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Mindful Minds

Mindful Minds

Serafina

Mindful Minds is a podcast that centers on learning how to be mindful of important topics. Hosted by Serafina, join us as we learn how to be more mindful together.

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TW: SA, purity culture, misogyny, sexual shame, mass shooting (time stamp: 24:00-27:40), high control religious abuse, queerphobia & homophobia

This week we have Blair (she/her) of @talkpuritytome on the podcast! Blair has been breaking barriers in the purity culture space for a while now, and was a major pillar of my own deconstruction.

In this episode, we are talking about YOUR purity culture experiences! A while back, I asked my IG audience to finish this statement: “Purity culture made me ______.” So this week, we are sifting through your experiences and breaking down the harm that purity culture has done.

Blair’s account (@talkpuritytome) is an amazing educational resource for folks deconstructing purity culture. You can also find Blair on Tik Tok and Twitter as well as IG!

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Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find all things Mindful Minds here. You can buy our sticker collection here. You can also follow us on Instagram (@mindfulmindspod) or on Tik Tok where I do a lot of deconstruction content (@mindfulmindspod). Join our brand new Facebook group!!

Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: sexual assault, rape, trauma, conversation about murder (time stamp: 6:40-7:00), suicide (time stamp: 41:40-42:30), unconscious rape (time stamp: 51:00-55:30), self harm (time stamp: (1:15:45-1:20:00)

Boy oh boy are y’all in for a treat. This week we have the incredible Jimanekia Eborn (she/her) to talk about the realities of sexual assault and intimacy after abuse. Jimanekia Eborn is a Queer, Sexual Assault & Trauma Expert, Trauma Media Consultant, and Comprehensive Sex Educator, who has worked in mental health for the past 13 years in sex education and sexual trauma support. Jimanekia is the Founder of Tending the Garden, a non-profit for sexual assault survivors of different marginalized identities, and Co-founder of Cintima, bringing increased representation to the field of Intimacy Coordination in the film industry.

It was such an honor to chat with Jimanekia. Her work has played such a vital role in my healing and my ability to recognize my own trauma, and I can’t say enough how thankful I am for her and her work.

If you want to follow Jimanekia and support her, you can find her on IG @jimanekia and online here for all things podcast, retreats, support groups, classes, and more. You can also find her non-profit, Tending the Garden, on IG here and online here. She has also recently released a healing box subscription boxes through Tending the Garden which you can purchase here.

Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find all things Mindful Minds here. You can buy our sticker collection here. You can also follow us on Instagram (@mindfulmindspod) or on Tik Tok where I do a lot of deconstruction content (@mindfulmindspod). Join our brand new Facebook group!!

Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: fatphobia, racism, eating disorders, systemic racism, verbal violence against brown & black fat bodies, religious trauma regarding fatphobia, dieting, food apartheid, ableism

Happy Black History Month friends! This month we have two amazing conversations covering intersectionality within the disabled activism community and the eating disorder community.

Last week, we had Iman (she/they) of @Disabled.BIPOC to chat about the importance of intersectionality within disabled activism, so if you missed that episode, go check it out!

But this week, we have the AMAZING Brianna Theus (she/her) of @thecelestialliferd on to have an intersectional conversation about eating disorders. This conversation is truly one of a kind, and was SO educational and insightful. Brianna is so eloquent and such a great teacher, and it was such a pleasure to learn from her.

In this episode, we unpack how food apartheid, religious upbringings, income disparity, and racism can impact one’s susceptibility to developing an ED or their ability to recover from one.

If you want to learn more from Brianna, and I would HIGHLY recommend it, you can find her on IG @thecelestialliferd and online here (thecelestiallife.com). If you want to work with Brianna, she has her own private practice, where she practices from an anti-diet and weight-inclusive lens. She is based in Connecticut and does take insurance here!

If you are struggling with an eating disorder and feel that you are not worth seeking help or are not sick enough to seek help, please know that you are worthy of help and recovery and your feelings and struggles are valid. You can seek help at the NEDA hotline (800) 931-2237 . You can also search for an ED therapist online at psychologytoday.com & inclusivetherapists.com .

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Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: death in general, anxiety in general, death anxiety, death of pets, pet OCD, cancer, social anxiety

This week on Mindful Minds, we have Bailey (she/her) of @anxiety.positive to chat about social + death anxiety! We felt that these two subsets of anxiety aren’t often talked about enough despite the fact that so many suffer from them! Especially with the isolation of COVID and the constant exposure to death that society has experienced in the pandemic, we felt that these topics were incredibly timely and important.

In this episode, we chat about both types of anxieties, what they are, how they appear in our lives or the lives of those we love, and what coping tools we have found that help us cope, heal, and return to neutral!

If you want to follow Bailey and her journey, you can check her out on IG @anxiety.positive, and on her other social media channels (Facebook & Tik Tok).

✨ SPONSORS ✨ - Huge thanks to our sponsor this week, Intention Wave. You can purchase your unique sound wave jewelry piece at intentionwave.com !

Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find all things Mindful Minds here. You can buy our sticker collection here. You can also follow us on Instagram (@mindfulmindspod) or on Tik Tok where I do a lot of deconstruction content (@mindfulmindspod). Join our brand new Facebook group!!

Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: Sexual assault/rape, racism/racial trauma, Trauma/PTSD, religious trauma, Sexual abuse, BIPOC assault/trauma

This week we have Dallas (they/them) of Survivor’s Toolbox (@survivorstoolbox) to talk about being a survivor to sexual assault. This is a sensitive topic, and I want to encourage you all to only listen if you feel you are emotionally ready to do so. If you want to follow Dallas and their work, you can follow them on IG @survivorstoolbox or check out their website at survivorstoolbox.org for resources on sexual assault coping mechanisms, tools, and how to process the aftermath!

We also mention a variety of resources that I wanted to post here as well! Firstly, I mentioned the body feelings graphic. Here is the link to that and the graphic will be posted on my IG as well!

I also created a master document for mental health resources, specifically for the BIPOC community, last June and wanted to post that as well! In that folder is also another master document created by Micalah Webster and a master document of therapy worksheets. Please feel free to message me if you have additional resources that could be added, and I will add them in! This link is also on my Linktree.

Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find all things Mindful Minds here. You can buy our sticker collection here. You can also follow us on Instagram (@mindfulmindspod) or on Tik Tok where I do a lot of deconstruction content (@mindfulmindspod). Join our brand new Facebook group!!

Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: SA, purity culture, sexual harassment, religious trauma, homophobia, anxiety

This week we have Erin (she/her) of @metooyounglife on the podcast to talk about the abuse that has run rampant within the YoungLife ministry. We also talk about reporting and abuse in general, how society ignores survivors, and how the church’s systemic sexism and purity culture prevents accountability.

If you want to support the survivors of YoungLife and the Me Too Younglife movement, follow them at @metooyounglife. And you can also follow Erin on IG & Tik Tok at @watttsie ! Additionally, regarding the lawsuit, if you are someone who has personally experienced gender-based harassment in YoungLife, please contact Erin as well so you can get connected with the lawyers involved in the lawsuit!

I also mention some resources for sexual assault and abuse which you can find on mindfulmindspod.com under “Resources.”

✨ SPONSORS ✨ - Huge thanks to our sponsor this week, Intention Wave. You can purchase your unique sound wave jewelry piece at intentionwave.com !

Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find all things Mindful Minds here. You can buy our sticker collection here. You can also follow us on Instagram (@mindfulmindspod) or on Tik Tok where I do a lot of deconstruction content (@mindfulmindspod). Join our brand new Facebook group!!

Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: abortion, sexual assault/rape, suicide (time stamp: 50:56-52:20), abortion ban impacts on BIPOC folks, white saviorism (time stamp: 1:03-1:04)

This week we have an essential and educational conversation with the phenomenal Moji of @abortionfront . On 06/24/22, The US Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, revoking the fundamental right to abortion. Firstly, I want to let you all know that I unequivocally stand against the SCOTUS ruling and will do whatever I can to stand for the right to choose and fight for people with uteruses to maintain their bodily autonomy.

First off, this episode is CLEAN. We have chose to remove all curse words/bleep them out so that this episode can be more widely distributed. Second, this episode was recorded on 06/25/22. There has been more updated information since we recorded this episode, but we were working with the information we had.

Third, we were lucky enough to have Moji and Marie on episode 33 of the podcast, so this is, in a way, a part 2 to that episode.

Moji and I wanted to sit down and have a conversation addressing this SCOTUS ruling and where we go from here. The first chunk of this conversation is Moji and I speaking about how we, as people with uteruses, have processed this decision. Please cope however you feel you need to. The second part of our conversation centers on what our reality is now that Roe has fallen. We aimed to have this conversation be productive, educational, and upfront.

We also mention quite a few resources throughout this episode for both people who need abortion care and for those who want to support and fund the reproductive rights movement. Moji works for Abortion Access Front (@abortionfront on ALL platforms). Our missing friend Marie also works for Midwest Access Coalition (@midwest_access_coalition), which is a practical access fund that funds travel costs, food, childcare, etc. for people needing to travel to an abortion. Lastly, Marie, Moji, & Lizz Winstead host Feminist Buzzkills Live Pod, which is a podcast centering on abortion in an honest and practical way (releases every Friday night).

We also mentioned ineedana.com . This platform is used for people to locate clinics that can provide abortion care for you at your point in your pregnancy.

LASTLY! I have made a huge master doc with ALL things abortion including resources for people seeking an abortion, looking to learn more, and looking to support/fund abortion care etc etc etc! Link here!

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Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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TW: Miscarriage, trauma, abortion, pregnancy loss, sexual assault/violation (warning prior in audio), depression/postpartum mental disorders, racial trauma

This week we have Davinah (she/they) of Rooted Birth Doula Services (@rootedbirthdoula) on the podcast! We talk quite a bit about what it’s like during postpartum, the struggles birthing people and families go through throughout the birth journey, and how to be more empathetic and supportive as a community to birthing people and their families!

