A unedited conversation for paid subscribers on all things Liberation. Liberation not as self-help, but communal-health. A Liberation that brings about personal, structural, and social peace. Allowing us to be in the world, not separate from it.
christopherrivas.substack.com (https://christopherrivas.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
Sara Sadek (http://sarasadek.co/)is a liberation-based writer, educator, mother and maker whose work reimagines how we raise and educate young people in connection and freedom. She writes weekly essays on her Substack Sara Sadek's Field Notes (https://sarasadek.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips)about motherhood, parenting, and liberating our creative practice, and is working on an archival memoir-in-fragments. Her writing has appeared in Motherly, Mutha Magazine, and HTH Unboxed.
Sara's served as a public school teacher in West Harlem, co-founded a cooperative forest preschool, trained as a doula, facilitated new parenting circles, advised political and arts & culture-based organizations, and is currently co-founding Wyla (http://wyla.app/), a magical spelling app for kids—whose prototype she built in co-creation with her own 10-year-old to help her daughter's words catch up with her prolific imagination. She lives on the Ohlone land known as San Francisco with her two kiddos, her co-parent, and their incredibly cute dog.
Engaged Liberation is a labor of love.
But it is labor. If you love it, support it for less than $5/mo (https://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=web&utm_source=subscribe-widget-preamble&utm_content=150820933&just_signed_up=true&requires_confirmation=&subscription_id=619093139&referral_token=4ra4fe&next=https%3A%2F%2Fchristopherrivas.substack.com%2Fp%2Fwater). Thank you!
Engaged Liberation is you-supported. Consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe (https://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)
20 Jul 2026
Freedom From Your Own Mind
Joanna Riquett is mindfulness practitioner and student of the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition, she is drawn to the edges of attention, where art and practice dissolve into each other, where mystery becomes a teacher, and where the texture of everyday life reveals unexpected depth. We almost met in person when she was organized a retreat through the desert of Morocco with nuns and monks of Plum Village, sadly, I could not make it- next time.
This conversation was beautiful, mind expanding and heart opening, and cut way too short - due to a bit of a personal crisis that arose, which came up in the middle of the question, “why do you practice?” For Freedom from our own mind, and a clear relationship to what is, and to remain in presence even in chaos and the unexpected.
Enjoy! ps. If you find medicine here, consider buying me a coffee (http://coff.ee/christopherrivas) and/or supporting me for just $2.75 (https://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=web&utm_source=subscribe-widget-preamble&utm_content=150820933&just_signed_up=true&requires_confirmation=&subscription_id=619093139&referral_token=4ra4fe&next=https%3A%2F%2Fchristopherrivas.substack.com%2Fp%2Fwaterhttps://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?coupon=89d19715)!
Engaged Liberation is reader-supported. Consider supporting.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe (https://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)
3 Apr 2026
The American Story You Can't Tell Without Us
Not too long ago I got to tell a story about what it means to be misnamed in America—and still be essential to it: how Latino, Brown, and bodies of Culture communities have built, powered, and continue to shape this country, while often being reduced, misunderstood, or erased. I explored the shift from being treated as passengers to claiming our place as architects of the future, and why naming ourselves, correctly and unapologetically, is an act of power.
I’m sharing it here because this conversation isn’t just for that room, it’s for all of us navigating identity, value, and belonging in a world that still gets our names wrong.
Engaged Liberation is a labor of love. But it is labor. If you love it, support it for less than $5/mo (https://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=web&utm_source=subscribe-widget-preamble&utm_content=150820933&just_signed_up=true&requires_confirmation=&subscription_id=619093139&referral_token=4ra4fe&next=https%3A%2F%2Fchristopherrivas.substack.com%2Fp%2Fwater). Thank you!
Engaged Liberation is you supported. publication. Consider supporting.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe (https://christopherrivas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
12
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
0
Contact Engaged Liberation
Guest appearances
Books guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Engaged Liberation?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
