Mind Full of Everything

Sustainability is multifaceted, and Zero Waste makes up one of these facets, gaining rapid popularity within the past decade. Whilst achieving zero waste in our highly urbanised and (generally) wasteful society may seem like a great achievement, we should really be worried over how we could abandoned such an environmentally and socially just ancient practice in the first place.

This episode discusses the importance of Zero Waste, the need for us to decolonise the concept to decarbonise our economies and the key ways in which we can shift to a circular economy, with real life examples of how Zero Waste is carried out successfully.

Why is it crucial that we open up the individualised clinical model of therapy so that it incorporates the multidimensionality of intergenerational trauma healing? In what ways can we begin to shift therapy narratives to ancestral joy and resilience to restore balance and hope in community efforts of system resistance and reimagination?

Today we are joined by Katya Lovejoy, a clinical hypnotherapist, trauma coach, and mental health educator who supports highly sensitive people to reclaim a sense of wholeness and empowerment after trauma. Katya holds degrees in neuroscience and social work, as well as esoteric trainings from lineages around the world. She approaches trauma healing from an individual, ancestral, and collective lens, and utilises subconscious, somatic, and spiritual approaches to finding release and resolution. Katya is committed to the liberation and empowerment of all people, and is on a mission to end the transmission of intergenerational trauma in families and communities by sharing the most effective modalities for sustainable transformation.

In this beautifully inspiring episode, Katya explores with us the power of tapping into our ancestral bodies and lineages to draw out deep inspiration and joy from the rituals and ways of being of previous generations, human and more-than-human. Katya steps out of the linearity of the conventional therapy model to invite opportunities to open up the therapy space for stories and nostalgic remembering of a time which preserved the dynamism and animacy of connected living, whilst also holding space for accountability and remediation of ancestral practices which no longer serve our time.

Biggest thank you to Katya for holding space for Agrita during this difficult period of mourning for her and her family after the recent passing away of her grandfather. We hope this conversation reaches the hearts of everyone who has, or currently is experiencing, grief over the passing of a loved one, particularly elders who have taken position as ancestors, and that the compassion and love that is tied to intergenerational trauma healing holds space for you to process your emotions and move forward.

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In a world of co-optation, violent othering and systemic oppression, how can tracing the histories of resistance and collective resilience of communities (including those we are not from) liberate and expand imaginations beyond the confines of sociopolitical structures? What can life look like if we, as humans, abide again by nature’s laws of interconnectedness, cyclical healing and symbiotic living?

In this month’s episode, we are joined by Hajar Yazdiha, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California and faculty affiliate of the USC Equity Research Institute. Hajar researches the politics of inclusion and exclusion, examining the forces that bring us together and keep us apart as we work to forge collective futures. She is author of the book, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement with Princeton University Press. She is also a public scholar whose writing and research has been featured in outlets including The New York Times, Time Magazine, LA Times, ABC News, The Hill, and The Grio.

In this wonderfully inspiring conversation, Hajar dismantles the politics of togetherness and othering by interweaving her lived experiences, the collective memory of the Civil Rights Movement and the innate creative abilities of the human being to illustrate how systems have historically oppressed and violated certain groups, but also how these groups have resisted and transformed these systems of harm. It is in these stories of struggle and resilience that hope emerges, a sense of shared hope and relief that we can remake the liberation created and experienced by generations before us.

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To celebrate International Women's Day, Agrita explores trauma cycles and patterns within South Asian communities with Aparna Sagaram, a licenced marriage and family therapist who has worked with many South Asian individuals, couples and families to help normalise trauma therapy within the community.

Being of Indian origin themselves, both Agrita and Aparna discuss some of the toxic cultural patterns in South Asian households that result in traumatic events, the ways in which immigration can exacerbate or trigger trauma and the ways in which South Asian women can try to break out of trauma cycles and unhealthy mindsets in order to prioritise their mental health alongside supporting their loved ones.

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TW: mentions of genocide, suicide, abuse and rape.

This episode is in response to the ongoing farmer protest in India where farmers, and everyone in support, are protesting against the new agricultural bills proposed by the Indian government which seeks to privatise the sector in a bid to boost income from agriculture. The protests are important because they depict two issues: 1) the economy and profits constantly being put before farmer livelihoods and 2) the usage of undemocratic measures by the Indian government in response to public backlash, highly ironic to India's title of being the "largest democracy in the world".

However, these series of events are not just about farmers and the Indian agrarian crisis, these events have shone a light on the prolonged oppression and marginalisation of the Sikh community, particularly because Sikhs have been leading the protests that are now becoming nationwide. It's evident that the Indian government is still bigoted to the Sikh community, despite the dark history of Sikh genocide that the Indian government fails to be held accountable to.

Therefore, it's crucial that every Indian and non-Indian helps support Indian farmers, particularly Sikh farmers, by raising awareness, supporting farmer/Sikh organisations and doing their own research to understand the history of conflict between people and bodies of power in India.