May 1 2024
Devotional Leadership & Dismantling Inner-Patriarchy with Diahnna Baxter
This episode is beautifully provocative in ALL of the right ways.Featuring Diahnna Nicole Baxter, who is more than just an Emmy Award Winning Actress & Storyteller, she’s a visionary force for profound transformation. As a certified Transformational Life Coach and Kundalini Yoga Practitioner, Diahnna’s journey unfolds as a testament to empowerment, deeply rooted in her fervent dedication to uplifting women, particularly women of color, through the mediums of art, ritual, storytelling, somatic practices and yoga. A distinguished alumna of Duke University, where she majored in African/African-American Studies & Women’s Studies, Diahnna's commitment to her purpose has only flourished with time. Having spent over a decade mastering spiritual principles, she has blossomed into an intuitive beacon, guiding clients to rediscover their inherent power, reclaim their voices, and embrace their most audacious dreams as a compassionate transformational life coach.Soul Liberation – Devotional Leadership – Divine Union: serve as the foundational pillars of Diahnna’s current mission in the world. “As we remember and honor our gifts and others, reclaim our power, embody our divine feminine and heal our relationship to the masculine we create the New Earth together. A New World is Possible, and we as conscious women are the stewards. “ -DiahnnaThis conversation is incredibly diverse & rich. It is a powerful deep-dive into multicultural & multidimensional femininity and how we as feminine leaders get to play our part in stewarding this New Earth paradigm. We explore the pain-points of western culture & it's conditioning on the female psyche, the importance of understanding our privilege and of actively dismantling our inner-patriarchy.We also discuss: Feminine rage: the validity of it, the importance of having safe spaces to express and honor it, as well as our personal experiences with it.The importance of your liberation and devotion to your dharma for the liberation and highest good for all. The implications of colonialism and the importance of us doing our part to steward this new earth paradigm, in reverence to the Earth and to all beings. The female culture of collaboration in other parts of the world. Diahanna shares about her studies at Duke, her time living in Egypt when she was 19 and the culture of sisterhood in the Middle East. She also shares about her experience growing up as a light-skinned black woman in the west and how traveling the world allowed her to open up to an entirely new way of being as a woman.Zoe also shares about the insecurity she felt growing up, for her Middle Eastern appearance & for not living up to internalized 'western societal beauty standards.' Together, they unpack the implications of growing up in the west and of finding their seat of empowerment as blossoming women.Where you can find Diahnna: Website: https://www.diahnnanicolebaxter.com/instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diahnnanicole/Offerings: https://diahnnanicole.offeringtree.com/
