Queer Community Episodes

These episodes amplify the voices of members of the Queer Community.
Hecate is a pan enby. So, technically every episode should have this tag...but this is to help you find Queer guests <3
Dec. 9, 2020

Darker Subjects

In this episode Kim and I touch on some darker subject matter. I discuss my experiences with a human cadaver lab, responding as a bystander in a medical emergency, and using my words to escape an abuser. We also talk …

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Nov. 25, 2020

Lucid Dreams and Navigating Nightmares

Kim and I discuss some of our experiences with lucid dreaming and share some tips that might help you. I share my struggle with nightmares in the past and a revelation in therapy that gave me insight into a reoccurring …

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Nov. 18, 2020

Women We Love - Movies with Hecate and Kim

Kim is an Audio Engineer, a talented musician, a pansexual trans woman, and the Queen of Memes. She loves black clothing, intense movies, video games, the NBA, and making her friends laugh. She loves her coffee sweet and her ...

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Oct. 14, 2020

Jury Duty

My sister Chie and I discuss most survivor's worst case senario heading into jury duty: being interviewed for a sexual assault case. We share our own experiences with this process and share advice for preparing for and handli...

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Sept. 23, 2020

DeSha - Part 3

DeSha speaks very openly about her experiences with abortion. Now the mother of a wonderful child DeSha opens up about the difficult decisions she made on her path to parenthood while in a covertly abusive relationship and st...

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Sept. 16, 2020

DeSha - Part 2

DeSha shares more of her personal story in this episode. She talks about her relationship with a covert abuser, shares red flags, and reflects on the past with compassion and wisdom from a place of healing and growth. TW/CW: ...

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Sept. 9, 2020

DeSha - Part 1

DeSha shares how EMDR therapy has changed her life, what sessions are like, and offers advice for anyone interested in trying it for themselves. We also talk about some seldom discussed somatic symptoms of PTSD and trauma tha...

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Aug. 26, 2020

Catharsis

Dauntless is a nonbinary/trans photographer, parent of two, singer, gamer, runner, survivor of 47 brain surgeries, and all around bamf. Join us as we talk and laugh about some incredibly intense photography work we did togeth...

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June 24, 2020

Lily Sage - Gratitude Practice

This is the beautiful daily gratitude practice that Lily Sage so generously shared with us during her Quarantine Support Episode. I wanted to make it more easily available for those who want to listen to it again for inspirat...

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June 1, 2020

Cailin - Quarantine Support

Join me as I touch base with Cailin during quarantine. Cailin is a yoga enthusiast, dog lover, and a non-binary essential worker. They are a psychiatric technician at a residential drug and alcohol treatment center for women....

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May 16, 2020

Chie - Quarantine Support

Join me as I check in with my sister Chie to see how she's doing during quarantine. We talk about some of the ways this situation can be challenging for those who struggle with Eating Disorders, landlord nonsense and moving …

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May 4, 2020

Lila - Quarantine Support

Join me as I check in with Lila during quarantine. Lila is an artist, hula hoop and lyra performer, currently unemployed waitress, happily married lesbian, and proud cat mom. Join us for a talk about medication misadventures,...

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April 28, 2020

Lily Sage - Quarantine Support

A quarantine support episode! Lily Sage and I check in with each other and discuss the unique challenges of quarantine to the soft fluttering of wind chimes in the background. Lily Sage is a Montessori school teacher focused ...

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March 16, 2020

Post Trauma Self - Defense

I talk a bit about my experiences with self-defense training post-trauma. My sister Chie joins me partway through the episode to share her thoughts as well. TW/CW: Sexual assault, abuse, self-defense attack simulations and sc...

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Feb. 22, 2020

Memory and Trauma

Chie and I talk about the flexibility of memory after trauma. We discuss what it's like dealing with repressed, altered, and recovered memories. Chie also shares a bit about her experiences with IFS and EMDR therapy. TW/CW: R...

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