Mujéres Co-Labor 4 Peace

Peaceful Dying -- let's talk about it. With a layered focus on interviews with death doulas and other professionals co-laboring for peace at the end of life, interviews with those actively preparing for a "good" death, and episodes spotlighting insights and other women making a difference, this season will support a more peaceful living as it informs about death and dying.

Peaceful Dying - the theme of season 2 of Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace (MC4P) with host Wren Ribeiro. What are some cultural traditions that honor ancestors with celebration? What are some women saying about the need to plan for dying? Or at least talk about it! Tune in and find out with InnerFortune/MC4P. Watch this season intro on the InnerFortune channel.

What is a Death Doula and what advice does one expert have for planning a peaceful death regardless of age or illness? What is a health care proxy and why is it critical? Hear stories of end of life by End-of-Life expert Patti Muldoon as she shares examples of what often goes wrong and what goes well. Watch this important interview on the InnerFortune channel.

End of life conversations are important and can be some of the hardest to have with family members. Deborah Ekstrom is a doula who has decades of experience in difficult health care spaces. As a former CEO of Community Healthlink and a trained political scientist, Deborah explains some of the big picture end of life health care challenges in the United States along with very practical considerations for providing your loved ones with their dying wishes. Join Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace host Wren Ribeiro in this intimate setting, outside with the crickets singing, and let yourself consider innovations for preparing bodies and minds for the inevitable end of life. Watch the video interview on the InnerFortune channel.

Chanting, particularly this chant, is an immensely powerful peace action one can take individually or in community. Namu Myoho Renge Kyo has a translation of: "Devotion (or Glory) to the Mystic Law (or Dharma) of the Lotus Sutra" and can be further described as a choice to surrender reason in gratitude for the infinite unknowable mystery bringing an ebb and flow of learning experiences in life.Sister Clare Carter leads Wren Ribeiro in a learning of this chant. Enjoy! Watch the video on the InnerFortune channel.

If you've ever wanted to dabble with writing a prayer you can embody as you recite it, here is one you might like to try out. Wren Ribeiro and Sister Clare Carter share in this call and response prayer as a way to prepare for and give thanks for the opportunity to talk together about peaceful actions to heal the souls of those who did not pass peacefully. Watch the video on the InnerFortune channel.

Following the Namu Myoho Renge Kyo chanting for peace, Sister Clare and Wren Ribeiro explore what a Peace Pagoda is and the practice of being peaceful with the land -- the pure land -- we all get to appreciate each day. This episode touches on the practices of honoring our ancestors, one that Wren got to experience at the Peace Pagoda in August, where prayers and offerings are shared in celebration and healing for our deceased relatives -- bringing peace to them across time and space. Sister Clare shares insights about ways to reroot and reconnect with ancestors, particularly beneficial for those of European ancestry, and references the important speech Chief Seattle gave on the subject in 1854. Drop into this delightful episode of Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace. And watch this episode on the InnerFortune channel for a richer experience.

There are options for us in the process of dying. We can have a peaceful, soft and quiet experience at home surrounded by loved ones. Grief tender Minda Sanchez, co-founder of the Village Doulas and the Doula Guild shares her work as a doula planning for and celebrating the lives of two women who engaged her services for their dying process. Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace host Wren Ribeiro shares intimate details about her mom's passing and affirms the heart moments that not only support the person facing death but also the care givers. This episode is full of celebration and creative ideas for consideration. Listen here or watch the video podcast in the gardens on the InnerFortune channel.

Curious why we wear black after a loved one dies -- especially on Tuesdays? Join Wren Ribeiro and Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace guest Kate Mollison of On Tuesdays We Wear Black as we jump right on into the subject of grief. This intimate conversation about peaceful dying holds great joy as a requirement to healthy grieving as well as insights about bereavement leave and the costs of not being well in the workplace due to grief and other struggles we all experience. Ever been to a seasons grieving gathering? Or a death cafe with a certified playmaker? Jump on in with us -- or watch this episode on the InnerFortune channel.