Davinah is a Doula in the Seattle area. They provide doula services for pregnancies, postpartum, pregnancy losses, and abortion! You can find her at @rootedbirthdoula on IG & on her website at bornrooted.com. They also have a birthing fund for Black individuals to help provide low-cost birth & loss support for Black birthing people in the Puget Sound Area.

We also mention a variety of resources that I wanted to post here as well! Davinah mentions a few resources including Amara, which is an organization based in the Puget Sound that supports families who are adopting, and Doula Match, which helps birthing people find a doula that works best for them!

We also talk a bit about the birthing crisis facing Black and Indigenous birthers. BIPOC individuals, but specifically Black and Indigenous people, have a drastically higher mortality rate during birth and pregnancy for both birthers and infants. This crisis is often pushed under the rug, underfunded, and ignored. Davinah and I talk a bit about this and resources to support these birthers, but I wanted to create a little list for listeners as well.

Low-cost/Free resources for Black Birthers AND places to donate:
- The National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC)
- Sista Midwife Productions and the Sista Midwife Directory
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA)
- Moms rising
- Birth For The People - based in Puget Sound

Low-cost/Free resources for Indigenous Birthers AND places to donate:
- Daybreak Star doulas
- Changing Women Initiative

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Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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Mindful Minds - goodbye for now - Ep. 84
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02/17/25 • 12 min

Mindful Minds entered my life in a time when I was at my loneliest and my most depressed.

In so many ways, this project saved my life. It gave me purpose, It gave me a reason to stick around.

I turned 25 this week, and I don’t recognize the 21 year old who sat down at her computer and googled, “how to start a podcast.”

In the last 4 years, she has grown and healed and gained so much confidence and peace and joy.

She has interviewed her heroes and learned from strangers.

I am so proud of her, and so proud of this community.

Thank you for your kindness and your support with this decision. Thank you for cheering me on and for accepting my decision to rest.

The fact that so many strangers have rallied around me and encouraged me for the last 3 years is unreal.

I am so proud of you all and how you’ve chosen to grow and heal.

I hope you know that it’s okay to rest too.

To my 67 guests: you have changed my life. You listened, you taught, and I am so honored to have continued to connect offline with so many of you. You made this podcast. Your expertise is what spearheaded this vision.

To the 48 countries, and 821 cities. To the thousands and thousands of listeners. Thank you thank you thank you. You turned a hobby into a community.

And one last time: to end our time, unclench your jaw, take a deep breath, and remember: you can always learn, you can always grow, and you can always choose to live your life in a more mindful way.

Goodbye for now,

Fina

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Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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Mindful Minds - Self-Like: My Eating Disorder Journey - Ep. 23
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09/03/21 • 64 min

TW: eating disorders, diet culture, fatphobia, body dysmorphia, trauma, depression, sexual assault, abusive relationships

This week I share my personal eating disorder journey. This episode will be the last of the trio of ED episodes. I talk about this in the episode, but this episode was especially challenging for me to record. Unlike my other “journey” episodes, this is a journey that is more active in my life than past traumas, so being vulnerable about it in real-time was a lot for me.

I want to include the disclaimer that my story is my story. I am not a ED therapist or an expert, I am simply sharing my personal journey. I would highly recommend listening to Episode 20 with @thrive_withmeg, or Episode 22 with @diet_dont_work_haes, for the perspective of an ED therapist and someone who has struggled with eating disorders for 50+ years.

If you are struggling with an eating disorder and feel that you are not worth seeking help or are not sick enough to seek help, please know that you are worthy of help and recovery and your feelings and struggles are valid. You can seek help at the NEDA hotline (800) 931-2237 / https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org . You can also search for an ED therapist online at psychologytoday.com & inclusivetherapists.com .

Body positive accounts to follow:

@thebodyisnotanapology

@fatwomenofcolor

@nalgonapositivitypride

@thebirdspapaya

@bodypositivefitness_

@funkychunkyy

@jessicajadeyoga

@sonyareneetaylor

Please rate us 5 stars and leave us a review! You can find all things Mindful Minds here. You can buy our sticker collection here. You can also follow us on Instagram (@mindfulmindspod) or on Tik Tok where I do a lot of deconstruction content (@mindfulmindspod). Join our brand new Facebook group!!

Mindful Minds is owned and operated by Serafina. All content belongs to Serafina. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] for any and all questions, sponsorships, or guest requests!

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How many episodes does Mindful Minds have?

Mindful Minds currently has 77 episodes available.

What topics does Mindful Minds cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Psychology, Anxiety, Mental Health, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Trauma, Relationships, Deconstruction and Mindfulness.

What is the most popular episode on Mindful Minds?

The episode title 'The All-Encompassing Impact of Religious Trauma with Dr. Laura Anderson - Ep. 83' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Mindful Minds?

The average episode length on Mindful Minds is 72 minutes.

How often are episodes of Mindful Minds released?

Episodes of Mindful Minds are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Mindful Minds?

The first episode of Mindful Minds was released on Mar 28, 2021.

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