Healing with Jai Podcast Chapter 2: Healing girl summer

Saludos and welcome to chapter 2 of the Healing with Jai podcast! Today we are talking about healing girl summer. We are just about wrapping summer here in the US (you know how they say August is the Sunday of summer) and in this chapter we are going to talk about healing girl summer! It’s a play on Megan’s term “hot girl summer” but honestly we know we can have a hot girl healing summer as well right? Duality is a beautiful thing!

First of all this summer we all felt like we needed to be outside right?? Small plug, I made a great smelling Against Evil Eye spray for all the folks trying to be outside shining as bright as the full moon. I will add the link in the show notes if you’re interested in grabbing one. Haters are still out here ya’ll!

July seemed to be a little more light hearted and great, and August, especially after the Lions Gate Portal, has seemed a bit heavier. You know, it could be that we are purging as a collective right, the garden is being weeded so that we can continue to blossom.

But summer is a great time to do inner child healing. Schools out for summer. The days are longer, the weather is nicer, things slow down a bit right? Even traffic is a bit lighter. and we are starting to venture out into this new world of living with a pandemic. 

Because, like Beyonce’s album, we’re in the middle of a Renaissance. A revival, a renewal. A renewed interest in something, and for some of us that’s our ancestral traditions.

some ideas for you as we wind down this summer…. spending the day at a carnival or amusement park, going to a concert, coloring, nature hikes, things that bring out your inner child. What was your favorite thing to do as a child? If you can’t remember, make a playlist of your favorite music that came out during summer when you were a preteen and teenager. An easy Google search would tell you what was popular at that time if you don’t remember.

You could also read your favorite books from your teenage years, and watch your favorite shows from that time. These things can also bring up memories that you may have suppressed or bring up a change in perspective. 

Last summer, I rewatched the Twilight series and saw how problematic the whole relationship with Bella and Edward was, and Bella and Jacob because I feel like she manipulated his feelings for her. But that was something that when I read the books and watched the movies when it went to the theater I didn’t really catch.

I’ve also been watching telenovelas since I was a kid. They all have the same premise, there’s a main character, the love interest and the villain. The main character always gets with her love at the end but like I used to tell my husband it’s all about the journey lol. Right now I’m watching this novela and when unfair things happen to the main character I’m all upset like it’s happening to me. I have to remind myself it’s a show but it’s also teaching me boundaries as an empath bc conyaso. We can’t take everyone’s problems as our own. As a healer I know it’s important to have those boundaries in order to be an effective healer. Let me tell you, your favorite healer should also be healing because this never ends.

Here's this week’s collective message:

Journal prompt: Maybe after a night out: Did someone say or do something that may have triggered me? If so, why did that trigger me?

I also wanted to share a comment I received from the first episode on decolonizing. I’m so glad you all enjoyed that first episode

Decolonizing to me is part of working cooperatively in community, breaking free from silos and individualistic ways of thinking. Decolonizing food is stuff I love to study and talk about. It’s why I cofounded Woke Foods back in 2016. The work I want to do more of learn and study. I am very much about reconnecting with ancestral food practices, using herbs and plants as medicina, and reminding people of the ways this very much in our DNA..matter of reconnecting to this knowledge and part of self.

So of course I did a little googling and found the amazing work that Woke Foods is doing in NYC. I just want to read their mission statement:

Woke Foods envisions a world where our people can prepare, eat and indulge in  delicious food rooted in ancestral cooking practices. Where our people are able to affordably steward land to grow whole and nourishing foods for the loving-care of bodies of all sizes, both inside and out. We envision a world where Mother Earth’s survival is always centered and uplifted and our consumption and utilization of food is seen as a direct connection to our mental, spiritual and physical health.

I love the work that you guys are doing in the community! Thank you so much for sharing! I would love to keep hearing from you guys via instagram or email with your thoughts on decolonizing and healing, and ideas for further episodes, etc.

Today’s book recommendation is Hood Feminism. This is a great book that discusses how Meeting basic needs is a feminist issue. Food insecurity, the living wage and access to education are feminist issues. Again decolonizing is decentering the patriarchy and seeing how they have knowingly devised ways to set us back and keep us back, this book explains very well the different ways that this happens in today’s society.

That’s it for today! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned for the next one!