End of Life considerations, planning, and support is available through The Doula Guild and its members. Join the guild and Wren Ribeiro as she interviews one member about her work as a doula. What insights does she have? What trends are she noticing? What films and books are available to help us expand our perspective about planning for end of life? Watch this interview on the InnerFortune channel.

Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace is a show of intimate conversations about healing from the effects of Misogyny, Capitalism, and Climate Change. These three intersecting show themes are deeply ingrained in our lives and in society. Heart by heart-centered discussion, with women who have collaborated in unique ways for social justice, can inspire not only hope and action but also healing and peace.This show is sponsored by InnerFortune, the full life self coaching journal and is produced with Easthampton Media.

What is Misogyny? This inaugural episode in a series on misogyny begins with brief personal and academic historical connections to the patriarchal order. It features the works of Kate Manne, Melissa Emery Thompson, Deniz Kandi-yoti, Camille Paglia, Andrea Dworkin, Julia Gillard, Gerda Lerner, and everyday feminism.Creators & Guests Wren Ribeiro - Host Watch this inaugural episode rich with visual imagery on the InnerFortune channel.

A working definition of misogyny gets unpacked. What is the policing and enforcing of misogyny? Madonna the femme leading the beauty way. You are sensational! Featured works of Kate Manne, Mary Gabriel and Madonna, Centering Sisters, Claudine Gay, Lucy Cooke, and clear communication tools from InnerFortune including using your WITS.Creators & Guests Wren Ribeiro - Host Watch this bonus episode for all the visuals on the InnerFortune channel.

How might matrilineal primate societies, TREES, Embodiment and Biomimicry support our healing? People featured include Melissa Emery Thompson, Audre Lorde, Angela Saini, Rianne Eisler, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Creators & Guests Wren Ribeiro - Host Watch this rich video on the InnerFortune channel.

How do we unburden our ancestors and descendants from the effects of misogyny? This episode digs into emotional processing techniques including dream incubation with ancestral support and explores the works of White Awake, Inner Fortune, Kate Manne, The Atlantic, Phobe Lou Adams, Karen DeCrowe, Sophie Gilbert, Internal Family Systems, Legacy Burden, Roxanne Gay, and the notion of inner gaslighting. Watch this important video on the InnerFortune channel.

We can fortify ourselves by women's labors in waves of feminism, labor justice, and writings on equanimity in this episode of MC4P. Featured women include Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sonora Jha, Andrea Dworkin, Silvia Federici, and Christina Feldman. Watch this video on the InnerFortune channel

A Dear Karen letter from the book, Beyond Karen: Emerging from the depths of an epic epithet is read in an episode of MC4P reflecting on ways Karens racist and self centered behaviors may have been a capitalist's idea of distracting mainstream white folks from centering the importance of Black lives. Watch this Beyond Karen episode on the InnerFortune channel.

This episode features the works of Ellen Brown of the Public Banking Institute and author of Web of Debt, Marjorie Kelley author of Owning Our Future, and Naomi Klein author of The Shock Doctrine, along with stories of emerging into one's story of capitalism and taking steps to co-labor for social responsibility. Watch What is Your Capitalism Story on the InnerFortune channel.

Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace Guests Emily Kawano and Sarah Assefa weigh in about their deep experience in the cooperative movement — topics from food and workplace sovereignty, democratic control over the important aspects of our lives, bringing cooperative decision making to new spaces, and we end in the big question about the possibilities in building alliances between worker owned cooperatives and labor unions. Watch this double interview on the InnerFortune channel.

Mujéres Co-Labor for Peace returning guests, Emily Kawano from Wellspring Cooperative and the Massachusetts Solidarity Economy Network and Sarah Assefa from the Coalition of Worker Ownership & Power and the Dorchester Food Cooperative, explore alliance building and the complexities of housing development, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, and the Food Cooperative Initiative with host Wren Ribeiro. Watch this sequel on the InnerFortune channel.