workshop. Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod. - Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. Hosted by Raina LaGrand - a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. Episodes released mostly weekly.

33. Do You Have a Mixed Race Belonging Wound?

Do you find yourself opting out of cultural spaces because you might be seen as an imposter? Avoiding getting involved in movement work because you're not sure if you deserve to be there? Afraid to be vulnerable in your relationships, and stuck on surface level? If so, you might have what I call the Mixed Race Belonging Wound. In this episode I talk about that wound, where it comes from, how it impacts you, and how the Mixed Race Belonging Collective can help you heal and build relationships where you actually feel seen. - Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. Hosted by Raina LaGrand - a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. Episodes released mostly weekly. – Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective and join us on July 12th for the first Belonging Building Blocks workshop. Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod.

32. Roots, Rights, and Responsibilities of Being Mixed Black

Blackness is one of the most surveilled and policed identities in the United States, which means that being a mixed person with Black heritage comes with a unique set of challenges – and opportunities. In this episode, I sit down with my mentor, elder, book coach, and friend TaRessa Stovall to discuss how to navigate Black culture as a mixed Black person, particularly if you didn’t grow up deeply embedded in Black culture. If you’ve ever wondered, am I Black enough?, this episode is for you. Learn more about TaRessa Here and subscribe to her Substack, Mixed Auntie Confidential Check out TaRessa’s suggestions for Reading Raina-bow Swirl Girl: Coming of Race in the USA by TaRessa Stovall Born a Crime by Trevor Noah The Meaning of Mariah by Mariah Carey – Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod. - Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. I’m your host, Raina LaGrand, a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. The tools and insights I share with you here are the approach that has not only helped me heal my belonging wound, but also helped me help my mixed race clients do the same. We all need something good to belong to right now. Relationships and spaces where we feel safe, held, seen, heard, and dignified. Thanks for being here and let’s get started with today’s show.

31. Both/And/All with Sarah Lotus Garrett of Mixed Bloom Room

Every mixed identity is unique. Not only are there infinite mixes possible, but you also have additional intersecting identities that can make your lived experience equally special and challenging to navigate. In today’s episode, I talk with my friend, colleague, and mixed elder Sarah Lotus Garrett from Mixed Bloom Room, about the both/and/all-ness of being mixed. Today’s episode kicks off a series of interviews on mixed identity and belonging with folks from my own mixed community – and a few special guests whose brains I wanted to pick and are new friends! Stay tuned for more interviews. Sarah's Reading Raina-bow Recommendations: The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing: Navigating Family, Identity + Healing by Namalee Bolle The Mixed-Race Experience: Reflections and Revelations on Multicultural Identity by Naomi Evans and Natalie Evans – Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod.

30. 'What Are You?' and Other Microaggressions Experienced by Mixed Race People

If you had a dollar for every time somebody asked you, “what are you?”... you'd probably be rich! You are no stranger to microaggressions as a biracial or multiracial person. In today's episode, I'm sharing different categories of microaggressions that have been extensively studied and named by Critical Mixed Race Studies scholars. If you find yourself feeling frozen or spiraling when these interactions happen, make sure you snag a copy of my new FREE 'What Are You?' Somatic Recovery Guide for mixed race people. Inside, you'll learn how to respond to and recover from being misread and microaggressed – without forgetting who the F you are. --- Get the FREE ‘What Are You?’ Somatic Recovery Guide Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod. --- Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. I’m your host, Raina LaGrand, a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. The tools and insights I share with you here are the approach that has not only helped me heal my belonging wound, but also helped me help my mixed race clients do the same. We all need something good to belong to right now. Relationships and spaces where we feel safe, held, seen, heard, and dignified. Thanks for being here and let’s get started with today’s show.

29. Your Identity isn't Complicated - It's Complex

You try to make yourself make sense to other people by describing yourself in fractions (e.g. I'm half Black and half Filipina) … but then you’re disappointed and you feel unseen when someone says that you’re only half or you’re not fully something. In this episode, I'm talking about how to embrace the complexity of your identity and stop worrying about if you make sense to other people. – Sign up for the Mixed Race Belonging Collective Join my mailing list for insights, updates, and words of encouragement. Answer my belonging survey and let me know what you wanna hear on the pod. – Welcome to the Mixed Race Belonging podcast, where we explore the intersection of mixed identity and belonging through the lens of somatics and personal and collective liberation to help you heal your belonging wounds and reconnect with your innate wholeness through relationships, new experiences, and activism. I’m your host, Raina LaGrand, a somatic coach for mixed race people with a background as a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and health educator. The tools and insights I share with you here are the approach that has not only helped me heal my belonging wound, but also helped me help my mixed race clients do the same. We all need something good to belong to right now. Relationships and spaces where we feel safe, held, seen, heard, and dignified. Thanks for being here and let’s get started with today’s show.

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