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Radical Restoration Podcast
Radical Restoration is your go-to cozy, nurturing 'pillow-talk' podcast that centers Black millennial women in their search for rest. Hosts Dr. Niecie Jones and Coach Bethany Cherry are compassionate, supportive, and authentic about radical rest, covering topics like recovery from exhaustion and living an authentic restful life. They share tools for finding respite from spaces that leave you feeling chronically distressed by the need to produce in our capitalistic society. They offer transformational strategies to go from feeling burned out to finding fulfillment in everyday life. Dr. Niecie and Coach Bethany aim to cultivate a safely held community for Black women who are aware of their need for recovery from exhaustion. Who long for an escape from hustle culture. Who crave a community they can depend on and trust in. Welcome home, sis.
Episodes drop every other Wednesday on all standard podcast platforms.
Hosts:
Coach Bethany Cherry - Instagram: @coachbethanycherry
Dr. Niecie Jones - Instagram: @nieciejonesphd
Podcast:
Instagram: @blackradicalrestoration
Email: blackradicalrestoration@gmail.com
We'd love to hear from you! Email us topics you’d like us to cover on our podcast.
Radical Restoration Podcast
Self-Care and Community Care
Dear Black woman in need of some TLC,
Have you ever wondered if 'care' extends beyond what you provide yourself? In this episode, we explore the history of self-care, highlighting Black leaders and movements that have been critical to models of self-care. We chat about a present-day rise in awareness of self-care and share how we’ve come to understand self-care, offering examples of self-care in practice. We aren’t stopping there. Listen in as we touch on the history of community care, how we've understood it, and some examples of community care practices.
Key Topics:
- History of Self-Care
- Highlights of Self-Care in Black History
- Our Experiences of Self-Care
- History of Community Care
- Our Experiences of Community Care
Resources we used for this episode:
- https://www.npr.org/2017/06/04/531051473/the-millennial-obsession-with-self-care
- https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2023/selfcare-in-the-movement
- https://www.silkandsonder.com/blogs/news/the-origin-of-self-care-the-fascinating-history-and-3-huge-ways-it-can-help-you-right-now
- https://thegrio.com/2021/02/25/history-of-radical-black-self-care/
- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-radical-history-of-self-care
- https://news.gsu.edu/research-magazine/self-care-black-women-yoga
- https://www.wellandgood.com/what-is-community-care/
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