A collection of personal thoughts and analysis on lived experiences through the lens of black Dominican from NYC.
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DREAM of a world where you are represented and acknowledged.
VISUALIZE the possibilities you could reach in that reality.
CREATE that space you wish to exist in.
...and don't forget...
LIGHTen up
It’s been years—7 to be exact—and I’ve got some thoughts to share. I’ve been reading this book called Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life by Shigehiro Oishi, PhD, and I can’t stop talking about it! Life is about living and experiences. We are meant to feel it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Does your mood determine your happiness? Does your happiness determine how successful you are? This and much more is explored in this book, and frankly, it resonates big time.
Join me for a few minutes of chatting on the LIGHTen Up podcast.
Dream. Visualize. Create.
27 Aug 2020
Just walk away with the Joy
I am a big fan of writing it out. If you feel sad if you feel happy if you feel stuck if you feel motivated, write it out. Journaling is something I try to do often and I have found it has helped me understand parts f myself that was hidden within me; voices I possed that I didn't even know, voices that speak power, strength, and healing into my life. Praise da lawrd, amirite, amirite?!
17 Aug 2020
Home Coming
This podcast started as a tool to help me hold myself accountable when it came to sharing my authentic and genuine opinions and creative expressions. As I embrace my artistic process it continues to reveal to my fears and concerns. In this particular episode, I reflect on my internal experiences during these first half of 2020 and I continue to get acquainted with this platform, this tool of communications (with myself and with others) as well. Hope you enjoy it!
2 Aug 2019
Pain, ancestral trauma and artistic expression
Ancestral trauma (predominately in communities with displaces black and brown bodies) is the cause of many troubling thoughts and action in our present life. These thoughts and actions can lead to serious mental and physical health issues preventing us from living our best fullest life. Artistic expression is my favorite liberation technique to nip these toxic chains in the butt. Hang out with me while I share a poem I wrote called Dolor, or Pain where I tackle victimhood. This poem and other tools of expression have supported my journey towards liberation from ancestral trauma.
26 Jul 2019
The humble road
Sometimes you just have one of those days , one of those moments when you gotta pick up the lesson and keep it pushing. In this episode I speak on break ups making ups and the importance of love.
5 Jun 2019
Holding Space for Anger
Anger is not a feeling I am not to comfortable feeling in my body. Recently I have been on a journey to hold space for that feeling , accept it and understand it as it makes its way through my atmosphere. What is your relationship with anger? IG: Graci,Rodriguez,c Snapchat: GGtheeboss
7 May 2019
Expression through writing
Take this walk down memory lane with me as I share a piece of writing that helped me understand and process my feelings towards a particular individual in my life in a positive way. Writing has always been a comforting tool of self-expression for me as it allows me to have a voice in and heal. Writing can be a powerful tool of healing and while sharing such intimate writing can be intimidating it can also be an extremely empowering act. Stay safe,be at peace, be at joy and don't forget to LIGHTen up!
19 Apr 2019
Code switching? Blackness and Hasan Minhaj
A short ramble on an interview between Hasan Minhaj and Ebro Darden from Hot 97. The two discus U.S American politics from to different points of views. Blackness is not a singular experience and it is evident by the language these two use to communicate. I think this is a dope example of communication that exhibits two different upbringing even though the two would still be labelled as 'coloured people' or 'people of colour', under US American paradigm norms. What do ya'll think? How have your environment shaped the way you perceive your experiences, you language and how you communicate with others?
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